Joshua Weidlich is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Educational Technologies & Learning Analytics group at DIPF – Leibniz Centerfor Research and Information in Education (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-5127). He completed his PhD in 2021 at Fern Universität in Hagen on the topic of social presence in online distance learning environments. Aside from this his interests lie broadly at the intersection of education and psychology, with a particular focus on the mediating role of technology and technological environments. Further, he conducts research on Feedback Literacy, Causal Inference from observational research, and computer-supported collaborative learning.