@article{17181, abstract = {{The classic mapping metaphor posits that children learn a word by mapping it onto a concept of an object or event. However, we believe that a mapping metaphor cannot account for word learning, because even though children focus attention on objects, they do not necessarily remember the connection between the word and the referent unless it is framed pragmatically, that is, within a task. Our theoretical paper proposes an alternative mechanism for word learning. Our main premise is that word learning occurs as children accomplish a goal in cooperation with a partner. We follow Bruner's (1983) idea and further specify pragmatic frames as the learning units that drive language acquisition and cognitive development. These units consist of a sequence of actions and verbal behaviors that are co-constructed with a partner to achieve a joint goal. We elaborate on this alternative, offer some initial parametrizations of the concept, and embed it in current language learning approaches.}}, author = {{Rohlfing, Katharina and Wrede, Britta and Vollmer, Anna-Lisa and Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves}}, issn = {{1664-1078}}, journal = {{FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY}}, keywords = {{language acquisition, pragmatics, infants' social learning, frames, learning and memory, developmental robotics}}, publisher = {{Frontiers Media Sa}}, title = {{{An Alternative to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames}}}, doi = {{10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470}}, volume = {{7}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{3343, abstract = {{In this paper we consider an extended variant of query learning where the hidden concept is embedded in some Boolean circuit. This additional processing layer modifies query arguments and answers by fixed transformation functions which are known to the learner. For this scenario, we provide a characterization of the solution space and an ordering on it. We give a compact representation of the minimal and maximal solutions as quantified Boolean formulas and we adapt the original algorithms for exact learning of specific classes of propositional formulas.}}, author = {{Bubeck, Uwe and Kleine Büning, Hans}}, issn = {{0004-3702}}, journal = {{Artificial Intelligence}}, keywords = {{Query learning, Propositional logic}}, pages = {{246 -- 257}}, publisher = {{Elsevier}}, title = {{{Learning Boolean Specifications}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.artint.2015.09.003}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inbook{3592, author = {{Fischer, Christoph and Harteis, Christian}}, booktitle = {{Informelles Lernen, Annäherungen - Problemlagen - Forschungsbefunde}}, editor = {{Niedermair, Gerhard}}, isbn = {{978-3-99033-403-4}}, keywords = {{Epistemische Überzeugungen, learning culture}}, pages = {{107----123}}, publisher = {{Trauner}}, title = {{{Die Bedeutung subjektiver Sichtweisen für die Implementierung betrieblicher Lernkultur}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{5704, abstract = {{Advancements in information technology have changed the way customers experience a service encounter and their relationship with service providers. Especially technology-based self-service channels have found their way into the 21st century service economy. While research embraces these channels for their cost-efficiency, it has not examined whether a shift from personal to self-service affects customer–firm relationships. Drawing from the service-dominant logic and its central concept of value-in-context, we discuss customers’ value creation in self-service and personal service channels and examine the long-term impact of these channels on customer retention. Using longitudinal customer data, we investigate how the ratio of self-service versus personal service use influences customer defection over time. Our findings suggest that the ratio of self-service to personal service used affects customer defection in a U-shaped manner, with intermediate levels of both self-service and personal service use being associated with the lowest likelihood of defection. We also find that this effect mitigates over time. We conclude that firms should not shift customers toward self-service channels completely, especially not at the beginning of a relationship. Our study underlines the importance of understanding when and how self-service technologies create valuable customer experiences and stresses the notion of actively managing customers’ cocreation of value. }}, author = {{Scherer, Anne and Wünderlich, Nancy and Von Wangenheim, Florian}}, issn = {{0276-7783.}}, journal = {{MIS Quarterly}}, keywords = {{customer defection, customer retention, e-service, longitudinal, Self-service, value-in-context}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{177--200}}, publisher = {{MIS RC}}, title = {{{The Value of Self-Service: Long-Term Effects of Technology-Based Self-Service Usage on Customer Retention.}}}, volume = {{39}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inproceedings{4463, abstract = {{Academic success in Higher Education is influenced by a number of different factors. This paper tackles the question if the individual levels of motivation, anxiety, enjoyment and self-efficacy, measured immediately before entering university, influence the probability of academic success. Former studies have shown an influence of the high school grade, the learning environment and motivational variables. They do not investigate, however, the individual levels of the mentioned constructs before the beginning of the studies. This research was conducted at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland. The sample includes 695 first-year students who provided information about the individual level of the mentioned constructs. Descriptive statistics show that on average the students are highly motivated, have a high level of self-efficacy and are looking forward to their studies before their beginning. Yet, there are students who have a high level of fear of failure in the study in spite of their high motivation and self-efficacy. A logistic regression shows that there is a significant effect of fear of failure on the probability of study success. This paper shows that fear of failure can increase the probability of academic failure and thus become a self-fulfilling prophecy. It confirms fear as an important factor for academic success. Furthermore, other important factors for academic success, for example the high school grade, could be confirmed in this study}}, author = {{Brahm, Taiga and Jenert, Tobias and Wagner, Dietrich}}, keywords = {{Quantitative methods, Student learning, Emotion and Cognition, Social sciences, Higher education, Motivation and Emotion, Fear of Failure}}, location = {{Zypern}}, title = {{{The self-fulfilling prophecy of fear of academic failure}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inproceedings{5588, abstract = {{The protection of information technology (IT) has become and is predicted to remain a key economic challenge for organizations. While research on IT security investment is fast growing, it lacks a theoretical basis for structuring research, explaining economic-technological phenomena and guide future research. We address this shortcoming by suggesting a new theoretical model emerging from a multi-theoretical perspective adopt-ing the Resource-Based View and the Organizational Learning Theory. The joint appli-cation of these theories allows to conceptualize in one theoretical model the organiza-tional learning effects that occur when the protection of organizational resources through IT security countermeasures develops over time. We use this model of IT security invest-ments to synthesize findings of a large body of literature and to derive research gaps. We also discuss managerial implications of (closing) these gaps by providing practical ex-amples.}}, author = {{Weishäupl, Eva and Yasasin, Emrah and Schryen, Guido}}, booktitle = {{International Conference on Information Systems}}, keywords = {{Information Security, Investment, Literature review, Resource-based View, Organi-zational Learning Theory, Multi-theoretical Perspective}}, title = {{{A Multi-Theoretical Literature Review on Information Security Investments using the Resource-Based View and the Organizational Learning Theory}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{11922, abstract = {{Besides the core learning algorithm itself, one major question in machine learning is how to best encode given training data such that the learning technology can efficiently learn based thereon and generalize to novel data. While classical approaches often rely on a hand coded data representation, the topic of autonomous representation or feature learning plays a major role in modern learning architectures. The goal of this contribution is to give an overview about different principles of autonomous feature learning, and to exemplify two principles based on two recent examples: autonomous metric learning for sequences, and autonomous learning of a deep representation for spoken language, respectively.}}, author = {{Walter, Oliver and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold and Mokbel, Bassam and Paassen, Benjamin and Hammer, Barbara}}, journal = {{KI - Kuenstliche Intelligenz}}, keywords = {{Representation learning, Metric learning, Deep representation, Spoken language}}, pages = {{1--13}}, title = {{{Autonomous Learning of Representations}}}, doi = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13218-015-0372-1}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{29755, abstract = {{Im Sinne eines Scholarship of Teaching and Learning wird in diesem Aufsatz die Neugestaltung einer eigenständig durchgeführten Lehrveranstaltung im Bereich der Forschungsmethoden empirisch untersucht. Die neugestaltete Lehrveranstaltung integriert sowohl direkt-instruktionale als auch kooperativ-offene Sitzungsformate und wird mit einer thematisch ähnlichen Lehrveranstaltung des Jahres 2012 verglichen, welche fast ausschließlich im Vorlesungsstil (direkt-instruktional) gehalten wurde. Im Mittelpunkt des Evaluationsvorhabens standen folgende Forschungsfragen: (1) Unterscheiden sich die summativen Evaluationen der Lehrveranstaltungen der Jahre 2012 und 2014 in den Variablen subjektiver Lernerfolg, Motivation zur selbstständigen Auseinandersetzung mit den Inhalten sowie Gesamteindruck des Seminars?, (2) Welchen Einfluss hat die Form der Sitzungsgestaltung (direkt-instruktional vs. kooperativ-offen) auf das Erleben von Kompetenz, Autonomie und sozialer Eingebundenheit?, (3) Welche Form der Sitzungsgestaltung wird von den Studierenden stärker akzeptiert? und (4) Welchen Einfluss hat die Form der Sitzungsgestaltung auf den subjektiven Lernerfolg der Studierenden? Empirisch zeigte sich, dass die neugestaltete Lehrveranstaltung des Jahres 2014 von den Studierenden in fast allen Variablen als lernwirksamer eingeschätzt wurde. Des Weiteren ergaben sich Hinweise, dass sich kooperativ-offene Sitzungsformate positiv auf motivationale Ausgangsbedingungen auswirken.}}, author = {{Goller, Michael}}, journal = {{die hochschullehre}}, keywords = {{Direkte Instruktion, Evaluation, Kooperatives Lernen, Methodenausbildung, Paderborn, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning}}, title = {{{Zum Einfluss des didaktischen Designs auf das (motivationale) Erleben von Lehrveranstaltungen: Eine quantitative Fallstudie im Rahmen der Methodeneinführung in den Bildungswissenschaften}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{4423, abstract = {{This research aims to develop and validate an instrument for the assessment of attitudes towards two particular objects: the Higher Education Institution (HEI) and the process of studying. Investigating attitudes towards studying at a HEI in a comprehensive way addresses an important research gap. It connects students' perception of the institution with teaching and learning. To validate the Assessment of Students' Attitudes towards Studying (ASAtS) Questionnaire, data was gathered at three different universities in Switzerland (820 students), Sweden (167) and Germany (133). Overall, the results show the internal consistency of the ASAtS. Its nomological validity is also supported by correlations with other constructs, such as intrinsic motivation and study performance. The ASAtS contributes to the theory on students learning by broadening the scope of research beyond learning in a narrow sense. From a practical point of view, it provides a tool for HE management to monitor students' perception of their HEI.}}, author = {{Brahm, Taiga and Jenert, Tobias}}, issn = {{1041-6080}}, journal = {{Learning and individual differences : journal of psychology and education}}, keywords = {{Attitude, Student learning, Higher Education Institution, university, student experience}}, pages = {{233 -- 242}}, publisher = {{Elsevier}}, title = {{{On the assessment of attitudes towards studying—development and validation of a questionnaire}}}, volume = {{43}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{17189, abstract = {{Alignment is a phenomenon observed in human conversation: Dialog partners' behavior converges in many respects. Such alignment has been proposed to be automatic and the basis for communicating successfully. Recent research on human-computer dialog promotes a mediated communicative design account of alignment according to which the extent of alignment is influenced by interlocutors' beliefs about each other. Our work aims at adding to these findings in two ways. (a) Our work investigates alignment of manual actions, instead of lexical choice. (b) Participants interact with the iCub humanoid robot, instead of an artificial computer dialog system. Our results confirm that alignment also takes place in the domain of actions. We were not able to replicate the results of the original study in general in this setting, but in accordance with its findings, participants with a high questionnaire score for emotional stability and participants who are familiar with robots align their actions more to a robot they believe to be basic than to one they believe to be advanced. Regarding alignment over the course of an interaction, the extent of alignment seems to remain constant, when participants believe the robot to be advanced, but it increases over time, when participants believe the robot to be a basic version.}}, author = {{Vollmer, Anna-Lisa and Rohlfing, Katharina and Wrede, Britta and Cangelosi, Angelo}}, issn = {{1875-4791}}, journal = {{International Journal of Social Robotics}}, keywords = {{learning, Human-robot interaction, Alignment, Robot social, Action understanding}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{241--252}}, publisher = {{Springer-Verlag}}, title = {{{Alignment to the Actions of a Robot}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s12369-014-0252-0}}, volume = {{7}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{4697, author = {{Sommerauer, Peter and Müller, Oliver}}, isbn = {{0360-1315}}, issn = {{03601315}}, journal = {{Computers and Education}}, keywords = {{Augmented reality, Cognitive theory of multimedia learning, Field experiment, Informal learning, Museum}}, pages = {{59----68}}, title = {{{Augmented reality in informal learning environments: A field experiment in a mathematics exhibition}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.compedu.2014.07.013}}, year = {{2014}}, } @article{17199, abstract = {{Research of tutoring in parent-infant interaction has shown that tutors - when presenting some action - modify both their verbal and manual performance for the learner (‘motherese’, ‘motionese’). Investigating the sources and effects of the tutors’ action modifications, we suggest an interactional account of ‘motionese’. Using video-data from a semi-experimental study in which parents taught their 8 to 11 month old infants how to nest a set of differently sized cups, we found that the tutors’ action modifications (in particular: high arches) functioned as an orienting device to guide the infant’s visual attention (gaze). Action modification and the recipient’s gaze can be seen to have a reciprocal sequential relationship and to constitute a constant loop of mutual adjustments. Implications are discussed for developmental research and for robotic ‘Social Learning’. We argue that a robot system could use on-line feedback strategies (e.g. gaze) to pro-actively shape a tutor’s action presentation as it emerges.}}, author = {{Pitsch, Karola and Vollmer, Anna-Lisa and Rohlfing, Katharina and Fritsch, Jannik and Wrede, Britta}}, issn = {{1572-0381}}, journal = {{Interaction Studies}}, keywords = {{conversation analysis, interactional coordination, adult-child-interaction, feedback, gaze, quantification, social learning, motionese, tutoring}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{55--98}}, publisher = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}}, title = {{{Tutoring in adult-child-interaction: On the loop of the tutor's action modification and the recipient's gaze}}}, doi = {{10.1075/is.15.1.03pit}}, volume = {{15}}, year = {{2014}}, } @article{4427, abstract = {{Kompetenzorientierung ist ein wichtiges aktuelles Ziel bei der Studienprogrammentwicklung. Allerdings ist die Umsetzung in der Praxis mit zwei wesentlichen Herausforderungen verbunden: So ist zum einen der Wechsel von disziplinären Inhalten hin zu Kompetenzen wenig intuitiv; zum anderen wird die Formulierung so genannter Learning Outcomes als administrative Übung betrachtet. An der Universität St. Gallen wurde ein systematischer Prozess für die Qualitätsentwicklung der Studienprogramme eingeführt. Im Beitrag wird dieser Prozess im Hinblick auf die Kompetenzorientierung reflektiert. Es erscheint wesentlich, den Programmen möglichst viel Freiraum auf ihrem Weg zur Kompetenzorientierung zu überlassen und sie auf diese Weise zu unterstützen.}}, author = {{Brahm, Taiga and Jenert, Tobias}}, issn = {{2219-6994}}, journal = {{Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung}}, keywords = {{Kompetenzorientierung, Studienprogrammentwicklung, Hochschulentwicklung, Hochschule, Learning Outcomes}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{7--14}}, publisher = {{Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik}}, title = {{{Herausforderungen der Kompetenzorientierung in der Studienprogrammentwicklung}}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2013}}, } @inproceedings{4478, abstract = {{The purpose of the research was to develop and validate an instrument for the assessment of attitudes towards the study environment in higher education contexts. The questionnaire is designed to measure students' attitudes towards two particular objects: the university (or Higher Education Institution) and the process of studying. Five studies at two different universities were conducted to develop and validate the Attitudes towards the Study Environment Questionnaire (ASEQ). In total, 1640 students filled in the questionnaire. Reliability tests and exploratory factor analysis as well as confirmatory factor analysis showed satisfactory psychometric characteristics of the ASEQ. Each part of the questionnaire is internally consistent and construct validity of the scales is supported by correlations with other constructs as assumed by current theories: Positive attitudinal constructs (normative behavior, autonomy, joy, self-efficacy, and task value) are positively related to intrinsic motivation and the expected study performance while anxiety is negatively related to these constructs. Since attitudes towards the study situation are connected to student engagement and motivation, the study contributes to the theory of student learning by providing a validated instrument to assess attitudes. Thus, the ASEQ can support further research on student performance and development by providing an instrument for the hitherto neglected but nonetheless extremely relevant domain of attitudes. Also, the questionnaire can be used as a diagnostic instrument for higher education faculty and administration to trace students' attitudinal development over time - a factor of prime importance for student socialization during the introductory phase of studying.}}, author = {{Brahm, Taiga and Jenert, Tobias and Euler, Dieter}}, keywords = {{attitudes, teaching and learning, studying, higher education institution, theory of planned behavior, instrument development}}, location = {{München }}, publisher = {{EARLI European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction}}, title = {{{On the assessment of attitudes towards the study process and the university: Attitudes towards the Study Environment Questionnaire (ASEQ)}}}, year = {{2013}}, } @article{17204, abstract = {{In a longitudinal naturalistic study, we observed German mothers interacting with their infants when they were 3 and 6 months old. Pursuing the idea that infants’ attention is socialized in everyday interactions, we explored whether eye contact is reinforced selectively by behavioral modification in the input provided to infants. Applying a microanalytical approach focusing on the sequential organization of interaction, we explored how the mother draws the infant’s attention to herself and how she tries to maintain attention when the infant is looking at her. Results showed that eye contact is reinforced by specific infant-directed practices: interrogatives and conversational openings, multimodal stimulation, repetition, and imitation. In addition, these practices are contingent on the infant’s own behavior. By comparing the two data points (3 and 6 months), we showed how the education of attention evolves hand-in-hand with the developing capacities of the infant.}}, author = {{Nomikou, Iris and Rohlfing, Katharina and Szufnarowska, Joanna}}, issn = {{1572-0381}}, journal = {{Interaction Studies}}, keywords = {{interactional adaptation, multimodal input, social learning, ecology of attention, eye contact}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{240--267}}, publisher = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}}, title = {{{Educating attention: recruiting, maintaining, and framing eye contact in early natural mother-infant interactions}}}, doi = {{10.1075/is.14.2.05nom}}, volume = {{14}}, year = {{2013}}, } @phdthesis{24036, author = {{Pottebaum, Jens}}, isbn = {{3-86991-525-0}}, keywords = {{Arbeitsorganisation, E-Learning, Lernorganisation, Lerntechnik, Wissensmanagement}}, publisher = {{Monsenstein und Vannerdat}}, title = {{{Optimierung des einsatzbezogenen Lernens durch Wissensidentifikation}}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{4429, abstract = {{Mobile Learning liegt in der beruflichen Bildung seit dem Aufkommen von Smartphones, Tablet-PCs1 und speziell entwickelten Applikationen (Mobile Apps) im Trend. Ziel des Beitrags ist es, die didaktischen Potenziale des Mobile Learning durch den Einsatz von Tablet-PCs in der beruflichen Ausbildung zu untersuchen. Als Ausgangspunkt dient dabei das Fallbeispiel des Center for Young Professionals in Banking in der Schweiz, das im Jahr 2011 eine umfassende Pilotstudie durchgeführt hat. Ausgehend vom konkreten Fall werden anschliessend die Potenziale für medienbezogene Kompetenzen sowie eine "didaktische Landkarte" zur Verortung von Mobile-Learning-Szenarien eingeführt, um die verschiedenen pädagogischen Leitvorstellungen dieser Szenarien aufzuzeigen.}}, author = {{Seufert, Sabine and Jenert, Tobias and Kuhn-Senn, Andrea}}, issn = {{0341-4515}}, journal = {{Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis}}, keywords = {{mobile learning, tablets, tablet learning, mobile technologies, elearning, TEL}}, number = {{41}}, pages = {{10--13}}, publisher = {{Bertelsmann Verlag}}, title = {{{Didaktische Potenziale des Mobile Learning für die Berufsbildung: Erfahrungen aus einem Pilotprojekt am Center for Young Professionals in Banking in der Schweiz}}}, volume = {{4}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{4486, author = {{Gebhardt, Anja and Jenert, Tobias}}, keywords = {{learning culture, social interaction}}, location = {{Belgrad, Serbien }}, title = {{{How to Assess and Study the Cultural Dimension of Social Interactions in Higher Education Institutions (HEI)}}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{46396, abstract = {{The steady supply of new optimization methods makes the algorithm selection problem (ASP) an increasingly pressing and challenging task, specially for real-world black-box optimization problems. The introduced approach considers the ASP as a cost-sensitive classification task which is based on Exploratory Landscape Analysis. Low-level features gathered by systematic sampling of the function on the feasible set are used to predict a well-performing algorithm out of a given portfolio. Example-specific label costs are defined by the expected runtime of each candidate algorithm. We use one-sided support vector regression to solve this learning problem. The approach is illustrated by means of the optimization problems and algorithms of the BBOB’09/10 workshop.}}, author = {{Bischl, Bernd and Mersmann, Olaf and Trautmann, Heike and Preuß, Mike}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation}}, isbn = {{9781450311779}}, keywords = {{machine learning, exploratory landscape analysis, fitness landscape, benchmarking, evolutionary optimization, bbob test set, algorithm selection}}, pages = {{313–320}}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, title = {{{Algorithm Selection Based on Exploratory Landscape Analysis and Cost-Sensitive Learning}}}, doi = {{10.1145/2330163.2330209}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{4430, abstract = {{Eine zentrale Herausforderung in der Ausbildung angehender Wirtschaftslehrpersonen stellt die sinnvolle Verknüpfung von Theorie- und Praxiserfahrungen dar. Im Rahmen der Ausbildung angehender Wirtschaftslehrpersonen an der Universität St. Gallen wird eine Lernumgebung gestaltet, die eine Verschränkung von Theorie- und Praxiserfahrungen ermöglichen soll. Die Lernprozesse der Studierenden werden dabei durch didaktisch angeleitete Weblogarbeit unterstützt. Trotz der Lernchancen, die sich aus einer Verknüpfung von theoretischen und praktischen Lernphasen ergeben, schätzen die Studierenden den Nutzen der Weblogarbeit als äusserst gering ein. Die Studierenden bei der reflexiven Integration praxisnaher und theoretischer Lernerfahrungen zu unterstützen, ist eine Herausforderung, die dezidierter Anleitung und Förderung durch die Lehrpersonen bedarf}}, author = {{Jenert, Tobias and Gebhardt, Anja and Käser, Reto}}, issn = {{1992-9579}}, journal = {{Zeitschrift für E-Learning}}, keywords = {{Weblog, Blog, e-learning, TEL, higher education, business education}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{17--29}}, publisher = {{Studien-Verlag}}, title = {{{Weblogs zur Unterstützung der Theorie-Praxis-Integration in der Wirtschaftslehrenden-Ausbildung}}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2011}}, }