Prof. Dr. Nic. Nistor

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9956-1670
• SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16231062500
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=cNVq5HUAAAAJ&hl=de

Curriculum Vitae

• Year of birth: 1962
• Degrees:
• Engineer, Applied Electronics, TU Bucharest
• PhD, Educational Sciences, LMU Munich
• Habilitation (professorial dissertation), Media Education, LMU Munich

• Shortbio:

Nic. Nistor studied Electrical Engineering at „Politehnica“ University of Bucharest, earned his doctoral degree in year 2000 in Educational Sciences at the LMU, where he also completed his professorial dissertation in 2012 and serves as a professor since 2019. He teaches Educational Psychology of Teaching and Learning and Knowledge Media for students of Educational Sciences and teacher students. His research includes the design and evaluation of media-based learning environments, the acceptance of educational technologies, online communities, learning analytics, and media literacy focused on fake news. He is a member of the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences and an associate editor of „Computers in Human Behavior."

Research topics

• Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Educational Technology Acceptance
• Knowledge Communities
• Learning Analytics

Selected publications

• Scheibenzuber, C., Neagu, L. M., Ruseti, S., Artmann, B., Bartsch, C., Kubik, M., Dascalu, M., Trausan-Matu, S., & Nistor, N. (2023). Dialog in the echo chamber: Fake news framing predicts emotion, argumentation and dialogic social knowledge building in subsequent online discussions. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, Article 107587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107587
• Hofer, S., Nistor, N., & Scheibenzuber, C. (2021). Online teaching and learning in higher education: Lessons learned in crisis situations. Computers in Human Behavior, 121, Article 106789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106789
• Scheibenzuber, C., Hofer, S., & Nistor, N. (2021). Designing for fake news literacy training: A problem-based undergraduate online-course. Computers in Human Behavior, 121, Article 106796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106796
• Nistor, N., Dascălu, M., Tarnai, C., & Trăușan-Matu, S. (2020). Predicting newcomer integration in online learning communities: Automated dialog assessment in blogger communities. Computers in Human Behavior, 105, Article 106202. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106202
• Nistor, N., Stanciu, D., Lerche, T., & Kiel, E. (2019). “I am fine with any technology, as long as it doesn’t make trouble, so that I can concentrate on my study”: A case study of university students’ attitude strength related to educational technology acceptance. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(5), 2557-2571. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12832
• Nistor, N., Dascălu, M., Serafin, Y., & Trăușan-Matu, S. (2018). Automated dialog analysis to predict blogger community response to newcomer inquiries. Computers in Human Behavior, 89, 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.034

Teaching

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