ECEL 2025 - Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on e-Learning

Edited by Dr MD Saifuddin Khalid

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 24th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2025), hosted by ACI and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark on 23-24 October 2025. The Conference Chair is Dr. Md Saifuddin Khalid from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, DTU, Denmark and the Programme Chair Dr. Tobias Tretow-Fish from Department of Culture and Learning Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark.

ECEL is now a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 24th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The opening keynote presentation is given by Prof. Christian Stöhr from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, who will discuss From Learning to AI to AI for Learning: Navigating Hype and Hope of Generative AI in Higher Education. We will also have a keynote speech from Prof. Iza Marfisi from Le Mans University, France who will discuss If You build It… Will Teachers Use It? Bridging the Gap Between TEL Research and Real Classrooms. The second day of the conference will begin with an address by Prof. Thomas Ryberg from Aalborg University, Denmark on the topic of Expanding Digital Learning Spaces.

With an initial submission of 114 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 49 Academic research papers, 5 PhD research papers and 5 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, China, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Morrocco, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK and USA.