Biography
Daniel is a PhD student at the University of South Australia. After having worked in the field of providing educational technology to lecturers at universities in Germany he joined the University of South Australia to start his PhD. He aims to research how to improve educational videos provided to students at higher education institutions.
Interests
- Self-regulated learning
- Mind wandering
- Learning Analytics
- Video usage in higher education
Education
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PhD in Education, Started in 2022
University of South Australia
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Master of Science in Technical Communication, 2017
University of Twente
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Bachelor of Communication in Information Services and Management, 2015
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Publications
(2020).
Digital teaching and learning of surgical skills (not only) during the pandemic: a report on a blended learning project.
GMS Journal for Medical Education.
(2020).
Patterns in students’ usage of lecture recordings: a cluster analysis of self-report data.
Research in Learning Technology.
(2017).
Patterns in the appropriation of a learning management system by instructors based on Q-methodology.
University of Twente.
Experience
Research Associate
Planning and setting up the lecture capture, video management and delivery service (educast.nrw) for all higher education institutions in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. This includes requirement analysis, coordinating external contracts with internal software development as well as advising and supporting the participating higher education institutions.
Research Associate & System Administrator
Installing and maintaining the lecture capture and video management software Opencast for clients in the higher education sector.
Research Associate
Managing the universities lecture recording system (Opencast), including coordinating the equipment of lecture halls with recording technology and advising the teaching staff on how to use the lecture capture system.
Research Assistant
Planning and setting up a lecture capture system (Opencast) for the whole university, including market research on available software solutions, lecture hall equipment and integration in the learning platform (Moodle).
Research Intern
Researching the information search behavior of foreign tourists in Vilnius. This was a cooperation between the Media Research Lab at Vilnius University and Saxion University of Applied Sciences to enable the writing of the bachelor thesis as part of an internship.