Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Fares Kayali
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Fares Kayali
Porzellangasse 4
1090 Wien
Room: 1OG40
Office hours: Thursdays 15:00 - 16:00, by appointment only, per email
Research focus
- Participative Design and Human-Computer Interaction in the context of education
- Game-based Learning and Gamification
- Technology-based teaching and learning
- Digitisation in education
- Motivational enhancement and technology-enhanced learning
Activities
- Teaching in the field of digitisation in education
- Scientific projekt management
Projects
- Teaching Digital Thinking
- We:Design
- Working Sober
- Serious Game Changers
- Researchgroup #YouthMediaLife (Core Team Member)
Scientific Profile
Publications
Yüksel-Arslan P, Plant C, Kayali F. Empowering marginalized communities through the digital transformation course. Frontiers in Education. 2025 Jan 24;10:1534104. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1534104
Kayali F. VU Digitale Transformationen - Lehrkonzept Open Access-Publikation im Repositorium Phaidra. 2025.
Jovicic S, Göbl B, Verstappen S, Kayali F. Designing amidst uncertainty: drifting and byproducts in the intersection of anthropology and computer science. CoDesign. 2025;21(2):308-323. Epub 2024 Sept 9. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2024.2396945
Kayali F, Schwarz V, Luckner N, Hödl O. Digital Musical Instruments in STEM Teaching and Learning. In SITE Conference Proceedings. 2025
Kayali F, Dolezal D, Motschnig R, Yüksel Arslan P, Günther EA, Göbl B. Recommendations for the promotion of digital skills into teacher training curricula. In SITE Conference Proceedings. 2025
Duvivié M, Lehner R, Kayali F. Participatory Design of an Educational Escape Game about Alcohol and Partying: Lessons Learned from Co-Designing with young learners. DAC - Digital Journal of Arts and Cultural Studies. 2024 Oct 25;2.
Weixelbraun PF, Göbl B, Steinböck M, Duvivié M, Kayali F. Discussing the Protagonist Role of Students in Game-Based Learning. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2024 Oct 15;8(CHI PLAY):300. doi: 10.1145/3677065
Herczeg P, Steinacher R, Forgó N, Leichtfried M, Römmer-Nossek B, Böhm R et al.. Guidelines der Universität Wien zum Umgang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der Lehre (2. Auflage) Wien: . 2024. doi: 10.25365/phaidra.544
Bressler M, Kayali F. A Virtual Reality Serious Game for the Rehabilitation of Hand and Finger Function: Iterative Development and Suitability Study. JMIR Serious Games . 2024 Aug 27. doi: 10.2196/54193
Eklund L, Gluzman R, Jørgensen KK, Kayali F, Roinioti E, Pnueli V. Games for the Pluriverse: Exploring the Use, Opportunities, and Problems of Drawing from Local Cultural Heritage in Video Games. Games and Culture. 2024 Feb 25. doi: 10.1177/15554120241234126
Kayali F, Motschnig R, Göbl B, Günther EA, Yüksel Arslan P, Dolezal D et al. Empfehlungen zur Integration digitaler Kompetenzen in die Curricula des Lehramtsstudiums. fnma Magazin. 2024 Feb;2024(2):23-25.
Braun C, Kayali F, Moser T. Designing Didactic Scenarios for Laboratory Teaching: Guidelines for Developing Meaningful Virtual Tours. 2024. Paper presented at EdMedia, Brussels, Belgium.
Braun C, Steinböck M, Haselberger D, Kayali F. Didaktische Szenarien im Bereich Produktionstechnologien. MedienPädagogik. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung. 2024;56. doi: 10.21240/mpaed/56/2024.01.12.X
Göbl B, Günther EA, Kayali F, Frauenberger C. Situating Computational Empowerment in Formal Education: A Multi-Perspective View. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. 2023 Dec;38:100604. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2023.100604
Yüksel Arslan P, Kayali F. Exploring the Design and Implementation of a Robotic-Coding Camp in Teacher Education. 2023. Paper presented at 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, Texas, Texas, United States. doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343492
Göbl B, Duvivié M, Jovicic S, Kayali F. Towards Bridging the Gap between Participatory Design and Formal Education. In Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2023. p. 652-656 doi: 10.1145/3585088.3593881
Ambros R, Bernsteiner A, Bloem R, Dolezal D, Garzia D, Göltl K et al. Two-Year Progress of Pilot Research Activities in Teaching Digital Thinking Project (TDT). Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung. 2023 Apr 1;18:117-136. doi: 10.3217/zfhe-SH-HL/07
Posekany A, Nöhrer G, Haselberger D, Kayali F. Analyzing Students’ Motivation for Acquiring Digital Competences. 2023. Paper presented at 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, Texas, Texas, United States. doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10342956
Raab A, Höger B, Günther EA, Meier S, Kayali F, Guzman Medrano D et al. Bildung und Ermächtigung von Jugendlichen zur reflexiven Gestaltung digitaler Gesundheitstechnologien. In Leineweber C, Waldmann M, Wunder M, editors, Materialität - Digitalisierung - Bildung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. 2023. p. 156-172 doi: 10.35468/5979-11