curriculum vitæ

Dr. Niels Seidel
orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-5038

Research Interests

• Educational technologies
  • video-based learning
  • collaborative learning: collaborative writing, CSCL scripts
• AI in education
  • adaptive learning environments
  • agentic AI
  • educational data mining
• Learning analytics
  • self-regulated learning support and measures
  • study path analytics
  • teacher and student facing dashboards

Teaching

See my teaching portfolio (in German only) for a complete teaching
record.

Education and Scientific Work

• since 2023: Senior Researcher at CATALPA with Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedrich W. Hesse, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany;
• 2017-2023: Scientist at the Chair of Cooperative Systems at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg M. Haake
• 2015: Research stay at Ben-Gurion University, Be’er Scheva, Israel; Human-computer decision-making lab; Dr. Jakov Gal, Dr. Iris Tabak
• 2012–2014: Scientist at the Media Centre at the Technischen Universität Dresden; Prof. Dr. Thomas Köhler
• 2011–2012: Freelancer at the UNESCO-IHP/WMO-HWRP-Sekretariat in Koblenz; Dr. Johannes Cullmann
• 2009–2017: Scientist at the Chair of Production Economy and Information Technology at the International Institute Zittau (since 2013 part of the Technische Universität Dresden); Prof. Dr. Thorsten Claus
• 2009: Diploma in Computer Science, field of study: Human-Computer Interaction, final grade: 1,8
• 2006–2008: Student Assistant at the Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics at Ulm University, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Wilke

Theses

PhD thesis

Seidel, N. Interaction Design Patterns und CSCL-Scripts für Videolernumgebungen. TU Dresden. 2018. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-233756

Diploma thesis

Seidel, N. Web-based Hypervideo Production. Diploma Thesis. Ulm University. Institute of Media Informatics. 2008.

Memberships

• Member of the ACM
• Member of the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI))
  • since 2021 spokesman of the Working Group Learning Analytics
  • Member of the Special Interest Group Educational Technologies
    
  • Member of the Special Interest Group CSCW & Social Computing
  • Member of the Working Group Digital Humanities
• 2018-2021: Chair of Hillside Europe e.V. (treasurer)
• 2014-2017: Spokesperson of the Saxon Teaching Community on Video-based Teaching and Learning (Facharbeitskreis Videos in der Lehre).

Program Committees

Grants and Awards

• Best Paper Award DELFI 2022
• Google Impact Challenge Germany, 2018
• Grant from Multimedia Fond of the Technische Universität Dresden, 2014
• Saxon Price for Research into Local History, 2008

Research and Development Projects

2025/26	SRL-Agents. Funded by the KI:EDU.NRW. Principal Investigator
2021-2024	APLE II: Adaptive Personalized Learning Environments. Partly funded by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Science Northrhine Westfalia. Principal Investigator
2019-2023	LA DIVA: Learning Analytics for Diversity-Inspired Adaptive Learning Partly funded by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Science Northrhine Westfalia. Technical Lead
2017	Theresienstadt propaganda film: fake-news 1945 and today. Funded by Google.org. Principal Investigator
2017-2019	APLE: Adaptive Personalized Learning Environments. Partly funded by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Science Northrhine Westfalia. Technical Lead
2016	Vi-Assess: Video-based assessment, including task types and their integration into video players and learning scenarios. Funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art. Principal Investigator
2015-2016	Vi-Teaching: Fostering active video-based learning in blended learning settings. Funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art. Principal Investigator
2014	Theresienstadt Explained:  Prepare the Nazi propaganda film as an augmented learning resource. Funded by the crowd of StartNext. Principal Investigator
2014	E-TuScript: Design and development of video-based scripting technology to train managers in online communities. Funded by the Multimedia Fond of the Technische Universität Dresden. Principal Investigator
2014	IWRM education: E-Learning module on Integrated Water Resources Management. Led by the International Hydrology Program / Hydrology Water Resources Program (UNESCO).
2012-2016	Lehrpraxis im Transfer: Supporting university teachers in using digital learning and teaching technologies. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF).
2011	BegA: User-generated E-Assessment tests and assignments. Funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art.
2009-2011	ETC: Efficiency of test, content production, and deployment in the E-Assessment environment of OPAL. Funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art.
2009-2012	doc.stud: Development of a structured PhD program for the German doctoral network doc.net. Funded by the European Social Fund and the Federal State of Saxony.