Stephan Schwan

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Stephan Schwan (born December 18, 1960 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German psychologist . He is head of the Realistic Representations working group at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media in Tübingen and also deputy director of the institute.

Life

Stephan Schwan studied psychology at the University of Tübingen (diploma 1988), received his doctorate (1992) with the thesis "The consequences of media properties for the communication process using the example of the reduced image reproduction frequency on video telephones" and also completed his habilitation there (1992).

After working at the Psychological Institute of the University of Tübingen and at the German Institute for Distance Learning Research (DIFF), he was Professor of E-Learning and Head of the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at the Johannes Kepler University Linz from 2002 to 2004 . Schwan has been head of the Realistic Representations working group at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media (IWM) in Tübingen since 2004. From 2004 to 2013 he was also Deputy Director there and was reappointed in 2017.

research

Schwan's research and thematic focuses include cognitive processing and the understanding of dynamic audiovisual representations as well as learning in virtual realities . He is particularly concerned with the acquisition of knowledge through digital topographic maps as well as the role of digital media and authentic exhibits for informal learning in museums and exhibitions. In addition, the results of his research show, among other things, how media such as training videos can be designed in such a way that they support learning processes as well as possible.

Fonts (selection)

  • Schwan, S., & Cress, U. (Eds.). (2017). The psychology of digital learning: Constructing, exchanging, and acquiring knowledge with digital media. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
  • Glaser, M., & Schwan, S. (2015). Explaining pictures: How verbal cues influence processing of pictorial learning material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107, 1006-1018.
  • Hampp, C., & Schwan, S. (2015). The role of authentic objects in museums of the history of science and technology: Findings from a visitor study. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 5, 161–181.
  • Schwan, S., Grajal, A., & Lewalter, D. (2014). Understanding and engagement in places of science experience: Science Museums, Science Centers, Zoos and Aquariums. Educational Psychologist, 49, 70-85.
  • Merkt, M., Weigand, S., Heier, A., & Schwan, S. (2011). Learning with videos vs. learning with print: The role of interactive features. Learning & Instruction, 21, 687-704.
  • Schwan, S., & Ildirar, S. (2010). Watching film for the first time: How adult viewers interpret perceptual discontinuities in film. Psychological Science, 21, 970-976.
  • Schwan, S., & Riempp, R. (2004). The cognitive benefits of interactive videos: Learning to tie nautical knots. Learning & Instruction, 14, 293-305.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephan Schwan Homepage Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media. Accessed May 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Wolfnagel, Eva "At Experimenta, touching is the program" report. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . March 20, 2016. Accessed May 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "7 questions for Stephan Schwan:" Training films are strong for dynamic content and personal address "" Interview on Pink University. April 13, 2016. Accessed May 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Schwan, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main