About
Simon Simchai Hansen is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI) at OsloMet, where he also teaches Religious Education (KRLE).
His doctoral project is titled AIDE: AI-Driven Exploration in Religious Education (norwegian: KIDU: Kunstig intelligens-drevet utforskning i tverrfaglige prosjekter med KRLE). This is a pedagogical design research project that investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) can function as both an agent and an educational dialogue partner for lower secondary school students in inquiry-based learning processes. The project is part of the larger research initiative RomForsk: Exploratory Learning with Virtual Spaces in Religious and Ethics Education at OsloMet.
Simon holds a master’s degree from the primary teacher education program (grades 1–7) at OsloMet, where he wrote his thesis on the use of VR in ethics/moral education.
Read more about Romforsk here: https://uni.oslomet.no/romforsk/om-romforsk/
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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AI-driven exploration in interdisciplinary projects with Religious Education (KIDU)
PhD project exploring how artificial intelligence can be used in schools in ways that encourage active exploration and dialogue, rather than passive use in Religious Education (RE).
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Aukland, Knut
; Andersland, Inge; Smith-Gahrsen, Martin; Lindhardt, Eva Mila;
Kvia, Anne Siri
;
Hansen, Simon Simchai
(2023).
VR in RE and moral education: report from a conference symposium at the NCRE 2022.
Journal of Beliefs and Values.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2023.2207149
Hansen, Simon Simchai
;
Aukland, Knut
(2023).
Å utvikle etisk kompetanse med 3H-modellen: En studie av et etikkdidaktisk undervisningsdesign med VR.
Nordidactica.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3369700
