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Eva Mayr

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Eva Mayr, Mag. rer. nat.

Short Vita

1980:

Born in Münichsthal (Austria)

1998-2004:

Study of Psychology at the University of Vienna (Austria)

10/2004:

Graduation in Psychology at the University of

Vienna (Austria).

Thesis: "Die Suche nach Glück im Alltag. Zur

Wirkung von Alltagsereignissen auf das subjektive

Wohlbefinden - eine Längsschnittstudie"

[Searching for happiness in daily life. The impact of

daily events on subjective well-being - a longitudinal

study.]

03/2002-01/2005:

Student assistant at the Department of Developmental

Psychology at the University of Vienna

03-08/2005:

Research assistant at the Faculty of Psychology at

the University of Vienna

Lecturer at the Department of Developmental

Psychology at the University of Vienna

Since September 2005:

PhD student of the VGK

Contact

Phone: ++49 (0) 7071 / 979 322
FAX: ++49 (0) 7071 / 979 100
email: e.mayr@iwm-kmrc.de
WWW: My homepage

Universität Tübingen
Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Kognitionspsychologie und Medienpsychologie
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40
D-72072 Tübingen (Germany)

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Ph.D. Project

Topic: Impact of goal-orientation on group learning in informal settings.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. F. W. Hesse (Tübingen)

Start of the Ph.D. project: 09/2005

Summary

Learning in informal settings like museums is a research topic of increasing interest in psychology. Very often learning in a museum is socially mediated, goals play a more important role than in formal settings, and reduced mental resources are available to process information. In this dissertation technology (study 1: virtual exhibition, study 2: PDA in a laboratory exhibition, study 3: PDA in a real museum) is used to make visitor dyads aware of their shared goals and to adapt information to these shared goals. By way of these two applications more goal-oriented processes of learning (information selection, conversational elaboration) should cause higher learning outcomes (increased interest, factual and transfer knowledge). Two experimental studies are conducted in this dissertation to confirm the expected learning benefit of awareness of shared goals and adaptive information presentation in museums. In a third study this scenario is transferred to a real museum to ensure authenticity of the laboratory setting and validity of the results.

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Publications

Mayr, E. (2007). Goal-awareness and goal-adaptive information presentation to support collaborative learning in informal settings. In M. E. Auer & A. Al-Zoubi (Eds.), 2nd International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided Learning. Kassel: Kassel University Press.

Mayr, E. & Wessel, D. (2007). Potentials and challenges of mobile media in museums. In M. E. Auer & A. Al-Zoubi (Eds.), 2nd International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided Learning. Kassel: Kassel University Press.

Mayr, E., Zahn, C., & Hesse, F. W. (2007). Supporting information processing in museums with adaptive technology. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1289-1294). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Conference Presentations and Talks

Mayr, E. (2007). Goal-awareness and goal-adaptive information presentation to support collaborative learning in informal settings. Paper presented at the CSCL’ 2007 Doctoral Consortium, July 17th-18th, New Brunswick.

Mayr, E. (2006, June). Impact of goal-orientation on collaborative learning in informal settings. Paper presented at the ICLS 2006 Doctoral Consortium, June, 26-28, 2006, University of Indiana, Bloomington.

Knipfer, K., Mayr, E., & Hesse, F. W. (2006, March). The role of media for learning in museums. Paper presented at the Workshop "ICT-supported informal learning in museums and cultural heritage sites: Building the research agenda", March 29th, University of Sydney.

Mayr, E., Knipfer, K. & Hesse, F. W. (2006, March). Learning in museums: Methodological considerations. Paper presented at the Workshop "ICT-supported informal learning in museums and cultural heritage sites: Building the research agenda", 29.3.06, University of Sydney.

Poster Presentations

Mayr, E. (2006, October). Goal-awareness and goal-adaptive information presentation to support collaborative learning in informal settings. Poster presented at the Autumn School 2006 "Improving Computer-mediated Learning and Collaborative Work: Which are the promising Concepts", October 2nd-5th, Münster.

Mayr, E. (2006, October). Goal-awareness and goal-adaptive information presentation to support collaborative learning in informal settings. Poster presented at the Workshop "CSCL and Group Cognition", October 25th-27th, Tübingen.

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