Portrait Prof. Dr. Schelhowe
Résumé | |
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Date and place of birth |
25.03.1949 /Achern-Mösbach |
Family status | married, two daughters |
Education | |
1968 – 1972 | German Studies and Catholic Theology at the universities of Freiburg and Münster |
1972 | Staatsexamen in German Studies and Catholic Theology |
1973 – 1981 | Period of practical teacher training, 2nd Staatsexamen and teacher in Bremen |
1982 – 1989 | Studies in Computer Science at the University of Bremen |
1989 | Diplom in Computer Science at the University of Bremen |
Academic career | |
1989 – 1992 | Research Assistant University of Bremen |
1992 – 1996 | Research Assistant University of Hamburg |
1996 | PhD in Computer Science (“The Medium out of the Machine“) |
1996 – 2001 | Research Assistant Humboldt University, Berlin: The didactics of Computer Science and computers in society |
since 2001 | Professor for "Digital Media in Education" in Computer Science at the University of Bremen, member of the Technologiezentrum für Informatik und Informationstechnik TZI |
2009 – 2010 | Member of the expert commission of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research "Media Education in the Digital Culture" |
Selection of Publications
- Schelhowe, Heidi: Technologie, Imagination und Lernen. Grundlagen für Bildungsprozesse mit Digitalen Medien. Münster: Waxmann 2007.
- Gabriele Kreutzner, Heidi Schelhowe (ed.): Agents of Change. Virtuality, Gender, and the Challenge to Traditional University. Opladen: Leske + Budrich 2003.
- Heidi Schelhowe: Das Medium aus der Maschine. Zur Metamorphose des Computers. Frankfurt: Campus 1997.
- Robben, Bernd; Schelhowe, Heidi (ed.): "Be-Greifbare Interaktion. Der allgegenwärtige Computer: Touchscreens, Wearables und Ubiquitous Computing. Transcript 2012.
Organization of conferences (Chair)
- Frauenwelt – Computerräume, Bremen 1989.
- Erfahrung und Abstraktion, Hamburg 1994.
- GIST, International Conference on Gender and IST, Bremen 2004.
- IDC, Interaction Design and Children, Bremen 2012.
- Member of the program committees of various meetings.
Selection of research projects
- SKUDI: Subjektkonstruktionen und digitale Kultur Neue Subjektformen im Wechselspiel mit soziokulturellen Praktiken im Cyberspace (VW Foundation)
- VILA-B Mobiles Lernen auf der Baustelle (BMBF)
- Der Schwarm – Algorithmik und Be-Greifbare Interaktion
TechKreativ – Technology workshops (not only) for children and adolescents. - Eduwear – Construction kit for smart textiles (EU – LL)
- Informattraktiv – Informatik-Professorinnen für Innovation und Profilbildung. Eine Informatik, die für Frauen und Mädchen attraktiv ist (BMBF)
Miscellaneous
- Reviewer for a number of research insititutions
- Member of several advisory councils e.g. MedidaPrix, University of Krems, Digitale Spaltung JFF Münschen, FrauenComputerZentrum Berlin
- Expert Commission of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on media competency
- Graduate School „Advances in Digital Media“
Further information on research and teaching under:http://www.dimeb.de
