PROMPT Team Shortlisted for Fast Forward Science 2025 with Educational Video
The team behind the DIPF project PROMPT made it onto the shortlist in the “Young Scientist Award Long” category at the Fast Forward Science Competition 2025 with its video entry “From a reluctant learner to a learning ninja: A short (video) guide to self-organised learning”. The annual competition is aimed at students, doctoral candidates, and postdocs (up to six years after graduation). The competition sought video entries of up to three minutes in length that present research in a clear and exciting way to as many people as possible.
The PROMPT video deals with a key skill that is particularly important in digital learning: self-organisation. This is explained in more detail in the video. A friendly robot helps a student plan her studies for her upcoming English test – perfect for copying for the next exam and the next presentation. The scientific background to the story was provided by PROMPT researchers Dr. Jasmin Breitwieser, Prof. Dr. Garvin Brod, and Lea Nobbe. The jury praised the entry as “well done and appealingly animated.” “The robot as the central character works excellently, the comic style is cool, the content is clearly structured and easy to understand, and the source transparency is exemplary,” was the further assessment.
The comic was originally published as a 65-page colourful book, sponsored by Die Junge Akademie. In the video, the images created by illustrator Solveig Gresselmeyer are brought to life. The team from the Education and Human Development Department (BiEn) at DIPF is delighted: "We created our science comic on self-regulated learning to introduce children and young people to this important topic in a vivid and fun way. We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Fast Forward Science competition with the video for the comic. This gives us the opportunity to reach even more children and young people. It is also a wonderful confirmation of how important it is to put scientific findings into practice," sums up Lea Nobbe from the PROMPT team.