Presenter Profile

Samantha Ahern

Session Title(s)

What is lazy metacognition and what can we do about it?

Biography

Samantha Ahern is a Senior Digital Research Trainer (ISD) and Eduation co-lead and for the Centre of Advanced Research Computing (ARC), UCL. Samantha leads the ARC research theme: Transforming Research Communities,  is a Fellow of the University of London Centre for Online and Distance Education, a member of the Society of Research Software Engineers EDIA Working Group, and both a Carpentries Instructor and Trainer, and Co-Chair’s the Software Carpentry Lesson Programme Governance Committee. Samantha’s research has focused on learning analytics and student wellbeing. She completed her undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Kingston Univeristy, her MSc in Intelligent Systems at DeMontfort University and both PGCE Secondary ICT and PGDip IT in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Last modified: 09/05/2025