Dr. Azzam Alobaid

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Dr. Azzam Alobaid

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Research Professorship of Computational Linguistics

Email: azzam.alobaid

Universitätsstr. 27 – PRG / Building 5
Room A 116 (1st floor)
58097 Hagen

What is my role within CATALPA?

With a focus on AI-supported learning and NLP-based educational technologies in CATALPA, I work on applications/tools that support reading comprehension in higher education through intervention-based research, informing evidence-based, scalable instructional design and the continuous refinement of these technologies.

Why CATALPA?

Within the diverse portfolio of projects at CATALPA, I aim to contribute to an interdisciplinary NLP/CL research group to advance collaborative research on data-informed instructional design and smart learning environments that support effective, inclusive, and meaningful education through deep understanding of learners’ linguistic needs and learning mechanisms.

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Humboldt Research Fellowship in the Research Professorship of Computational Linguistics (since December 2025)
    • PhD in Applied Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (2022)
    • MA in General Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (2016)
    • MA in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), Aleppo University, Syria (2012)
    • Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature, Alfurat University, Syria (2010)

    • Applied Linguistics
    • EduTech
    • Learning Science
    • STEM Education
    • Smart Learning Environments

  • 2025

    Journals

    • Alobaid, A. (2025). A didactical framework for raising awareness of digital multiliteracies among university students: objectives, expectations and challenges. Discover Education, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00599-z

  • 2024

    Talks and Poster Presentations

    • Alobaid, A. Writing by Pens and Pencils Vs. Digital Devices: Insights From Ongoing Learning Science Research. Cihan University-Erbil, 2024. https://eprints.cihanuniversity.edu.iq/id/eprint/1934/

    • 2023

    • Conferences

    • Alobaid, A. (2023). Analysing ESL learners’ complexity development: linguistic corpus insights on L2 chunks acquired in online multimedia learning contexts. In Proceedings of the International Summer School of Bilingualism and Multilingualism (ISSBM2022). Symposium conducted at the meeting of University of Nova Gorica Press. https://books.ung.si/issbm2022/chapter/author-5-ch-5/

    • 2022

    • Chapters in Edited Books

    • Alobaid, A. (2022). ICT Virtual Multimedia Learning Tools/Affordances: The Case of Narrow Listening to YouTube Multimedia-Based Comprehensible Input for the Development of ESL Learners’ Oral Fluency. In A. Hamdan, A. E. Hassanien, T. Mescon, & B. Alareeni (Eds.), Studies in Computational Intelligence. Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning Post-COVID-19 (Vol. 1019, pp. 501–551). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93921-2_28

      Alobaid, A. (2022). ICT Virtual Multimedia Learning Tools/Environments: Role and Impact on ESL Learners’ Development of Speech Accuracy—YouTube as an Example. In A. W. B. Tso, A. C. Chan, W. W. L. Chan, P. E. Sidorko, & W. W. K. Ma (Eds.), Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook. Digital Communication and Learning (pp. 143–182). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8329-9_9

    • 2021

    • Journals

    • Alobaid, A. (2021). Ict multimedia learning affordances: Role and impact on ESL learners' writing accuracy development. Heliyon, 7(7), e07517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07517

    • 2020

    • Journals

    • Alobaid, A. (2020). Smart multimedia learning of ICT: role and impact on language learners’ writing fluency - YouTube online English learning resources as an example. Smart Learning Environments, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-020-00134-7

  • Google Scholar

    ResearchGate

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