Prof. Dr. Claudia de Witt
Prorector for Teaching, Studies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Educational Processes
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Prof. Dr. Claudia de Witt has been a professor of educational theory and media education at the Institute for Educational Science and Media Research at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences at the FernUniversität in Hagen since October 2004. She studied educational sciences, sociology, and psychology at the University of Dortmund. In 1992, she received her doctorate from the same university with a dissertation on the interactivity of multimedia learning programs. She obtained her habilitation in 2001 with a thesis on "New Media and the Pedagogy of Pragmatism." From 2001 to 2004, she worked as a private lecturer in the field of media didactics and knowledge management at the University of Duisburg.
She teaches and researches education and digitalization, particularly on the didactic design of teaching and learning processes using innovative educational technologies. A particular focus is on their implementation, particularly of artificial intelligence (AI), in higher education. Her research focuses on the use of value-based formative feedback with AI, competency development through XR technologies, and digital support for self-regulated learning in distance learning.
At the FernUniversität, she was a member of the Senate from 2016 to 2022, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences from 2014 to 2025, and has participated in numerous other committees and commissions of academic self-government. She is a member of the management team of the CATALPA research center.
Claudia de Witt has also been a member of the Task Force AI in Higher Education of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany) since 2025 and collaborates with the AI Campus. In 1994, she was involved in the founding of the Media Pedagogy Working Group of the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE), and from 2000 to 2004, she chaired the Media and Environmental Education Section of the DGfE. She serves as an advisory board member and reviewer for numerous academic organizations and publications.
Since April 1, 2025, she has been Prorector for Teaching, Studies, and Artificial Intelligence in Educational Processes at the FernUniversität.
Contact:
Email: claudia.dewitt
Phone: +49 2331 987 4491
Address: Universitätsstraße 33, 58097 Hagen
