Helmut Schauer
Research Interests
Prof. Schauer's research interests include Web-based and Game-based Learning, Assessments beyond Multiple Choice, Collaborative Learning Environments, Object Oriented Programming in Java and Visualization of Algorithms and Datastructures.
During the last two decades he has contributed to numerous discussions on curriculum issues at various levels of education. His special interest focuses on curriculum and didactic of informatics in secondary school levels.
Activities outside the EELab
Prof. Schauer gives lectures at the Technical University of Vienna (Austria) and he has been appointed as visiting professor at the Donau University Krems (Austria). He currently is member of the advisory board of education highway.
As a member of the board of ECDL-SI Prof. Schauer supports the propagation of the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) in Switzerland.
Dr. Schauer is currently Austrian Representative to IFIP's Technical Committee on Education(TC3) and member of the following IFIP-Working Groups:
WG 3.1 "Informatics Education at the Secondary Education Level"
WG 3.2 "Informatics Education at the University Level"
WG 3.4 "Vocational Education and Training"
WG 13.1 "Education in HCI and HCI Curricula"
He is editor of "Springers Angewandte Informatik", coeditor of the journal "Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung", member of the scientific advisory board of the journal "Log IN Informatische Bildung und Computer in der Schule", member of the Editorial Board of the journal "EIT Education and Information Technologies" and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).