René Lobo

René Lobo

Professor and Researcher

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Professional Summary

I am a professor and researcher at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá, Colombia, where I work at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, programming education and learning analytics. I received my PhD in Information and Communication Technologies from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in 2023.

Education

PhD in Information and Communication Technologies

2019 – 2023

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (TIDE research group)

MEng in Systems and Computer Engineering

2011 – 2014

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

BSc in Systems Engineering

2006 – 2011

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Interests

AI-Assisted Programming Education Learning Analytics Educational Technologies
Research

My primary research line centers on the LARA framework (Learning Analytics for Reactive Assistance) and Leia 2.0, an AI-powered pedagogical assistant for programming education, which I have studied with cohorts of engineering students in Colombia. I have also developed learning analytics infrastructure for pair programming research.

At Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz I developed Konrad Think-Pair-Share, an AI-enhanced collaborative learning platform, to study how AI scaffolding affects students’ creative thinking. During my PhD at Universitat Pompeu Fabra I studied computer-supported collaborative learning, flow experience and social media literacy.

Recent Publications
René Lobo, Julio Barón-Velandia, Sebastián-Camilo Vanegas-Ayala (2026). Leia 2.0: A Configurable AI-Powered Pedagogical Assistant for Reducing Programming Barriers in Engineering Education. Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering (WEA 2026), Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer, 380-390.
DOI Project
Fabian-Enrique Suarez-Carvajal, René Lobo, Julian Santoyo, Javier Pinzon-Castellanos, Yamid Gamba-Gonzalez (2026). MVVM in the Era of Modern Android: A Systematic Literature Review and Taxonomy of Architectural Trade-offs. CLEI Electronic Journal, 29(2).
DOI
René Lobo (2026). Integración de la inteligencia artificial en la metodología Think-Pair-Share para fomentar la creatividad colaborativa. Innovación educativa en contextos reales: estudios y aplicaciones, Editorial Politécnico Grancolombiano.
Project
Fabian-Enrique Suarez-Carvajal, René Lobo, Julián Santiago Santoyo-Díaz, Javier Pinzón-Castellanos, Yamid Gabriel Gamba-González (2026). Programación en parejas asistida por inteligencia artificial en educación superior de computación: Un estudio de métodos mixtos sobre aceptación estudiantil y dinámicas colaborativas. Revista Colombiana de Computación, 27(1), 41-53.
René Lobo (2025). AI-Enhanced Think-Pair-Share: A Learning Analytics Approach to Foster Linguistic Creative Thinking and Collaborative Learning. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(2), 19-34.
DOI PDF Project
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Invite me

I welcome invitations to contribute as:

  • Peer reviewer for journals and conferences in learning analytics, AI in education, CSCL and educational technology
  • Evaluator of research projects, grant proposals and master’s or doctoral theses
  • Invited speaker or keynote at conferences, seminars and institutional events
  • Workshop facilitator on generative AI in the classroom, learning analytics and collaborative learning design

Topics: AI-assisted programming education · learning analytics · generative AI and chatbots in teaching · Think-Pair-Share and collaborative learning scripts · gamification and motivation · social media literacy.

Talks in Spanish or English, in person (Bogotá, Colombia) or online.

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Contact

📧 raloboq@udistrital.edu.co

🏛️ Ingeniería de Sistemas
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia

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