Jessica Kathmann

Member of the Knowledge Construction Lab, the portal team of e-teaching.org and the Directorate.

Since October 2021, Jessica Kathmann has been a research assistant at the IWM in the Knowledge Construction lab. She works in the meta-project “Digitization in Education” (Digi-EBF), which aims to enable teachers to promote the digital skills of student teachers. In the course of the project, Jessica Kathmann also supports the expansion of the e-teaching.org portal in order to provide relevant information for university lecturers in the teacher training course. Furthermore, she is involved in the conception and implementation of several events on quality in university teaching and will organize an expert forum in 2022. She is also involved in a critical review that addresses the promotion of media didactic skills among student teachers during their internship. Since June 2022, she has also been working in the institute's public relations department and is responsible for the institute's social media channels.

Jessica Kathmann studied psychology (B.Sc., M.Sc.) at the University of Tübingen. During her studies, she already worked at the IWM as a research assistant in media technology. Her independent professional positions took her, among other things, to work as a psychological consultant in vocational training measures. Furthermore, she worked as a media assistant in a school where she supported digitization processes. In addition to her work at the IWM, Jessica Kathmann is self-employed with topics at the intersection between digital games and psychology, where she works as a podcaster, editor, and speaker.

Projects

Meta project “Digitalisation in the Fields of Education” (Digi-EBF) - Teacher Education