Shitanshu Mishra, PhD
Chief of Digital Learning, AI & IT, UNESCO MGIEP (2022 - Current)
Information Technology Officer, UNESCO MGIEP (2021 - 2022)
Research Scientist, Educational Technology, IIT Bombay, India (2020 - 2021)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, USA (2018 -2020)
E-Mail: shitanshu [AT] iitb.ac.in; shitanshu.iitb [AT] gmail.com
Mobile: +91 9892709481
I am an educational technology (EdTech) and learning science researcher. I am currently working with UNESCO's category-1 educational research institute, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP), in New Delhi. At UNESCO, I head Information Technology and EdTech research and development as a National Information Technology Officer. My research at UNESCO encompasses developing and evaluating an artificial intelligence (AI) based online learning platform to help learners improve their social-emotional skills. I am also leading the project on ethics in AI-in-Education (AIED) and examining if ethics can be built into an AIED system, its challenges, and possible way-outs. Additionally, I am studying the effects of social and emotional learning on individuals' learning processes of topics such as "Climate Change" and "Global Citizenship."
After completing my Ph.D. from the Educational Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, I worked with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years. After that, I worked with the EdTech research group at IIT Bombay as a research scientist for one year.
My research interests lie in learning science, educational technology, computing education research, authentic learning, scientific temper, and the development of technology-enhanced learning environments. Specifically, I am interested in using blends of exploratory qualitative research methodology with learning analytics to inquire into:
How do experts and novices perform complex thinking processes during decision-making and problem-solving?
How to scaffold students in acquiring these thinking skills in intelligent technology-enhanced learning environments?
How to scaffold the development of scientific temperament among informal learners?
Key Areas of Research: Educational Technology, Learning & Cognition, Learning Science, Multi-modal Learning Analytics, Authentic Learning, Development of Scientific Temperament.
PhD, Educational Technology, 2012 – 2018
Inter-Disciplinary Program in Educational Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Doctoral Thesis: Improving Students Cognitive Processes of Knowledge Integration using Exploratory Question Posing.
Committee: Prof. Sridhar Iyer (Advisor), Prof. Sahana Murthy, Prof. Supratim Biswas
MTech, Information Technology, 2010 – 2012
Department of Intelligent Systems, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Master Thesis: EEG Signal Classification for Cognition.
Advisor: Prof. Sudip Sanyal
BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, 2006 – 2010
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Advisor: Prof. Ashwani Gupta
Selected among Six Youth Champions to speak on “Ethics in AI” by UNESCO-MGIEP, 2021
Mashruwala Award for Educational Innovation, 2017
MHRD Postgraduate Assistantship, 2012-2017
Google India travel funding, 2015
SIGCSE ICER 2016 DC travel grants, 2016
IEEE Grant for Student, 2014