EDUCATION, REGULATED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT (ERLA)

ERLA is institutionally coordinated at the University of Deusto by Elena Auzmendi (PI) and Eneko Balerdi (co- PI). ERLA was founded in 2016 by Ernesto Panadero, current international scientific leader of the group, Ikerbasque research professor at the University of Deusto, also affiliated with Dublin City University (DCU). Panadero acts as PI in national projects evaluated by the State Research Agency, as well as in the team's international projects.

The ERLA group focuses its research work on educational assessment and its role in enhancing deep and autonomous learning. His work combines a strong theoretical foundation with empirical research applied to real contexts in secondary and higher education, with a particular focus on practices such as self-assessment, peer assessment, the use of rubrics, and formative feedback. These practices are analysed not only for their impact on academic performance, but also for their influence on cognitive, motivational and emotional variables in learning.

Closely related to this, the group investigates the processes of self-regulation and co-regulation of learning, approaching them from a dual perspective: the development and validation of theoretical models, and the design of pedagogical interventions focused on formative assessment. ERLA thus explores how particular evaluative practices can activate and sustain individual and collaborative regulation of learning in diverse educational contexts.

In recent years, ERLA has incorporated new research areas focused on the multimodal measurement of cognitive and affective processes (including eye-tracking, think-aloud protocols, and physiological data), as well as the responsible integration of emerging technologies—particularly generative artificial intelligence—into assessment and feedback tasks.

The group conducts its work from the ERLA laboratory (Deusto), equipped with cutting-edge technology for empirical data collection, and maintains an active international collaboration agenda with universities such as the University of Auckland, Deakin University, and the University of Vienna, among many others. There are also ERLA members working at other Spanish universities (Autonomous University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid, Francisco de Vitoria University, etc.) as well as European institutions such as Dublin City University (DCU). Finally, ERLA actively participates in international scientific networks such as EARLI, AERA and other associations in the field of educational psychology and learning sciences. For a complete overview of the team, please visit the website.