Claudia de Witt

Claudia de Witt is a Professor of Educational Theory and Media Education at FernUniversität in Hagen. As Vice President of the university and a member of CATALPA’s Executive Board, she leads projects like AI.EDU and IMPACT, focusing on artificial intelligence in higher education. She represents educational science perspectives on personalized learning and digitalization within CATALPA.

Research Interests: Her work explores the intersection of higher education and AI, innovations with educational technologies, success conditions for digitalization in self-study, formative assessments, study success/dropout in digital formats, didactic mentoring in distance learning, and pragmatist educational theory in data ethics. Projects like AI.EDU investigate AI’s role in enhancing educational outcomes.

Networks and Collaborations: She collaborates with institutions like the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Leibniz Institute for Human Development and Educational Information (DIPF), University of Bremen, and KI-Campus. Her leadership in CATALPA and digitale_kultur research focus highlights her commitment to digital educational design.