# Four EDLAB Education Innovation Grants awarded to DACS members!

> Excellent news for our Department of Advanced Computing Sciences because we have four winners for the EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning Education Innovation grants! Even better: DACS staff is involved in five of the eleven awarded grants!!

Published: 2025-03-14
Source: https://www.edudacs.nl/news/67d3d20a1281078c4d7ba29f

The EDLAB Education Innovation grants are awarded every year to innovative, inspiring, and exciting projects at Maastricht University. This year, DACS members were able to attract 4 out of 11 awarded grants and we're involved in a fifth one! These projects will allow us to implement small-scale innovative projects across our program. The winners are:

- Rico Möckel, an associate professor in robotics at DACS, received a grant for his project on **Educational Modular (EDMO) Robots**, an educational tool for collaborative, contextual, constructive, and self-directed (CCCS) learning, aligning with UM's vision on education.
- Bastian Küppers, an assistant professor of computer science, will work on **Code Golf**, where he will try to improve programming education through gamification.
- Monica Salvioli, an assistant professor in game theory, will develop together with Linear Algebra teachers at Maastricht University, TU Delft, and University of Twente a **Linear Algebra Card Game** to improve conceptual understanding in engineering programs.
- Sree Kotala, PhD Researcher at DACS, will develop an **AI-based virtual coach** for first-year students in mathematics courses, enabling a more personalized, yet scalable, learning experience for our studetns.
- Finally, Kirsten Kleijkers-Peetoom and Karen Könings from FHML received a grant together with Martijn Boussé from DACS to develop a **Constructive Alignment Board Game** to learn about Constructive Alignment and Co-Creation.

Looking forward to an exciting year full of great projects!