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A glimpse into the living lab – CATALPA prototypes

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The digital transformation brought about by AI presents universities with challenges: How can teaching and learning be successfully designed in the AI era?

Solutions for the university of the future

The CATALPA research centre — the Centre of Advanced Technology for Assisted Learning and Predictive Analytics at the FernUniversität in Hagen — provides answers thanks to its unique real-world laboratory structure, which combines theoretical knowledge and practical application. AI's effects and potential are researched interdisciplinarily within a protected environment, and prototypes are ultimately transferred to regular operation with over 75,000 students, via iterative processes.

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CATALPA | 29.01.2026