Kevin Birkefeld

Academic Researcher

telephone:+49331977 - 203133
E-Mail:birkefelduuni-potsdampde

address: Campus Golm
Kar-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
Haus 24, 2.79
14476 Potsdam

opening time: consulting hours
by arrangement

Research Focus

Project: "Kompetenverbund lernen:digital";

"DigiProSMK": development of courses for continuing education for teaching staff (PE, music, art) in the matter of digital media

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Digital Competencies & Media Education
Learning and Instruction with Immersive Media (e.g. VR)
Gamebased Learning and Educational Videogames
digital media in sports and physical education

Background

Publications

Presentations

Birkefeld, K., & Nebel, S. (2026, 05.-06. February). Does teachers' private media habits influence their professional use? A survey of teachers in Berlin and Brandenburg [conference presentation]. Presentation at the DigiProSMK closing conference, Osnabrück, Germany.
Birkefeld, K., Baumann, L., Reuth, G. F., & Nebel, S. (2025, 29. September–01. October). Design principles and design recommendations in VR: An experimental study on redundancy and signaling under immersive 360° conditions [single paper presentation]. 20th Conference of the Section of Educational Psychology (PAEPS, DGPs), Jena, Germany.
Birkefeld, K., Baumann, L., Beege, M., Spangenberger, P., & Nebel, S. (2025, 11.-12. September). CTML design principles and gamebased learning: Exploring the effects of personalization and signaling in an adaptive text-adventure educational video game [single paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (MediaPsych, DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Baumann, L., Spangenberger, P., Birkefeld, K., & Nebel, S. (2025, 11.-12. September). Social Media Use and Adolescents’ Empathic Skills: A Systematic Literature Review [single paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (MediaPsych, DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Birkefeld, K., Baumann, L., Beege, M., Spangenberger, P., Dörre, M., Rabending, Y., & Nebel, S. (2025, 25.-29. August). Exploring the effects of personalization and signaling in a text adventure educational video game [single paper presentation]. “Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction” (EARLI), Graz, Austria.
Birkefeld, K., Brose, N., Nebel, S. (2025, 26.–28. March). Game-Based Learning in the Classroom: The Podcast “lernen : next level” as a Bridge between Research and Practice [poster presentation]. BuKo25, Hanover, Germany.
Baumann, L., Nebel, S., Spangenberger, P., Brose, M., Birkefeld, K., & Bollmacher, L. (2024, 16.-19. September). Social media use and adolescents‘ empathic skills: a systematic literature review [poster presentation]. DGPs, Vienna, Austria.

Kevin Birkefeld

Academic Researcher

Research Focus

Background

Publications

Presentations

Workshops and Training Courses

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