Bernhard Ertl

Bernhard Ertl is senior researcher at the Universität der Bundeswehr München. He has realized several research projects in the context of video-mediated learning, Internet collaboration and online-courses with a particular focus on the support of collaborative knowledge construction by the methods of scripts and structured communication interfaces. A further focus of research is the issue of gender in computer and science teaching which includes projects with national and EU funding. Bernhard Ertl earned his Diploma in computer science from the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich in 1998 and his Doctorate in education 2003. From 1999 to 2006, he was researcher at the Department Psychology of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and worked with Professor Heinz Mandl in DFG-funded research projects focusing on collaborative learning, e.g. "Collaborative Learning in Graphics-enhanced Tele-learning Environments" and "Collaborative Knowledge Construction in Desktop Videoconferencing."

Publications

Instructional Support for Collaborative Activities in Distance Education
Instructional Support for Collaborative Activities in Distance Education
Bernhard Ertl. © 2015. 10 pages.
Individual and Socio-Cultural Framing of E-Learning
Individual and Socio-Cultural Framing of E-Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Kathrin Helling. © 2014. 20 pages.
Considering e-learning as a socio-cultural system acknowledges that individuals are embedded within different contexts, influenced by the culture and the society the individual...
The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career: Comparisons between Greece and Germany
The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career: Comparisons between Greece and Germany
Bernhard Ertl, Kathrin Helling, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2012. 22 pages.
Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies (ICT). Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e.g. in relation to ICT use...
Evaluation of E-Learning
Evaluation of E-Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Katharina Ebner, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2012. 14 pages.
Evaluation is an important measure for quality control in e-learning, which aims at improving a learning environment and adapting it to users’ needs, as well as proving values...
Fostering Collaborative Problem Solving by Content Schemes
Fostering Collaborative Problem Solving by Content Schemes
Kathrin Helling, Bernhard Ertl. © 2011. 16 pages.
This chapter focuses on the facilitation of collaborative problem solving by the method of content schemes. Content schemes are content-specific pre-structures of learners’...
E-Collaborative Knowledge Construction: Learning from Computer-Supported and Virtual Environments
E-Collaborative Knowledge Construction: Learning from Computer-Supported and Virtual Environments
Bernhard Ertl. © 2010. 360 pages.
In today's society, the quantity of information available to learners is so vast that new strategies of information processing and exchange must be continually developed and...
Technologies and Practices for Constructing Knowledge in Online Environments: Advancements in Learning
Technologies and Practices for Constructing Knowledge in Online Environments: Advancements in Learning
Bernhard Ertl. © 2010. 280 pages.
Learning scenarios have benefited greatly from technology through tools such as Internet collaboration, information access, and social networking. However, it is not technology...
Evaluation of E-Learning
Evaluation of E-Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Katharina Ebner, Kathy Kikis-Papadakis. © 2010. 11 pages.
Evaluation is an important measure for quality control in e-learning, which aims at improving a learning environment and adapting it to users’ needs, as well as proving values...
Instructional Support for Distance Education
Instructional Support for Distance Education
Bernhard Ertl. © 2009. 6 pages.
During the late ‘90s, distance education and e-learning were believed to be able to solve almost every problem associated with the further qualification of employees in...
E-Collaborative Knowledge Construction
E-Collaborative Knowledge Construction
Bernhard Ertl. © 2008. 7 pages.
Knowledge has become an important factor in the success of organizations. Several authors reflect this in their use of terms such as knowledge society (e.g., Nonaka, 1994) or...
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Scenarios: And External Representations for Promoting Them
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Scenarios: And External Representations for Promoting Them
Bernhard Ertl. © 2008. 6 pages.
There are many ways in which information technology (IT) can be integrated into the curriculum. IT can, for example, enable access to learning material and resources, it can...
Scripts for Facilitating Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
Scripts for Facilitating Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
Bernhard Ertl, Heinz Mandl. © 2008. 6 pages.
Many distance learning scenarios, for example, virtual seminars, use collaborative arrangements for learning. By applying them, they offer learners the chance to construct...
E'Learing: Trends and Future Development
E'Learing: Trends and Future Development
Bernhard Ertl, Katrin Winkler, Heinz Mandle. © 2007. 23 pages.
During the last several years, high expectations have surrounded e-learning initiatives in companies, universities, and schools. Presently, however, this optimism has often given...