Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel is a research professor and heads the research program Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), where she deals with questions around the dynamic interaction of teachers, learners and supporting technologies. Her research focuses on issues related to the design and technical implementation of digital learning environments and the challenges and opportunities of learning and teaching in digital environments.
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2010: Professor at the Chair of Educational Psychology and Educational Technology at the Ruhr-University Bochum.
- 2010: Habilitation in Psychology at the University of Freiburg, Germany
- Since 2008: Associate Professor at the Human Computer Interaction Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- 2004: Doctorate in Psychology at the University of Freiburg
- 2002: Diploma in Psychology at the University of Freiburg
- 2000: Master of Science in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Selected Publications and Conference Contributions
Brand, C., Hartmann, C., Loibl, K. & Rummel, N. (2023). Do students learn more from failing alone or in groups? Insights into the effects of collaborative versus individual problem solving in productive failure. Instructional Science. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-023-09619-7
Lawrence, L., Guo, B., Yang, K., Echeverria, V., Kang, Z., Bathala, V., Li, C., Huang, W., Aleven, V., & Rummel, N. (2022). Process to co-design AI-based orchestration tools to support dynamic transitions: Design narratives through Conjecture Mapping. In A. Weinberger, W. Chen, D. Hérnandez-Leo & B. Chen (Eds.), International collaboration toward educational innovation for all: overarching research, development, and practices, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL 2022) (pp. 139-146). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences. *Best Design Paper Award
Nachtigall, V., Shaffer, D.W., & Rummel, N. (2022). Stirring a Secret Sauce: A Literature Review on the Conditions and Effects of Authentic Learning. Educational Psychology Review. 341479–1516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09676-3
Hartmann, C., van Gog, T., & Rummel, N. (2022). Productive versus vicarious failure: Do students need to fail themselves in order to learn? Applied Cognitive Psychology 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4004
Echeverria, V., Holstein, K., Huang, J., Sewall, J., Rummel, N., Aleven, V. (2020) Exploring Human–AI Control Over Dynamic Transitions Between Individual and Collaborative Learning. In Alario-Hoyos C., Rodríguez-Triana M.J., Scheffel M., Arnedillo-Sánchez I., Dennerlein S.M. (Eds.), Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education.EC-TEL 2020 Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12315. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57717-9_17 *Nominated for Best Paper Award