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Elvis Ortega-Ochoa, Dr

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tampere University

9 Aug 2024

Elvis is a researcher and founder, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Chief Executive Officer. His research interests are empathic Pedagogical Conversational Agents, cognitive and affective scaffolding and fading, and social cognition and contagion in learning (physiological, emotional, behavioural, etc.).

Elvis Ortega-Ochoa's contributions

Exploring how teaching assistants powered by AI can understand and support students

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Educational digital assistants designed to understand and support students emotionally as well as academically are increasingly becoming a vital tool in learning environments. These assistants are...

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Blog post13 Aug 2024

BERA news

BERA & Black History Month 2025

News1 Oct 2025

2025 Early Career Researcher Career Development Fund Recipients

News18 Sep 2025

BERA journals virtual issue: Evaluating the worth of race, ethnicity and education over the last five years

News4 Sep 2025

Announcing the 2025 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year shortlist

News3 Sep 2025