Gerd Hoffmann
Gerd Hoffmann
Research interests:
- Learning effectiveness of digital media
- Artificial intelligence in the classroom
- Cooperative learning
- Learning analytics and educational data mining
Doctoral project
Title:
Does digital text presentation impair deep text comprehension?
A multidimensional empirical study on the learning success of students in individual and cooperative text work in traditional and virtual seminar rooms
- Admission to doctoral studies at School I on 07 December 2022
- Approval of the data collection by the Commission for Research Assessment and Ethics on 15 December 2022
Conference contributions
Previous contributions:
With peer review (double-blind peer review)
Hoffmann, G. (2025). Reception of digital texts in university teaching - effects on text comprehension. Earli Conference 2025: "Realising Potentials through Education: Shaping the Minds and Brains for the Future" at the University of Graz from 25-29 August 2025 (presentation).
Hoffmann, G. (2024). How to foster text comprehension? Teaching strategies in virtual and real classrooms. Earli SIG 11 & 13 Conference: "Diversity within classrooms and societies: Perspectives on Teacher, Moral, and Democracy Education" at the University of Oxford from 12-14 August 2024 (presentation).
Hoffmann, G. (2014). Additional learning in the course of research-based learning on the basis of Open Educational Resources. Supporting flexible knowledge transfer with lecture series. "Teaching Trends 2014: Open for new ways - Digital media in the university", C.v.O. University of Oldenburg, 15-16 October 2014, (lecture and book contribution).
With review process (blind peer review)
Hoffmann, G. (2018). Real-time supported intervention by the teacher in cooperative learning with networked digital learning environments. Final conference of the focus group "Media meets Diversity @ School": Implications and Challenges for Teacher Education at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst, 30-31 August 2018, (presentation).
Publications
Status: 12.2025
Journals with double-blind peer review (*) as well as journal articles and book contributions
Ohmes, L., Haug, L., Wagener-Praed, U., Schlesier, J., Hoffmann, G. & Moschner, B. (accepted, expected 2025). "Creativity is freedom of mind" - Student teachers' concepts of creativity and the implications for teacher training.
Hoffmann, G. (2014). Additional learning in the course of research-based learning on the basis of Open Educational Resources. Supporting flexible knowledge transfer with referentials. In O. Zawacki-Richter, D. Kergel, N. Kleinefeld, P. Muckel, J. Stöter, K. Brinkmann (Eds.), Teaching Trends: Offen für neue Wege - Digitale Medien in der Hochschule (pp. 69-81). Münster: Waxmann.
Memberships and committees
Memberships:
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
- SIG 7: Technology-Enhanced Learning and Instruction
- SIG 11: Teaching and Teacher Education
- SIG 17: Methods in Learning Research
Society for Computing Science
- Specialist Group - Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining and Machine Learning
- Specialist Group - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Curriculum vitae
Since 2022 | Research assistant in the Department of Empirical Teaching-Learning Research at the University of Oldenburg (FK I, Institute of Educational Sciences)
2018-2022 | Lecturer for special tasks in the field of Empirical Teaching-Learning Research at the University of Oldenburg (FK I, Institute of Educational Sciences)
2012-2016 | Research assistant in the BMBF project "eCompetence and Utilities for Learners and Teachers" (eCULT) at the University of Oldenburg
2013-2014 | Research assistant in the BMBF project "Research-based learning in focus" (FLiF) at the University of Oldenburg
Until 2010 | Studied Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg, degree: Diplom