Elvis Ortega-Ochoa

Dr. Elvis Ortega-Ochoa

Research Centre of Gameful Realities, University of Tampere, Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
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Researcher in eLearning @elvisortegare

Biography

Elvis is a researcher and founder, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Chief Executive Officer. His research interests are empathic Pedagogical Conversational Agents, cognitive and affective scaffolding and fading, and social cognition and contagion in learning (physiological, emotional, behavioural, etc.).

Affiliations

University of Tampere

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Research Centre of Gameful Realities

Honors and Awards

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PhD with International Mention

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

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2025 UOC Santander Award for Best Open Science Doctoral Contribution

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - Santander Bank

Award-winning work for the Best Doctoral Contribution in Open Science 2025.

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

01 Aug 2025 - present

University Educator/Researcher

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

01 Oct 2022 - 01 Sep 2025