Research

Subject Area

The main research and teaching of the Department of Instructional Technology & Media is concerned with the question “How to learn with new media?” and covers the following fields of study:

• Instructional design for new media The main question here is: “How to design and develop software in a didactically optimal way?”

• Instructional design in teacher-centered teaching, e.g. in school classes. In this context the central question is: “In which way can lecturers use new media in their classroom?”

• The combination of the two fields. The well-considered mix that combines the various new media with face to face teaching, the so-called “Blended Learning” and its didactical coordination.

 Staff

• Markus Deimann:   e-learning, Instructional Technology and Media, instructional design, motivation, volition

• Cordula Orth: e-learning; instructional design; situated learning; authentic learning-environment; media didactic support of teaching, particularly with the aid of interactive whiteboards; lifelong learning with the focus on Gerontechnology and Cognitive Ageing.

• Claudia Schrader: e-learning, media didactic support of teaching, design and learning efficiency of Edutainment-software