Nils Frederik Tolksdorf
Institut für Germanistik und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft -> Germanistische und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
nils.tolksdorf@uni-paderborn.deID
25 Publications
2024 | Book Chapter | LibreCat-ID: 57465
Viertel, Franziska E., and Nils Frederik Tolksdorf. “Multimodal Communicative Behaviours in Shy Children in Assessment Situations and Social Evaluative Contexts.” In Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care. IntechOpen, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1007668.
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2024 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 53330
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Eugenia Wildt, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Preschoolers’ Interactions with Social Robots: Investigating the Potential for Eliciting Metatalk and Critical Technological Thinking.” In Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 1053–57. ACM, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640654.
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2024 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 57466
Rohlfing, Katharina, Eugenia Wildt, and Nils Frederik Tolksdorf. “Language Learning with Media and Technology in (Early) Childhood.” Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura 6, no. 1 (2024): 35–69. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1376.
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2024 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 57609 |

Tykhonenko, Valeriia, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Katharina Rohlfing. “How Turn-Timing Can Inform about Becoming Familiar with a Task and Its Changes: A Study of Shy and Less Shy Four-Year-Old Children.” In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46, 2024.
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2024 | Book | LibreCat-ID: 58684
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. Wortlernen mit sozialen Robotern. A. Francke Verlag, 2024. https://doi.org/10.24053/9783381114528.
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2022 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 34703
Rohlfing, Katharina, Nicole Altvater-Mackensen, Nathan Caruana, Rianne van den Berghe, Barbara Bruno, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Adriana Hanulíková. “Social/Dialogical Roles of Social Robots in Supporting Children’s Learning of Language and Literacy—A Review and Analysis of Innovative Roles.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.971749.
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2022 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 30952
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Dirk Hönemann, Franziska E. Viertel, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Who Is That?! Does Changing the Robot as a Learning Companion Impact Preschoolers’Language Learning?” In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 1069–74, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5555/3523760.3523937.
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2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24901
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Scarlet Siebert, Isabel Zorn, Ilona Horwath, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Ethical Considerations of Applying Robots in Kindergarten Settings: Towards an Approach from a Macroperspective.” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021, 129–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00622-3.
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2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24902
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Camilla E. Crawshaw, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Comparing the Effects of a Different Social Partner (Social Robot vs. Human) on Children’s Social Referencing in Interaction.” Frontiers in Education, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.569615.
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2021 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24900
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Fanziska E. Viertel, Camilla E. Crawshaw, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Children Keep More Distance from a Social Robot? Exploring Shy Children’s Proxemics with a Social Robot or a Human.” In Interaction Design and Children, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3465181.
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2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24899
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Franziska E. Viertel, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Preschoolers Interact Differently When Learning Language With a Social Robot? An Analysis of Interactional Behavior and Word Learning.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.676123.
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| DOI
2020 | Book Chapter | LibreCat-ID: 24910
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Ulrich J. Mertens. “Beyond Words: Children’s Multimodal Responses during Word Learning with a Social Robot.” In International Perspectives on Digital Media and Early Literacy, edited by Katharina J. Rohlfing and Claudia Müller-Brauers, 90–102. London: Routledge, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429321399-7.
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2020 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24904
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Parents’ Views on Using Social Robots for Language Learning.” In 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ro-man47096.2020.9223540.
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| DOI
2020 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24903
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Fanziska Viertel, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Children Behave Differently than Non-Shy Children in a Long-Term Child-Robot Interaction?” In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378367.
LibreCat
| DOI
2020 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 20241
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Scarlet Siebert, Isabel Zorn, Ilona Horwarth, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Ethical Considerations of Applying Robots in Kindergarten Settings: Towards an Approach from a Macroperspective.” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00622-3.
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| DOI
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24920
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. “Social Robots–New Opportunities for Early Language Learning in the Digital Age? Ethical Considerations and Moving towards Goal-Oriented Co-Action,” 2019.
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2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24921
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. “New Opportunities for Early Education in the Digital Age? Examining the Role of Social Robots,” 2019.
LibreCat
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24916
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Hönemann Dirk, Katharina J. Rohlfing, and Franziska E. Viertel. “Do Shy Children Behave Differently than Non-Shy Children in a Child-Robot Interaction? An Analysis of Positive and Negative Expressions of Shyness in Kindergarten Children,” 2019.
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2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24913
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Ulrich J. Mertens, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “When Learning Words with Robots, Children’s Answers Are Multimodal: A Challenge for a Dialogue Design,” 2019.
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2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 20242
Siebert, Scarlet, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, Katharina Rohlfing, and Isabel Zorn. “Raising Robotic Natives?: Persuasive Potentials of Social Robots in Early Education.” The Journal of Communication and Media Studies , 2019, 21–35. https://doi.org/10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v04i04/21-35.
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24905
Siebert, Scarlet, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, Katharina J. Rohlfing, and Isabel Zorn. “Raising Robotic Natives?: Persuasive Potentials of Social Robots in Early Education.” The Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 2019, 21–35. https://doi.org/10.18848/2470-9247/cgp/v04i04/21-35.
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24923
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Reconceptualising Early Childhood Literacy Facing Child-Robot Interaction,” 2019.
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2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24928
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Scarlet Siebert. “Raising Robotic Natives? Ethical Aspects of Learning with Robots in Kindergarten,” 2018.
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2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24924
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Ulrich J. Mertens, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Multimodal Response Behavior of Children during Word Learning with a Robot,” 2018.
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2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24926
Mertens, Ulrich J., Kirsten Bergmann, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Can the Reduction of an Iconic Gesture Aid Long-Term Learning? A Pilot Child-Robot-Study,” 2018.
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25 Publications
2024 | Book Chapter | LibreCat-ID: 57465
Viertel, Franziska E., and Nils Frederik Tolksdorf. “Multimodal Communicative Behaviours in Shy Children in Assessment Situations and Social Evaluative Contexts.” In Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care. IntechOpen, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1007668.
LibreCat
| DOI
2024 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 53330
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Eugenia Wildt, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Preschoolers’ Interactions with Social Robots: Investigating the Potential for Eliciting Metatalk and Critical Technological Thinking.” In Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 1053–57. ACM, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640654.
LibreCat
| DOI
2024 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 57466
Rohlfing, Katharina, Eugenia Wildt, and Nils Frederik Tolksdorf. “Language Learning with Media and Technology in (Early) Childhood.” Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura 6, no. 1 (2024): 35–69. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1376.
LibreCat
| DOI
2024 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 57609 |

Tykhonenko, Valeriia, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Katharina Rohlfing. “How Turn-Timing Can Inform about Becoming Familiar with a Task and Its Changes: A Study of Shy and Less Shy Four-Year-Old Children.” In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46, 2024.
LibreCat
| Download (ext.)
2024 | Book | LibreCat-ID: 58684
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. Wortlernen mit sozialen Robotern. A. Francke Verlag, 2024. https://doi.org/10.24053/9783381114528.
LibreCat
| DOI
2022 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 34703
Rohlfing, Katharina, Nicole Altvater-Mackensen, Nathan Caruana, Rianne van den Berghe, Barbara Bruno, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Adriana Hanulíková. “Social/Dialogical Roles of Social Robots in Supporting Children’s Learning of Language and Literacy—A Review and Analysis of Innovative Roles.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.971749.
LibreCat
| DOI
2022 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 30952
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Dirk Hönemann, Franziska E. Viertel, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Who Is That?! Does Changing the Robot as a Learning Companion Impact Preschoolers’Language Learning?” In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 1069–74, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5555/3523760.3523937.
LibreCat
| DOI
| Download (ext.)
2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24901
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Scarlet Siebert, Isabel Zorn, Ilona Horwath, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Ethical Considerations of Applying Robots in Kindergarten Settings: Towards an Approach from a Macroperspective.” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021, 129–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00622-3.
LibreCat
| DOI
2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24902
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Camilla E. Crawshaw, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Comparing the Effects of a Different Social Partner (Social Robot vs. Human) on Children’s Social Referencing in Interaction.” Frontiers in Education, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.569615.
LibreCat
| DOI
2021 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24900
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Fanziska E. Viertel, Camilla E. Crawshaw, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Children Keep More Distance from a Social Robot? Exploring Shy Children’s Proxemics with a Social Robot or a Human.” In Interaction Design and Children, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3465181.
LibreCat
| DOI
2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24899
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Franziska E. Viertel, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Preschoolers Interact Differently When Learning Language With a Social Robot? An Analysis of Interactional Behavior and Word Learning.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.676123.
LibreCat
| DOI
2020 | Book Chapter | LibreCat-ID: 24910
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Ulrich J. Mertens. “Beyond Words: Children’s Multimodal Responses during Word Learning with a Social Robot.” In International Perspectives on Digital Media and Early Literacy, edited by Katharina J. Rohlfing and Claudia Müller-Brauers, 90–102. London: Routledge, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429321399-7.
LibreCat
| DOI
2020 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24904
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Parents’ Views on Using Social Robots for Language Learning.” In 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ro-man47096.2020.9223540.
LibreCat
| DOI
2020 | Conference Paper | LibreCat-ID: 24903
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Fanziska Viertel, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Do Shy Children Behave Differently than Non-Shy Children in a Long-Term Child-Robot Interaction?” In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378367.
LibreCat
| DOI
2020 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 20241
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Scarlet Siebert, Isabel Zorn, Ilona Horwarth, and Katharina Rohlfing. “Ethical Considerations of Applying Robots in Kindergarten Settings: Towards an Approach from a Macroperspective.” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00622-3.
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24920
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. “Social Robots–New Opportunities for Early Language Learning in the Digital Age? Ethical Considerations and Moving towards Goal-Oriented Co-Action,” 2019.
LibreCat
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24921
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik. “New Opportunities for Early Education in the Digital Age? Examining the Role of Social Robots,” 2019.
LibreCat
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24916
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Hönemann Dirk, Katharina J. Rohlfing, and Franziska E. Viertel. “Do Shy Children Behave Differently than Non-Shy Children in a Child-Robot Interaction? An Analysis of Positive and Negative Expressions of Shyness in Kindergarten Children,” 2019.
LibreCat
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24913
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Ulrich J. Mertens, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “When Learning Words with Robots, Children’s Answers Are Multimodal: A Challenge for a Dialogue Design,” 2019.
LibreCat
2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 20242
Siebert, Scarlet, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, Katharina Rohlfing, and Isabel Zorn. “Raising Robotic Natives?: Persuasive Potentials of Social Robots in Early Education.” The Journal of Communication and Media Studies , 2019, 21–35. https://doi.org/10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v04i04/21-35.
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 24905
Siebert, Scarlet, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, Katharina J. Rohlfing, and Isabel Zorn. “Raising Robotic Natives?: Persuasive Potentials of Social Robots in Early Education.” The Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 2019, 21–35. https://doi.org/10.18848/2470-9247/cgp/v04i04/21-35.
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24923
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Reconceptualising Early Childhood Literacy Facing Child-Robot Interaction,” 2019.
LibreCat
2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24928
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, and Scarlet Siebert. “Raising Robotic Natives? Ethical Aspects of Learning with Robots in Kindergarten,” 2018.
LibreCat
2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24924
Tolksdorf, Nils Frederik, Ulrich J. Mertens, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Multimodal Response Behavior of Children during Word Learning with a Robot,” 2018.
LibreCat
2018 | Conference Abstract | LibreCat-ID: 24926
Mertens, Ulrich J., Kirsten Bergmann, Nils Frederik Tolksdorf, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Can the Reduction of an Iconic Gesture Aid Long-Term Learning? A Pilot Child-Robot-Study,” 2018.
LibreCat