Publications by Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

"Piecing Data Connections Together Like a Puzzle": Effects of Increasing Task Complexity on the Effectiveness of Data Storytelling Enhanced Visualisations

Paola Mejia Domenzain, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

The emerging concept of data storytelling (DS) suggests that enhancing visualisations with annotations and narratives can make complex data more insightful than conventional visualisations. Previous works found that DS-enhanced visualisations are more effe ...

ACM2025

One Code to Predict Them All: Universal Encoding for Inquiry Modeling

Jade Maï L Cock, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Interactive simulations enhance science education and foster inquiry skills, but their open-ended nature can be cognitively overloading. While adaptive systems offer timely support, research on predicting conceptual understanding in these environments is l ...

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH2025

Towards A Student-Facing Dashboard to Support Learning of Inquiry Competencies in Interactive Simulations

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Inquiry-based learning with interactive simulations is widely used in STEM education, yet its open-ended nature presents challenges for learners. To support students in reflecting on their inquiry processes, Learning Analytics Dashboards (LADs) offer a pro ...

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH2025

The Effect of Different Support Strategies on Student Affect

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Within many online learning platforms, struggling students are provided with support to guide them through challenging material. Support comes in many forms, and is typically evaluated based on its ability to improve students' performance on future tasks. ...

Association for Computing Machinery, Inc2025

User-centric Reflective Writing Assistance: Leveraging RAG for Enhanced Personalized Support

Paola Mejia Domenzain, Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Reflective writing, a valuable educational practice, helps learners analyze their thoughts and experiences. However, learners often struggle to translate their experiences and thoughts into written form. Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) ...

ACM2025

The critical role of trust in adopting AI-powered educational technology for learning: An instrument for measuring student perceptions

Vinitra Swamy, Paola Mejia Domenzain, Tatjana Nazaretsky, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober, Jibril Albachir Frej

In recent decades, we have witnessed the democratization of AI-powered Educational Technology (AI-EdTech). However, despite the increased accessibility and evolving technological capabilities, its adoption is accompanied by significant challenges, predomin ...

Elsevier BV2025

MindMate: Exploring the Effect of Conversational Agents on Reflective Writing

Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Reflective writing is known to be effective in improving students’ learning process. However, learners often encounter difficulties when reflecting, struggling to formulate their thoughts constructively. While conversational agents have been shown to be be ...

ACM2025

Enhancing Critical Thinking in Education by Means of a Socratic Chatbot

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

While large language models (LLMs) are increasingly playing a pivotal role in education by providing instantaneous, adaptive responses, their potential to promote critical thinking remains understudied. In this paper, we fill such a gap and present an inno ...

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH2025

SketchAI: A "Sketch-First" Approach to Incorporating Generative AI into Fashion Design

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober, Daniel Carnieto Tozadore

Generative AI technologies are increasingly being incorporated into creativity support tools. However, most generative AI tools rely on text-based prompting, requiring users to translate visual ideas into linguistic descriptions. This approach is misaligne ...

ACM2025

Metacognition meets AI: Empowering reflective writing with large language models

Paola Mejia Domenzain, Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Reflective writing is known as a useful method in learning sciences to improve the metacognitive skills of students. However, students struggle to structure their reflections properly, limiting the possible learning gains. Previous works in educational tec ...

Wiley2025