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Lucas Matias Jeno
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Lucas Matias Jeno

Position

Professor

Affiliation

E-mail
lucas.jeno@uib.no
Phone number
+47 48134643
Visitor address
Christiesgate 12 Bjørn Christiansens hus
5015 Bergen
Room: 335
Postal address
P.O. Box 7807
NO-5020 Bergen
Norway

Lucas Matias Jeno

Position

Professor

Affiliation

Research groups

Research

Lucas M. Jeno is a Professor in University Pedagogy at the University of Bergen. Jeno researches how motivation is facilitated, and how motivation in turn impacts learning, dropout, and psychological well-being. 

Jeno's interest in motivation has been ongoing since his bachelor's thesis, and his interest and approach have been elaborated and grown convergently. Jeno began researching how teachers' motivation styles affect student motivation and learning (BSc and MSc theses), and further to investigate various factors that contribute to students' autonomous motivation (PhD thesis). In the postdoc project, Jeno looked at the role of technology in motivation and learning. The current line of research deals with the longitudinal effects of motivation on student achievement, dropout rates, and students' psychological well-being and learning processes.

Jeno leads an UiB-Humaniora strategy project where he investigates teacher students' motivation, teaching quality, and dropout rates, as well as project evaluation of the Mentor Scheme at UiB. Jeno is also a project partner in one DIKU project and one NFR project, where his role is to apply motivational principles and statistical techniques to investigate the students´ motivation and learning. Jeno has previously been Project Manager for the DIKU project "MOVUL: Mobile based learning as assessment", where the goal was to develop and test a mobile-based assessment tool for biology students.

Upcoming projects: With international partners, we investigate how experimental interventions affect students' different motivational and cognitive outcomes. With my PhD candidate, we investigate how students' social context, motivation, and personality over time affect student dropout rates. With my Master candidates, we investigate how motivational profiles and mastery relate to students' grades and interests in their studies. I have been asked to write two book chapters: 1) on motivation in higher education, and 2) on motivation and technology. Finally, a narrative literature review that will soon be submitted integrates the field of mobile learning from a motivational perspective. This study I expect will lead the field of mobile learning in the years to come because of the scope of the study, and its innovative approach.

 

Outreach

I have in total 13 popular scientific chronicles and interviews in the media. In these, I have disseminated issues related to: learning and motivation in higher education, educational development, study techniques for students during the pandemic (https://www.vaergodmotdegselv.no/en/study-techniques), and how to po perform before exams. 

 

I have also employed my competence in statistics and learning to evaluate and improve the Norwegian national student evaluation questionnaire, and have been invited by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education to present my suggestions and recommendations (https://www.nokut.no/arrangementer/hoyere-utdanning/studiebarometeret--seminar/).

 

Finally, on social media (Twitter), I disseminate research, methods, and project-relevant information for an ongoing project (@ArtsApp1) and my own research (@lucas_jeno). 

Teaching

Teaching:

I teach various courses in University Pedagogy that I have developed or co-developed. These courses includes:

  • Small group teaching
  • University pedagogy for PhD-candidates
  • Team-Based Learning
  • Statistics
  • Introduction to University Pedagogy
  • Student motivation

Supervision

I offer supervision for students in education, motivation and learing, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Look below for previous and current students I am supervising:

PhD-supervision (*Main supervisor)

Marius Ole Johansen* 2018-2023 

Oddfrid T. Kårstad Førland 2019-

Yuliia Sharapenko* 2023-

Master of Science supervision (*Main supervisor):

Brigt Roar Skeie* 2022-2024

Emilie Andreassen* and Andrea Roso Johansen* 2022-2023

Kjetil Grotle Rundereim* 2021-2022 in the project "ArtsApp"

Sara Madeleine Kristensen* 2016-2017 in the project "Paths to dropout"

Workshops:

I offer workshops in use of active learning and technology to support learning in teaching, and on motivaiton. 

Publications
Lecture
Academic article
Conference lecture
Conference poster
Media feature article
Professional article
Master’s thesis
Media interview
Academic literature review
Research report
Academic book chapter
Doctoral thesis (PhD)
Radio or TV participation

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

All my research is available at NVA: https://nva.sikt.no/research-profile/626258 

 Also available at my Google Scholar profile. 

Ongoing projects and pre-prints are available at my  Open Science Framework page.

Projects

I collaborate and manage several projects. See below for an overview of current and past projects:

 

DEVELOP: Developing evidence-based mentoring for better STEM work placements. DIKU funded with 4 688 362 NOK. Project number: ARB-2021/10151 (Project period: 2022-2025). Role: Project Partner

bioCEED: Centre of Excellence in Biology Education. NOKUT/DIKU funded with 4 000 000 NOK a year (2014-2024). Role: Project Partner

ArtsApp: How technology impacts motivation and interest for learning species. Norwegian research council funded with 8 000 000 NOK. Project number: 275681 (Project period: 2018-2022). Role: Project Partner

MOVUL: Mobile based learning as assessment. DIKU funded with 550 000 NOK. Project number DIG-2020/10014 (Project period: 2020-2022). Role: Principal Investigator

Motivational role in explaining student teachers study quality and dropout. HF-project-financed with 341 000 NOK. (Project period: 2022-2023). Role: Principal Investigator

Mentorordningen: Evaluation of Mentorordningen at UiB. (Project period: 2022-2024). Role: Principal Investigator