Beat A. Schwendimann, Ph.D.

Geneva Area, Switzerland Switzerland

Learning Scientist

Education

Beat Schwendimann combines many different areas of expertise, including biology, teaching, education research, learning technologies, vocational education, and project management. Beat is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the CHILI group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He graduated with a master degree in biology from ETH Zurich and gained extensive experience as a science teacher in Switzerland and India. He conducted his Ph.D. research as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, Berkeley exploring how collaborative concept mapping activities, embedded in a technology-enhanced science learning environment, can foster a more coherent under...