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Learning to Diagnose with Simulations

Frank Fischer , Ansgar Opitz

This open access book presents 8 novel approaches to measure and improve diagnostic competences with simulation. The book compares the effects of interventions on these diagnostic competences in both teacher and medical education. It includes analyses showing that...

Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy

Frank Fischer

The phenomenon of post-truth poses a problem for the public policy-oriented sciences, including policy analysis. Along with “fake news,” the post-truth denial of facts constitutes a major concern for numerous policy fields. Whereas a standard response is to call for...

Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect

Frank Fischer

Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue that experience shows it not to be up to the challenge in the time frame available-that it will...

Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect

Frank Fischer

Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue that experience shows it not to be up to the challenge in the time frame available-that it will...

Grand Challenge Problems in Technology-Enhanced Learning II: MOOCs and Beyond

Julia Eberle , Frank Fischer , Kristine Lund , Pierre Tchounikine

This book reports on the proceedings at the STELLAR Alpine Rendez-Vous 2013, presenting strategies in handling challenges that arise when using technology-enhanced learning (TEL). With insightful contributions from leading teachers, practitioners, researchers and policy...

Grand Challenges in Technology Enhanced Learning

Frank Fischer , Rosamund Sutherland , Fridolin Wild , Lena Zirn

This book presents a key piece of the vision and strategy developed in STELLAR. It sets out a new mid-term agenda by defining Grand Challenges for research and development in technology-enhanced learning. Other than mere technology prizes, STELLAR Grand Challenges deal...

Democracy and Expertise

Frank Fischer

This book examines the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of both political theory and policy studies, the chapters explore the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to...

Scripting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Frank Fischer , Jörg M. Haake , Ingo Kollar , Heinz Mandl

Research on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is a multidisciplinary field located at the intersection of cognitive psychology, computer science, and education. Yet, the different epistemological and theoretical backgrounds of these disciplines often make...

Reframing Public Policy

Frank Fischer

Living with Nature

Frank Fischer , Maarten Hajer

Despite the optimism of the `Earth Summit' held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the politics of environmental sustainable development has reached an impasse. Why do issues of environmental protection continue to take a back seat to economic competition, particularly in the...