Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana

Office: ELG 105
EPFLSTIIEMSCI-STI-DG

Website: https://react.epfl.ch

Expertise

Technology-Enhanced Learning, Learning Design, Learning Analytics, Classroom orchestration, Computer-supported collaborative learning, Inquiry-based learning

Current work

Currently, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana is involved in the Next-Lab (http://www.go-lab-project.eu), GO-GA, and CEITER (http://ceiter.tlu.ee) European projects, combining research on learning analytics for classroom orchestration, evidence-based decision making and impact evaluation at the project management level, teacher training, and implementations of inquiry-based learning in primary and secondary STEM education. She is also (co)supervising the PhDs of Mélissa Riesner, Maka Eradze, Romil Rõbtšenkov, Merike Saar, and Shashi Kant Shankar.
María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana received her PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Valladolid (Spain, 2014) for her thesis on learning design and learning analytics applied to computer-supported collaborative learning, receiving a PhD thesis award on educational technologies from the eMadrid programme. In 2014, she joined the REACT group at école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) as a postdoctoral fellow and, since 2016, she is also a senior researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Educational Innovation of Tallinn University (Estonia). Her research lines address classroom orchestration, learning design, and learning analytics in ubiquitous learning environments, with special emphasis on collaborative and inquiry-based learning. Currently, she is investigating the challenges and strategies towards the adoption of learning analytics in authentic scenarios, including aspects such as ethics and privacy, visualisations and data literacy, pedagogically grounded analytics and algorithmic accountability. Since 2008, she has been involved in various educational research projects at the national and international level dealing with the application of learning analytics in virtual learning environments (LLP - PREATY, EEE-WEB), to support workplace learning (H2020 WIDESPREAD - CEITER), and to reinforce different pedagogical approaches such as CSCL (LLP-METIS, SOFOCLES, RESET) or IBL specially in the area of STEM education (FP7 - Go-Lab, FP7 - IMAILE/Siway, H2020 - Next-Lab, H2020 - GOGA).

Awards

- European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Best demo, 2017 - European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Best paper, 2016 - eMadrid awards: prize for best doctoral thesis in educational technologies Honourable mention, 2015 - European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Best student paper, 2011

Education

Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technologies

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2014 – 2014 University of Valladolid (Spain)
Directed by Alejandra Martínez-Monés & Juan I. Asensio-Pérez

M.Sc. Computer Science

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2008 – 2008 University of Valladolid (Spain)
Directed by Alejandra Martínez-Monés

Specialist on Quality Engineering

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2005 – 2005 University of Valladolid (Spain)
Directed by Jesús González-Babón

B.S. Computer Science (Business Speciality)

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2005 – 2005 University of Valladolid (Spain)
Directed by Manuel Ángel González-Delgado

Professionals experiences

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Post-doctoral fellow

Junior researcher

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