Magdalena Boucher

Magdalena Boucher is an Assistant Professor in Creative Computing (BA) and Media Technology (BA) at the Department of Media and Digital Technologies, University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten. She holds a Master's degree in Digital Media Technologies and a Bachelor's in Media Technology from the same institution.

Her research focuses on data visualization education, interactive media, and creative computing. She designs playful learning activities like the Comic Construction Kit and VisToon to enhance visualization literacy through data comics. Projects such as Vis4Schools and Dataskop address educational technology and data economy challenges.

Her work integrates

• gamification,
• multimedia storytelling,
• and mobile visualization tools

to foster engagement in technical education. She also explores AI-driven audiovisual documentation and user-centered interface design for media retrieval systems.

Her recent publications emphasize playful learning strategies, data visualization empowerment, and cross-disciplinary educational frameworks. She actively contributes to workshops like EduVis and IEEE VIS to advance visualization education standards.