Tag: video
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Presentation: How Embodiment Changes AI Tutoring: Comparing Student Perceptions of Text and AI Human Avatar-Based Chatbot Systems
Slides from our presentation at HCII 2026 conference. In this research, we investigate how a human-like avatar influences students’ perceptions and use of an AI tutoring system. The results show that embodiment strengthens the AI tutor’s role as a communication partner, while information seeking remains the dominant learning behaviour. Audio was perceived as more useful…
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Master’s thesis: A comparison of educational videos featuring AI avatars and real people in a school context
On 24 June 2026, Belinda Uhl successfully defended her Master’s thesis. As part of her research, she investigated how lower secondary school pupils perceive educational videos presented by different characters: their own teacher, a digital robot character, or an AI-generated personal avatar of an unknown person. To this end, nine educational videos were produced on…
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Presentation: Synthetic Educators: Analyzing AI-Driven Avatars in Digital Learning Environments
Slides from the presentation of our paper at 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Gothenburg, Sweden
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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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Interview with AACE Review on genAI Videos
Interview with Benedikt Brünner, published at Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Review, on using AI-Generated Instructor Video for Multilingual Content in MOOCs
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Presentation: Educational Videos & AI Multimedia
Slides from the talk at Asian University for Women (AUW) at the course “Educational Technology for Strong Schools” (Instructors: Tansum Tanha & Stefanie Panke) as a guest speaker. Topics were generative AI in educational videos and current research on AI avatars.
