Author
Affiliations

GESIS, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

University of Göttingen

Software

Delab - A Chatbot Research Environment for Online Deliberation

In Göttingen Valentin Gold and me developed a toolchain that can download live discussions on social media to be presented for human-in-the-loop coders. This allowed us to test different moderation strategies for the chatbot to improve social media discussion.

COMPBASE - A Generic Competency Database for Learning Organisations

While in Potsdam, I developed a pioneering concept on the persistence of learning outcomes and its applications. However, encountering challenges in mainstreaming the COMPBASE (not public) platform for testing, I redirected my thesis toward Inquiry-Based Learning.

FL-TRAIL - Supporting Inquiry-Based Learning in Higher Education

During my PhD I developed FL-Trail tool that supports student-centered learning.

Libraries

  • delab-trees: A python library to analyze social media conversation trees
  • delab-socialmedia A python library to download social media conversation trees, download daily conversation samples, and post on social media

Other Involvements

  • Personal Learning Environment (Potsdam): The forerunner of the BIRD project, one of the most ambitious e-learning platforms build with Java on top of Liferay
  • RouteMe: Riding on the wave of mobile based learning: students could learn adhoc-networks running around campus with their phones