Educational Technology as a Key to Educational Innovation - State of the Art Report from Germany.

Author: Schaumburg, Heike / Issing, Ludwig J.
Published: 2001
Source: Tech Trends 6/2001.

Abstract

Heike Schaumburg and Ludwig J. Issing present an overview of media education initiatives in German schools and universities. They provide a general introduction to the educational system and outline some media projects to exemplify the use of computers in German classrooms.

Schaumburg, Heike

Heike Schaumburg is currently working as an associate researcher in the Media Research Centre at the Freie Universität Berlin. She completed her dissertation on instructional change through the use of laptop computers in January 2003. She finished her Ph.D. in Psychology at the Freie Universität Berlin (Dr. phil.).

Dissertation: Constructivist learning with laptops? A case study on the influence of mobile computers on classroom instruction methodology. (2003)

Issing, Ludwig J.

Ludwig J. Issing is professor of educational psychology and media psychology at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is also managing director of the Media Research Centre at the Freie Universität. He has worked with educational technology initiatives in Gemany and all over Europe (e.g. "Schulen ans Netz", "E-Study Europe").