About Me
My name is Isabell Grundschober and I have been working as a senior researcher and lecturer at the University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria) since February 2015.
My work focuses on lifelong learning, particularly on learning design and technology-enhanced learning and teaching in continuing education and workplace learning.
Employees and organizations face the challenges of a rapidly changing society and economy. Keeping up with continuous professional learning is vital. I use innovative learning and teaching methods to support self-directed learning and enable individuals to find learning pathways, that are suitable and effective. I am interested in how learning processes are embedded and emergent in the work processes of individual employees, teams, and communities of practice.
I am at connecting my research and development activities to societal and economic challenges like digital transformation, climate change, and diversity issues.
As a lecturer, I aim to apply and share my research insights through a research-based teaching approach. I currently teach “Agile Development of Learning Designs” (6 ECTS) in the “eEducation” study program at the University for Continuing Education, preparing students to create impactful learning solutions for the future.
Educational background
Next to my informal and work-based education during several internships at the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG, an internship at the commercial section of the Austrian embassy in Finland, working as an entrepreneur in my early twenties or working full-time at Danube University, there are 3 major formal education steps I took in the past 10 years:
- In October 2013, I graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where I studied National Economy & Socioeconomics, specializing in media & communication and social policy.
- After finishing my bachelor’s study at WU, I started my studies at a teacher’s college, the University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems (KPH), with a focus on K12 pupils and eLearning and ePortfolios, which I finished in June 2018.
- In January 2019 I finished my master’s studies in Applied Knowledge Management at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (FH Burgenland). My master’s thesis is about patterns for formative assessment in ePortfolio-work in Higher Education.
My Field of Research
My research interests include design for learning, educational technology, online, hybrid, and hyflex learning, work-based and experiential learning as well as vocational education, which combines theory and practice.
My current research projects focus on the following aspects:
- Professional noticing in various professions and fields (medical, teaching, entrepreneurship, diversity issues in organisations) as a conceptional basis for VR/AR applications
- Learning-outcome and competence-based learning design for continuing education and staff development
- Learning and development strategies for organizations facing digital and social transformation
- Operationalization of competence and competence frameworks (modeling)
- Critical analysis and evaluation of eLearning environments and digital tools
- Choosing and implementing suitable digital tools, platforms, and functions to support learning
- Building bridges between industry, businesses, and higher education through work-based and work-integrated learning
- Validation of non-formal and informal learning
Research Projects
You can find out more about the projects I am currently working on in the “Project”-Section of my Blog.
Picture Gallery
My projects are involving many people from people all over the world. I love traveling, meeting them, communicating online, and working in virtual teams. Here are a few pictures from my journeys.
