Thomas Knaus

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Thomas Knaus (born September 28, 1974 in Frankfurt/Main) is a German educational scientist. He is a Professor of Educational Science specializing in Media Education and Head of Department of Media Pedagogy. [1] at The Ludwigsburg University of Education and Honorary Professor for Educational Informatics at the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering [2] at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS). He also work as an Academic Director of the FTzM in Frankfurt am Main. [3] He served as professor of Pedagogy [4] at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as well as a visiting professor at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), [5] at the University of Sydney (Australia) [6] and at the University of Vienna (Austria). [7] Before his academic career Knaus worked as a teacher and a media educator in extracurricular youth work in Frankfurt am Main and Bad Homburg.

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Research and projects

The primary focus of his research and work lies in the field of Media Education (digital literacy; digital change in educational institutions; media education in schools; methods and approaches in media research) and education informatics (educational technology, theory of technology, text and image in digital communication). [8]

Knaus is the initiator and project manager of the cooperation projects fraLine (1999–2014) [9] and fraMediale (since 2009). [10] From 2011 to 2015 he was Managing Director of the Research Center Frankfurt Technology Center Media - FTzM, whose Scientific Director [11] he is to this day. He is the initiator of the fraMediale Prize, [12] publisher of the fraMediale book series in the kopaed publishing house [13] and project manager of the open access publication project "Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik" ("Research Workshop Media Education") [14]

Membership in scientific organizations

Knaus is a member of the steering group of the initiative "No Education without Media!" (Keine Bildung ohne Medien – KBoM!) [15] and as well member of the board of the Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK); he ist member of the German Informatics Society (GI), [16] the German Educational Research Association (GERA | DGfE), [17] and the Professional Group School (GMK) [18] as well as a spokesperson for the Qualitative Research Section (GMK). [19] He is co-author of the interdisziplinary working group "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt triangle for Education in the digitally networked World" [20] and one of the supporters of the "Digital Education Charter" [21] of the German Informatics Society (GI).

Publications

A full list of Knaus's publications can be found on the website of his department at the Ludwigsburg University of Education or on his website.

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References

  1. ↑ "Professorship and academic staff of Department of Media Education of University of Education, Ludwigsburg (Germany)". www.ph-ludwigsburg.de (in German). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ↑ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "Professors in Department 2: Computer Science and Engineering at Frankfurt University (Germany)". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Managing Board of Centre for Educational Technology – FTzM at the Frankfurt University (Frankfurt UAS)". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Former Chairs". www.medpaed.phil.fau.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. ↑ Education, College of. "Our People at the College of Education". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Our people". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. ↑ University of Vienna. "Gastprofessor*innen (visiting professors)". bildungswissenschaft.univie.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  8. ↑ "Research Activities and Current Projects". Thomas Knaus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. ↑ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "fraLine | Frankfurt UAS". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  10. ↑ "Conference and media fair fraMediale". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  11. ↑ "FTzM - Managing Board". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  12. ↑ "fraMediale-Prize". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. ↑ "kopaed :: fraMediale Book Series". www.kopaed.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Research Workshop Media Education :: Contact & Contributors". forschungswerkstatt-medienpaedagogik.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  15. ↑ "Initiative Keine Bildung ohne Medien (No Education without Media) :: About us". Keine Bildung ohne Medien! (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  16. ↑ Informatik (GI), Gesellschaft für (27 July 2017). "German Informatics Society (GI)". gi.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  17. ↑ "German Educational Research Association :: Section 12 - Media Education". www.dgfe.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  18. ↑ "Professional Group School at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  19. ↑ "Qualitative Research Section at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  20. ↑ "Workinggroup "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt Triangle for Education in the digitally networked World :: Frankfurt Dreieck - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." dagstuhl.gi.de. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  21. ↑ "Digital Education Charter (Charta Digitale Bildung)". charter-digital-education.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  22. ↑ Knaus, Thomas. "Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt" (PDF): 1–8.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ↑ Brinda, Torsten; Brüggen, Niels; Diethelm, Ira; Knaus, Thomas; Kommer, Sven; Kopf, Christine; Missomelius, Petra; Leschke, Rainer; Tilemann, Friederike (2019). Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt (in German). Gesellschaft für Informatik. ISBN   978-3-88579-682-4.
  24. ↑ Knaus, Thomas (2013). "Die Wirksamkeit von Medienbildungsinitiativen: Erfolge, Probleme und Lösungsansätze". MedienPaedagogik (Zurich, Suisse). (Occasional Papers 2013): 1–19. doi: 10.21240/mpaed/00/2013.09.06.X .
  25. ↑ Knaus, Thomas (2019). "Learning with Head, Heart and Hand-Held Device. On the Current State of Research on Emotions in Media Education". MedienImpulse. 57/4: 1–41. doi:10.21243/mi-04-19-01.
  26. ↑ Knaus, Thomas (2017). Lecture Notes in Informatics. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn. ISBN   978-3-88579-668-8.
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