Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel

Research Professor

Nikol Rummel

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

  • Yang, K. B., Echeverria, V., Lu, Z., Mao, H., Holstein, K., Rummel, N. & Aleven, V. (2023). Pair-up: prototyping human-AI co-orchestration of dynamic transitions between individual and collaborative learning in the classroom. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). ACM, New York. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581398

  • Radtke, A., Osinski, M., Scheffel, M., Serova, K., Rummel, N. (2023). Help me to help myself: Eine Feldstudie zur Wirksamkeit einer datenbasierten Unterstützung von Selbstregulationskompetenzen in digital gestützten Lernsettings. In R. Röpke & U. Schroeder (Hrsg.), Proceedings der 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI) (S. 29-40). https://doi.org/10.18420/delfi2023-11

  • Van Leeuwen, A., Strauss, S., & Rummel, N. (2023). Participatory design of teacher dashboards: navigating the tension between teacher input and theories on teacher professional vision. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 6:1039739. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2023.1039739

  • Aleven, V., Mavrikis, M., McLaren, B. M., Nguyen, H. A., Olsen, J. K., & Rummel, N. (2023). Chapter 9: Six instructional approaches supported in AIED systems. In du Boulay, B., Mitrovic, A., & Yacef, K. (Hrsg.), Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Education (S.184–228). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375413.00019

  • Echeverria, V., Yang, K., Lawrence, L., Rummel, N. & Aleven, V. (2023). Designing hybrid human-AI orchestration tools for individual and collaborative activities: A Technology probe study. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 16(2), 191–205. https://doi.org/10.1109/tlt.2023.3248155

  • Karumbaiah, S., Liu, P., Maksimova, A., De Vylder, L., Rummel, N., Aleven, V. (2023). Multimodal Analytics for Collaborative Teacher Reflection of Human-AI Hybrid Teaching: Design Opportunities and Constraints. In: Viberg, O., Jivet, I., Muñoz-Merino, P., Perifanou, M., Papathoma, T. (eds) Responsive and Sustainable Educational Futures. EC-TEL 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14200. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42682-7_45

  • 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

  • Hartmann, C., Rummel, N., & Bannert, M. (2022). Using HeuristicsMiner to Analyze Problem-Solving Processes: Exemplary Use Case of a Productive-Failure Study. Journal of Learning Analytics, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2022.7363

  • Strauß, S., Rummel, N. (2023). Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Die Rolle des Digitalen bei der Unterstützung von kooperativem Lernen. In: S. Aßmann & N. Ricken (Hrsg.): Bildung und Digitalität. Springer VS, Wiesbaden (S.127-164).  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30766-0_6

  • Rummel, N. (August 2019): Keynote Speaker at the 18th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)

  • Rummel, N. (January 2021): Keynote speaker at PULSE (Partnerships to Upscale the Learning Sciences in Europe) Symposium at the University of Twente, Netherlands

  • Rummel, N. (June 2023): Keynote speaker at the third annual conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) in Montreal, Canada

  • Rummel, N. (May 2022): Keynote speaker at the GenZ Talks Seminar at the University of Oulu, Finland

  • Rummel, N. (May 2023): Speaker at the Jacobs Foundation Conference, Cascais, Portugal

  • Rummel, N. (November 2018): Speaker at the plenary keynote at the Teaching for Active Learning (TAL) conference at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense)

  • Rummel, N.: (October 2021): Speaker at the Latsis Symposium 2021 STEM: Boosting hidden potentials at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel

Research Professor