Research group Higher Education Learning Practices (HELP)

The Research Group on Higher Education Learning Practices at Stockholm University engages in theoretical and empirical research on different aspects of higher education.

Key research topics include students’ and teachers’ learning and teaching processes in different higher education settings, but also conditions for academic development, with a particular focus on the complex relationship between educational leadership, the organization of teaching and its implication for student learning in higher education.


Seminars

The group runs the Swedish Higher Education Research Network (SHERN) which hosts the SHERN seminar that offers researchers within the field of higher education regular opportunities to present and discuss ongoing research work within the field. The seminars are hold on Zoom. For more information and to get a link to the Zoom-meeting, please contact Professor Max Scheja.

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Department of Education

New research highlights opportunities and challenges of AI Chatbots in Higher Education

The new study is a crucial step in consolidating knowledge about AI in education and in particular AI chatbots, urging caution against overly optimistic or pessimistic views, and calling for more grounded research approaches to better understand the true impact of AI chatbots in the classroom and on teaching and learning practices. 

Department of Education

Studying online with special needs: A student perspective

A new study at Stockholm university examines the experiences of students with disabilities (SWD) in online higher education. Through a questionnaire involving 6256 students (430 SWD), it investigates differences and similarities between SWD and other students in online courses.

Department of Education

Hello GPT! Goodbye home examination?

In a new study university teachers blindly assessed student and ChatGPT-written responses to home examination questions. The findings show that ChatGPT texts achieved a high passing grade and that teachers were more critical when grading student-written texts.

Department of Education

Being a visiting PhD-student at the Department of Education

Simon Küth from Universität Siegen, Germany, has been visiting our department during the spring term. Please read an interview about his experience of being a visiting PhD-student in the HELP-research group.

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