In December 2025, we at the Colaps Group at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) successfully concluded the European H2020 AugMENTOR project (https://augmentor-project.eu)
AugMENTOR’s project was led by an international consortium of thirteen (13) European Institutions. The Colaps augMENTOR team consisted of Prof. Dr. Irene-angelica Chounta, Bibeg Limbu, and Lisa van der Heyden. AugMENTOR adopts an augmented intelligence approach to develop personalised and collaborative learning paths that promote both foundational and 21st century competencies, such as communication, collaboration, digital literacy, critical as well as design thinking and creativity. You can know more about the objectives of the project by viewing our info video below.
UDE played a key role in steering the outcomes of the project by building the bridge between the end-users and the augMENTOR team. Through rigorous participatory and design-based methods, UDE was able to explicate and communicate the implicit and explicit needs and requirements of the stakeholders to the consortium. This process and the outcomes of the process has been documented in D2.1 Pilots Definition and User Requirements Analysis . Additionally, UDE also took lead to translate the stakeholders needs and requirements into the systems functional and non-functional requirements, playing a central role in the design and evaluation of the reference architecture of the augMENTOR Platform (see D2.2 Technical, Operational and Interoperability Specifications and Reference Architecture). These contributions have resulted in the following publications; Eliciting User Requirements for AI-Enhanced Learning Environments using a Participatory Approach and Exploring the Methodological Contexts and Constraints of Research in Artificial Intelligence in Education .
UDE also played a significant role in the design of the augMENTOR Learner Model which, along with other components of the augMENTOR platform, is responsible for the learner-facing personalisations in the augMENTOR platform. Information regarding how the augMENTOR platform synergises with the learner model to support personalisation is outlined in The augMENTOR solution: Design, tools and guide to AI-augmented pedagogy. These works in the context of augMENTOR learner model are soon to be published. Stay tuned!! UDE also took part in several dissemination activities. More recently, the AIED4C workshop which was organised with the partners from Université Côte d’Azur at the European conference of Technology Enhanced Learning 2025 at Newcastle UK.
