Co-Orchestration of Collaborative Learning in Synchronous Hybrid Education

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the KU Leuven.
Research Unit Education & Training, Centre for Instructional Psychology & Technology (CIP&T)

The Education and Training Research Group tries to understand and improve the processes that play a role in educational contexts. These processes encompass both the micro level (the learner and the teacher), the meso level (school organisations, relations among professionals), and the macro level (educational systems). Their study can be of an empirical and/or a conceptual nature.
Our research group is also responsible for teacher training in the faculty and provides general courses in the teacher training at the university.
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This PhD project investigates how collaborative learning can be effectively supported in synchronous hybrid education (SHE), where students participate both onsite and remotely. While hybrid models offer flexibility and inclusion, they also introduce new challenges for teachers—particularly the increased teacher orchestration load and unequal student engagement. The project aims to explore how co-orchestration strategies, such as teacher dashboards and teaching assistants, can help manage the complexity of teaching in hybrid classrooms. Using a design-based research approach, the PhD candidate will work in KU Leuven’s newly developed collaborative hybrid classroom to gather multimodal data and develop evidence-based guidelines for effective and inclusive hybrid teaching.

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For more information please contact Prof. dr. Annelies Raes, mail: [email protected] or Prof. dr. Ginette Lafit, mail: [email protected].

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