Christian Kohls, M.Sc.

Member of the Knowledge Construction Lab.

Christian Kohls has been working at the Knowledge Media Research Center since 2005. His job is the technical development of the German information and qualification portal e-teaching.org. He is also responsible for editoring the content section "media technology" and gives frequently online trainings in e-learning software. After his studies of media and computer science he worked in the e-learning team of the University of Applied Sciences Wedel/Hamburg. He worked as consultant at pharus53 software solutions and implemented multilingual wbt solutions and software tutorials. He is inventor and development coordinator of moowinx, an end user tool to create interactive graphics.

Research interests

information visualization and the mining of design patterns

Projects

e-teaching.org

Publications

Articles in refereed Journals Proceedings Chapters in Edited Books Articles in Magazines Conference Presentations and Talks Poster Presentations Organisation of Conferences Web Documents Software Development

Articles in refereed Journals

Kohls, C., & Uttecht, J. G. (2009). Lessons learnt in mining and writing design patterns for educational interactive graphics. Computers in Human Behavior, 25 (5), 1040-1055.
Panke, S., Kohls, C., & Gaiser, B. (2006). Participatory Development Strategies for Open Source Content Management Systems. Innovate 3 (2), (accessed December 1, 2006) URL: http://www.

Proceedings

Kohls, C. (in press). A Pattern Language for Online Trainings. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.
Kohls, C., & Panke, S. (in press). Is that true? Thoughts on the epistemology of patterns. Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.
Kohls, C. (2009). E-Learning Patterns - Nutzen und Hürden des Entwurfsmuster-Ansatzes. In N. Apostulopoulos, H. Hoffmann, V. Mansmann, & A. Schwill (Eds.), E-Learning 2009. Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter (pp. 61-72). Münster: Waxmann.
Haug, S., & Kohls, C. (2008). Syndication of e-learning content. In M. B. Nunes, P. Isaías, & D. Ifentaler (Eds.), Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet (pp. 423-425). Freiburg: IADIS Press.
Kohls, C., & Scheiter, K. (2008). The psychology of patterns. Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP). Nashville, Tennessee: ACM. request document
Kohls, C., & Wedekind, J. (2008). Die Dokumentation erfolgreicher E-Learning-Lehr-/Lernarrangements mit didaktischen Patterns. In S. Zauchner, P. Baumgartner, E. Blaschitz, & A. Weissenbäck (Eds.), Offener Bildungsraum Hochschule: Freiheiten und Notwendigkeiten (pp. 217-227). Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2008). Turning me on, turning me off (Writer’s Workshop version). 13th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, 2008. http://hillside.net/europlop/europlop2008/submission/schedule.cgi.
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2008). Where to go and what to show: more patterns for a pattern language of interactive information graphics. Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Pattern languages of programs (pp. 1-11). Portland, Oregon: ACM.
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2008). Moving objects – More patterns for a pattern language of interactive information graphics. In L. Hvatun, & T. Schümmer (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, 2007: EuroPLoP '07 (pp. 321-343). Konstanz: UVK Universitätsverlag.
Haug, S., & Kohls, C. (2007). News at First Sight: Weblogs for News Services in Higher Education. In D. Remenyi (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on e-Learning - ECEL 2007 (pp. 317-326). Kopenhagen: Academic Conferences Limited. request document
Panke, S., Studer, P., & Kohls, C. (2006). Use & Usability: Portalevaluation mit Eye-Tracking und Logfile-Daten. In M. Mühlhäuser, G. Rößling, & R. Steinmetz (Eds.), Proceedings DELFI 2006. 4te Deutsche e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik (pp. 267-278). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik.

Chapters in Edited Books

Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2007). Entwurfsmuster für interaktive Grafiken. In M. Merkt, K. Mayrberger, R. Schulmeister, A. Sommer, & I. van den Berk (Eds.), Studieren neu erfinden - Hochschule neu denken. Reihe Medien in der Wissenschaft (p. 412). München: Waxmann.
Panke, S., & Kohls, C. (2005). Collaborative development strategies for Open Source. Involving the user"s perspective. In F. de Vries, G. Attwell, R. Elferink & A. Tödt (Eds.), Open Source for Education in Europe, Research and Practice (pp. 107-116). Heerlen, NL: Open University of the Netherlands.

Articles in Magazines

Wedekind, J., & Kohls, C. (2009). Programmieren mit dem XO-Laptop. LOG IN, 156, 24-37.
Kohls, C. (2008). Experteninterview zum Thema "E-Learning Pattern" (Sendung 13). E-Learning Podcast aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Kohls, C., & Haug, S. (2008). Gemeinsam sind wir stark! – Kooperativer Wissenserwerb mit Wiki. LOG IN, 152, 22-28.

Conference Presentations and Talks

Kohls, C. (2009, April). Einführung in Patterns. Forschungswerkstatt der Donau Universität Krems: Didaktische Entwurfsmuster. Wien.
Kohls, C. (2009, March). Patterns as an analysis framework to document and foster excellent e-learning designs. E-Learning Patterns Workshop. Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen.
Kohls, C. (2009, September). E-Learning-Patterns. Nutzen und Hürden des Entwurfsmuster-Ansatzes. Tagung E-Learning 2009 – Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter. Berlin.
Kohls, C. (2008, October). A story of pattern mining in the field of interactive graphics. Seminar at London Knowledge Lab. London.
Kohls, C. (2008, September). E-Learning Patterns - Erfolgreiche Praxis zur Nachahmung empfohlen. E-Learning-Tag an der TU Berlin. Berlin.
Retalis, S., & Kohls, C. (2008, July). "Patterns for Tools and Pedagogies for Higher Education". 13th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs. Irsee.
Schümmer, T., & Kohls, C. (2008, September). "Technopädagogische Patterns". DeLFI 2008 - Die 6. E-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. Lübeck.
Açar, A. E., Haug, S., & Kohls, C. (2007, November). Web 2.0 in der Lehre. GMW-Qualifizierungsworkshop. CeDiS. Berlin.
Kohls, C. (2007, November). "Entwurfsmuster für interaktive Grafiken als Bausteine einer Informationsarchitektur". Information Architecture Konferenz. Stuttgart.
Kohls, C. (2007, Juni). Einführung in die Nutzung von e-teaching.org. eLearning open space Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart.
Kohls, C. (2007, April). Product Profiles: A base for exchange - How to describe products and services? Swiss Virtual Campus Workshop "Deployment and maintenance". Bern.
Kohls, C. (2007, April). Patterns - Design im Spannungsfeld zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Reihe "bt talks". Krems.
Kohls, C. (2006, November). Entwicklung, Trends und Visionen (Podiumsdiskussion). eCampus Tag 2006. Fachhochschule Mainz.
Kohls, C. (2006, Februar). Das Informations- und Qualifizierungsportal e-teaching.org. Learntec, BMBF-Stand. Karlsruhe.
Panke, S., & Kohls, C. (2005, November). Collaborative development strategies for Open Source software. Open Source for Education in Europe Conference 2005 - Research and Practice. Open University. Heerlen, NL.

Poster Presentations

Haug, S., & Kohls, C. (2006, September). Das Informations- und Qualifizierungsportal e-teaching.org. Marktplatz auf der 11ten Europäischen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW). Zürich, Schweiz.
Kohls, C., Panke, S., & Wedekind, J. (2006, September). Das Portal e-teaching.org. 4te e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik (DeLFI). Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Haug, S., Kohls, C., Rinn, U., & Wedekind, J. (2006, Februar). Das Informations- und Qualifizierungsportal e-teaching.org. Learntec 2006, BMBF Stand. Karlsruhe.

Organisation of Conferences

Kohls, C., & Wedekind, J. (2009). E-Learning Patterns Workshop. Tübingen, 04.-06.03.2009.
Haug, S., Kohls, C., Thillosen A., & Wedekind, J. (2008). Workshop zum Launch Portal Virtuelle Hochschule Baden-Württemberg. Tübingen, 22.07.2008.
Kohls, C. (2007). Design Patterns im didaktischen Umfeld - Trend oder Hype? Preconference-Workshop auf der 12. Europäische Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft. Hamburg, 11.9.2007.
Cress, U., Gaiser, B., Haug, S., Hron, A., Kohls, C., Panke, S., Wedekind, J., & Werner, B. (2006). Bildungsportale: Potenziale und Perspektiven. Tübingen, 07.-08.12.2006.
Gaiser, B., Haug, S., Kohls, C., Panke, S., Wedekind, J., & Werner, (2006). Partnerworkshop e-teaching.org. Universität Duisburg Essen, 16.-17.11.2006.
Kohls, C., Panke, S., & Gaiser, B. (2006). E-Learning Day. FH Wedel, 23.06.2006.
Wedekind, J., Kohls, C., Gaiser, B., Haug, S., Panke, S., & Rinn, U. (2005). Partnerworkshop e-teaching.org. Tübingen, 08.-09.12.2005.
Wedekind, J., Panke, S., Gaiser, B., Kohls, C., & Rinn, U. (2005). Expertenworkshop Geschäftsmodelle für Webportale. Tübingen, 28.-29.04.2005.

Web Documents

Kohls, C. (2009). E-Learning-Patterns. http://www.e-teaching.org/specials/e-Learning-patterns.
Kohls, C. (2007). "Design Patterns zur Dokumentation von Erfahrungswissen". http://www.bildungstechnologie.net/blog/interview-mit-christian-kohls.
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2007). Where to go and what to show. http://hillside.net/plop/2007/papers/PLoP2007_KohlsAndWindbrake.pdf..
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2007). Moving objects. http://hillside.net/europlop/europlop2007/workshops/F4.pdf..
Kohls, C., & Windbrake, T. (2006). Towards a Pattern Language for Interactive Information Graphics. http://hillside.net/plop/2006/accepted_papers.htm.. request document

Software Development

Kohls, C., & Schmidt, M. (2009). Implementierung der Content Syndication .
Kohls, C., & Schmidt, M. (2009). Erweiterung der Content-Typen Hochschulinfo, Projektdarstellung, Event, Weiterbildung, Dienstleistung, Werkzeug, Ansprechpartner .
Kohls, C., & Schmidt, M. (2009). Konzeption und Umsetzung einer Document Type Definition .
Kohls, C. (2008). Export von Mikrocontent bei e-teaching.org .
Kohls, C. (2008). Contenttyp e-teaching.org E-Teacher .
Kohls, C. (2008). Launch Virtuelle Hochschule Baden Württemberg (technische Umsetzung) .
Kohls, C. (2008). Relaunch e-teaching.org (technische Umsetzung) .
Kohls, C. (2008). e-teaching.org Notizblog 2.0 .
Kohls, C. (2008). Contenttyp e-teaching.org Themenspecial .
Kohls, C. (2007). Layout und Template-Erstellung für Hochschulinformationen und Buttons im Communitybereich. .
Kohls, C. (2007). Laufende Pflege der Community-Funktionen (Guided Tours, Visitenkarte) .
Kohls, C. (2007). Optimierung Produktsteckbriefe und Referenzbeispiele .
Kohls, C. (2007). Bereitstellung von Portalinhalten in Mikroformaten (RSS). .
Kohls, C. (2007). Umstellung des Lokalisierungskonzepts der Partnerhochschulen. .
Kohls, C. (2007). Funktionen zur Dokumentaion der eLearning Open Space, Stuttgart. .
Kohls, C. (2007). e-teaching.org Projektdatenbank. Tübingen: IWM.
Kohls, C. (2007). Hochschulinfo-Objekte - Aggregation von Informationen der e-teaching.org-Partnerhochschulen. Tübingen: IWM.
Kohls, C. (2007). Mash-Up e-teaching.org Community und Google Maps. Tübingen: IWM.
Kohls, C. (2006). E-Teaching-Forum. Tübingen: IWM.
Kohls, C. (2006). Community 1.0 (Visitenkarte, Kontaktnetzwerk, Tourmanager). Tübingen: IWM.
Kohls, C. (2006). Weiterbildungsdatenbank. Tübingen: IWM.