Ordentliche Professorin für Wirtschaftspädagogik, insbesondere pädagogisches Innovationsmanagement
Schwerpunkte
- Management von Bildungsinnovationen
- Medienkompetenzen, technologiegestützes Lernen
- Kompetenzentwicklung in informellen Kontexten
Forschungsgebiete
- Bildungsmanagement
- Wirtschaftspädagogik
Weitere Forschungsgebiete
- E-Learning
- Knowledge Management
- Learning Communities
- Management Education
Ausbildung
- 2006Habilitation venia legendi in Business Education at the University of St.Gallen. Entitled: "Innovationsorientiertes Bildungsmanagement - Hochschulentwicklung durch Sicherung der Nachhaltigkeit von eLearning als didaktische Innovation in der Hochschullehre"
- 19972nd State Examination including completion of preparatory service at business vocational schools in Bavaria, Germany
- 1994–1996Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in information management at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. Dissertation entitled: "Computer Assisted Learning – Basis, Variants, Development"
- 1988-1993University degree (Dipl. Hdl.) in Business Education with focal point on business computer sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Nuremberg
Berufserfahrung
- Since 8/2009Professor for Business Education and Educational Management at the University of St. Gallen, Director of the Institute of Business Education and Educational Management at the University of St. Gallen
- 6-9/2008Guest Professor at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Brisbane, Australia
- 12/2007-1/2008Offered Chair of Business Education at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (2007), Offered Chair and Research Director Position of Innovations in Learning at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Brisbane, Australia (2008)
- 2006 - 2009Assistant Professor in Business Education at the University of St.Gallen
- 2000Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Learning Lab, Prof. Dr. Larry Friedlander and Prof. Dr. Larry Leifer at the Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
- 1999 - 2003Programme Director of the Executive MBA in New Media and Communication at the Institute for Media and Communication Management, chair Prof. Dr. Peter Glotz, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
- 1997 - 2006Elected to full-time senior lecturer for Media and Communication Management, since 2003 for Education Management at the University of St.Gallen
- 1997 - 1999Fellow Founder and Project Manager of the Learning Center at the Institute for Information Management, chair Prof. Dr. Andrea Back at the University of St.Gallen
- 1995 - 1997Teaching post as a Probationary Teacher at the Bavarian vocational schools of Erlangen and Schweinfurt
- 1994 - 1995Human Resource Manager at the Tax and Audit Office Dresden. Fürst & Partner GmbH in Nuremberg
- 1992 - 1994Lecturer for Microsoft products (Windows, Winword, PowerPoint), CBT Software Developer for the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (Federal Employment Service) in Nuremberg
- 1989 - 1992MIS Consultant for Dr. Alfons Madeja Consultants, Nuremberg. Lecturer in Business Management and Organisation at the Acadamy for Administration and Business (Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie (VWA)) in Nuremberg
Mitgliedschaften
- Mitglied des Supervisory Body CEL, European Foundation for Management Development, Brüssel
- Mitglied des Advisory Board für das Journal „Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (ERVET)”
- EARLI Mitglieschaft
- DFGP Mitgliedschaft
Editorial Board
- International Journal of Learning Technology, IJLT
- International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning, IJAC
Weitere Informationen
- Since 2012Expert for oral examinations (Matura) at the Kantonal Schools in St.Gallen (Kantonsschulen)
- 2007 - 2012Scientific Board Member Member of the LEARNTEC in Karlsruhe, Germany
- Since 2009Academic Lead of the Center for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum (HDZ)
- 2004 - 2009Advisory Board Member of the Credit Suisse Business School, Zurich
- Since 2008Advisory Board Member for the Journal „Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (ERVET)
- 4/2002 - 4/2004Vice-President (2002) and President (2003-2004) of the Mid-Level Faculty (Mittelbauvertretung) at the University of St. Gallen
- Since 2004Supervisory Body Member CEL, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Brussels
- Since 2003Executive Director of the Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (scil), initiated and supported from 2003-2010 by the Gebert Rüf Foundation, at the Institute of Business Education and Education Management at the University of St.Gallen