LaLa Lab Summer 2026

Learning to Adapt,
Learning with Agency

We conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of HCI and the Learning Sciences - we focus on "Learning to Adapt" through co-designing and empirically testing advanced technology that promotes human learners' adaptive expertise. We focus on "Learning with Agency" by developing and testing technology that respects human agency in the age of AI.

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Research Themes

Human-Centered AI and Learner Agency

Human-Centered AI and Learner Agency

We conduct participatory, community-based design studies to better understand and design for learner/teacher agency in the context of AI use during learning.

5 projects
Emotion and Well-being in Learning

Emotion and Well-being in Learning

We explore how emotional experiences such as anxiety, confidence, motivation, and uncertainty influence learning (and how could they be leveraged to promote effective learning).

3 projects
Learning Analytics and Intelligent Tutoring

Learning Analytics and Intelligent Tutoring

We investigate how learner data, feedback, visualizations, and intelligent tutoring technology can provide effective cognitive and metacognitive support to promote behavior change.

2 projects
Self-Regulated Learning and Adaptive Learner

Self-Regulated Learning and Adaptive Learner

We co-design technology to foster autonomous learners who can set goals, make choices, and adapt their learning strategically.

3 projects
Tangible Interaction for Learning and Creativity

Tangible Interaction for Learning and Creativity

We co-design and leverage tangible, physical materials and technologies to foster meaningful learning and creative activities in various learning contexts.

2 projects

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Recent News

Nov
02
2026

LaLa Lab in the lecture”Grundlagen der Medieninformatik”

Late in October, our postdocs Bingyi and Krithik represented the LaLa Lab as part of the lecture “Grundlagen der Medieninformatik” organized by the UMTL group! […]

Oct
10
2026

Best Poster/Demo Award at HCOMP2026!

Our collaborator Chao Wen‘s paper at HCOMP2026 has received the Best Poster/Demo Award! Congratulations Chao and all! 🥂

Sep
16
2026

Mirella’s Best PhD Paper Award at ACII2026!

Our PhD researcher Mirella Hladký received the Best PhD Paper Award at ACII2026 in Mexico! Congratulations Mirella!!! 🎉

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Latest Publication

RECENT PAPER

Outlining an experiment design of gamifying language learning in low-resource contexts: Kurdish learning in university, language courses, and on web-based applications.

Quánzī Mǎ, Christian Schuler, Xueqing Zhang, Meiyi Chen, Mahîr Dogan, Raman Ahmad, Tomohiro Nagashima, Timo Baumann, Josef van Genabith

The Workshop on Multi-modality and Multi-lingual Language Learning at AACL-IJCNLP 2026

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