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University of Hildesheim wins its first Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship, for AI research
Johanna Fleckenstein, a professor of digital teaching and learning, receives the award for her research on how artificial intelligence affects pupils' thinking and motivation.
Why it matters: Johanna Fleckenstein's research on AI's effects on school pupils' cognition and motivation at the University of Hildesheim now carries a Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship.
The University of Hildesheim said that Professor Johanna Fleckenstein, its professor of digital teaching and learning, has been awarded a Niedersachsen-Impuls-Professur (Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship).
According to the university, Fleckenstein studies how artificial intelligence affects the cognition and motivation of school pupils.
The university said this is the first time it has held a Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The award goes to Fleckenstein for her research on AI and pupils' cognition and motivation, and it is the first such professorship at the University of Hildesheim.
