Activities

• Activities by Helle Rootzén
• Activities by Karsten Schmidt

Helle Rootzén

• ATV Project on “Digitalt understøttet læring”. Granted DKK 58.900. Danish Academy of Technical Sciences’ committee the “Digital Wise Men" (“De Digitale Vismænd”) - part in the project
• BDBI - Big Data Business Academy. Granted DKK. 7 million by The Danish Industry Foundation with. PI: CLEAN - Innovating green solutions - part in the project
• BDVA (Big Data Value Association) TF10: Skills and Education section - part in the project
• Brain Gain Group. Granted 50.000 from Fonden for Entreprenørskab (course in Læringsteknologi og digitalt entreprenørskab E17 (5 ECTS)). PI: Helle Rootzen
• CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center at DTU (applying for funding to make a learning system, pt writing a paper together and supervising a master student)
• CBS (application for funding)
• DABAI - Big Data Analytics Driving Big Innovation. Granted DKK 59 million from Innovation Fund Denmark. PI: The Alexandra Institute - part in the project
• DTU Food (application for funding)
• Edulab (1 bachelor thesis, 1 master thesis)
• IND, KU (working on a paper on analyzing data from Danish Gymnasium.
• Knowmio (application for funding)
• Labster (Virtual Science Center Denmark)
• LeAGUe - A Tempus Network for Developing Lifelong Learning in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine - part in the project
• LearningBank (A Smart Innovation project granted 150.000 DKR) - part in the project
• Peergrade (making Nordic Edtech Conference together)
• SMART Greater Copenhagen – et digitalt kompetenceløft for smv’er og brancher med særligt behov. Granted 3 mill. Euro (mainly to learnT) by REM (Regionale Erhvervsforskningsmidler). PI: Mark Riis, DTU Compute
• STUDeNT-learn - Student based e-learning in multi-faceted learning communities. Granted DKK 300.000 by DTUs e-learning foundation. PI: Helle Rootzén
• Systime (2 fagprojekter and 2 bachelor thesis)

• Talk at DTU Byg - 11. Jan. 2017
• Keynote at Education 4.0 at DI: “Digital læring styrker indlæring” - 19. Jan. 2017
• Keynote at “Landinspektørernes årsmøde 2017”: “Fremtidens Læring” - 3. Feb. 2017
• Exhibition at DTU Library and accompanying event for alumni: Do we need a new learning concept? - 24. Feb. 2017
• Talk for “Akademiet for talentfulde unge”: “Vil du være med til at skabe fremtidens samfund?” - 29. March 2017
• Talk at “ATVs årsmøde”: “Disruption af uddannelse” - 26. April 2017
• Talk at “DTUs professorforening”: Personalized, efficient, and fun - what digital learning technology can do for education - 10. May 2017
• Keynote at ETALEE 2017 (Exploring Teaching for Active Learning in Engineering Education): Exploring Teaching for Active Learning in Engineering Education - 23.May 2017
• Tech BBQ: roundtable discussion about EdTech - 5. Sep. 2017
• Talk for leaders in Lyngby-Tårbæk municipality: “Digitalisering, Læring og Ledelse” - 6. Sep. 2017
• Talk at “Industriens Uddannelser”: “Fremtidens læring er (også) digital” - 7. Sep. 2017
• Talk (given by Pernille Andersson) at SEFI 2017 (European Society for Engineering Education): How to foster a High-Tech entrepreneurial mind-set - 18.-21. Sep. 2017
• Organizer of track and panel discussion at High Tech Summit: Digital Learning - 21. Sep. 2017
• Talk at the track Digital Learning at High Tech Summit: High Tech as an enabler for learning - 21. Sep. 2017
• Talk for high school rectors at “IT- center Fyn”: “Fremtidens elevkompetencer og nye læringskoncepter” - 26. Sep. 2017
• Talk at “socialdemokratiets Uddannelses- og forskningspolitiske dialogforum” in Jørlunde - 27. Sep. 2017
• Welcome 274 high school students in “studiepraktik” at DTU, 25. Oct. 2017
• Organizer of a workshop: “Undervisning og læringsteknologi - hvor er vi på vej hen?” at “CBSs Uddannelsesadministrative Seminar” in Helsingør - 26. Oct. 2017
• Talk at DTU International Partner Days: learnT DTU - 26. Oct. 2017
• Talk at “Klar til Smart Vækst, Smarte affaldsløsninger – seminar nr. 2” at DOLL (visitor center): “Big Data og affald” - 2. Nov. 2017
• Keynote at “SkoleIntra-Træf 2017”: “Fremtidens skole er (også) digital” - 6. Nov. 2017
• Autumn 2017 and Spring 2018: Participated in GoMorgen P3’s Professorpanel
• learnT DTU Conference 2017 - The 2nd Conference on Digital Learning Technology, at DTU Compute, November 17, 2017 at 09.00-12.30 (Optional Workshop 12.30 -13.30), DTU Skylab, Building 373A, Diplomvej, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby.
• Invited talk at Magistrenes A-kasse: Fremtidens læring er (også) digital - 17. January 2018
• FLUID Conference: Learning Analytics in Odense: Hvad handler Learning Analytics om? Big Data og Adaptiv Læring - invited speaker - 1. February 2018
• Participated in Disruptionrådets meeting in Holbæk - 12. Marts 2018
• Visit to Aalto University: Digital Learning Technology and Learning Analytics - from some general views to our current research - invited speaker - 15. March 2018
• Visit to EPFL and University og Lausanne: New technology and lots of data - how can learning be more efficient, more deep and more fun? - invited speaker - 17 May 2018
• NORDTEK Conference 2018: Changes in Globalisation, Riga: Nordic engineers and lifelong learning: challenges and future perspectives - invited speaker - 6-8 June 2018
• Future Edtech 2018, London: Enabling transformation through Digital Learning Technology - invited speaker - 12-13 June 2018
• “Folkemøde” at Bornholm: Session chair for 3 panel debates - 13.-17. June 2018
• SEFI Conference 2018, Copenhagen: chairing 2 sessions: "Innovative Teaching & Learning Methods" on 17. September 2018 and "Fostering Entrepreneurship" on 21. September 2018
• SEFI Conference 2018, Copenhagen: Examining development of the entrepreneurial mind-set in engineering students - 20. September 2018
• “Sit down” debate at Tech BBQ in Øksnehallen with the danish minister for education Merethe Riisager - 25. September 2018
• RoboInsights Conference 2018, Helsingør: What is the future of learning? - invited speaker - 26. September 2018

• Visit from Aalto University - 26. September 2018
• Visit from Lunds University - 27. September 2018
• Visit by Dr Alison Clark-Wilson, Principal Research Lead, EDUCATE, UCL Institute of Education UCL Knowledge Lab, London - 5. September 2018

• Member of “DTUs Ligestillingsudvalg” (the Equality Committee) -2018
• Member of ATV - Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (member of ATV, Digital Vismand and member of Temagruppen for Science og Engineering i uddannelserne)
• Member of “Undervisningsministerens Rådgivningsgruppe for Digital Læring”
• DHI, board (2016-2018)
• DeIC (Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation), board (2012- )
• Birkerød Gymnasium, HF, IB, and boarding school, board (2012- )
• Member of Advisory Board for “Fremtidens Skole”, Høje Tåstrup Municipality
• Member of focus group for "Engineering i Skolen"
• Member of the network “Learning Analytics”
• Member of “Netværk på tværs”
• Member of “Next Network”

Karsten Schmidt

Projects 2018 (related to the teaching and learning of mathematics):

• Development of online materials to facilitate blended learning (ongoing)
• Pedagogical strategy for the use of CAS, Computer Algebraic System (ongoing)
• Changing the design of teaching and learning by the use of advanced digital assessment, i.e. Maple T.A. (with Ulrik E. Pedersen)
• Types of motivation our students experience and how are they related to their learning (with Helle Rotzén and Charlotte L. Weitze)
• Task design for Engineering Mathematics (with Carl Winsløw, KU)
• Pilot project for online adaptive learning (with Math1-team and Area9)
• Development of InterMat, university mathematics for high school students (Matematicum in collaboration with high school teachers)

Talks 2017-2018:

• "The use of digital learning technology to minimize problems caused by heavy budget cuts on teachers", SEFI conference, 21 September 2018:
• "Digital Teaching Strategies in big Lecture Halls", SEFI conference 19 September 2018
• "Mathematics 1 and mathematics competence - strengthening mathematics's role in engineering education", Delegation from University in Väsjö, 22 August 2018
• "DTU's Mathematics 1 course - development work in light of the challenges the course has met historically", Delegation from Lund University, 18 June 2018
• "Task Design for Engineering Mathematics, process, principles, products", Dept of Mathematics, Lund University, 21 May 21 2018
• "Introduction to University Mathematics", InterMat (students and teachers from high schools), 9 May 2018
• "Teaching strategies in big lecture halls", Delegation from Lund University, 19 April 2018
• "Task Design for Engineering Mathematics, process, principles, products", INDRUM conference, 4 April 2018
• "Introduction to University Mathematics" StudiePraktik (students from high schools), 25 October 2018
• "Digitization of teaching and learning, exemplified by Mathematics 1", Forum for Deputy Directors and Head of Administration at DTU, 7 June 2017
• "Introduction to University Mathematics", InterMat (students and teachers from high schools), 9 May 2018
• "Local conditions for implementing digital learning tools", Maplesoft Conference in London, 7 September 2017
• "Experiences with Maple and Maple T.A. in introductory mathematics", International Maplesoft work shop at DTU, 5 May 2017
• "Maple and Mathematics 1 -16 years of life together", Dept. of Physics DTU, 28 April 201
• "Evaluation of the renovated auditoriums in Building 303A, DTU", The DTU Lecture Hall Committee, 31 Marts 2017
• "Replacing traditional textbooks by e-Notes and other online Materials in First Year University Mathematics" International ECMI work shop in Koblenz, 23 Marts 2017
• "Transition problems from High School to university with special attention to mathematical skills and IT", CMU/Copenhagen University, 20 April 2017
• "Replacing traditional textbooks by e-Notes and other online Materials in First Year University Mathematics", DTU Alumni Event, 24 February 2017

Publications 2018:

• Task Design for Engineering Mathematics: process, principles, products (with Carl Winsløw, in proceedings from the INDRUM conference 2018)
• The use of digital learning technology to minimize problems caused by heavy budget cuts on teachers (with Ulrik E. Pedersen, in proceedings from the SEFI conference 2018, to come)