Piet Desmet
Piet Desmet
Functions
- full professor Faculty of Arts
- vice rector of KU Leuven, Kulak Kortrijk Campus
- academic director – Office of the Academic Director, Bruges Campus
- head of the Division itec
- head of the Subdivision itec
- head of the Subdivision itec Language and Technology
- head of the Division KU Leuven, Bruges Campus
- head of the General Subdivision, Bruges Campus
- member of the Division itec
- member of Leuven.AI – KU Leuven Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Piet Desmet is coordinator of itec and academic director of the imec smart education research program.
His research interests are Second Language Acquisition and Technology, with applications in Computer-assisted Language Learning (AI-based chatbots, prediction of linguistic complexity, intelligent feedback on complex learning tasks), Learning Analytics (effectiveness research, systems for adaptive & personalized testing and learning) and Language Technology and Corpus Linguistics (automated analysis and annotation of text corpora using natural language processing, parallel and multimedia corpora, learner corpora).
involved projects
i-Learn
Gepersonaliseerd digitaal leren in het Vlaamse onderwijs. Leren op maat van elk kind wordt internationaal vaak als de toekomst van ons onderwijs naar voor geschoven.
Lecture+
Effective LEarning in remote Classrooms through Technology-enhanced UseR Engagement.
Smart Education @ Schools
Smart Education @ Schools is een innovatieprogramma voor leerkrachten in het basis- en secundair onderwijs en in de volwasseneneducatie die de uitdagingen van hun onderwijspraktijk willen aanpakken met slimme educatieve technologie.
Policy Research Centre
Policy Research Centre for Test Development and National Assessments
Dig-e-Lab
Research and innovation for online learning. Seven partners on both sides of the French-Belgian border, including universities, training and research centres, are working together on a common project.
Impact of form- or meaning-focused instruction on L2 lexical acquisition
A behavioural and neurological study.
c-PaCK French
A blended learning environment for the integrated acquisition of pedagogical content knowledge
Enhancing audio-visual input in order to foster second language learners depth of lexical knowledge
Dit project onderzoekt de effectiviteit van verrijkingstechnieken bij audiovisuele input (video) om de diepte of kwaliteit van woordenschatverwerving bij tweedetaalleerders Frans te stimuleren.
VALILEX
Theoretical and empirical validation of lexical competence in French within the Common European Framework of Reference.
SELFIN
An evaluation of the methodological and psychometric quality of language assessments, and training and support in the implementation and automatization of statistical analyses.
video.de
Videostreaming as an interactive didactic instrument in computer-assisted language learning.
COBALT
COmunication and building Bridget thanks to the Acquisition of Languages trough Technologies
automatisch genereren van gepersonaliseerde feedback in elektronische leeromgevingen
Eén van de essentiële aspecten bij het leren is feedback