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Ed-Tech research and innovation in Graz
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Presentation: Digital Equipment Evolution and IT Activity of TU Graz study beginners (2011-2025)
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Over the past 13 years, more than 14,000 freshmen at TU Graz have participated in the annual “Welcome Days” survey. Our latest study (2011–2025) reveals major shifts in students’ digital habits, including rising use of AI tools and tablets, alongside declining use of Wikipedia and open-source software. The findings highlight new challenges for digital sovereignty…
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Presentation: Prompt Transparency and Accountability in Organisational genAI Systems to Support Course Descriptions Improvement
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At the STS Conference Graz 2026, we present a generative AI-based chatbot system designed to help improve course descriptions at Graz University of Technology. The aim is to support lecturers in structuring, refining and ensuring the quality of their course descriptions. A central concept of our presentation is prompt transparency. In contrast to non-transparent AI…
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Master Thesis: Topic-Aware Semantic Segmentation and Learning Objective Induction
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On March 12, 2026, Thomas Plangger successfully defended his master’s thesis. In his work, he developed an end-to-end pipeline that transforms unstructured educational PDFs into structured learning content. The system applies large language models to identify semantic boundaries in texts and segment them into coherent chunks. These are subsequently grouped into higher-level Learning Objectives, forming…
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Future of the Digital Classroom: Students’ Perspectives
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Slides from the PhD defense Future of the Digital Classroom: Students’ Perspectives on Educational Technologies that Enable Self-Regulated Learning in (A)synchronous Settings
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Announcement: AI tutor pitches on 29 January 2026
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On 29 January 2026, the AI tutors from the 2025/26 winter semester will give their pitches.All interested parties are cordially invited to attend and gain insights into the current projects, prototypes and ideas related to AI-supported learning assistance. Registration & information:Please send an email to . We look forward to an inspiring exchange!
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Presentation at China Forum
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Educating for a Future with AI: Is Higher Education Transforming? Slides from the talk on 20th November 2025 at the 7th China Forum at Graz University of Technology.
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Master’s thesis: Creation of an LLM-based chatbot for secondary school level I
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On November 13, 2025, Maximilian successfully defended his master’s thesis entitled “Creation of a chatbot based on large language models for secondary school students on the topic of quadrilaterals and its testing in the classroom.” Er hat einen Datensatz für ein Finetuning eines LLMs für die Sekundarstufe 1 durchgeführt. Darauf basierend einen hybriden Chatbot entwickelt,…
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Keynote for Unite! EmpowerAI at TU Graz: Developments in Educational Technology for the AI Future
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AI is transforming the way we learn, teach and generate knowledge. This keynote explores how educational technology can empower students for a future with AI, through chatbots, generative tools, and AI literacy. As well as technical skills, the focus is on responsibility, creativity, and active co-creation, so that learners become shapers of tomorrow’s education rather…
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Presentation: Developing and Testing a Peer-Review Process for Content Quality Assurance in MOOCs: A Case Study on an E-Assessment Course.
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Slides from the presentation of our paper at 28th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning54th IGIP International Conference on Engineering PedagogyInnovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education
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Presentation: Prompting.School: Teaching AI Literacy through Guided Prompt Engineering Practice
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Slides from the presentation of our paper at 28th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning54th IGIP International Conference on Engineering PedagogyInnovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education in the Special Session From Chalkboards to Chatbots: AI in Austrian Engineering Classrooms (C2C)
