My research areas - just a brief overview

My research areas
-- a strong focus on Research on Higher Education and Faculty Development

a) Digital Didactics
- Designing learning supported by new technologies
- Studying sociotechnical-didactical systems
- Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
- How to 'teach' creativity?

b) Social Media in higher education & universities
- Supporting Knowledge sharing and the co-construction of new knowledge using "Web 2.0"
- Knowledge management & Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
- Dynamics of Social Roles

c) Online communities
- Community-based learning
- Informal learning