1st report on the Delphi study

The STELLAR Network of Excellence brings together European researchers from different professional backgrounds to promote research in the field of technology enhanced learning (TEL). A central objective of the STELLAR Network is to identify grand research challenges to be addressed by TEL in the near future. The STELLAR Delphi Study, which is conducted as part of Work Package 1, serves as an instrument to achieve this objective. By conducting several rounds of expert surveys, the STELLAR Delphi study consolidates the expertise of researchers and stakeholders from both within STELLAR and external to STELLAR and thus enables us to identify important research themes and trends within TEL. The insights gained through the Delphi study will enable STELLAR to formulate recommendations for future research programs and to assist in reducing the fragmentation in the multidisciplinary field of TEL. For the 1st Delphi round, we conducted a STELLAR‐internal online expert survey with a total of 41 participants. The survey aimed at getting a first overview of emerging trends in TEL that could be further evaluated in the 2nd Delphi round. The survey consisted of open‐ended questions regarding important research topics and developments in the past few years, recommendations for future research programs, the experts' personal opinions on standards for TEL research and visionary statements about future learning scenarios. A qualitative data analysis was combined with a quantitative one