Category: Research
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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
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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Master’s thesis: Creation of an LLM-based chatbot for secondary school level I
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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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)
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Presentation: Enhancing Synchronous Collaborative Learning with AI-Supported Audience Response Systems: The echoQuiz Approach
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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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Master’s Thesis: Learning with AI based Videos
Patrick successfully defended his master’s thesis “Learning with AI based Videos” on January 29, 2025. He compared educational videos in an experimental setting that show AI-generated human avatars and real people. Slides from the presentation in the repository of TU Graz, the videos from the test series are online, CC BY Educational Technology, TU Graz
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Call for Papers: Applications of Digital Technology and AI in Educational Settings
We invite submissions to the special issue “Applications of Digital Technology and AI in Educational Settings” in Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417), part of the “Computing and Artificial Intelligence” section. This special issue aims to explore innovative uses of digital tools and artificial intelligence in enhancing education. Submission Deadline: 20 March 2025
