Wolf Hilzensauer

Position	F&E | R&D
Abteilung	[FBI] Information Society Research
Anwendungs- feld	EduMedia
Office	Jakob Haringer Str. 3 | Techno 2 | 2.OG
Phone	++43.662.2288-323
E-Mail

Scientific area
Wolf Hilzensauer works as a researcher and project manager in the field of technology enhanced learning. His focus is in ICT supported innovative educational processes, and multimedia, with a primary focus on vocational training in SMEs and eLearning frameworks in higher education.

At the centre of his interests the so called "Social Software" concept of design, namely Weblogs, Wikis and ePortfolios, which he is applying in the design of didactical concepts for innovative learning environments and develops concepts for competence-based learning processes with the support of ICT-tools.

Wolf Hilzensauer has been involved in several national and international research projects as a researcher and project manager. Additionally he lectures at the Pedagogical Academy in Salzburg, regularly gives speeches, and moderates "hands-on" workshops in the use of Social Software for co-operative e-learning, community oriented and competence-based learning.

Background / Expertise

Education
Wolf Hilzensauer studied at the Pedagogical Academy in Salzburg (Volksschullehrer und Informatiklehrer). He also studied at the Academy of Social Work (Diplomsozialarbeiter) and attended the "Psychotherapeutisches Propädeutikum".

In April 2005 he graduated from the University of Innsbruck focusing on Media Pedagogy (Diploma Thesis: Kooperatives E-Learning @KMU - Entwicklung einer konstruktivistisch orientierten Didaktik für Innovationsmanagement. Diploma Thesis

In 2002 he completed the 3-staged certificate "eTutor, eTrainer, eLearning Manager" at the ibis Acam partner AG in Germany.

Work experience
After finishing his civil service at the Red Cross Austria in 1996, Wolf Hilzensauer worked as a Primary school teacher from 1996 - 2001 in Salzburg. He joined the Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft in 2002. In the first year, he worked as an ICT-Trainer and project manager for computer courses. Since 2003, he has been working in national and international projects as a researcher and project manager.

Projects he is involved in

• DigiTech Innovativ (WWI)
• PRO::ICT
• Focus Innovation
• ETEL - Emerging Technologies for eLearning
• SL-Tools - Smart Learning Tools
• eBusiness TTT
• Netd@ys
• eContent Evaluation

Conferences, Workshops and Speeches

• Trainersymposium/LearnTEC 2005
• I-Know 05 - eLearnig @ schools in depth
• Microlearning 2005 - Postersession
• Schmiede 05 - Concept Lab
• ePortfolio Forum 2005
• Universität Potsdam - PROFIS Workshop 2005
• Social Software - Social Skills 2006
• Tourismuslehrgang an der WU-Wien 2006
• ePortfolio Workshop an der HAK Neumarkt 2006
• Netd@ys Austria - ePortfolio Workshop

Quote
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm (R.W.Emerson)

Publications

• Sandra Schaffert, Julia Eder, Wolf Hilzensauer, Thomas Kurz, Mark Markus, Sebastian Schaffert, Rupert Westenthaler, Diana Wieden-Bischof (2009): (Meta-) Informationen von Communitys und Netzwerken. Entstehung und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten. Salzburg: Salzburg Research.
• Wolf Hilzensauer, Gerlinde Buchberger (2008): Mehr Selbstwert für junge Menschen durch E-Portfolios? In: Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Michaela Luckmann, Marco Kalz (Hrsg.), Selbstorganisiertes Lernen im Internet. Einblick in die Landschaft der webbasierten Bildungsinnovationen. Innsbruck: Studienverlag, S. 116-121
• Wolf Hilzensauer, Sandra Schaffert (2008): Wikis und Weblogs bei SUN Microsystem: eine Erfolgsgeschichte eines Enterprise 2.0.In: Andrea Back, Horst Baumgartner, Norbert Gronau, Klaus Tochtermann (Hg.). Web 2.0 in der Unternehmenspraxis. Grundlagen, Fallstudien und Trends zum Einsatz von Social Software. München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
• Sandra Schaffert , Wolf Hilzensauer (2008): On the way towards Personal Learning Environments: Seven crucial aspects. In: elearningpapers
• Sandra Schaffert, Tobias Bürger, Wolf Hilzensauer, Sebastian Schaffert (2008): Underlying Concepts and Theories of Learning with the Semantic Web. In: Marco Kalz, Rob Koper, Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Michaela Luckman (ed.). Proceedings of the Technology Support for Self-Organized Learners Workshop (TSSOL08) at the 4th EduMedia Conference in Salzburg, Austria, June 2008.
• Graham Attwell, Guntram Geser, Wolf Hilzensauer, Sandra Schaffert (2008): Open Educational Resources. Recommendations and Exemplary TutorialsIn: Taiga Brahm (Ed.), The Changing Face of Learning in Higher Education Institutions, scil report 18, June 2008, Paper Proceedings of the 3rd International scil Congress 2008, St. Gallen, CH.
• Wolf Hilzensauer (2007): The MOSEP E-Portfolio Course: A New Didactic Concept for Teachers and Vocational Trainers In: ERCIM-News, 71, October 2007, pp. 18-19
• Wolf Hilzensauer, Sandra Schaffert, Martin Prokoph, Markus Ulrich, Diana Wieden-Bischof (2007): The E-Portfolio Method with Open Source Tools. FullpaperIn: 2nd Thematic Conference "Lifelong Learning - Portfolio and Open Content", Katowice, Poland.
• Graham Attwell, Agnieszka Chrzaszcz, Wolf Hilzensauer, Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, John Pallister (2007): Grab your future with an e-portfolio - Study on new qualifications and skills needed by teachers and career counsellors to empower young learners with the e-portfolio concept and tools - Summary report. Poland.
• Sandra Schaffert, Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Wolf Hilzensauer, Diana Wieden-Bischof (2007): E-Portfolio-Einsatz an Hochschulen: Möglichkeiten und HerausforderungenIn: Taiga Brahm und Sabine Seufert (Hg.). "Ne(x)t Generation Learning": E-Assessment und E-Portfolio: Halten sie, was sie versprechen? SCIL-Arbeitsbericht 13, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz, S. 74-89
• Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Guntram Geser, Wolf Hilzensauer, Sandra Schaffert (2007): Didaktische, organisatorische und technologische Grundlagen von E-Portfolios und Analyse internationaler Beispiele und Erfahrungen mit E-Portfolio-Implementierungen an Hochschulen. Salzburg.
• Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Sandra Schaffert, Wolf Hilzensauer und Diana Wieden-Bischof (2007): E-Portfolio-Einführung an Hochschulen: Erwartungen und Einsatzmöglichkeiten im Laufe einer akademischen BildungsbiographieIn: Marianne Merkt, Kerstin Mayrberger, Rolf Schulmeiser und Ivo van der Berkt (Hg.). Studieren neu erfinden, Hochschule neu denken. Gesellschaft Medien in der Wissenschaft e.V., Band 44, Waxmann Verlag, Münster, S. 126-135
• Wernher Behrendt, Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Wolf Hilzensauer (2006): Technology must follow Policy - A socio-Technological re-Assessment of the concept of Lifetime Personal Web SpacesIn: Proceedings of the ePortfolio 2006 conference. eStrategies for Empowering Learners, Oxford, England, 11.-13.10.2006
• Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Wolf Hilzensauer, Paul Meinl, Charlotte Zwiauer (2006): From pilots to a joint national ePortfolio strategy in the field of Austrian higher educational institutions. In: Proceedings of the ePortfolio 2006 conference. eStrategies for Empowering Learners, Oxford, England, 11.-13.10.2006
• Wolf Hilzensauer, Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Sebastian Schaffert (2006): Requirements for Personal Development Planning in ePortfolios supported by Semantic Web Technology. In: Tochtermann Klaus und Maurer Hermann (Eds.). Proceedings of I-KNOW'06. 6th International Conference on knowledge management (2006), Graz, Austria
• Sebastian Schaffert, Diana Bischof, Tobias Bürger, Andreas Gruber, Wolf Hilzensauer, Sandra Schaffert (2006): Learning with Semantic Wikis. In: First Workshop "SemWiki2006 - From Wiki to Semantics", co-located with the 3rd Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Budva, Montenegro, 11.-14.6.2006
• Wolf Hilzensauer (2005): Co-Operative eLearning for SMES - Development and evaluation of a constructivist oriented e-Learning didactical approach, applied in an online course (WWI) for