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      Prof. Dr. Carmen Zahn

      Carmen Zahn

      Activities at FHNW

      Function

      • Full Professor for Organizational Psychology
      • Programme Director of CAS Digitalization in the World of Work – Psychological Perspectives
      • FHNW-Fellow

      Research Interests

      • Digital Transformation, Knowledge and Learning
      • 4E-Learning und AI-Supported Collaborative Learning (AI-SCL)
      • Digital Competence

      Lecturing and Research

      Lecturing

      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)
      Applied research and development
      • Digital transformation, knowledge and learning
      • 4E-Learning und AI-Supported Collaborative Learning (AI-SCL)
      • Digital competence in teams and organizations

      Profile

      Short bio

      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.

      Areas of expertise

      Research areas

      • Digital transformation, knowledge and learning
      • Cognitive and collaborative approaches for learning with digital media: 4E-Learning und AI-Supported Collaborative Learning (AI-SCL)
      • Digitale Competence in teams and organizations

       Application areas

      • Digital Education – Distance Education
      • Development of strategies to develop digital competence in organizations
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      Prof. Dr. Carmen Zahn

      Prof. Dr. Carmen Zahn

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      +41 62 957 24 73

      E-mail

      carmen.zahn@fhnw.ch

      Address

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland School of Applied Psychology Riggenbachstrasse 16 CH – 4600 Olten

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      FHNW School of Applied Psychology

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Applied Psychology

      Riggenbachstrasse 16

      CH - 4600 Olten

      Phone+41 62 957 22 33

      E-Mailinfo.aps@fhnw.ch

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