M.A. Victoria Batz

Victoria Batz forscht im Bereich interaktive Bildungstechnologien und entwickelte bei SPiRIT von September 2018 bis Dezember 2021 im Drittelmittelprojekt „IKKE – Inklusive Küche 4.0“ inklusive Lernkonzepte für die berufliche Aus- und Weiterbildung. Digitale Assistenzsysteme ermöglichen einen individuellen und selbstbestimmten Zugang zu Lerninhalten und praktischen Anwendungen, um systematisch mit- und voneinander zu lernen.
Seit November 2021 beforscht sie als Interaction Designerin in dem Bi-nationalen Drittmittelprojekt „CleanBREATHE – Blended Research on Air pollution using Technical and Educational solutions“ Konzepte zur Vermittlung von Luftqualitätsdaten und Ansätze zur Erhöhung der Aufmerksamkeit auf die Problematik Luftverschmutzung mit einem Citizen Science Ansatz.
Außerdem lehrt Victoria im Bachelorstudiengang Industrial Design wechselnde Module wie Mediendiskurs, Hauptprojekte oder Business Start – Ausstellungsgestaltung & Organisation.

IKKE: https://inklusive-kueche.h2.de/

CleanBREATHE: https://cleanbreathe.eu/

Enhancing Public Awareness of Air Quality: Evaluating Communication Strategies and Design Prototypes Using a Design-Based Implementation Research Approach

V Batz, VB Liedtke, P Lameski, V Trajkovik, S Hußlein, C Hansen, ... International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 3-25, 2025

Despite the health risks associated with air pollution and the availability of data, public awareness of air quality remains limited. This paper examines communication strategies to enhance awareness in Germany and North Macedonia. Using the Design-Based Implementation Research approach, literature reviews, stakeholder interviews and surveys were conducted with 307 participants to identify knowledge gaps and...

2025

The Business of Air Quality: Global Markets and Local Stakeholders

FT Brody, MA Herzog, V Trajkovikj, A Stamboliev, V Batz

This work investigates the global market for air quality sensors and data representation.We analyzed a comprehensive sample of players in the air quality sensor market and included a representative set of 21 very different organizations in this study. The encompasses entities, from major players like Breezometer to smaller companies focusing on hyperlocal air quality data,...

2023

Methods for urban air pollution measurement and forecasting: challenges, opportunities, and solutions

E Mitreska Jovanovska, V Batz, P Lameski, E Zdravevski, MA Herzog, ... Atmosphere 14 (9), 1441, 2023

In today’s urban environments, accurately measuring and forecasting air pollution is crucial for combating the effects of pollution. Machine learning (ML) is now a go-to method for making detailed predictions about air pollution levels in cities. In this study, we dive into how air pollution in urban settings is measured and predicted. Using the PRISMA...

2023

A Tangible Learning Application from the 3D Printer for the Practical Teaching of Meat Cutting in Inclusive Vocational Education

V Batz, F Kühne, K Hasak, F Pufe, M Morfeld, MA Herzog International Conference on Web-Based Learning, 290-301, 2022

Vocational education and training in Germany are distinguished by the separation of training groups of different learning levels. In chef training, theoretical teaching content is mainly conveyed using lectures and textbooks. The abstract presentations and texts are not suitable for inclusive education. By pursuing a design science research process, a digital-analog learning application was developed...

2022

Accessible design of serious games for people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive vocational education

V Batz, I Lipowski, M Morfeld, C Hansen, MA Herzog Proceedings of DiGRA 2022 Conference: Bringing Worlds Together, 2022

People with disabilities are often denied the opportunity to obtain a vocational qualification. There is a lack of an appropriate infrastructure for an inclusive education system and recognized degrees. Therefore, didactic methods for inclusive learning situations are needed. This paper describes the user-centered development and evaluation of a serious game for inclusive vocational training in...

2022