
Doris Kristina Raave
Research Associate
University research focus "Education for the future"
- telephone:0331 977
- E-Mail:kristina.raaveuuni-potsdampde
- Web:www.uni-potsdam.de/en/prof-digital-education
address: Campus Golm
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
House 24, Raum 1.17
14476 Potsdam
opening time: consulting hours
can be scheduled based on agreement
Career
Career
since 11/2025 - Research associate, Digital education working group, (University research focus „Education for the Future“), University of Potsdam
10/2024 - 12/2025 - Research associate, Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI Leipzig), University of Leipzig
08/2024 - 10/2025 - Research associate, Humboldt Science Center for Child Development (HumanKind), University of Leipzig
03/2021 - 08/2024 - Research associate, Working group Educations technologies, University of Tartu
09/2021 - 08/2025 - PhD, Educational Sciences, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu
06/2023 - Master in Social Sciences, Innovation of Education, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu
06/2021 - Master in Education, Foreign Language Teacher, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, Erasmus+ Exchange Semester at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland (Frühling 2021)
06/2019 - Bachelor in Humanities, Romance studies, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Tartu
Research
- Educational Innovation
- Educational Technology
- Teaching and Teacher Training
- Learning and Well-being Educational
- Policy and Equal Opportunities
Memberships
- International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) (seit 2024)
- British Educational Research Association (BERA) (seit 2024)
- European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning (EA-TEL) (seit 2022)
- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) (seit 2022)
- EARLI Special Interest Group on Technology-Enhanced Learning and Instruction (EARLI SIG 07)
- EARLI Special Interest Group on Motivation and Emotion (EARLI SIG 08)
Publications
Dissertation/Diploma
- Raave, D. K. (2026). SETI: Socio-Ecological Processual Technology Integration Model. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Tartu, Institute of Education]. University of Tartu.
- Raave, D. K. (2023). Classroom Digital Technology Integration. [Master’s thesis, University of Tartu, Institute of Education]. University of Tartu.
- Raave, D. K. (2021). L’efficacité de la rétroaction corrective écrite et ses variables contextuelles. [Master’s thesis, University of Tartu, Institute of Education]. University of Tartu.
- Raave, D. K. (2019). Le rôle de la perception de L1 et de L2 dans l'acquisition de L3 : une étude de cas. [Bachelor’s thesis, University of Tartu, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures]. University of Tartu.
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
2023
Pedaste, M., Raave, D. K., & Baucal, A. (2023). Digitaalsete õppematerjalide kasutamise efekt õpilaste õpitulemustele [The effect of using digital learning materials on students’ academic outcomes]. University of Tartu.http://doi.org/10.23673/re-418
Pedaste, M., Baucal, A., Leijen, Ä., Uibu, K., Saks, K., Raave, D. K., … Pähklemäe, G. (2023). Digiefekti projekti koondfail (DigiEfekt project merged data) [Dataset]. University of Tartu.http://dx.doi.org/10.23673/re-418
2022
Raave, D. K., Saks, K., Pedaste, M., Heintalu, K., Laanemets, L., Remmelg, M., Ilosaar, A., Veskus, K. (2022) DigiEfekti põhiuuringu tulemuste raport – õpitegevused. [Report of the DigiEfekt project-learning activities]. University of Tartu, Estonia.http://doi.org/10.23673/re-417
Saks, K., Raave, D. K., Heintalu, K., Remmelg, M., Ilosaar, A., Veskus, K. (2022) DigiEfekti põhiuuringu tulemuste raport – õpilaste õpipädevus. [Report of the DigiEfekt project – students’ learning competence]. University of Tartu.https://datadoi.ee/handle/33/548
Pedaste, M., Leijen, Ä., Kallas, K., & Raave, D. K. (2022). How to Increase the Potential of Digital Learning in Achieving Both Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Learning Outcomes? (CO:RE Short Report Series on Key Topics). Hamburg: Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI); CO:RE - Children Online: Research and Evidence. doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.79415
Publications in conference volumes (peer-reviewed)
2025
Colasante, T., Roa, E. R., Raave, D. K., Martinez, J. C. R., Li, H., Malti, T., & Mukherjee, S. (2025, September). Developing PeACE: A Pedagogical Agent for Children’s Emotions. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 301-306). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03873-9_40
Roa, E. R., Li, H., Martinez, J. C. J. R., Raave, D. K., Politimou, N., Colasante, T., ... & Mori, J. (2025, September). Play My Math: Design and Implementation of a Course Creator Tool Within a Mathematical Musician Digital Learning Platform. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 367-372). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03873-9_51
Roa, E. R., Li, H., Ramos Martinez, J. C., Raave, D. K., Roa, E. B. R., Politimou, N., ... & Mori, J. (2025, July). Play my math: design and implementation of a fraction generator tool within a mathematical musician digital learning platform. In International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning (pp. 264-273). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98185-2_28
Raave, D. K., Saks, K., Pedaste, M., & Roldan Roa, E. (2025). Enhancing or Transforming Learning? What, How and Why: Snapshot into K-12 Teachers' Use of Digital Technology. In International Conference on Education Development and Studies. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. [Manuscript in press].
2024
Roldan-Roa, E., Roldan-Roa, É. B., Raave, D. K., van Herwegen, J., Polytimou, N., Mukherjee, S., ... & Mori, J. (2024). Play My Math: First Development Cycle of an EdTech Tool Supporting the Teaching and Learning of Fractions Through Music in Algebraic Notation. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 241-246). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72312-4_34
Roldan-Roa, E., Roldan-Roa, É. B., Raave, D. K., van Herwegen, J., Polytimou, N., Mukherjee, S., ... & Mori, J. (2024). Play My Math: Second Development Cycle of an EdTech Tool Supporting the Teaching and Learning of Fractions Through Music in Algebraic Notation. In International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning (pp. 44-53). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65884-6_5
Raave, D. K., Saks, K., Pedaste, M., & Roldan Roa, E. (2024). How and why teachers use technology: Distinct integration practices in K-12 education. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1301. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121301
2022
Raave, D. K., Pedaste, M., & Saks, K. (2022). The mediators of the effect of meaningful classroom digital technology integration on students' subject-specific learning outcomes in basic education. In International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning (pp. 241-251). Cham: Springer International Publishing.https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3292/DCECTEL2022_paper11.pdf
Raave, D. K., Roldan Roa, E. Pedaste, M. & Saks, K. (2022). Teachers' Classroom Digital Technology Integration Practices. In International Conference on Computers in Education.https://icce2022.apsce.net/uploads/P1_C7_112.pdf
Raave, D. K., Roldan-Roa, E., Pedaste, M., & Saks, K. (2022). Classroom Digital Technology Integration - A Double-Edged Sword? Engaging and Practical yet Harmful. In International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning. Springer, Cham.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15273-3_27
Roldan Roa, E., Raave, D. K., Chounta, I. A., & Pedaste, M. (2022). What Teachers Would Expect from a Pedagogical Agent System Working at a Classroom Level: A Focus Group Study. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 580-586). Cham: Springer International Publishing.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16290-9_53
Roa, E. R., Roldan Roa, E., & Raave, D. K. (2022). Supporting Education in Marginalized Communities with Workshops Combining Music and Mathematics. In Handbook of Research on Integrating ICTs in STEAM Education (pp. 320-343). IGI Global.https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3861-9.ch015
Scientific presentations
2025
Deutschlandfest 2025 (Oktober 4, Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, Vietnam), Workshop “PeACE: Pedagogical Conversational Agent”
ECTEL 2025 (September 15-20, Newcastle & Durham, Großbritannien), Demo-Presentation Developing PeACE: A Pedagogical Agent for Children’s Emotions
EARLI 2025 (August 25-29, Graz, Österreich), Demo-Presentation “AI-Powered Pedagogical Conversational Agent for Social-Emotional Training in Early Education”, roundtable discussion “Beyond the Pedagogical-Technological Divide: Addressing the Contextual Complexity"
JURE 2025 (August 23-24, Graz, Österreich), lecture presentation “What, How and Why: Snapshot into K-12 Teachers' Use of Digital Technology", lecture presentation "Examining the Predictive Role of Teacher-Student Interaction on Students' Social-Emotional Skills"
ICITL 2025 (August 5-7, Oslo, Norwegen), Co-author - lecture presentation “Play My Math: Design and Implementation of a Fraction Generator Tool within a Mathematical Musician Digital Learning Platform”
Europaeum Summer School on AI and the Digital Future 2025 (Juli 7-9, Luxembourg), presentation “Fostering Human-AI Complementarity for Responsible and Ethical AI in Education”
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025 (Juni 20, Leipzig, Deutschland), Demo-Presentation Entdecke Uku, den digitalen Affen - emotionale Intelligenz spielerisch fördern
EATEL jTELSS 2025 (Mai 10-18, Kreta, Griechenland), Workshop “A Pedagogical Conversational Agent’s Playground for Diverse Use Cases”, Co-Author-workshop “Play My Math: Collaborative Learning Affordances in an Interdisciplinary TEL Setting”
ICEDS 2025 (März 26-28, 2025, Oxford, Großbritannien), lecture presentation “Enhancing or Transforming Learning? What, How and Why: Snapshot into K-12 Teachers' Use of Digital Technology”
2024
ECTEL 2024 (September 16-20, Vienna, Österreich), Co-Author -Demo-Presentation “Play My Math: an EdTech Tool Supporting the Teaching and Learning of Fractions Through Music in Algebraic Notation”
Edugamer 2024 (September 27, Võru, Estland), Workshop “Digital technology integration to the learning process”
BERA 2024 (September 9-13, Manchester, Großbritannien), poster presentation “Exploring Teacher Digital Technology Integration: a Study on Practices and their Predictors” , Posterpräsentation “Examining the Predictive Role of Teacher-Student Interaction on Students' Social-Emotional Skills”
EARLI 2024 SIG 6&7 Conference (August 14-16, Tübingen, Deutschland), lecture presentation “Teachers’ digital technology integration practices and their predictors”
ICITL 2024 (August 14-16, Tartu, Estland), Co-Author-lecture presentation “Play My Math: Second Development Cycle of an EdTech Tool Supporting the Teaching and Learning of Fractions Through Music in Algebraic Notation”
JHAAN 2024 (Juni 19, Tallinn, Estland), Workshop “The Dynamics of Digital Learning: Insights from Practice and Science”
ISSBD 2024 (Juni 16-20, Lisbon, Portugal), poster presentation “Be Soft But Firm: Examining The Predictive Role Of Teacher-student Interaction On Students' Social-emotional Skills”
EATEL jTELSS 2024 (Mai 11-19, Rimini, Italien), poster presentation “Digital Technology Integration in Estonia”
AERA 2024 (April 11-14, Philadelphia, USA), Co-Author-roundtable discussion “Effects of Using Digital Technologies in Learning”
2023
EARLI 2023 (August 22-26, Thessaloniki, Griechenland), lecture presentation “Exploring Digital Technology Integration Perceived Affordances”
JURE 2023 (August 20-21, Thessaloniki, Griechenland), poster presentation “Clustering Teachers' Classroom Digital Technology Integration Practices”, poster presentation “The Effectiveness of Written Corrective Feedback and Its Contextual Variables”
EATEL jTELSS23 (Juni 03-10, Murcia, Spanien), poster presentation “The mediators of the effect of meaningful classroom digital technology integration on students' learning outcomes”
iHub4Schools (April 25, Tallinn, Estland), presentation “Classroom Digital Technology Integration’s Effect on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Learning Outcomes and its Mediators in the Estonian K-12 Context”
2022
ICCE 2022 (November 28-December 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), lecture presentation “Teachers' Classroom Digital Technology Integration Practices”
ECTEL 2022 (September 12-16, Toulouse, Frankreich), lecture presentation “The mediators of the effect of meaningful classroom digital technology integration on students' subject-specific learning outcomes in basic education”
ICITL 2022 (August 29-31, Porto, Portugal), lecture presentation “Classroom Digital Technology Integration – A Double-Edged Sword? Engaging and Practical yet Harmful”
International Seminar for STEAM Doctoral Students (August 24-26, 2022, Helsinki, Finnland), lecture presentation “Teachers’ practices regarding classroom digital technology integration”
EATEL jTELSS22 (Mai 21-28, Sani, Griechenland), poster presentation “Markers for Personalized Support in Blended Learning”