Md Saifuddin Khalid

Associate Professor in Learning Technology and Digitalization at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute) and a Member of the Center for Digital Learning Technology

Khalid’s goal is to play the role of a change agent to solve or circumvent the barriers of developing, integrating and adopting digital systems in organizations, particularly in educational contexts by solving decision-making dilemmas at both individual and organization levels. His teaching contributes to the multi-disciplinary fields of user experience (UX), interaction design, service design, software engineering, information systems, usability engineering, and participatory design. With a background in Computer Science (Major) and Business Informatics (Minor) from Independent University, Bangladesh, Khalid adopted the methodologies and methods from participatory learning and action field in his PhD on Human-Centered Communication and Informatics (HCCI) at eLearning Lab, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. For empathic and fun interactions in the teaching activities, he achieved the teacher of year 2016 award from the Humanities Faculty while being an Assistant Professor at the department of Learning and Philosophy, AAU. Khalid was part of technological pedagogical teaching team at AAU Learning Lab and continues research till date on value-driven designs for learning. He coordinated and contributed in the development of 20 online modules during the Erasmus+ project “Blended Learning for Teacher Educators in Europe and Asia” in collaboration with universities from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Malaysia, Pakistan, France, Estonia, and Denmark during 2016-2019. As an Associate Professor, he moved from AAU to the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark – contributed digitalization and innovation processes by involving physical movement in the design process. He also holds an external lecturer position at the Department of Digitalization at Copenhagen Business School, where he teaches Service Design (elective Master Course) and the Analysis and Design of User-Friendly Information Systems (course of Business Administration – Information Technology). Khalid is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and contributes as a reviewer of multi-disciplinary conferences and journals. He is connected with the Danish E-Learning professionals in Higher-Education institutions.