Co-Creating Meaningful Edtech: An Investigation of Edtech Testbeds (MEET)
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Profile
- Project leadership
- Mathias Decuypere (PHZH), Sigrid Hartong (HSU Hamburg)
- Organisational unit
- F-PS-ZSE (Schulentwicklung)
- Project phase
- In progress (1.5.2026 – 30.4.2029)
- Project type
- Research & development project
- Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Participating institutions
- HSU Hamburg
Description
Testbeds are increasingly used by companies to test their digital products under real school conditions – often in collaboration with teachers, students, researchers and educational authorities.
The research project is systematically examining for the first time how these edtech testbeds are created and function at national, European and global level. The three-year project is being funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg.
Under the direction of Mathias Decuypere (PH Zurich) and in collaboration with Sigrid Hartong (Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg), the project is investigating testbeds in different countries. The focus is on the question of who designs testbeds, which effects of edtech are addressed in the process and how knowledge is generated through the collaboration of all participants.
The aim of the project is to bring transparency to this new field of research, to highlight opportunities and challenges, and to gain insights that support education policy, schools and future participatory innovation projects – far beyond individual testbeds.