Karl Wilbers

Karl Wilbers (* 1964 in Kevelaer ) is a German economics educator and lecturer at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in the Department of Economics, the former University of Economics and Social Sciences in Nuremberg .

Live and act

Wilber graduated the diploma commercial teacher and a PhD in Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Cologne . He completed his habilitation at the University of St. Gallen and was appointed assistant professor there.

He has the following main research areas and interests:

• Didactics of economics
• E-learning
• Education for sustainable business
• Personnel development
• Diversity management
• Education and quality management
• Networks
• Social capital
• Wilbers researches and blogs on the subject of vocational training 4.0

In 2009, Wilbers set up the university school for the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region . As a result of this network, the publication "Designing Business Lessons" (textbook and toolbox) was presented in 2012. The platform "wirtschaftsunterricht-gestalten.de "for this textbook is the first freely accessible educational resource (OER) in this area.

Since 2012 Wilbers has been the spokesman for the Advanced Training Center for University Teaching (FBZHL), the university didactic facility of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Fonts (selection)

• Industry 4.0: challenges for commercial education . epubli, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-7450-0595-0
• Design business lessons. Textbook . 2nd edition, epubli, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-6807-2 .
• Design business lessons. Toolbox . 2nd edition, epubli, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-6808-9 .
• Design business lessons. Textbook . epubli, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-3591-3 .
• Design business lessons. Toolbox . epubli, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-3590-6 .
• (as ed.): The business school . Merits and development prospects of a Bavarian type of school. Shaker, Aachen 2011, ISBN 978-3-84-400519-6 .
• Horst Pongratz, Karl Wilbers, Tade Tramm (eds.): Process-oriented business didactics and use of ERP systems in business lessons . Shaker, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-83-228832-7 .
• Thomas Bals, Kai Hegmann, Karl Wilbers (eds.): Quality in schools and businesses . Qualitus GmbH Publications, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025619-6 .
• Andreas Hohenstein, Karl Wilbers (Ed.): Handbook E-Learning . 27. Supplementary delivery 2008. Fachverlag Deutscher Wirtschaftsdienst, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-87156-298-X .
• Ernst Tiemeyer, Karl Wilbers (Hrsg.): Vocational training for sustainable business . Concepts, curricula, methods, examples. W. Bertelsmann, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-7639-3422-7 .
• Social networks in vocational schools . Analysis, potentials, design approaches. Eusl, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-933436-54-0 .
• (as ed.): Stumbling blocks in corporate e-learning . Stakeholder management, management of e-learning knowledge, evaluation. Oldenbourg, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-486-57760-3 .
• (as ed.): The social capital of schools . Bielefeld, W. Bertelsmann 2004. ISBN 3-7639-3257-7 .
• Bernd Strahler, Ernst Tiemeyer, Karl Wilbers (eds.): Educational networks in practice. Bielefeld, W. Bertelsmann 2003, ISBN 3-7639-3171-6 .
• Peter Faulstich and Karl Wilbers (eds.): Knowledge networks . Networks as an impetus for the further development of training and further education in the region. W. Bertelsmann, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-7639-3069-8 .

Web links

• Website of the Chair for Business Education and Personnel Development
• Karl Wilbers Blog "Vocational Training 4.0"
• Website of the advanced training center for university teaching
• Website of the freely accessible textbook on the didactics of business education *
• Website of the freely accessible textbook " Industry 4.0: Challenges for Commercial Education "
• Literature by and about Karl Wilbers in the catalog of the German National Library