LEGAS – Interdisciplinary Learning Game with Generative AI for Academic Writing

In the "LEGAS" workshop, we will collaboratively develop a concept for an interdisciplinary learning game that uses generative AI to support students in acquiring academic writing skills.

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Table of Contents

• About the Workshop
  • Objectives
  • Target Audience
• Practical Information
• Schedule
• Organizers
• Call for Papers

About the Workshop

Acquiring academic writing skills is a major challenge, especially for students in the early semesters. This workshop initiates the development of a cross-disciplinary learning game supported by generative AI. It aims to increase motivation and learning success through gamification. Participants will discuss didactic, technical, and research-related aspects to collaboratively develop a concept and explore opportunities for cooperation and further funding.

Objectives

• Develop an initial concept for a cross-disciplinary learning game for academic writing
• Design a didactic framework using existing Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Draft a technical concept that includes generative AI as a learning companion
• Plan a validation study to assess the effectiveness of the approach
• Build a network for long-term collaboration and third-party funding

Target Audience

This workshop is aimed at researchers, educators, and practitioners from the fields of:

• Educational technology
• Didactics (especially writing instruction)
• Game development
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Participants are warmly invited to join the Saxon teaching network "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" after the workshop.

Practical Information

• April 15, 2025 – Call for Papers published
• July 15, 2025 – Submission deadline
• August 01, 2025 – Notification of acceptance
• September 8, 2025 – Start of the DELFI 2025 conference
• September 8, 2025 – LEGAS Workshop

Conference

• Date: Monday, September 8, 2025
• Time: 09:00 AM to 04:30 PM
• Venue: TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• Workshop duration: full day

Schedule

Note: Schedule adjusted on August 27.

Organizers

• Volker Göhler, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• Stefanie Gerstenberger, TU Dresden
• Gesine Wegner, TU Dresden
• Paul Goldmann, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

The organizing team is part of the Saxon SoTL Teaching Network (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning).

📧 Contact: volker.goehler@informatik.tu-freiberg.de

Call for Papers

We welcome submissions of 1–4 pages in the Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI) format. Please submit your contribution as a PDF file. Anonymization is not required.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Practical examples of gamified teaching formats
• Didactic strategies to support academic writing skills
• Technical tools or frameworks involving generative AI
• Evaluation concepts for game-based learning in higher education

📅 Submission deadline: June 15, 2025 July 15, 2025
📧 Submit to: volker.goehler@informatik.tu-freiberg.de

All accepted contributions and the results of the workshop will be included in a joint article published in the DELFI 2025 workshop proceedings.

Each accepted contribution will be presented in a short talk of approx. 10 minutes during the workshop.

Submission Guide

Please follow these guidelines for your submission:

• Format: Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)
• Length: 1–4 pages
• File format: PDF
• Language: English or German
• Anonymization: Not required

For formatting instructions and templates, please refer to the LNI website.