University Teachings

• Media psychology and psychology of digital transformation (BSc)
• Digital media at work and in education (MSc)

Teachings relating to training

• CAS Digitalisation in the World of Work – Psychological Perspectives (Programme Director)

• Digital transformation, knowledge and learning
• 4E-Learning & Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
• Digital competence in teams and organizations
  
  

Carmen Zahn studied psychology and media science at the University of Tübingen (Germany) and the University of Missouri, Columbia (USA). In 2004 she earned her PhD from the University of Tübingen (dissertation topic: Knowldege communication with hypervideos) as part of a doctoral scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2010 she completed her post-doctoral qualification (habilitation thesis: Knowledge communication in the 21st century) at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

From 2002 until 2011 Prof. Zahn worked as scientist at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (Leibniz-Institute for Knowledge Media - IWM) in Tübingen where she researched the role which digital media play for learning (classroom learning with online video tools, developing the professional media skills of teachers). In 2011 she worked as visiting scholar at the Stanford Graduate School of Education/H-Star Institute (Human Sciences and Technology's Advanced Research Institute) withProf. Roy Pea.

At the FHNW School of Applied Psychology, Carmen Zahn leads the research into “digital transformation, learn-ing and knowledge” at the Institute for Cooperation Re-search and Development. Her applied topics include digital competence development in organizations.

Research areas

• Digital transformation, knowledge and learning
• Cognitive and collaborative approaches for learning with digital media: 4-ELearning; Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
• Digitale Competence in teams and organizations

 Application areas

• Digital Education – Distance Education
• Development of strategies to develop digital competence in organizations

2019

Peter, M., Ruf, A. & Zahn, C. (2019). Forschungsresultate zum Stand der Arbeitswelt 4.0. In: M.Peter, M.K. (Hrsg.). Arbeitswelt 4.0: Als KMU die Arbeitswelt der Zukunft erfolgreich gestalten. Forschungsresultate und Praxisleitfaden. FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft, Olten, Schweiz.

Mateescu, M., Pimmer, C. Zahn, C., Klinkhammer, D. & Reiterer, H. (acc.). Collaboration on Large Interactive Displays: A Systematic Review. Human Computer Interaction.

Krauskopf, K., Zahn, C. & Hesse, F.W. (acc.). Conceptualizing (pre-service) teachers` professional knowledge for complex domains. The Case of Technology and Heterogeneity. In: Lehmann, T. (Ed.) International Perspectives on Knowledge Integration: Theory, Research, and Good Practice in Pre-service Teacher and Higher Education. Brill | Sense Publishers.

Cattaneo, A.A.P., van der Meij, H., Aprea, C., Sauli, F. & Zahn, C. (2019). A model for designing hypervideo-based instructional scenarios. Interactive Learning Environments, 27 (4), 508-529. Published online: 02 July 2018.

Zahn, C., Rack, O. & Mateescu, M. (2019). Fit4Digit – Ein Online-Assessment zur Messung digitaler Kompetenz in Organisationen. [Fit4Digit – An online-assessment tool to measure digital compentence in organizations.] ZfO – Zeitschrift für Führung und Organisation. [ZfO – Journal of Leadership and Organization¡. 02/2019 (88). 142-145.

Rack, O., Zahn, C. & Bleisch, S. (2019). Do you see us? – Applied Visual Analytics for the Investigation of Group Coordination. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). [Group. Interaction. Organisation. Journal of Applied Organisational Psychology].

2018
Rack, O., Zahn, C. & Mateescu, M. (2018). Coding and Counting- Frequency Analysis for Group Interaction. In: Brauner, E., Boos, M., & Kolbe, M. (Eds.) (2018). The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis. (pp. 277-294). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

2017
Mateescu, M., Zahn, C., Klinkhammer, D., Rack, O. & Reiterer, H. (2017). Kreative Zusammenarbeit im digitalen Wandel: Eine empirische Studie zur Gestaltung und Nutzung interaktiver Tische für kollaborative Design- und Brainstorming-Aufgaben.[Creative collaboration in times of digital change: An empirical Study on the design and use of interactive tabletops for collaborative design and brainstorming tasks.] In: GfA-Proceedings no. 30. Documentation of the 63. Congress on the Sciences of Work in Brugg-Windisch/Switzerland 15.-17. Feb. 2017. Socio-technical Design of the digital transformation: creative, innovative, sense-making. Dortmund: GfA-Press.

Zahn, C. (2017). Digital Design and Learning: Perspectives of individual and group knowledge processes in design problem solving. (pp. ). In: S. Schwan & U. Cress (eds.). The Psychology of Digital Learning: Constructing, Exchanging and Acquiring Knowledge with Digital Media. Springer.

2016
Zahn, C. (2016). Medienspezifische kognitive Verarbeitungsprozesse und Lernen. [Media Specific Cognitive Information Processing and Learning]. In N. Krämer, S. Schwan, D. Unz, & M. Suckfüll (Eds.), Medienpsychologie. Schlüsselbegriffe und Konzepte[Media Psychology - Key Terms and Concepts]. 2. Auflage. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

2015
Krauskopf, K., Zahn, C., Hesse, F.W. (2015). Cognitive Processes Underlying TPCK: Mental Models, Cognitive Transformation, and Meta-conceptual Awareness. In: C. Angeli, N. Valanides (eds.) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Exploring, Developing, and Assessing TPCK, Edition 1 (pp.41-61). Springer.

Krauskopf, K. & Zahn, C. (in press). Differente Paradigmen digitalen Lernens als Grundlage für die Gestaltung akademischer Lehre. [Different Paradigms of Digital Learning as a Basis for the Design of Academic Teaching] In: Klages, B.: Gestaltungsraum Hochschullehre. Potentiale nicht-traditionell Studierender nutzen. Budrich.

Zahn, C. (accepted). Digital Design and Learning: Perspectives of individual and group knowledge processes in design problem solving. In: S. Schwan & U. Cress (eds.). The Psychology of Digital Learning: Constructing, Exchanging and Acquiring Knowledge with Digital Media. Springer.

2014
Goldman, R., Zahn, C. & Derry, S. (2014). Frontiers of Digital Video Research in the Learning Sciences: Mapping the Terrain. In: R.K. Sawyer The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences. (pp.213-232). Second Edition (CHLS 2E). Cambridge University Press.

Krauskopf, K., Zahn, C., Hesse, F.W. & Pea, R. (2014). Understanding video tools for teaching: Mental models of technology affordances as inhibitors and facilitators of lesson planning in history and language arts. Studies in Educational Evaluation.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2014.05.002 - available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191491X14000352.

Zahn, C., Schaeffeler, N., Giel, K. E., Wessel, D., Thiel, A., Zipfel, S. & Hesse, F.W. (2014). Video clips for YouTube: Collaborative video creation as an educational concept for knowledge acquisition and attitude change related to obesity stigmatization. Education and Information Technologies. 19 (3). 603-622.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Kiener, J., Hesse, F.W. (2014). Designing Video for Massive Open Online-Education: Conceptual Challenges from a Learner-Centered Perspective. In Cress, U. Proceedings of the EMOOCs Summit 2014, Research Track.

Kropp, M., Meier, A.,  Mateescu, M. &  Zahn, C (2014). Teaching and learning agile collaboration. Proceedings 2014 IEEE 27th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training - (CSEE&T), Graz, Austria, 23-25 April.

Tanner, A. Vollenwyder, B., Kalt, M., Schock, U., Mateescu, M., Agotai, D., Gros, P. Vogel, M. & Zahn, C. (2014). Interact! An Evidence-Based Framework for Digitally Supported School Field Trips. ACM ITS 2014 - Interactive  Tabletops and Surfaces Dresden, Germany, 16-19 November 2014.

2013
Pimmer, C., Mateescu, M., Zahn, C. & Gennenwein, U. (2013). Using smartphones as rich, synchronous communication devices that facilitate knowledge processes - a randomized controlled trial." Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Zahn, C., Schaeffeler, N., Giel, K. E., Wessel, D., Thiel, A., Zipfel, S. & Hesse, F.W. (2013). Video clips for YouTube: Collaborative video creation as an educational concept for knowledge acquisition and attitude change. Education and Information Technologies.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F. W. & Pea, R. (2013). Digital Media in the Classroom. A study on how to improve guidance for successful collaboration and learning in student teams. In: Y. Crotty & M. Farren (2013). Digital Literacies in Education: Creative, Innovative and Multimodal Approaches. pp. 37-52. Peter Lang.

Borchers, M., Mock, P., Zahn, C., Edelmann, J. & Hesse, F.W. (2013). Supporting School Class Visits to Fine Arts Museums in the 21st Century: A CSCL Approach for a Multitouch Table Based Video Tool (full paper). In: N. Rummel, M. Kapur, N. Mitchell & Putambekar, S. (2013). To see the world and a grain of sand: Learning across levels of space, time and scale. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Computer Supported Learning. pp. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

2012
Giel, K.E., Zipfel, S., Alizadeh, M., Schäffeler, N., Zahn, C. Wessel, D, Hesse, F.W., Thiel, A. (2012). Stigmatization of obese individuals by human resource professionals: An experimental study. BMC Public Health.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F.W. & Pea, R. (2012). How to improve collaborative learning with video tools in the classroom? Social vs. cognitive guidance for student teams. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 7, (2). 259-284.

Krauskopf, K., Zahn, C. & Hesse, F.W. (2012). Leveraging the affordances of YouTube: The role of pedagogical knowledge and mental models of technology functions for lesson planning with technology. Computers and Education, 58 (2012).1194-1206.

2011
Zahn, C. Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F.W. & Pea, R. (2011). Digital Media in the Classroom: A Study on How to Improve Guidance for Successful Collaboration and Learning in Student Teams. In: Spada, H., Stahl, G., Miyake, N. & Law, N. (Eds.) (2011) Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL2011 Conference Proceedings. Volume I — Long Papers. pp. 152-159. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Krauskopf, K., Zahn, C., & Hesse, F. H. (2011). Leveraging the affordances of YouTube: Pedagogical knowledge and mental models of technology affordances as predictors for pre-service teachers’ planning for technology integration. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 4372-4379). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (7)

2010
Zahn, C., Pea, R., Hesse, F.W. & Rosen, J. (2010). Comparing Simple and Advanced Video Tools as Supports for Complex Collaborative Design Processes. The Journal of the Learning Sciences. 19 (3), 403-440.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F.W. & Pea, R. (2010). Digital Video Tools in the Classroom: How to Support Meaningful Collaboration and Critical Thinking of Students? In: M.S. Khine & Saleh, I.M. New Science of Learning: Computers and Collaboration in Education. New York: Springer.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Pea, R., & Hesse, F. W. (2010). Digital Video Tools in the Classroom: Empirical Studies on Constructivist Learning with Audio-visual Media in the Domain of History. In K. Gomez, L. Lyons, & J. Radinsky (Eds.), Learning in the Disciplines: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010) (Vol. 1 - Full Papers), (pp. 620-627). Chicago, IL: Society of the Learning Sciences.

Zahn, C. (2010). Knowledge Communication and Learning in the 21st Century: Psychological Research on the Potential of Collaborative Learning through Design with Digital Tools in School-based Education and Beyond. Habilitationsschrift.

2009
Zahn, C. (2009). Gestaltendes Lernen - "Learning by Design" im Schulunterricht. LOG IN Informatische Bildung in der Schule, 156, 27-35.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., & Hesse, F.W. (2009). Video-Tools im Schulunterricht: Psychologisch-pädagogische Forschung zur Nutzung audiovisueller Medien. In M. Eibl, J. Kürsten, & M. Ritter (Eds.), Workshop Audiovisuelle Medien 2009 (pp. 59-65). Chemnitz: Technische Universität.

Krauskopf, K. & Zahn, C. (2009). Medienkompetenz bedeutet nicht zu wissen wo man klickt. Mentale Modelle sozio-kognitiver Funktionen digitaler Medien als Ansatzpunkt der fächerübergreifenden Medienbildung in der Lehramtsausbildung. Ludwigsburger Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik 12/2009.

Knipfer, K., Mayr, E., Zahn, C., Schwan, S., & Hesse, F. (2009). Computer Support for Knowledge Communication in Science Exhibitions: Novel Perspectives from Research on Collaborative Learning. Educational Research Review 4. 196-209.

Hauser, W., Noschka-Roos, A., Reussner, E. & Zahn, C. (2009). Design-based Research on Digital Media in a Museum Environment. Visitor Studies 12 (2). 182-198.

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F.W., & Pea, R. (2009). Participation in Knowledge Building “Revisited”: Reflective Discussion and Information Design with Advanced Digital Video Technology. In C. O'Malley, D. Suthers, P. Reimann, & A. Dimitracopoulou (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices: CSCL2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 596-600). New Brunswick, NJ: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

Zahn, C., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F.W., & Pea, R. (2009). Participation in knowledge building “revisited”: Reflective discussion and information design with advanced digital video technology. In C. O'Malley, D. Suthers, P. Reimann, & A. Dimitracopoulou (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices: CSCL2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 596-600). New Brunswick, NJ: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

2008
Schwan, S., Zahn, C., Wessel, D., Huff, M., Herrmann, N., & Reussner, E. (2008). Lernen in Museen und Ausstellungen - die Rolle digitaler Medien. Unterrichtswissenschaft Zeitschrift für Lernforschung. Thema: Lernen im Museum, 36 (2), 117-135.

Zahn, C. (2008). Medienspezifität des Lernens. In N. Krämer, S. Schwan, D. Unz, & M. Suckfüll (Eds.), Medienpsychologie. Schlüsselbegriffe und Konzepte (pp. 178-182). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

2007
Stahl, E., Zahn, C., & Seidel, T. (2007). Videobasierte Lernsoftware zur Förderung kommunikativer Kompetenzen. In U. P. Kanning (Ed.), Förderung sozialer Kompetenzen in der Personalentwicklung (pp. 39-69). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Knipfer, K., Zahn, C., & Hesse, F.W. (2007). Demonstration of a Discussion Terminal for Knowledge Acquisition and Opinion Formation in Science Museums. In C. Chinn, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (pp. 376-378). New Brunswick, NJ: International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc.

Mayr, E., Zahn, C., & Hesse, F. W. (2007). Supporting information processing in museums with adaptive technology. In D. S. McNamara, & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1289-1294). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. Volltext anfordern

Reussner, E. M., Schwan, S., & Zahn, C. (2007). New Technologies for Learning in Museums? An Interdisciplinary Research Project. In J. Trant, & D. Bearman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM07). Toronto, Canada: Archives & Museum Informatics.

2006
Stahl, E., Finke, M. & Zahn, C. (2006). Knowledge Acquisition by Hypervideo Design: An Instructional Program for University Courses. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 15 (3), 285-302.

Zahn, C. (2006). Forschung zur Rolle neuer Medien im Museum - psychologische Perspektiven und Methoden am IWM. In S. Schwan, H. Trischler, & M. Prenzel (Eds.), Die Rolle von Medien für die Resituierung von Exponaten: Mitteilungen und Berichte, Bd. 38 (pp. 9-14). Berlin: Institut für Museumsforschung.

Chambel, T., Zahn, C., & Finke, M. (2006). Hypervideo and Cognition: Designing Video based Hypermedia for Individual Learning and Collaborative Knowledge Building. In E. M. Alkhalifa (Ed.), Cognitively informed systems: Utilizing practical approaches to enrich information presentation and transfer. Hershey, PA, USA: Idea Group Inc.

Hesse, F. W., & Zahn, C. (2006). Verbindung von Erkenntnis- und Nutzeninteresse am Beispiel eines Forschungsprojektes aus der angewandten Kognitionspsychologie. In A. Brüggemann, & R. Bromme (Eds.), Entwicklung und Bewertung von anwendungsorientierter Grundlagenforschung in der Psychologie (pp. 55-60). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

Schwan, S., & Zahn, C. (2006). Der Bildbetrachter als Gegenstand bildwissenschaftlicher Methodik. In K. Sachs-Hombach (Ed.), Bild und Medium. Kunstgeschichtliche und philosophische Grundlagen der interdisziplinären Bildwissenschaft (pp. 214-232). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag.

Stahl, E., Zahn, C., Schwan, S., & Finke, M. (2006). Knowledge Acquisition by Designing Hypervideos: Different Roles of Writing during Courses of "New Media Production". In L. Van Waes, M. Leijten, & C. Neuwirth (Eds.), Writing and Digital Media (pp. 77-88). Oxford: Elsevier.

2005
Zahn, C., Oestermeier, U., & Finke, M. (2005). Designs für audiovisuelle Hypermedien: Kognitive und kollaborative Perspektiven. In M. Eibl, H. Reiterer, P. F. Stephan & F. Thissen (Eds.), Knowledge Media Design - Theorie, Methodik, Praxis (pp. 361-375). München: Oldenbourg.

Zahn, C., Pea, R., Hesse, F. W., Mills, M., Finke, M., & Rosen, J. (2005). Advanced Digital Video Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning in School Education and Beyond. In T. Koschmann, D. Suthers, & T.-W. Chan (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years (pp. 737-742). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Stahl, E., Zahn, C., & Finke, M. (2005). How can we use hypervideo design projects to construct knowledge in university courses? In T. Koschmann, D. Suthers, & T.-W. Chan (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years (pp. 641-646). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2004
Zahn, C., Barquero, B., & Schwan, S. (2004). Learning with Hyperlinked Videos – Design Criteria and Efficient Strategies of Using Audiovisual Hypermedia. Learning and Instruction, 14, 275-291.

2003
Zahn, C. (2003). Wissenskommunikation mit Hypervideos - Untersuchungen zum Design nicht-linearer Informationsstrukturen für audiovisuelle Medien. Münster: Waxmann.

Zahn, C., & Finke, M. (2003). Collaborative Knowledge Building based on Hyperlinked Video. In B. Wasson, R. Baggetun, U. Hoppe, & S. Ludvigsen (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2003, COMMUNITY EVENTS - Communication and Interaction (pp. 173-175). Bergen, NO: InterMedia.

2002
Zahn, C., Schwan, S., & Barquero, B. (2002). Authoring hypervideos: Design for learning and learning by design. In R. Bromme & E. Stahl (Eds.), Writing Hypertext and Learning: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches (pp. 153-176). London: Pergamon Press.

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