Man (Echo) Su was appointed as a new junior research group leader at IWM

To strengthen research in the field of digital teaching scenarios, IWM has set up a junior research group and has now successfully filled the leadership position. In the future, the group will focus on how digital technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, online videos, and adaptive tools, can be used effectively in teaching.

The focus will be on empirical studies of teaching and learning processes in the TüDiLab – for example, using video analysis or eye tracking – as well as the development of innovative applications, such as AI-supported tools, dashboards, and AR/VR scenarios.

The junior research group, which Man (Echo) Su has headed since 15 October, has been allocated a doctoral position and will be part of the newly established ‘Digital Education’ lab, for which the recruitment process is currently still ongoing.

About Dr. Man (Echo) Su

With Dr. Man (Echo) Su, the junior research group leadership position has now been filled. Dr. Su received her doctorate in learning sciences from Arizona State University and has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the LaLa Lab (Learning to Adapt,Learning with Agency Lab) at Saarland University since 2023. She has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating digital teaching scenarios in both formal and informal learning environments.

‘We are delighted to have gained Man (Echo) Su, an outstanding scientist who has already conducted research in many areas of central importance to the IWM, such as adaptive systems in teaching and the practical field of museums,’ says Prof. Dr. Ulrike Cress, Director of the IWM.

More information about the TüDiLab that is part of the Future Innovation Space at the IWM can be found on our website: future-innovation.space