Digitale Lehre an und rund um der Technischen Universität Graz
Another talk at this year’s ED-Media conference was about our IDeR-Blog project titled „Refactoring and Evaluation of an Interactive Web Portal for German Language Acquisition“. Find the slides here:
Buchacher, F., Wachtler, J., & Ebner, M. (2025, Mai 22). Refactoring and Evaluation of an Interactive Web Portal for German Language Acquisition. Graz University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.3217/q4epa-dbh95
We are proud that one of our research papers won a Best Paper Award at this year’s ED-Media conference. Our presentation titled „Empowering Students through Visual Analytics: A Dashboard Redesign for Modern Curricula“ is also now available online:
Leitner, P., Pranter, P.-P., Brünner, B., & Ebner, M. (2025, Mai 22). Presentation: Empowering Students through Visual Analytics: A Dashboard Redesign for Modern Curricula. Graz University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.3217/35eva-va035
Another talk at this year’s ED-Media conference was about „Open Educational Resources in Ukraine: Current Status and Future Directions“. Find the slides right here:
Andriichenko, Y., Ebner, M., & Schön, S. (2025, Mai 22). Open Educational Resources in Ukraine: Current Status and Future Directions. Graz University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.3217/y8prt-8h024
Our next talk at this year’s ED-Media conference is about „Rapid Multilingual Video Production (RMVPro) utilizing Artificial Intelligence“. Find the slides right here:
Brünner, B. & Ebner, M., (2025). Rapid Multilingual Video Production (RMVPro) utilizing Artificial Intelligence. ED-Media 2025 conference, presentation, Barcelona [slides]
For many years, we have also been organising an annual workshop as part of the ED-Media conference, known as the ‘Special Interest Group on Emerging Technologies’. The aim is always to show and discuss a new innovative technology for education. This year it was our newly developed AI Cast.
Here are the slides:
Ebner, M. & Brünner, B. (2025) Special Interest Group on Emerging Technologies: Exploring Educational Podcasts with AI. ED-Media conference 2025, Barcelona [slides]
Our first talk at this year’s ED-Media conference in Barcelona was about „Inspired by generative AI, Ignoring Open Knowledge? Findings from a Longitudinal Study on Digital Equipment and Activities of Study Beginners at TU Graz (2011–2024)„. As has become something of a tradition, I have once again presented the results of our long-term study of our first-year students about IT equipment and the use of IT applications in general and for learning.
Nagler, W., Mair, B., Ebner, M., & Schön, S. (2025, Mai 20). Inspired by generative AI, Ignoring Open Knowledge? Findings from a Longitudinal Study on Digital Equipment and Activities of Study Beginners at TU Graz (2011–2024). Graz University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.3217/7h2qq-tcr64
It is ED-Media week again, and we had a lot of work: Workshops, presentations, and discussions. Our first activity is a workshop about „Understanding the Core of LLMs as genAI – CollectiveGPT and Human Intelligence„. Find our slides here:
Brünner, B., & Ebner, M. (2025, Mai 20). Presentation: Understanding the Core of LLMs as genAI – CollectiveGPT and Human Intelligence. Graz University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.3217/mznsf-g2047
We are delighted that we can offer another workshop for our „SIG“ at this year’s EDMedia conference in Barcelona titled „Exploring Educational Podcasts with AI„
Abstract:
How can educators unleash the power of AI without losing control over core educational strategies? In this workshop, we will introduce aicast, an open source platform for educational podcasts that combines the best of both worlds: AI-generated elements for personalization and flexibility, and fixed elements, with instructor-defined content to ensure pedagogical accuracy. This hybrid approach reduces the risks associated with AI-generated materials like hallucinations. Attendees will learn how the platform utilizes LLMs like ChatGPT for personalized content authoring and ElevenLabs for high-quality voice synthesis, enabling real-time creation of educational audio content. After a short demo and hands-on session, participants will engage in a guided discussion: What is the core of an educational podcast? How do structure, tone, and repetition affect learning? Most importantly from the perspective of an instructional designer, how must an educational podcast be? This session is part of the Special Interest Group on Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching and invites participants to think critically about the role of AI in educational podcasting. Even more we invite instructional designer to collaborate with us to bring educational podcast to a next level.
We would love to meet you in Barcelona, even more, if you can join our workshop – cu there 🙂
We did a workshop at this year’s ED-Media Conference about „Experiences with Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom„
Abstract:
This year’s SIG meeting will focus intensively on the topic of „Experiences with Artificial Intelligence in the classroom“. AI changes education maybe radically and had hopefully a positive impact on education. Therefore, we ask for short presentations and inputs to discuss our practical experiences with AI use in education amongst all participants. Everyone is cordially invited to come and share their challenges, their impact, their worries or success stories or to get to know the latest findings and tools.
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Reference: Ebner, M. & Brünner, B. (2024). Experiences with Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1180-1181). Brussels, Belgium: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 22, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224665/.
We did a workshop at this year’s ED-Media conference in Brussels about „Creating Educational Videos with an AI Avatar Video Generator„
Abstract:
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the creation of learning materials represents a cutting-edge frontier. This workshop is designed for educators, content creators, and instructional designers, and will introduce participants to the potential of AI avatar software in the production of educational videos. Through interactive demonstrations and guided practice, participants gain practical skills in utilizing AI avatar software to create educational videos that meet different learning styles and needs. We will explore case studies of successful implementations and discuss strategies for integrating AI avatars into various educational contexts, from K-12 to higher education and corporate training. Additionally, the workshop will address ethical considerations and best practices in the use of AI in education, ensuring that participants are equipped to responsibly navigate the challenges of digital content creation. Participants will leave the workshop with an initial understanding of the capabilities of AI avatar software and their first experience in creating educational videos with this new technology.
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Reference: Brünner, B. & Ebner, M. (2024). Creating Educational Videos with an AI Avatar Video Generator. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1165-1166). Brussels, Belgium: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 22, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224664/.