Nils Knoth
Research Assistant, Section: Developmental Psychology
- Telephone
- +49 561 804-7166
- nils.knoth[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
- Location
- Holländische Str. 36-38
34127 Kassel
- Room
- 2305
Professional activity
Since March 2022
Research assistant at the Institute of Psychology, Department of Developmental Psychology (Prof. Dr. Mirjam Ebersbach), University of Kassel
October 2020 - February 2022
Research and student assistant in the Research Group Gender/Diversity in Informatics Systems (GeDIS) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science (Prof. Dr. Claude Draude), University of Kassel
March 2017 - August 2017
Student assistant in the Faculty of Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Marc-André Reinhard) and in the LOEWE research focus "Desirable Difficulties in Learning", University of Kassel
Academic qualification
October 2018 - September 2021
M.Sc. Psychology, University of Kassel
October 2015 - September 2018
B.Sc. Psychology, University of Kassel
Research interests
- Development of digital media competence (digital literacy)
- Measurability and effects of AI literacy (AI Literacy)
- AI-supported human learning (hybrid intelligence)
- Prompt engineering and interaction with AI-based systems
- Dealing with online information (Critical Online Reasoning)
Projects
Since March 2022
Flexible and individual promotion of technical and interdisciplinary skills through socio-technical design of hybrid intelligence systems (Komp-HI) - funded by the BMBF(https://komp-hi.de/)
February 2021 - February 2022
Fair digital services: Co-evaluation in the design of data-economic business models (FAIRDIENSTE) - Funded by the BMBF(https://www.uni-kassel.de/forschung/iteg/forschung/fairdienste)
Memberships & Fellowships
Since June 2022
Member of the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
July 2023 - December 2024
Research Fellowship AI Competence at the AI Campus(https://ki-campus.org/forschungskolleg)
Awards
ICIS 2024 - Best Paper in Information Systems Education (with Tolzin, A. & Janson, A.)
ICIS 2024 - Best Paper Nominee (with Tolzin, A. & Janson, A.)
WiSe 2021/22
Workshops for the lecture "Learning and Organization" (FB16)
WiSe 2020/21
Workshops for the lecture "Learning and Organization" (FB16)
Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed):
- Knoth, N., Hahnel, C. & Ebersbach, M. (2025). Promoting online evaluation skills through educational chatbots. Computers in Human Behavior Artificial Humans, 100160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100160
- Mah, D., Knoth, N. & Egloffstein, M. (2025). Perspectives of academic staff on artificial intelligence in higher education: exploring areas of relevance. Frontiers in Education, 10.https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1484904
- Knoth, N., Tolzin, A., Janson, A. & Leimeister, J. M. (2024). AI literacy and its implications for prompt engineering strategies. Computers And Education Artificial Intelligence, 6, 100225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100225
- Knoth, N., Decker, M., Laupichler, M. C., Pinski, M., Buchholtz, N., Bata, K. & Schultz, B. (2024). Developing a holistic AI literacy assessment matrix - Bridging generic, domain-specific, and ethical competencies. Computers And Education Open, 6, 100177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100177
Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed):
- Tolzin, A., Knoth, N. & Janson, A. (2024). Leveraging Prompting Guides as Worked Examples for Advanced Prompt Engineering Strategies. ICIS 2024 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/learnandiscurricula/learnandiscurricula/1 - Tolzin, A., Knoth, N. & Janson, A. (2024). Worked Examples to Facilitate the Development of Prompt Engineering Skills. ECIS 2024 Proceedings. 10. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track13_learning_teach/track13_learning_teach/10
Research Talks & Presentations:
- Mah, D.-K., Knoth, N. & Egloffstein, M. (2025, May 15). Teaching with AI: Relevance of didactics, subject and ethics. University Future Festival U:FF 2025, Berlin, Germany.
- Schleiss, J. & Knoth, N. (2025, May 14). Universities on the way to AI competence - an interdisciplinary classification. University Future Festival U:FF 2025, Berlin, Germany.
- Knoth, N., Ebersbach, M., Hahnel, C. (2024, September 16). Promoting digital media literacy through the use of educational chatbots. 53rd DGPs Congress / 15th ÖGP Conference, Vienna, Austria.
- Panahi, T. & Knoth, N. (2024, June 6). Workshop: Recognizing and Combating Disinformation - Legal and Psychological Perspectives. Digital Day 2024 / #DigitalCheckNRW, Online.
- Schleiss, J., Mah, D.-K., Knoth, N., Bata, K. & Ruppert, Raffael (2024, June 5). AI education on the way to an AI-competent society. University Future Festival U:FF 2024, Berlin, Germany.