Research

Research Areas

 * design, development, implementation and impact of online learning
 * online community building, communities of practice
 * quality management and evaluation of online learning
 * educational designs and assessment with e-portfolios
 * transformational learning in online professional programs
 * open education: open educational resources (OER) and practices

**Current Research Projects**

Munich University of Applied Sciences - Research Cluster: Socio-economic Innovations

 * Project “Study Success and Study Opportunities for Refugees ”(SUCCESS) (duration 20017-2019), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF), Munich University of Applied Sciences (details_1 and details_2 – German)

**Completed Research Projects**

> Project Component: E-learning Center – Mainstreaming e-learning elements as enrichment for on-site teaching > Accompanying research – research foci (details – German): >>
 * Project “Well Equipped for the Future”(ZUG) (duration 2011-2016), supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany (BMBF) within the framework of the “Quality Initiative for German Higher Education (details – German)
 * *** quality management & formative evaluation
 * educational designs 6 the scholarship of teaching and learning
 * support strategies, third space & digitization of higher education
 * Project “Study Trajectories and Study Success”(USuS) (duration 2008-2012), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF), Munich University of Applied Sciences (details_1 and details_2 – German)


 * Project „Planning and implementing organizational and process innovations for digital studying across Hamburg universities (KOOP) (duration 2005-207), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF), University Hamburg (details – German)


 * Project “Communities of Practice: the role of context and narrative” (GLASWEG)(duration 2002 – 2006), various funding, together with Beverly Wenger-Trayner, Portugal/ US, John D. Smith, USA (Setubal Dialogue 2002, Phase Change Workshop Amsterdam 2003, Narrative & Context in Online Settings Milan 2005, Narrative & Memory Florence 2006)


 * Project “ProELearn.ING – Objektoriented E-Learning within the engineering sciences (Technical University Hamburg-Harburg TUHH)(duration 2002/2003), funded by Multimedia Kontor Hamburg


 * Flagship Project “ Virtual University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Computer Science and Business Administration (duration 1999-2004), supported by the Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF), Project Component: Educational Designs for Online Moduls (Helmut-Schmidt University) (details – German)