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Thomas Knaus (born September 28, 1974 in Frankfurt/Main) is a German educational scientist. He is a Professor of Educational Science specializing in Media Education and Head of Department of Media Pedagogy.[1] at The Ludwigsburg University of Education and Honorary Professor for Educational Informatics at the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering[2] at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS). He also work as an Academic Director of the FTzM in Frankfurt am Main.[3] He served as professor of Pedagogy[4] at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as well as a visiting professor at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand),[5] at the University of Sydney (Australia)[6] and at the University of Vienna (Austria).[7] Before his academic career Knaus worked as a teacher and a media educator in extracurricular youth work in Frankfurt am Main and Bad Homburg.

Research and projects

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The primary focus of his research and work lies in the field of Media Education (digital literacy; digital change in educational institutions; media education in schools; methods and approaches in media research) and educational technology (theory of technology, AI in Education, Computer Science and Society, text and image in digital communication).[8]

Knaus is the initiator and project manager of the cooperation projects fraLine (1999–2014)[9] and fraMediale (since 2009).[10] From 2011 to 2015 he was Managing Director of the Research Center Frankfurt Technology Center Media - FTzM, whose Scientific Director[11] he is to this day. He is the initiator of the fraMediale Prize,[12] publisher of the fraMediale book series in the kopaed publishing house[13] and project manager of the open access publication project "Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik" ("Research Workshop Media Education")[14]

Membership in scientific organizations

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Knaus is a member of the steering group of the initiative "No Education without Media!" (Keine Bildung ohne Medien – KBoM!)[15] and as well member of the board of the Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK); he ist member of the German Informatics Society (GI),[16] the German Educational Research Association (GERA | DGfE),[17] and the Professional Group School (GMK)[18] as well as a spokesperson for the Qualitative Research Section (GMK).[19] He is co-author of the interdisziplinary working group "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt triangle for Education in the digitally networked World"[20] and one of the supporters of the "Digital Education Charter"[21] of the German Informatics Society (GI).

Publications

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  • Knaus, Thomas (2024): Educational Impulses for Redesigning (Online) Teaching in the Post-Pandemic World – A Discussion and Evaluation of Lessons Learned, Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society – WJDS, 4 (4), Special Issue: Education in the Digital World, S. 1–36. https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/4.4.2
  • Knaus, Thomas (2023): Emotions in Media Education: How media based emotions enrich classroom teaching and learning, In: Social Science & Humanities OPEN, 8 (1), pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100504
  • Knaus, Thomas (2022): Making in media education: An activity-oriented approach to digital literacy, In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 14(3), 53-65. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol14/iss3/5/
  • Knaus, Thomas; Junge, Thorsten; Merz, Olga (2022): Lehren aus der Lehre in Zeiten von Corona – Mediendidaktische Impulse für Schulen und Hochschulen, Munich: kopaed.
  • Brinda, Torsten; Brüggen, Niels; Diethelm, Ira; Knaus, Thomas; Kommer, Sven; Kopf, Christine; Missomelius, Petra; Leschke, Rainer; Tilemann, Friederike; Weich, Andreas (2019): Frankfurt Triangle for Education in the Digital World - An Interdisciplinary Model [Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt – Ein interdisziplinäres Modell][22][23]
  • Knaus, Thomas (2020): Technology criticism and data literacy. The case for an augmented understanding of media literacy, In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 12(3), 6-16. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol12/iss3/
  • Knaus, Thomas (2020): Don’t resign, design! – Towards a Pedagogy of the Digital, In: Australian Educational Computing (ACCE: AEC), 35/1, p. 1–20. http://journal.acce.edu.au/index.php/AEC/article/view/217
  • Knaus, Thomas; Schmidt, Jennifer (2020): Medienpädagogisches Making – ein Begründungsversuch, In: MedienImpulse – Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik (University Vienna), ISSN 2307-3187, 58/4, p. 1–50. https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/mp/article/view/4322.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Merz, Olga (2020): Schnittstellen und Interfaces – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen (Vol. 7), Munich: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Meister, Dorothee M.; Narr, Kristin (2018): Futurelab Medienpädagogik. Professionalisierung – Qualitätsentwicklung – Standards, Munich: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2018): Spannung? Potentiale! – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen (Vol. 6), Munich: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2016): Wi(e)derstände – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen (Vol. 5), Munich: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Döring, Nicola; Ludewig, Yvonne (2013): Die Wirksamkeit von Medienbildungsinitiativen: Erfolge, Probleme und Lösungsansätze, In: MedienPädagogik (Suisse).[24]
  • Knaus, Thomas; Bohnet, Nastasja (2019): Lernen mit Kopf, Herz und Handy – Zum Forschungsstand zu Emotionen (in) der Medienbildung, In: MedienImpulse – Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik (BMBWF, Vienna (Austria)[25] 57/4, p. 1–41.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017/2018/2019): Media Pedagogy Research Workshop. Projects – Theories – Methods [Vol. 1|2|3], Munich: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017): Understanding - Connecting - Responsibility. Why Media Education and Computer Science Education concern us all and why we should develop them together, in: Diethelm, Ira (Hrsg.): Informatische Bildung zum Verstehen und Gestalten der digitalen Welt, Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik (LNI – Lecture Notes in Informatics, P-274), S. 31–48.[26]
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017): The Potential of Digital Media – Theoretical Observations on the Educational and Teaching Potential of Tablet Computers, New Zealand Journal of Teachers’ Work (ISSN 1176-6662), Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 40–49.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2009): Kommunigrafie – Eine empirische Studie zur Bedeutung von Text und Bild in der digitalen Kommunikation, Munich: kopaed.

A full list of Knaus's publications can be found on the website of his department at the Ludwigsburg University of Education or on his website.

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References

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  1. ^ "Professorship and academic staff of Department of Media Education of University of Education, Ludwigsburg (Germany)". www.ph-ludwigsburg.de (in German). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "Professors in Department 2: Computer Science and Engineering at Frankfurt University (Germany)". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. ^ "Managing Board of Centre for Educational Technology – FTzM at the Frankfurt University (Frankfurt UAS)". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. ^ "Former Chairs". www.medpaed.phil.fau.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. ^ Education, College of. "Our People at the College of Education". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ^ "Our people". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. ^ University of Vienna. "Gastprofessor*innen (visiting professors)". bildungswissenschaft.univie.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  8. ^ "Research Activities and Current Projects". Thomas Knaus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. ^ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "fraLine | Frankfurt UAS". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  10. ^ "Conference and media fair fraMediale". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  11. ^ "FTzM - Managing Board". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  12. ^ "fraMediale-Prize". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. ^ "kopaed :: fraMediale Book Series". www.kopaed.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  14. ^ "Research Workshop Media Education :: Contact & Contributors". forschungswerkstatt-medienpaedagogik.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  15. ^ "Initiative Keine Bildung ohne Medien (No Education without Media) :: About us". Keine Bildung ohne Medien! (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  16. ^ Informatik (GI), Gesellschaft für (27 July 2017). "German Informatics Society (GI)". gi.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  17. ^ "German Educational Research Association :: Section 12 - Media Education". www.dgfe.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  18. ^ "Professional Group School at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  19. ^ "Qualitative Research Section at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  20. ^ "Workinggroup "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt Triangle for Education in the digitally networked World :: Frankfurt Dreieck - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." dagstuhl.gi.de. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  21. ^ "Digital Education Charter (Charta Digitale Bildung)". charter-digital-education.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  22. ^ Knaus, Thomas. "Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt" (PDF): 1–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ^ Brinda, Torsten; Brüggen, Niels; Diethelm, Ira; Knaus, Thomas; Kommer, Sven; Kopf, Christine; Missomelius, Petra; Leschke, Rainer; Tilemann, Friederike (2019). Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt (in German). Gesellschaft für Informatik. ISBN 978-3-88579-682-4.
  24. ^ Knaus, Thomas (2013). "Die Wirksamkeit von Medienbildungsinitiativen: Erfolge, Probleme und Lösungsansätze". MedienPaedagogik (Zurich, Suisse). (Occasional Papers 2013): 1–19. doi:10.21240/mpaed/00/2013.09.06.X.
  25. ^ Knaus, Thomas (2019). "Learning with Head, Heart and Hand-Held Device. On the Current State of Research on Emotions in Media Education". MedienImpulse. 57/4: 1–41. doi:10.21243/mi-04-19-01.
  26. ^ Knaus, Thomas (2017). Lecture Notes in Informatics. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn. ISBN 978-3-88579-668-8.
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