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55
Citations
11021
World Ranking
2041
National Ranking
58

Overview

Dirk Ifenthaler is affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on computer science, social sciences, and psychology. Within these, the subfields covered include computer science applications, education, artificial intelligence, developmental and educational psychology, and information systems.

Their main research topics involve online learning and analytics, innovative teaching and learning methods, e-learning and knowledge management, online and blended learning, intelligent tutoring systems and adaptive learning, as well as student assessment and feedback, and educational assessment and improvement.

The scientist has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • Utilising learning analytics to support study success in higher education: a systematic review (2020) in Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Opportunities of artificial intelligence for supporting complex problem-solving: Findings from a scoping review (2023) in Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • Investigating prompts for supporting students' self-regulation - A remaining challenge for learning analytics approaches? (2020) in The Internet and Higher Education
  • Learning theories for artificial intelligence promoting learning processes (2023) in British Journal of Educational Technology
  • Teachers' perspective on school development at German vocational schools during the Covid-19 pandemic (2020) in Technology Pedagogy and Education

Ifenthaler frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • David Gibson
  • Demetrios G. Sampson
  • Muhittin Şahi̇n
  • Joana Heil
  • Michail N. Giannakos

They have contributed research to various publication venues, including:

  • Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Technology Knowledge and Learning
  • Entrepreneurship Education
  • Smart Learning Environments
  • Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence

Dirk Ifenthaler has also authored multiple books published by Springer International Publishing. These include titles such as Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2020), Adoption of Data Analytics in Higher Education Learning and Teaching (2020), Visualizations and Dashboards for Learning Analytics (2021), and Computational Learning Theories (2024), among others. These books address topics related to educational data analytics, digital technologies, game-based learning, artificial intelligence education, and inclusive educational practices.

Best Publications

  • The acceptance of Tablet-PCs in classroom instruction: The teachers' perspectives

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Volker Schweinbenz

  • An investigation of the interrelationships between motivation, engagement, and complex problem solving in game-based learning

    Deniz Eseryel;Victor Law;Dirk Ifenthaler;Xun Ge

  • Utilising Learning Analytics to Support Study Success in Higher Education: A Systematic Review.

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler;Jane Yin-Kim Yau

  • Features students really expect from learning analytics

    Clara Schumacher;Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Cognitive, metacognitive and motivational perspectives on preflection in self-regulated online learning

    Thomas Lehmann;Inka Hähnlein;Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Assessment for Game-Based Learning

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Deniz Eseryel;Xun Ge

  • Determining the effectiveness of prompts for self-regulated learning in problem-solving scenarios

    Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Student perceptions of privacy principles for learning analytics

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler;Clara Schumacher

  • Development and Validation of a Learning Analytics Framework: Two Case Studies Using Support Vector Machines

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Chathuranga Widanapathirana

  • Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Deniz Eseryel;Xun Ge

  • The mystery of cognitive structure and how we can detect it: Tracking the development of cognitive structures over time

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Iskandaria Masduki;Norbert M. Seel

  • Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment for 21st Century Learning

    J. Michael Spector;Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler;Demetrios Sampson;Lan "Joy" Yang

  • Relational, structural, and semantic analysis of graphical representations and concept maps

    Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Highly integrated model assessment technology and tools

    Pablo Pirnay-Dummer;Dirk Ifenthaler;J. Michael Spector

  • Serious Games Analytics: Theoretical Framework

    Christian Sebastian Loh;Yanyan Sheng;Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Serious games analytics : methodologies for performance measurement, assessment, and improvement

    Christian Sebastian Loh;Yanyan Sheng;Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Pablo Pirnay-Dummer;Norbert M. Seel

  • Development and Implementation of a Maturity Model of Digital Transformation

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler;Marc Egloffstein

  • Are Higher Education Institutions Prepared for Learning Analytics

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Dirk Ifenthaler

  • Opportunities of artificial intelligence for supporting complex problem-solving: Findings from a scoping review

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  • Stochastic Models of Learning

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Norbert M. Seel

  • REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT IN GAME-BASED LEARNING Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

    Dirk Ifenthaler;Deniz Eseryel

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Michael Spector
J. Michael Spector University of North Texas
Demetrios G. Sampson
Demetrios G. Sampson University of Piraeus
Kinshuk
Kinshuk University of North Texas
Joke Voogt
Joke Voogt University of Amsterdam
Jo Tondeur
Jo Tondeur Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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