Since May 2023, Irena Vanessa Ivan has been a researcher at the Multimodal Interaction lab. She is writing her PhD thesis as part of the "Assisting the Remote Video Learner with Self-Regulation Support" project. Her research focuses on developing a suitable intervention that supports learning via online video lectures by reducing the negative effects of mind wandering. To design the intervention, she is using a webcam-based mind wandering detection tool and integrating insights from the literature on interpolated testing. She is also investigating the potential of using Chat GPT, a Large Language Model developed by Open AI, in the design of question items.

Main research topics:

• Interpolated testing
• Retrieval practice
• Adaptive learning
• Mind wandering