Research Assistant in Mixed-Reality for Schools - DTU Compute

Join an Erasmus+ KA2 project team to co-design and evaluate an MR authoring tool for schools. Collaborate with school teachers and EU partners (France, Turkey). Responsibilities: Participatory use case design of MR tool, pilot study, & community management. Have teaching experience & English fluency.
If you are gradually establishing your career as a scientist, who hopes to improve school teaching and learning experience through participatory design and digitalization, and you are looking for a possible foundation for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. At DTU Compute’ LearnT centre, you will be integrating and improving the features of the Mixed Reality (MR) platform MixAP through collaborative lesson design and pilot studies with schoolteachers.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will work in collaboration with the researchers, software developers, and schoolteachers associated with the Erasmus+ KA2 project MIXAP-EU for observing, co-designing, and evaluating the MIXAP platform in schools. You will closely collaborate with two more teams based at (1) Le Mans University (LIUM), France and (2) Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Foundation (BUF), Turkey.

You are expected to be able to handle the following in collaboration with the partners and by involving teachers from Danish schools:

• Integration of MR authoring in schools: (1) Developing the procedure and conducting co-design workshops with teachers, (2) evaluating the co-design workshops results, teacher needs, and requirements, (3) writing guidelines for MR authoring tools in schools
• Co-design and development of the MR authoring tool: (1) Improving MIXAP with extra features and content (assets, activity templates and scenarios), (2) Organizing and running three pilot sessions in teachers’ classes, (3) evaluating teacher and learner data from pilots.
• Community management of teachers around MR authoring: (1) Defining sustainable community management, (2) Setting up and managing community management tools (website, social media, events), (3) Creating tutorials, (4) Launching large-scale pilot studies all over Europe.
• Communication, outreach, and dissemination: (1) write project reports, academic articles, and disseminate in national and international forums including writing articles in the print and social media, (2) prepare and coordinate content publishing for the website and other media for the dissemination of project outcomes

To be considered as the ideal member of our team, you:

• should have a professional bachelor in teacher education from Denmark and master’s degree in a relevant discipline
• should have experience in teaching science, social science and mathematics at school level in Denmark
• should have strong motivation to conduct research on digital learning technologies as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• must be able to communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken.

Further it is considered beneficial if you:

• have published at academic conferences or in journals in the field of education or e-learning
• have knowledge about various teaching methods beyond the Danish educational context, e.g. knowledge from other countries.
• have experience with digital learning technologies.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is until September 2027. The position is part-time (854.7 hours, approx. 20%).

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Further information
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Line Harder Clemmensen, Email: [email protected], tel.: +45 3117 4889.

You can read more about DTU compute at www.compute.dtu.dk.

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Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than Monday, 20 January 2024 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc)

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Compute
DTU Compute is a unique and internationally recognized academic department with 385 employees and 11 research sections spanning the science disciplines mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering. We conduct research, teaching and innovation of high international standard – producing new knowledge and technology-based solutions to societal challenges. We have a long-term involvement in applied and interdisciplinary research, big data and data science, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), smart and secure societies, smart manufacturing, and life science. At DTU Compute we believe in a diverse workplace with a flexible work-life balance.

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