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Our former Erasmus+ student Tom Breuer recently presented his first peer-reviewed paper, stemming from research conducted for his Bachelor’s thesis, at the International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2026) in Benidorm, Spain. The paper “Incorporating Recommended Course Prerequisites into Similarity-Based Course Recommender Systems for Higher Education” was written together with co-author Prof. Dr. René…

From May 16th to 24th, 2026, Selina Reinhard and Sonja Klein attended the JTEL Summer School 2026 (JTELSS26), organized by the European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning (EA-TEL). Around 100 researchers, including 60 PhD candidates from across Europe gathered in Sunny Beach, Burgas, Bulgaria, to discuss current challenges and opportunities in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL). Throughout the…

Milestone achieved: On March 23rd, 2026, Martina Landman successfully defended her doctoral dissertation and completed her PhD journey as the first doctoral graduate of our group (officially supervised by Prof. Dr. Tobias Kohn). In her dissertation, “Algorithmic Problem Solving in Unplugged Computer Science Outreach Activities,” she delivers a focused and impactful contribution at the intersection…

At WiPSCE 2026 in Aachen, our research lab presented three contributions (publications are still pending) addressing complementary challenges in K–12 computer science and AI education. The full paper “Turning Students into Neurons – Evaluating an Embodied CS Unplugged Learning Activity on Neural Networks” by Lukas Lehner, Selina Reinhard, Martina Landman, and René Röpke reported on…

Similar to the last summer semester, we are offering the following courses: Every semester, we offer the course “Informatics Didactics” (Didaktik in der Informatik, Abenteuer Informatik), a hands-on introduction to computer science education and didactics. In this course, students learn about the educational offerings in the context of the TU Wien Informatics eduLAB and how…

We are delighted to share that our new eduLAB facilities at TU Wien have officially been opened! Together with Federal Minister of Education Christoph Wiederkehr, Rector Jens Schneider, Dean of Informatics Gerti Kappel, and many guests from academia and practice, we celebrated this important milestone at our new location at Favoritenstraße 9-11. The eduLAB is…

The LTeD Research Lab was actively represented at this year’s DELFI 2025, hosted at TU Bergakademie Freiberg. From September 8th to September 10th, René Röpke attended the conference and contributed together with his collaborators to the conference program. On Monday, September 8th, in his role as a deputy speaker of the Open Science working group…

The LTeD Research Lab is looking for two PhD students/research assistants (4 years, 30h/week) to work in the TU Wien Informatics eduLAB. Dissertation topics are within the areas of K-12 Computer Science Education, Game-based Learning and Applied Learning Technologies. Ideas for projects can be discussed in the application process. We encourage everybody to check out…

Beginning in October, the LTeD Research Lab offers new courses to students of the Faculty of Informatics at TU Wien. In the new course “Learning Technologies and Learning Analytics”, Master students receive the opportunity to dive into the fundamentals of learning technologies, learn about different technology used in education and explore the topic of learning…