Research topic
- Development of an AI-supported digital format for teaching with a special focus on supporting self-directed learning by students.
- Entwicklung eines Lernbuddys, der die Lernenden bei der Kontrolle ihres Lernfortschritts und beim Zeitmanagement unterstützt
Results
- Multilingual digital format for self-directed (asynchronous) learning.
- An authoring tool for easy management of course content. Ultimately, the management of digital courses should remain entirely in the hands of the instructors.
- The AI technology used is trained exclusively on existing teaching material, so that the language models used focus precisely on the content of the respective teaching context.
- The university's local AI technology is used to ensure that learners' data is not sent on a journey into foreign AI and data worlds.
Participating institutions and contact details
- Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science,
Prof. Dr. Kurt Englmeier
Email: k.englmeier@hs-sm.de,
Phone: +49 3683 688 4105 - acemate UG
c/o Technical University of Berlin
Department V - Research, Center for Entrepreneurship
Hardenbergstr. 38, 10623 Berlin,
Contact: Paul Herman
Third-party funding
- Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
- Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWE)
Further information
- Project duration: 01.11.2025 – 01.09.2027
- Funding amount: 180.422 € (Anteil der Hochschule
Schmalkalden) - PDF: LearnGrapher - Digital format for self-directed learning