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Assist.-Prof. Dr. Julia Eberle

Department of Educational Science
Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg

Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-7313
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Room: 3.057, Freisaal („Nawi“), 3rd Floor
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Julia Eberle is an assistant professor at the Department of Education at the University of Salzburg. In her research, she focuses on the question of how social interaction and network structures shape learning processes and academic development in higher education. In particular, she examines social and digital learning environments and their significance for students’ educational trajectories and academic careers.
She teaches in the Bachelor’s degree program in Educational Studies and in the Master’s degree program in Educational Research at the University of Salzburg. As Chair of the Education Committee of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, she also regularly conducts mentoring workshops for early-career researchers.

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Research Focus

  • Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • Digitally Supported Learning Environments and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
  • Social Interaction, Collaboration, and Sense of Belonging
  • Communities of Practice and Apprenticeship Learning
  • Academic Development (Students, Early-Career Researchers, and Academic Careers)
  • Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, and Reflective Learning
  • Social Networks and Learning Processes

Research Projects

Recent Publications

  • Eberle, J., Strauß, S., & Zumbach, J. (2025). On black sheep and harmonic groups: A case study about group rules and social norms during collaborative learning. In: J. Oshima, B. Chen, F. Vogel, & S. Järvelä (Eds.): Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL 2025 (pp. 640-642). Helsinki, Finnland: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  • Strauß, S., Tunnigkeit, I., Eberle, J., Avdullahu, A., Block, M. König, M., & Rummel, N. (2025). Combining an awareness tool and collaborative reflection to foster interprofessional collaboration competence. Putting laboratory findings to the test in the field. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 22, 54.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-025-00553-x.
  • Zumbach, J., Zeitlhofer, I., Keller, S., Eberle, J., & Adlesgruber, M. (2025). Interaktives Lernen in der Berufsschule: Eine explorative Studie zur Einstellung von Lernenden zum professionellen digitalen Lernen. R&E-SOURCE, 12(s2), 54-67.  https://doi.org/10.53349/re-source.2025.is2.a1476
  • Strauß, S., Tunnigkeit, I., Eberle, J., Avdullahu, A., & Rummel, N. (2024). Comparing the effects of a collaboration script and collaborative reflection on promoting knowledge about good collaboration and effective interaction. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09430-7
  • Eberle, J. & Bordewieck, M. (2024). Is a collaboratively created visualization worth 100,000 words? A case study on collaborative learning processes of expert groups in a jigsaw classroom. In J. Clarke-Midura, I. Kollar, X. Gu, & C. D’Angelo (Eds.): Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL 2024 (pp. 419-420). Buffalo, USA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  • Eberle, J., Strauß, S., Nachtigall, V., & Rummel, N. (2024). Analyse prozessbezogener Verhaltensdaten mittels Learning Analytics: Aktuelle und zukünftige Bedeutung für die Unterrichtswissenschaft. Unterrichtswissenschaft.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42010-024-00205-5  
  • Berger, S., Stadler, M., Sailer, M., Eberle, J., Cooper-Thomas, H. D., & Stegmann, K. (2004). Crossing the distance: University student newcomer socialization in online semesters – a case study. Unterrichtswissenschaft.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42010-024-00206-4

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Career

  • since 2024 Assistant Professor at the Deparemtne of Education at the University of Salzburg
  • 2022-2024 Interim Professor for Educational Psychology and Technology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 2020-2022 Interim Professor for Research on Learning and Instruction at the University of Munich, Germany
  • 2015-2020 Senior Scientist in the Research Group “Educational Psychology and Technology” at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 2013-2015 Postdoc in the Biology Education Research Group at the University of Munich, Germany
  • 2010 Visiting Researcher at the Center for Life-Long Learning and Desing at the Universiy of Colorado at Boulder, USA
  • 2009-2015 Research Associate in the Research Group “Empirical Education and Educational Psychology at the University of Munich, Germany

Education

  • 2009-2013 PhD student in theDoctoral Program Learning Sciences at the University of Munich, Germany; Title of the doctoral dissertation:”Support for Newcomers’ Learning in Communities of Practice – Situated Learning from a Social Network Perspective
  • 2003-2009 Student (Magister Artium) in Educational Research, Psychology, and Statistics at the University of Munich, Germany

Important Roles