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View article: Learning during COVID-19: (Too) isolated yet successful
Learning during COVID-19: (Too) isolated yet successful Open
In a world changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 universities had to completely rethink and immediately transform their teaching to a fully online setting. As a result, students had to learn from home and organize their learning by the…
View article: Empirical Insights on the Impact of Technology Affinity on Programming Skill Development through an Adaptive Game-Based Learning System
Empirical Insights on the Impact of Technology Affinity on Programming Skill Development through an Adaptive Game-Based Learning System Open
Programming skills have been a crucial skill for (computer science) students. The level of technology affinity, encompassing a student’s confidence in technology, can impact skill development. Students with high technology affinity may eng…
View article: Developing a digital tutor as an intermediary between students, teaching assistants, and lecturers
Developing a digital tutor as an intermediary between students, teaching assistants, and lecturers Open
Individualized learning support is an essential part of formal educational learning processes. However, in typical large-scale educational settings, resource constraints result in limited interaction among students, teaching assistants, an…
View article: Chatbots for active learning: A case of phishing email identification
Chatbots for active learning: A case of phishing email identification Open
Chatbots represent a promising approach to provide instructional content and facilitate active learning processes. However, there is a lack of knowledge as how to design chatbot interactions for active learning. In response to this knowled…
View article: Fostering skills with chatbot-based digital tutors – training programming skills in a field study
Fostering skills with chatbot-based digital tutors – training programming skills in a field study Open
Digital skills, particularly programming, have become a vital prerequisite for succeeding in today’s work life. Developing those skills is, however, a challenging task, as it requires perseverance, effort, and practice. To teach coding, in…
View article: Play to get Instant Feedback – Using Game-Based Apps to Overcome the Feedback Gap in Lectures and Online Teaching
Play to get Instant Feedback – Using Game-Based Apps to Overcome the Feedback Gap in Lectures and Online Teaching Open
COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation in education worldwide. Within a short time frame of several weeks, a full digital transformation took place. In the meantime, however, the trend of this rapid digital transformation seems to…
View article: How Students’ Statistics Beliefs Influence Their Attitudes: A Quantitative and a Qualitative Approach
How Students’ Statistics Beliefs Influence Their Attitudes: A Quantitative and a Qualitative Approach Open
Negative attitudes of students toward statistics in introductory courses are a widespread phenomenon. The reasons lie first and foremost in students' experiences with mathematics, but they are also more diverse than just that. In addition …
View article: Designing Process-based Chatbots in Enterprises: The Case of Business Travel Organization Considering the Users’ Perspective and Business Value
Designing Process-based Chatbots in Enterprises: The Case of Business Travel Organization Considering the Users’ Perspective and Business Value Open
Chatbots have attracted much research attention in recent years, and organizations have increasingly begun applying them in everyday working life. However, researchers have rarely investigated how chatbots can support everyday tasks in ent…
View article: Use of digital teaching resources and predictors of medical student performance during the pandemic: A prospective study
Use of digital teaching resources and predictors of medical student performance during the pandemic: A prospective study Open
Background The coronavirus pandemic has led to increased use of digital teaching formats in medical education. A number of studies have assessed student satisfaction with these resources. However, there is a lack of studies investigating c…
View article: Individualized Learning Patterns Require Individualized Conversations – Data-Driven Insights from the Field on How Chatbots Instruct Students in Solving Exercises
Individualized Learning Patterns Require Individualized Conversations – Data-Driven Insights from the Field on How Chatbots Instruct Students in Solving Exercises Open
Chatbots can foster the learning success of students in educational settings. This has been shown in prior research studies, e.g., using laboratory studies in online learning settings. Actual evaluations of using educational chatbots in th…
View article: Chatbot Introduction and Operation in Enterprises – A Design Science Research-based Structured Procedure Model for Chatbot Projects
Chatbot Introduction and Operation in Enterprises – A Design Science Research-based Structured Procedure Model for Chatbot Projects Open
Chatbot research has become an emerging research area. Researchers survey the technology behind and the whole ecosystem from different perspectives, e.g., human-computer interaction, design research, or anthropomorphism. To foster the tran…
View article: Future directions for chatbot research: an interdisciplinary research agenda
Future directions for chatbot research: an interdisciplinary research agenda Open
View article: The intention to participate in online exams - The student perspective
The intention to participate in online exams - The student perspective Open
Studying at German universities is traditionally often focused on in-class face-to-face teaching. Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the danger of an uncontrollable spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany decided to implement an al…
View article: Sorry, I Can’t Understand You! – Influencing Factors and Challenges of Chatbots at Digital Workplaces
Sorry, I Can’t Understand You! – Influencing Factors and Challenges of Chatbots at Digital Workplaces Open
View article: Learning analytics as a tool to give feedback to lecturers and teaching assistants: first cycles in a design science study
Learning analytics as a tool to give feedback to lecturers and teaching assistants: first cycles in a design science study Open
Feedback is an important part of any learning process. Not only do learners need feedback to assess their level of learning and improve their learning, but instructors in particular need feedback to adapt their teaching to the progress of …
View article: Chatbots at Digital Workplaces – A Grounded-Theory Approach for Surveying Application Areas and Objectives
Chatbots at Digital Workplaces – A Grounded-Theory Approach for Surveying Application Areas and Objectives Open
Background: Chatbots are currently on the rise as more and more researchers tackle this topic from different perspectives. Simultaneously, workplaces and ways of working are increasingly changing in the context of digitalization. However, …
View article: Interactive learning on demand: a chat-based app for statistics education
Interactive learning on demand: a chat-based app for statistics education Open
In addition to course meetings, the learning process of students includes many components of self-study. While communication with lecturers about individual questions is difficult in large classes, access to help is even harder to get in t…
View article: Sara, the Lecturer: Improving Learning in Online Education with a Scaffolding-Based Conversational Agents
Sara, the Lecturer: Improving Learning in Online Education with a Scaffolding-Based Conversational Agents Open
Enrollment in online courses has sharply increased in higher education. Although online education can be scaled to large audiences, the lack of interaction between educators and learners is difficult to replace and remains a primary challe…
View article: Sara, the Lecturer: Improving Learning in Online Education with a Scaffolding-Based Conversational Agent
Sara, the Lecturer: Improving Learning in Online Education with a Scaffolding-Based Conversational Agent Open
Enrollment in online courses has sharply increased in higher education. Although online education can be scaled to large audiences, the lack of interaction between educators and learners is difficult to replace and remains a primary challe…
View article: Einsatz von Chatbots am digitalen Büroarbeitsplatz – Eine praxisorientierte Betrachtung von Einsatzbereichen, Wirkungen und Handlungsempfehlungen
Einsatz von Chatbots am digitalen Büroarbeitsplatz – Eine praxisorientierte Betrachtung von Einsatzbereichen, Wirkungen und Handlungsempfehlungen Open
View article: Engaging Learners in Online Video Lectures with Dynamically Scaffolding Conversational Agents
Engaging Learners in Online Video Lectures with Dynamically Scaffolding Conversational Agents Open
Online education creates new opportunities for learners, which has led to sharply increasing enrollment in the last few years. Despite these benefits, past research shows that the lack of individual interaction with educators creates low l…
View article: Design and Implementation of a Usability-Framework for Smartwatches
Design and Implementation of a Usability-Framework for Smartwatches Open
Due to technological developments in the last decade, the class of wearable computers arose which offers innovative access to human-computer interaction. Especially smartwatches attracted attention and are established as a permanently worn…
View article: Say Hello to Your New Automated Tutor – A Structured Literature Review on Pedagogical Conversational Agents
Say Hello to Your New Automated Tutor – A Structured Literature Review on Pedagogical Conversational Agents Open
In this paper, we present the current state of the art of using conversational agents for educational purposes. These so-called pedagogical conversational agents are a specialized type of e-learning and intelligent tutoring systems. The ma…
View article: How May I Help You? – State of the Art and Open Research Questions for Chatbots at the Digital Workplace
How May I Help You? – State of the Art and Open Research Questions for Chatbots at the Digital Workplace Open
Chatbots become quite hyped in recent times as they can provide an intuitive and easy-to-use natural language human-computer interface. Nevertheless, they are not yet widespread in enterprises. Corresponding application areas for collabora…
View article: What Drives a Successful Adoption of E-Learning Modules for Sustainable Management? An Empirical Investigation of Influencing Factors and Challenges
What Drives a Successful Adoption of E-Learning Modules for Sustainable Management? An Empirical Investigation of Influencing Factors and Challenges Open
In order to have corporations contributing to the environmental and social challenges of the coming years, employees have to develop competences for sustainable management. These competences are necessary to reduce environmental impacts of…
View article: Text/Conference Paper
Text/Conference Paper Open
Evaluation studies are essential for determining the utilization of technology-enhanced learning systems. Prior research often focuses on evaluating specific factors like the technology adoption or usability aspects. However, it needs to b…
View article: Text/Conference Paper
Text/Conference Paper Open
Die universitäre Hochschullehre ist in vielen Bereichen geprägt von teilnehmerstarken, dozierenden-zentrierten Lehrveranstaltungen. Durch das oftmals unausgewogene Verhältnis von Studierenden zu Dozierenden bestehen Herausforderungen, Stud…
View article: Enabling the Adoption of Wearable Computers in Enterprises - Results of Analyzing Influencing Factors and Challenges in the Industrial Sector
Enabling the Adoption of Wearable Computers in Enterprises - Results of Analyzing Influencing Factors and Challenges in the Industrial Sector Open
Wearable computers like smart glasses or smartwatches enable the use of information systems in application scenarios in which information technology has rarely been used until now. The reason for this is, that users are able to interact wi…