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Institute of Education

Joshua Weidlich

Joshua Weidlich, Prof. Dr.

  • Assistenzprofessor mit Tenure Track für Digitale Hochschuldidaktik / Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Digital Higher Education
Phone
+41 44 634 68 83
Address
Kantonsschulstrasse 3, 8001 Zürich
Room number
KAB-E-02

Dr. Joshua Weidlich is an Assistant Professor for Digital Higher Education at the University of Zurich, in collaboration with Zurich University of Education. He earned his PhD in Educational Technology from FernUniversität in Hagen, where he explored social presence in online learning and was honored with the Early Career Award for Outstanding Dissertation by the German Society for Higher Education Teaching. His academic journey began with a BA in Educational Science from the University of Technology Chemnitz, followed by an MA in E-Learning and Media Education from the University of Education Heidelberg.

Dr. Weidlich’s research centers on the use of digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. Key areas of focus include personalized feedback, feedback literacy, and learning analytics, with applications spanning AI-driven learning environments, social presence in online settings, and computer-supported collaborative learning. Prior to his role at UZH, he conducted research and taught at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education.

Research Interests

  • Learning analytics feedback and AI-supported feedback
  • Feedback literacy
  • Computer-supported collaborative learning
  • Causal inference from non-experimental research
  • Social presence in online learning

Recent Publications

  • Weidlich, J., Fink, A., Jivet, I., Yau, J., Giorgashvili, T., Drachsler, H., & Frey, A. (2024). Emotional and motivational effects of automated and personalized formative feedback: The role of reference frames. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
  • Kube, D., Gombert, S., John, N., Weidlich, J., Kreijns, K. & Drachsler, H. (2024). Escaping binary gender roles: Gender diversity dynamics in a CSCL-Escape Game. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1-15.
  • Kreijns K., Yau J., Weidlich J., and Weinberger A (2024) Towards a comprehensive framework of social presence for online, hybrid, and blended learning. Frontier in Education, 8:1286594.
  • Kube, D., Gombert, S., Suter, B., Weidlich, J., Kreijns, K., & Drachsler, H. (2023). Hacking gender in computer‐supported collaborative learning: The experience of being in mixed‐gender teams at a computer science hackathon. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1-15.
  • Weidlich, J., Yau, J., & Kreijns, K. (2023). Social presence and psychological distance: A construal level account for online distance learning. Education and Information Technologies, 1-23.
  • Woitt, S., Weidlich, J., Jivet, I., Göksün, D., Drachsler, H., & Kalz, M. (2023). Students’ feedback literacy in Higher Education: An initial scale validation study. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-20.
  • Weidlich, J., Hicks, B., & Drachsler, H. (2023). Causal reasoning with causal graphs in educational technology research. Educational technology research and development, 1-19.