Michael Kerres

Chair of Educational Media and Knowledge Management michael.kerresuni-duisburg-essen.de contact | calendar

Current and previous positions

• from 2009, Partner learninglab GmbH
• from 2001, Professor of Education (Educational Media and Knowledge Management), University Duisburg-Essen,
• 1998-2001, Professor of Educational Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 1990-1998, Professor of Media Didactics and Media Psychology, Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Department of Digital Media (1995-1996 Dean, 1995-2000 Head of tele-akademie)
• 1983-1990, Research Assistant, Department of Pedagogy, Ruhr-University Bochum

Education

• 1998, Habilitation, Freiburg University of Education
• 1988, Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. phil.), Ruhr-University Bochum
• 1983, Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Ruhr-University Bochum 

Service Activities

University Level
• 2007-2008 Vice-Rector "Information, Communication, Media"
• 2002-2006, Member / Head, University Commission on "Information, Communication, Media"
• 2007 - , Managing Board for "Information, Communication, Media"
• 2005-2009, Head and Member of the Board, Center of Higher Education and Quality Development,

Faculty Level

• 2008-2010, Head, PhD Office, Faculty of Educational Sciences,
• 2003 - , Head, Study Programm "Educational Media (M.A.)"

Awards

• 2009, Offer Full Professorship (Chair of Learning Innovations), Department of Psychology, University Erlangen-Nuremberg (declined)
• 2004/05 Fellow, Swiss Center for Innovations in Learning, University of St. Gallen (CH)
• 1998 Award for Excellence in Teaching (Landeslehrpreis) from the Ministry of Education and Science, Baden-Württemberg

Professional / Editorial Activities

• since 2004, member of the editoral board of Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (journal of higher education development)
• since 2003, member of the editorial board of MedienPädagogik, journal for theory and application of media in education
• 2004-2006, member of the board, committee for "Media and Education" of German Society of Educational Science (DGfE)
• 2000-2002, chairman of the board, , Society for Media in Higher Education (GMW e.V.)

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