Thomas Korner

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of Innovation Lab

Focus

Educational development, innovation in education, digital education

Teaching

Lecturer in Generative KI in Lehre und Weiterbildung (Course in Continuing Education)

Experience

• Project manager development of the moodle and online exam service
  Canton of Zurich Office for Middle and Vocational Schools
  2022 - today
• Lecturer for scientific writing
  ETH Zürich
  2020 - 2023
• Deputy head innovation management, educational development and technology
  ETH Zürich
  2010 - 2023
• teacher for geography and informatics
  Kantonsschule Wiedikon
  02 / 2008 - 02 / 2022

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education / Geography
  University of Zurich
  2002 - 2008
• Diploma / Geography
  University of Zurich
  1998 - 2004

Continuing Education

• CAS Agile Organisation
  University of Applied Science and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
  2021
• Sabbatical
  University of New South Wales, AUS
  2018
• e-learning certificate
  University of Zurich, PH Zürich, ETH Zürich
  2008

Network

Membership of networks

• Moodle Users Association
• LinkedIn

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Karin Brown, Andreas Reinhardt & Thomas Korner (2023): «Lecturer decision-making in the context of pandemic teaching: Rationales and evidence», International Journal for Academic Development, DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2023.2247387
• Korner, T., Reinhardt, A., Brown, K. (2022): «Change (or lack thereof) in lecturers’ didactic strategies and their reasoning following COVID-19 disruption», Präsentation, ICED22 in Aarhus.
• Korner, T., Hunt T., Bösch L., Shahin S. (2022): «Moodle Quiz. An Ongoing Example of Successful Open-source Development», Präsentation an der global Moodlemoot in Barcelona, zusammen mit Tim Hunt, Open University of the UK; Luca Bösch, BfH; Safat Shahin, Catalyst Australia.
• Korner, T. (2021): «Learning in 2040 – A journey to the future of tertiary learning», eleed e-learning & education, Iss. 14. (https://eleed.campussource.de/archive/se2021/5230), urn:nbn:de:0009-5-52306.
• Brown, K., Korner, T. (2020): «Striving For Balance Between System Stability And Didactic Innovation» Wildcard presentation an der MoodlemootUS (zusammen mit Karin Brown)
• Korner, T. (2019): «Warum die Digitalisierung alles ändert - und nichts», Opening Keynote an der Dozierendenweiterbildung der RBZ Kiel (DE).
• Reinhardt, A., Korner, T., Walter, M. (2019): Community building as basis for fostering Teaching & Learning innovation - 18 years of project funding» in J. Theo Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1066-1071). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
• Korner, T. (2017): «Digitalisierung – Was hat das mit der Lehre zu tun», Workshop am Treffen zum Thema „Digitalisierung der Lehre“, swissuniversities, Delegation Lehre.
• Korner, T., Volk, B., Valkering-Sijsling, M., & Reinhardt, A. (2013). «ETH EduApp - Eine multifunktionale Mobilapplikation für die Hochschullehre», . (Tagungsband zur GMW), Best Paper and Presentation Award.

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