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Dr. Karl Steffens [aktuelle Veranstaltungen] [Examenskolloquium] Department
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Karl Steffens is psychologist and senior researcher at the University of Cologne / Germany. He obtained his PhD from the University of Bonn and has been working at the universities of Bonn, Cologne, Frankfurt, Erfurt, and Barcelona (Spain). At the University of Barcelona, he conducted research in the field of ICT for a year with a grant from the European Commission (Human Capital and Mobility Programme). His fields of interests are learning and instruction, Information and Communication Technologies, personality development, and self-regulatory processes.
Research projects
COMETT project “Computer based training of complex problem solving strategies” (in collaboration with the University of Bielefeld/Germany, Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, Janus Projekte, Cologne/Germany, GRIPS Software, Barcelona; November 1994 to October 1995)
Research grant “Adaptive minimal guidance strategies for hypertext systems” financed by the European Commission (Human Capital and Mobility) at the Universitat de Barcelona (April 1995 to March 1996)
SOCRATES project “Technology enhanced evaluation in open and distance education“ (in collaboration with the universities of Barcelona/Spain, Liège/Belgium, Rome/Italy, Leicester/United Kingdom, and Lisboa/Portugal; partially financed by the European Commission, Sept.1, 1996 to Aug.30, 1998)
Research project “The impact of the new technologies on the role of the teachers“ (in collaboration with the Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, University of Nijmegen/The Netherlands, University of Leuven/Belgium, Nexus Lmtd., Dublin/Ireland; financed by the European Commission, Dec.31, 1996 to Dec.31, 1997)
LEONARDO project "Pedagogical Evaluation Methods and Guidelines for Multimedia Applications - PEMGU" (in collaboration with Holbaeck Technical College / Denmark, Colegio Irabia, Pamplona / Spain, DEL, Aarhus / Denmark, EPRAL, Evora / Portugal; partially financed by the European Commission, Jan. 1997 to Dec. 1999)
LEONARDO project "Police Communication in Europe - POLICE" (in collaboration with Bildungssinstitut der Polizei Niedersachsen / Germany, Medieninstitut der Polizei Baden-Württemberg / Germany, Northumbria Police Authority / U.K., InMedias Köln / Germany, IMK Oberhausen / Germany; partially financed by the European Commission, Dec. 1997 to Dec. 2000)
Joint Multimedia Call research project “Mediakids - Multimedia for kids“ (in collaboration with the Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, University of Leicester/U.K., University Leiden/ The Netherlands, Universidad Catolica de Portugal, Lisboa/Portugal, Plaza & Janes, Barcelona/Spain, Lexicultural, Amadora/Portugal; financed by the European Commission , Sept.98 to Dec.2000)
LEONARDO project “Multilingual Communication with Emergency Control
Rooms - MULTICOM112” (in collaboration with Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/Spain,
Liverpool University/UK, Kreasoft Cologne/Germany,
emergency control rooms and fire fighter stations from Belgium, France, Germany,
Greece, and Spain, with funding from the European Commission, November 2001
to August 2004)
LEONARDO project “Interactive safety training of hotel personnel – SAFEHOTEL” (in collaboration with Fire Officers´Associations, hotels and hotel schools in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Slovenia, Norway, Spain, U.K. and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/Spain, with funding from the European Commission, October 2003 to March 2006)
KALEIDOSCOPE Network of Excellence “Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies” (in collaboration with 465 researchers from 23 European nations, member of the steering committee of the Special Interest Group “Narrative and learning environments” , with funding from the European Commission, January 2004 to December 2006).
EDU ELARN project ”eCLIPse : Digital Video Clips for a Social Europe” (in collaboration with the universities of Barcelona/Spain, Gent/Belgium and Stavanger/Norway. With funding from the European Commission, February 2004 to January 2005).
EDU ELEARN project: ”TELEPEERS – Self-regulated learning in technology enhanced learning environments at university level: a peer review” (coordinator: University of Cologne, in collaboration with the universities of Aalborg/Denmark, Amsterdam/The Netherlands, Barcelona/Spain, Bergen/Norway, Compiègne/France, Lisbon/Portugal, Nottingham Trend/U.K. and the Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche Genoa/Italy, with funding from the European Commission, January 2004 to January 2006).
ELE ELEB11 project: “XenoCLIPSe: Digital Video Clips by ethnic minorities” (in collabo-ration with Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, Xenomedia/Spain, Universiteit Gent/Belgium, Universität zu Köln/Germany, Universitetet i Stavanger/Norway, with funding from the European Commission, June 2005 to May 2006.
TACONET: “Targeted Cooperative Network on Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Evnironments” (http://www.lmi.ub.es/taconet) with members in 15 European and 7 non-European countries (May 2004 to present).
EAECA project: “Xenoclipse.net – European network for the promotion of digital literacy and diversity in the media” (in collaboration with Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, XenoMedia Comunicació – MUGAK/Spain, Universiteit Gent/Belgium, Universität zu Köln/Germany, Universitetet i Stavanger/Norway, with funding from the European Commission, February 2007 to January 2009).
Organization of symposia and workshops
3rd Conference of Educational Psychology of the German Association of Psychology at Cologne/Germany, Sept. 1991
Symposium on “Computers in education“ at the 3rd Conference of Educational Psychology at Cologne/Germany, Sept. 1991
Symposium on “Evaluation of information technology in teaching and learning processes” at the International Congress on Information Technology in Education (TIE) at the Universitat de Barcelona/Spain, Nov. 1992
Symposium “Learning with hypermedia” at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco / USA, April 18. - 22., 1995
Symposium “Theoretical and practical aspects of learning with hypermedia” at the annual conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Nijmegen / The Netherlands, Aug. 26. - 31., 1995.
Workshop on “Computer based training of complex problem solving strategies” at the Universitat de Barcelona / Spain, Sept. 4.- 6., 1995, and at the Universität zu Köln / Germany, Sept. 11.-12., 1995
Symposium “The Computer as a pedagogical tool” at the annual Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Bath / England, Sept.14. - 17., 1995
Workshop on “Aspectos metacognitivos en la enseñanza“ at the Universitat de Barcelona / Spain, March 14.-15., 1996
Symposium „Multimedia computer programs in education and professional training“at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Sevilla / Spanien, Sept. 25. - 28., 1996
Symposium “Multimedia in the classroom“ at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Frankfurth,Main / Germany, Sept. 24.-27., 1997.
Symposium “ICT in Learning and Instruction: Products, Problems, and Perspectives“ at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Edinburgh/Scotland, Sept. 20.-23, 2000
Symposium “eLearning: Practices, Problems, and Prospects” at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Lisbon, Portugal, Sept.11-14, 2002
Symposium “eLearning, Communication and the Internet” at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Hamburg, Germany, Sept.11-20, 2003
Symposium “New way of working, new ways of thinking: Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments” at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Geneva, Sept. 13-16, 2006
Academic activities
Member of the Executive Board of the Educational Psychology Group of the German
Association of Psychology, September 93 - September 95
Member of the Scientific Committee for the interdisciplinary workshop „Using
Complex Information Systems (UCIS´96)“ at the University of Poitiers
/ France, Sept. 4. - 6., 1996
Member of the Scientific Committee for the European Conference on Educational
Research (ECER 96) at the Universidad de Sevilla / Spain, Sept. 25. - 28.,
1996.
(ECER 97) at the University of Frankfurt, Main / Germany, Sept. 24. -
27.,1997.
(ECER 98) at the University of Ljubeljana / Slovakia, Sept. 1997
(ECER 99) at the University of Lahti / Finland, Sept. 1999
Member of the advisory editorial board of Computer & Education (Sept.2002 – ongoing)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Special Interest Group “Narrative and Learning Environments” in the KALEIDOSCOPE Network of Excellence “Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies” (2004-2005)
Publications and presentations since 1990
Steffens, K. (1991). MAS: A powerful but easy-to-handle authoring system for educational and diagnostic purposes. Proceedings of the Sixth International PEG Conference. P. 812. Rapallo: Instituto per la Mathematica Applicata.
Steffens, K. (1991). (Ed.) 3. Tagung Pädagogische Psychologie. 25.-27.09.1991 in Köln. Abstracts. Köln: Universität zu Köln.
Steffens, K. (1994). Instructional design, hypertext systems, and metacognitive strategies. Pp.87-110. in J. Lowyck & J. Elen (Eds.). Modelling I.D. Research. Universität Leuven.
Steffens, K. (1995). HyperLearning: Teaching German as a second language using an interactive hypermedia system. Paper at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 1995, San Francisco.
Steffens, K. (1995). Hypertext systems and metacognition. Paper at the biannual conference of the European Association for Reserach on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), August 1995, University of Nijmegen / The Netherlands.
Steffens, K. (1995). Learning with multimedia computer programs. Paper at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), September 1995, University of Bath / U.K.
Steffens, K., Jedermann, R. & Pfleging, B. (1995). Ein Multimediacomputerprogramm für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Ein Pilotprojekt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe-Institut. Paper at the biannual meeting of the German Educational Psychology Group. University of Leipzig / Germany, September 1995
Steffens, K. (1996). Learning, metacognition, and computer programs. Research report. University of Cologne.
Steffens, K. and Jedermann, R. (1996). Using a multimedia computer program to teach German as a second language. Interactive poster at the interdisciplinary workshop on “Using Complex Information Systems (UCIS´96)“, Université de Poitiers / France, September 4 - 6, 1996
Steffens, K. (1996). Evaluation of multimedia computer programs. Paper at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Sevilla / Spanien, Sept. 25. - 28., 1996
Steffens, K. (1997). Of landscapes, anchors, and tools: On learning with multimedia computer programs. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 6, 9-23.
Steffens, K. (1997). The construction of knowledge and the use of multimedia computer programs. Paper at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Frankfurt,Main / Germany, Sept. 24.-27., 1997.
Steffens, K. & Jedermann, R. (1997). Individuelle Wissenskonstruktion mit multimedialen Lernumgebungen. Paper at the biannual meeting of the German Educational Psychology Group, Frankfurt, Main / Germany, Sept.29. - Oct.1., 1997.
Steffens, K. (1998). Open and distance education in Germany. Pp. 18-22 in A.Bartolomé Pina & J.D.M.Underwood (Eds.). TEEODE. Technology enhanced evaluation in open and distance education. Barcelona: University of Barcelona.
Steffens, K. & Underwood, J.D.M. (1998). The tutor report. Pp. 104-116 in A.Bartolomé Pina & J.D.M.Underwood (Eds.). TEEODE. Technology enhanced evaluation in open and distance education. Barcelona: University of Barcelona. Laboratori de Mitjans Interactius.
Steffens, K. Underwood, J. & Bartolomé, A. (1998). Assessment in open and distance learning. the TEEODE project. Paper presented at the ED-MEDIA & ED-TELECOM 98 conference, Freiburg / Germany, Jun 20-25, 1998.
Beishuizen, J.J. & Steffens, K. (1999). Geometry for Kids. Paper presented at the EARLI Conference. Goteborg / Sweden, August 1999.
Smeets, E., Mooij, T., Bamps, H., Bartolomé, A., Lowyk, J., Redmond, D. & Steffens, K. (1999). The impact of information and communication technology on the teacher. Nijmegen: University of Nijmegen. Institute for Applied Social Sciences (ITS).
Steffens, K. (1999). ICT in Germany. Pp.163-179 in E.Smeets, T.Mooij, H.Bamps, A.Bartolomé, J.Lowyk, D.Redmond & K.Steffens, K. (1999). The impact of information and communication technology on the teacher. Annexes. Nijmegen: University of Nijmegen. Institute for Applied Social Sciences (ITS).
Rouet, J.F., Dillenbourg, P., Steffens, K. & van Oostendorp, H. (Eds.) (1999). Understanding user-system interaction: models, methods, and applications. Instructional Science, Special Issue.
Steffens, K. (1999). Medien, Multimedia und Internet. Pp.52-60 in C.Perleth & A.Ziegler (Eds.). Pädagogische Psychologie. Grundlagen und Anwendungsfelder. Bern. Huber.
Steffens, K. (1999). Learning as seen from the point of view of psychology. Pp.1-11 in Pedagogical Evaluation Methods & Guidelines for Multimedia Applications - PEMGU (Eds.). La aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la educación. Pamplona: Irabia.
Steffens, K. & Underwood, J.D.M. (1999). Tutor´s role in ODL. Some reflections based on Teeode Project results. Istruzione a distanza, serie monografica, 5, 73-89.
Steffens, K. (2000). Teachers and ICT: Problems and promises. A response to Jean Underwood. The Psychology of Education Review, 24, 14-16.
Steffens, K., Rubio, A. & Bartolomé, A. (2000). A multimedia computer program to help children acquire knowledge and skills in geometry: A European project. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Edinburgh, Sept. 2023, 2000.
Steffens, K. (2001). Self-regulation and computer-based learning. Anuario de psicología, 32, 77-94.
Steffens, K. & Jedermann, R. (2001). Using a multimedia computer program to teach German as a second language. Pp.131-140 in J.F.Rouet, J.J.Levonen & A.Biardeau (Eds.). Multimedia learning. Cognitive and instructional issues. Amsterdam: Pergamon.
Steffens, K. (2002). Information, Communication and Understanding. Paper presented at the Laboratori de Mitjands Interactius, Universitat de Barcelona, March 2002.
Steffens, K. (2002). Multimedia, mental models, and understanding. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Lisbon, Portugal, Sept.11-14, 2002.
Steffens, K. , Morre, A., Rosinski, N, & Woltering, M. (2003) Internet communication: an explorative study. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Hamburg, Germany, Sep.17-20, 2003.
Steffens, K. (2004). Technology enhanced learning environments that support metacognition. Nov@Formação, 3, (3), 18-21.
Steffens, K. (2004). Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments at University Level: a Peer Review (TELEPEERS). Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) on Crete, Sept.22-25, 2004.
Steffens, K. (2004). TELEPEERS. Paper presented at the edutec conference. Universitat de Barcelona, November 17-19, 2004.
Steffens, K. (2005). Guide for the implementation of Narrative Learning Environments. Deliverable 13.2.2. for the KALEIDSCOPE Network of Excellence “Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies”.
Carneiro, R., Steffens, K. & Underwood, J. (Eds.) (2005). Self-regulated learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments. Proceedings of the TACONET Conference in Lisbon, Sept.23.
Steffens, K. (2006). The potential of Technology Enhanced Learning Environments to facilitate Self-regulated Learning. Contribution to the KALEIDOSCOPE Researchers’ Workshop at the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. European Distance and E-Learning Network. Vienna, Vienna University of Technology, June 14-17, 2006.
Steffens, K. (2006). Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments. Paper presented at the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Geneva, Sept. 13-16, 2006
Steffens, K. (2006). Self-regulated learning in technology enhanced learning environments. Contribution to the workshop: Making the Future of Technology Enhanced Professional Learning. First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Crete, Oct. 1.4, 2006.
Steffens, K. (2006). Self-Regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments: lessons of a European peer review. European Journal of Education, 41, (3/4), 353-379.
Bartolomé, A. & Steffens, K. (2006). Self-Regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments. Paper presented at the VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Informática Educativa, San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 13-15, 2006.