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Earli SIG 6/7 Conference

Prof. Martina Rau and doctoral student Ipek Paksoy attended the Earli SIG 6/7 conference in Tübingen.

While Martina was a keynote speaker and talked about 'external page How to Use Visual Representations Effectively – With and Without the Help of Educational Technologies', Ipek presented the current work of her PhD project 'Augmenting embodied learning experiences with visual representations in mixed reality'.

CTAT Intelligent Tutoring Systems Summer School

A few impressions from the 2nd annual CTAT Summer School organized by Thomas Schmalfeldt (PH Zurich), Vincent Aleven (Carnegie Mellon University) and Martina Rau (ETH Zurich) at Schloss Au near Zurich.

Yukun Dai, Ipek Paksoy, and our newest lab member Martina Vincoli developed two different prototypes of a computer-based intelligent tutor. Prof. Dr. Martina Rau mentored a student group and presented her past research on intelligent tutoring systems. We all had a wonderful time and would like to thank all participants for making this a memorable week. Particular thanks to Vincent Aleven and his group for traveling to Zurich from the United States and to Thomas Schmalfeldt for the immense effort in organizing the week.

18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Ipek and Charlotte presented their work at the external page ISLS Annual Meeting 2024 in Buffalo, NY. Check out Ipek's paper external page here and Charlotte's paper external page here.

Ipek also presented her proposed PhD study as a poster and is grateful for the feedback from many researchers with significant contributions to the learning sciences including Shaaron Ainsworth, Nikol Rummel, Joseph Polman and many more.

Congratulations to Charlotte!

Charlotte will be one of eight early-career fellows at the Collegium Helveticum starting September, 2024. She will divide her time between the Professorship for Learning and Instruction and the Semper observatory.

First International Conference of Embodied Education

Charlotte presented her external page review of metaphor-related research in chemistry education at the external page First International Conference of Embodied Education in Copenhagen.

Prof. Dr. Rau's Inaugural Lecture

To learn more about our research, watch Prof. Dr. Rau's inaugural lecture.

Teacher working retreat

Every two years, ETH Zurich invites trainee teachers, specialised didacticians and other organisers of teaching diploma and didactics certificate for a working retreat at hotel Seeblick in Emmetten.

Many thanks to everyone for the stimulating discussions and productive collaborations! We look forward to seeing you again in two years' time.

Austrian Young Chemists Summit 2024

Charlotte was invited to moderate a panel discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion in chemistry at the external page Austrian Young Chemists Summit in Salzburg.

Christmas 2023

Learning and Instruction lab members — December 7, 2023

Our lab members enjoyed a delicious Christmas raclette at Villa Hatt to finish off the year.

Summer School of Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS)

JDPLS Summer School 2023 — September 20 - 22, 2023

Our new new doctoral student Ipek Paksoy and Thesis Director Prof. Martina Rau attended the external page JDPLS summer school along with six other ETH doctoral students of the second cohort.

Nomination of Prof. Martina Rau

Prof. Martina Rau was nominated as Full Professor and joined ETH Zurich on August 2, 2023.

Ranking of Prof. Martina Rau

September, 2022: Prof. Martina Rau was ranked among the most productive educational psychologists; see external page Fong et al. (2022). Fong, C. J., Flanigan, A. E., Hogan, E., Brady, A. C., Griffin, M. M., Gonzales, C., ... & Robinson, D. H. (2022). Individual and Institutional Productivity in Educational Psychology Journals from 2015 to 2021. Educational Psychology Review, 1-25.

Hiring

We are currently looking for a Research Assistant for Research on Learning and Instruction on a 10-20% workload.

More detailed information on the position can be found here.

Welcome

A very warm welcome to Martina Vincoli, who joined Martina's professorship as a doctoral student of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS).

A very warm welcome to Dr. Anna E. Premo, who joined Martina's professorship as a postdoctoral fellow.

Yukun Dai transitioned from the ETH Game Technology Center and joined Martina's professorship as a Software Engineer.

Dr. Charlotte Müller, who defended her thesis succesfully in Sep 2023 at ETH Zurich, joined Martina's professorship as a postdoc.

Ipek Paksoy joined Martina's professorship as a doctoral student of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS).

Sara May joined Martina's professorship as the Office Manager.

Spotlight publications

Additional Information

Our group strives to discover effective, evidence-based ways to improve educational practice with an eye towards generalizable principles across content areas and issues of societal relevance. Specific foci of interest include (1) designing effective instructional interventions, (2) strategically implementing instructional interventions, and (3) joint learning of humans and machines.

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ETH Zurich
Professorship for Learning and Instruction
Clausiusstrasse 59
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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