Prof. Dr. Hendrik Drachsler

Projects

• AR4STE(A)M – Use Gamification Strategies and Augmented Reality for Innovative STE(A)M Learning
• Analyzing and Fostering Learning for the development of Competence
• DELTA – Towards Digital Education with modern Learning Technologies and Assessment approaches
• DiFA – Digital Formative Assessment – Unfolding its full potential by combining psychometrics with learning analytics
• EduArc – Digital educational architectures – Open learning (educational) resources in disseminated learninginfrastructures
• PROMPT – Optimizing Self-Regulated Learning Processes With Digital Prompts

Professional activities

Since 2017

Professor for Educational Technologies at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and DIPF

2016 – 2017

Professor of Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of Applied Sciences Zuyd (NL)

2014 – 2017

Associate Professor, Welten Institute, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen (NL)

2012 – 2014

Assistant Professor, CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen (NL)

2009 – 2012

Researcher on Technology-Enhanced Learning, CELSTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen (NL)

2006 – 2009

Researcher (PhD), OTEC, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen (NL)

2006 – 2009

PhD on Technology-Enhanced Learning, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen (NL)

2004 – 2006

Consultant / Programmer, IT Consulting GmbH, Cologne

2004 – 2006

Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin

2003 – 2006

Diploma in Education and Computer Science, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg

2003 – 2004

Java Programmer, LOCALITE GmbH, Sankt Augustin

2001 – 2006

Web Developer, Freelancer, Cologne

2001 – 2003

Computer Engineer, B.I.B. International College, Bergisch Gladbach

Research Interests

• Learning Analytics
• Personalisation Technologies
• Recommender Systems
• Educational Data
• Mobile devices and their applications in the fields of Technology-Enhanced Learning and Health 2.0.

Publications

• Publications (DIPF database of publications)

Selected publications

• Greller, Wolfgang; Drachsler, Hendrik: Translating learning into numbers. In: Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 15 (2012) 3 , 42-57
• Drachsler, Hendrik; Greller, Wolfgang: Privacy and analytics – It's a DELICATE issue. A Checklist for Trusted Learning Analytics. Best Paper award. In: Association for Computing Machinery (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK '16), Edinburgh. United Kingdom – April 25 - 29, 2016 New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery (2016) , 89-98
• Drachsler, Hendrik; Verbert, Katrien; Santos, Olga C.; Manouselis, Nikos: Panorama of recommender systems to support learning. In: Ricci, Francesco; Rokach, Lior; Shapira, Bracha (Hrsg.): Recommender systems handbook New York, NY : Springer (2015) , 421-451.
• Jivet, I., Scheffel, M., Drachsler, H., and Specht, M. (2017). Awareness is not enough. Pitfalls of learning analytics dashboards in the educational practise. 12th European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning. Tallinn, Estonia, 12-15 September 2017.
• Scheffel, Maren; Drachsler, Hendrik; Kraker, Joop de; Kreijns, Karel; Slootmaker, Aad; Specht, Marcus: Widget, widget on the wall, am I performing well at all? In: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 10 (2017) 1 , 42-52
• Di Mitri, Daniele; Scheffel, Maren; Drachsler, Hendrik; Börner, Dirk; Ternier, Stefaan; Specht, Marcus: Learning pulse – A machine learning approach for predicting performance in self-regulated learning using multimodal data. In: Wise, Alyssa; Winne, Phillip H.; Lynch, Grace; Ochoa, Xavier; Molenaar, Inge; Dawson, Shane; Hatala, Marek (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK '17), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - March 13 - 17, 2017 New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery (2017) , 188-197
• Fazeli, S., Drachsler, H., Bitter-Rijpkema, M., Brouns, F., van der Vegt, W., Sloep, P. B., (2017). User-centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems in Social Learning Platforms: Accuracy is Just the Tip of the Iceberg. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES.

Mainly quoted scientific articles

• Google Scholar Profile of Prof. Dr. Drachsler
• SlideShare Profile of Prof. Dr. Drachsler

Selected presentations

• Updating the Learning Analytics Framework. Keynote given at SNOLA and eMadrid conference 2017, 04.07.20167, Madrid, Spain.
• SlideShare Profile of Prof. Dr. Drachsler

Memberships and Committee Positions

• Elected Member of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) 
• Elected Member of the European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning 
• General chair of the European Conference of Technology-Enhanced Learning 2018, Leeds, UK
• Programme chair of the European Conference for Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL 2017), Tallinn, Estonia
• Programme chair of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2016), Edinburgh, UK.
• Treasurer of the European Association of Technology- Enhanced Learning (EATEL)
• Special Issue Editor of the high impact Journal of Computer Assisted Learning  (JCAL)
• Associate Editor of the IEEE high impact journal Transaction of Learning Technologies (TLT)