Participation in scientific publications
I place significant importance on promoting academic talents early on. Consequently, I offer my students already at the bachelor’s and master’s levels the opportunity to contribute to scientific journal articles, conference papers or abstracts. Below, you can find some examples that emerged from or involve student contributions related to theses and/or study projects over the past years.
- Koch, N. N., *Kapfenstein, A.-K., & Wirzberger, M. (2026). Encouraging growth in programming education: Does growth mindset feedback influence learning? Technology, Knowledge, and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-026-09996-1 *Student authorship
- Wirzberger, M., Bareiß, L., & *Baybüyük, L. A. (2025). Rotating in space? A feasibility study on performance gains and technology acceptance in VR-based spatial working memory training with neurodivergent adults. In MuC ’25: Proceedings of the Mensch und Computer 2025 (pp. 545–550). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3743049.3748584 *Student authorship
- Bareiß, L., *Wansitler, L., *Schwarten, A., & Wirzberger, M. (2025). Understanding neurodiverse cognitive-affective functioning in a multimodal technology-mediated framework: Ethical guidelines and human-centered design implications. In J. Tröge, J. Stepczynski, H. Wiesner, & C. Runde (eds.), Virtuelle Beteiligung, reale Teilhabe. Transformative Technologien für eine inklusivere Gesellschaft (pp. 143–165). Campus-Verlag. *Student authorship
- Wirzberger, M., Bareiß, L., *Herbst, V., Stock, A., & *Kembitzky, J. (2025). Performance expectancy benefits acceptance towards digital self-control support. Acta Psychologica, 258, 105273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105273 *Student authorship
- *Baatz, J., & Wirzberger, M. (2025). Resilience as a professional competence: a new way towards healthy teachers?. Social Psychology of Education, 28, 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09833-8 *Student authorship
- Koch, N., *Kapfenstein, A.-K., Meißner, N., & Wirzberger, M. (2024). Enhanced code comprehension: Individualized learning of code tracing with the feedback buddy. In DELFI 2024. *Student authorship
- Stock, A., Stock, O., *Mönch, J. M., Suren, M., Koch, N. N., Rey, G. D., & Wirzberger, M. (2024). BeeLife: A mobile application to foster environmental awareness in classroom settings. Frontiers in Computer Science – Digital Education, 5, 1298888. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1298888 *Student authorship
- Wirzberger, M., & *Schwarz, M. (2021). Förderung selbstregulierten Lernens durch ein KI-gestütztes Training [Promoting self-regulated learning with an AI-based training]. Bildung und Erziehung, 74, 280–295. https://doi.org/10.13109/buer.2021.74.3.280 [PDF] *Student authorship
- Wirzberger, M., *Bornemeier, J., *Kampel, S., *Álvarez Serrano, M. G., *Ullmann, L., & Rey, G. D. (2021). Umwelt trifft App: Verbindung virtueller und realer Welten in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Kurzbericht [Environment meets app: Connecting virtual and real worlds in education for sustainable development – Short report]. Umweltpsychologie, 25, 123–132. [PDF] *Student authorship
Academic sponsoring
Following up on my own positive experiences as a scholar in the scholarship program “Deutschlandstipendium”, I have been sponsoring such scholarship at the TU Berlin from 2015 to 2026.
I supported several extraordinary female students within my former masters program “Human Factors” over the last years and shared exciting discussions about our joint field of interest – building useful technology for humans with the human in mind. I am very proud of each of them for their unique achievements before, during, and after the scholarship!
From 2026, my sponsorship journey continues at the University of Stuttgart, where I particularly support female students in the computer science programs. I am looking forward to meeting more brilliant minds over the next years, with even more opportunities for mentorship and exchange due to the local context!