Dr. Christian Rapp

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Zentrum für Innovative Didaktik
St.-Georgen-Platz 2
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 66 56
christian.rapp@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Head of Educational Technology, Dozent, F&E, DIZH Fellow

Berufserfahrung

DIZH Fellow "Aligning the teaching of academic writing and academic work with the latest generations of mind-enhancing technologies: A Design-Based Research approach"
ZHAW
03 / 2024 - heute
DIZH Fellow "Digitalisation and academic writing – new practices and theory development"
ZHAW
01 / 2021 - 07 / 2022
Mitakquise und Koordination EU Interreg Projekt "Basisprojekt Seamless Learning", im Rahmen des IBH (Internat. Bodenseehochschule) Labs "SeaL - Seamless Lernen in der Bodenseeregion"
ZHAW
01 / 2017 - 12 / 2020
Visiting Fellow Dept. of Media Technology
Visiting Fellow Dept. of Media Technology, Schweden
06 / 2019 - 07 / 2019

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9494-0914

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2022). Digitalisierung des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens : Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven. Die Hochschullehre, 8, 522–538. https://doi.org/10.3278/HSL2238W
Dilger, B., Gommers, L., Rapp, C., Trippel, M., Butz, A., Huff, S., Müller, R., & Schimkat, R. (2019). Seamless Learning als Ansatz zum Umgang mit flexiblem Lehren und Lernen : Erfahrungs-bericht aus dem Seamless Learning Lab. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 14(3), 361–376. https://doi.org/10.3217/zfhe-14-03/21
Strobl, C., Ailhaud, E., Benetos, K., Devitt, A., Kruse, O., Proske, A., & Rapp, C. (2019). Digital support for academic writing : a review of technologies and pedagogies. Computers & Education, 131, 33–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.12.005
Rapp, C., & Kauf, P. E. (2018). Scaling academic writing instruction : evaluation of a scaffolding tool (Thesis Writer). International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-017-0162-z
Gülbahar, Y., Rapp, C., Kilis, S., & Sitnikova, A. (2017). Enriching higher education with social media : development and evaluation of a social media toolkit. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(1), 23–39. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3385
Rapp, C., Gülbahar, Y., & Adnan, M. (2016). e-Tutor : a multilingual open educational resource for faculty development to teach online. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(5), 285–289. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i5.2783
Kilis, S., Gülbahar, Y., & Rapp, C. (2016). Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors’ use of social media. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/eurodl-2016-0001

Bücher, peer-reviewed

Kruse, O., Rapp, C., Anson, C. M., Benetos, K., Cotos, E., Devitt, A., & Shibani, A. (2023). Digital writing technologies in higher education : theory, research, and practice. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6
Dilger, B., Erlemann, J., Müller, C., & Rapp, C. (2022). Seamless Learning : grenz- und kontextübergreifendes Lehren und Lernen in der Bodenseeregion (1. Auflage). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34698-0
Rapp, C. (2016). European foreign policy : a new framework for analysis [Doctoral dissertation, Bergische Universität Wuppertal]. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-8791
Müller, R., Plieninger, J., & Rapp, C. (2013). Recherche 2.0 : Finden und Weiterverarbeiten in Studium und Beruf. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02250-1

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2023). Word processing software : the rise of MS Word. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 15–32). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2
Rapp, C., Heilmann, T., & Kruse, O. (2023). Beyond MS Word : alternatives and developments. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 33–47). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_3
Kruse, O., Chitez, M., & Rapp, C. (2023). Finding the right words : language technologies to support formulation. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 447–464). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_28
Kruse, O., Rapp, C., & Benetos, K. (2023). Creativity software and idea mapping technology. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 63–79). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_5
Castelló, M., Kruse, O., Rapp, C., & Sharples, M. (2023). Synchronous and asynchronous collaborative writing. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 121–139). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_8
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2023). What writers do with language : inscription and formulation as core elements of the science of writing. In P. M. Rogers, D. R. Russel, P. Carlino, & J. M. Marine (Eds.), Writing as a human activity : implications and applications of the work of Charles Bazerman (pp. 367–392). WAC Clearinghouse. https://doi.org/10.37514/PER-B.2023.1800.2.15
Rapp, C., Kruse, O., & Ott, J. (2022). Thesis Writer : digitale Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, Schreiben und Denken. In B. Dilger, J. Erlemann, C. Müller, & C. Rapp (eds.), Seamless Learning (pp. 147–175). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34698-0_7
Rapp, C., Dilger, B., Gommers, L., Butz, A., Huff, S., Lang, M., Mueller, R., & Schimkat, R.-D. (2022). Hinführung und Rahmenbedingungen für die Entwicklung eines toolbasierten Beratungsansatzes für Seamless Learning Konzeptionen. In B. Dilger, J. Erlemann, C. Müller Werder, & C. Rapp (eds.), Seamless Learning (pp. 1–34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34698-0_1
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2020). Digitale Schreibtechnologie : Entwicklungen, Anforderungen und Kompetenzen. In B. Huemer, U. Doleschal, R. Wiederkehr, M. Brinkschulte, S. E. Dengscherz, K. Girgensohn, & C. Mertlitsch (eds.), Schreibwissenschaft - eine neue Disziplin : diskursübergreifende Perspektiven (pp. 129–152). Böhlau Verlag.
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2019). Seamless writing : how the digitisation of writing transforms thinking, communication, and student learning. In C.-K. Looi, L.-H. Wong, C. Glahn, & S. Cai (Eds.), Seamless learning : perspectives, challenges and opportunities (pp. 191–208). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3071-1_10
Dilger, B., Gommers, L., & Rapp, C. (2019). The learning problems behind the seams in seamless learning. In C.-K. Looi, L.-H. Wong, C. Glahn, & S. Cai (Eds.), Seamless learning : perspectives, challenges and opportunities (pp. 29–51). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3071-1_2
Rapp, C. (2015). Nichtverbreitungs- und Abrüstungspolitik (NPP). In J. Bergmann, W. Mickel, & C. Grupp (eds.), Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Nomos. https://beck-online.beck.de/?vpath=bibdata/komm/MickelLexEU_5/cont/MickelLexEU.nichtverbreitungs_undabruestungspolitik_npp.htm
Aghashyan, R., Margarov, G., Mitrofanova, E., & Rapp, C. (2014). Creating effective surveys for obtaining feedback from stakeholders as a basis for continuous study program improvement. In D. Spulber (Ed.), e-Competence : learning environment (pp. 5–16). Eurilink University Press.
Rapp, C. (2012). Nichtverbreitungs- und Abrüstungspolitik. In J. Bergmann, W. Mickel, & C. Grupp (eds.), Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Nomos. https://beck-online.beck.de/?vpath=bibdata/komm/MickelLexEU_4/cont/MickelLexEU.stichwort_667.htm
Rapp, C. (2005). Europäisches Patentamt (EPA). In M. Wolfgang & J. Bergmann (eds.), Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Nomos. https://beck-online.beck.de/?vpath=bibdata%2Flex%2FMickelLexEU%2FE%2Fcont%2FMickelLexEU%2EEUROPAEISCHES_PATENTAMT_EPA%2Ehtm
Rapp, C. (2005). Fischereipolitik, Gemeinsame (GFP). In M. Wolfgang & J. Bergmann (eds.), Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Nomos.

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Writing technology, thinking, and learning : book of abstracts of the 12th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing. (2023). In C. Rapp, M. Whitehouse, & E. Messerknecht (Eds.), 12th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5-7 June 2023. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2463
Rapp, C., & Kruse, O. (2020). Thesis writer 2.0 : a system supporting academic writing, its instruction and supervision [Conference paper]. In C. Müller Werder & J. Erlemann (Eds.), Seamless Learning : lebenslanges, durchgängiges Lernen ermöglichen (pp. 235–240). Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830992448
Rapp, C., Kruse, O., & Schlatter, U. (2020). The impact of writing technology on conceptual alignment in BA thesis supervision [Conference paper]. In C. Müller Werder & J. Erlemann (Eds.), Seamless Learning : lebenslanges, durchgängiges Lernen ermöglichen (pp. 180–189). Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830992448
Rusman, E., Rapp, C., Dilger, B., & Gommers, L. (2020). Workshop “Seamless learning ecosystem” : past, present and future relevance for research and practice in tailored lifelong learning [Conference paper]. In C. Müller Werder & J. Erlemann (Eds.), Seamless Learning : lebenslanges, durchgängiges Lernen ermöglichen (pp. 221–223). Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830992448
Rapp, C., Lang, S., Shibani, A., Benetos, K., & Anson, C. (2020). Bringing together writing tool design, writing analytics and writing pedagogy [Conference paper]. Companion Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20), 713–716. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20254
Müller Werder, C., Rapp, C., Erlemann, J., Ott, J., Reichmuth, A., & Steingruber, D. (2020). myScripting : Entwicklung eines digitalen Educational Design Assistenten [Conference paper]. In C. Müller Werder & J. Erlemann (eds.), Seamless Learning : lebenslanges, durchgängiges Lernen ermöglichen (pp. 177–181). Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830992448
Shibani, A., Liu, M., Rapp, C., & Knight, S. (2019). Advances in writing analytics : mapping the state of the field [Conference paper]. Companion Proceedings 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK19), 251–255. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5531
Rapp, C., & Ott, J. (2017). Learning analytics in academic writing instruction : opportunities provided by thesis writer (TW) [Conference paper]. In C. Igel, C. Ullrich, & M. Wessner (Eds.), Die 15. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik (DeLFI 2017), Chemnitz, Deutschland, 5.-8. September 2017 (pp. 391–392). Gesellschaft für Informatik.
Rapp, C., Dilger, B., Schimkat, R., & Müller, R. (2017). Seamless learning in lake Constance region [Conference paper]. In C. Igel, C. Ullrich, & M. Wessner (Eds.), 15. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, Chemnitz, 5-8 September 2017 (pp. 375–376). Gesellschaft für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-9742
Rapp, C., & Kruse, O. (2016). Thesis writer (TW) : tapping scale effects in academic writing instruction [Conference paper]. L@S ’16 Proceedings of the Third (2016) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 325–326. https://doi.org/10.1145/2876034.2893400
Chitez, M., Rapp, C., & Kruse, O. (2015). Corpus-supported academic writing : how can technology help? [Conference paper]. In F. Helm, L. Bradley, M. Guarda, & S. Thouësny (Eds.), Critical CALL : Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference, Padova, Italy (pp. 125–132). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4710.4489
Rapp, C., Kruse, O., Erlemann, J., & Ott, J. (2015). Thesis writer : a system for supporting academic writing [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 57–60. https://doi.org/10.1145/2685553.2702687
Rapp, C., Gülbahar, Y., & Erlemann, J. (2015). A toolkit for supporting higher education instructors in enriching their teaching with social media. Book of Abstracts.
Gülbahar, Y., & Rapp, C. (2014). Development of a strategy for social media usage in higher education [Conference paper]. In A. M. Teixeira, I. Mazar, & A. Szucs (Eds.), European Distance and E-Learning Network Annual Conference (EDEN 2014) E-learning at Work and the Workplace : From Education to Employment and Meaningful Work with ICT (pp. 346–355). Curran Associates.
Arslan, O., Gulbahar, Y., Rapp, C., & Zülfikar Deniz, K. (2014). Development and pilot implementation of online teaching style survey (OTSS) [Conference paper]. In J. Viteli & M. Leikomaa (Eds.), EdMedia 2014 : world conference on educational media & technology, June 23-26, Tampere, Finland (pp. 1530–1535). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/147682/
Rapp, C., Margarov, G., Gulbahar, Y., Zhurbina, N., & Shykova, O. (2014). Implementing teaching innovations in eastern european universities : resources developed and experiences of two medium sized EU / Swiss national science foundation projects. ICDE International Conference, Moscow, Russia, 25-26 September 2014.
Rapp, C., Gulbahar, Y., & Erlemann, J. (2014). Social media for education : a toolkit for supporting instructors in higher education enriching their teaching with social media. Social Media & Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, 27-28 September 2014.
Gülbahar, Y., Rapp, C., & Kilis, S. (2014). Validation of social media toolkit. IICE-2014, Dublin, Ireland, 27-30 October 2014.
Gülbahar, Y., Rapp, C., & Erlemann, J. (2014). Social media toolkit : supporting instructors to create social and unbound learning spaces in higher education [Conference paper]. In K. Rummler (ed.), Lernräume gestalten : Bildungskontexte vielfältig denken (pp. 599–607). Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.978.38309/31423
Aghgashyan, R., Margarov, G., Rapp, C., & Mitrofanova, E. (2014). The role of stakeholders in the process of study program Improvement [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the International Conference «Education in the 21st Century : Problems and Challenges», 31–33.
Terrorism and the Internet : threats, target groups, deradicalisation strategies. (2010). In H. L. Dienel, C. Rapp, Y. Sharan, & N. Ahituv (Eds.), New Channels - The Internet as a Tool for Terrorists, Berlin, Germany, 18-20 February 2008. IOS Press.

Weitere Publikationen

Rapp, C., Jakob, K., Drewek, A., Kruse, O., & Waller, G. (2025). Generative KI beim Verfassen von Abschlussarbeiten : Ergebnisse einer Studierenden- und Dozierendenumfrage im Juni/Juli 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2549
Stehrenberger, A., Careddu, S., Degenfellner, J., Pfeiffer, F., Meier, M., Ott, J., Rapp, C., Koponen, M., Luomajoki, H., & Benz, T. (2025, June 26). Effect of pain science education and graded sensorimotor retraining on disability in patients with chronic low back pain : a study protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial. 19th International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care (IBNP Forum), Davos, Switzerland, 24-27 June 2025.
Anson, C. M., Benetos, K., Devitt, A., & Rapp, C. (2025). Guest editorial : selected papers from the 12th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing. Journal of Academic Writing, 15(S2), II–IV. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v15iS2.1255
Cieliebak, M., Drewek, A., Jakob Grob, K., Kruse, O., Mlynchyk, K., Rapp, C., & Waller, G. (2023). Generative KI beim Verfassen von Bachelorarbeiten : Ergebnisse einer Studierendenbefragung im Juli 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2491
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2021). Digital Writing Spaces : eine Verortung digitaler Schreibtechnologien in räumlichen und geografischen Metaphern. In F. Freise, M. Schubert, L. Musumeci, & M. Jacoby (eds.), Writing Spaces : wissenschaftliches Schreiben zwischen und in den Disziplinen (pp. 69–90). wbv. https://doi.org/10.3278/6004793w
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2018). Digitale Anleitung von Abschlussarbeiten mit Thesis Writer. Journal der Schreibberatung, 15, 51–64.
Rapp, C., & Sitnikova, A. (2015). Das Online-Toolkit „Social Media for education“ zum Einsatz sozialer Medien in der Hochschullehre. E-teaching.org. https://www.e-teaching.org/praxis/erfahrungsberichte/onlinetoolkit-zum-einsatz-sozialer-medien-in-der-hochschullehre
Kilis, S., Rapp, C., & Gülbahar, Y. (2014). Eğitimde Sosyal Medya Kullanımına Yönelik Yükseköğretim Düzeyindeki Eğitmenlerin Algısı : Türkiye-Almanya Örneklemi. Journal of Instructional Technologies & Teacher Education, 3(3), 20–28. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3941
Fuhrmann, R. D., & Rapp, C. (2008). Total Verfahren!? : Bedarf und Ansatz einer prozeduralen Metaberatung. Profile - internationale Zeitschrift für Veränderung, Lernen, Dialog, 2008(15), 105–113.
Rapp, C. (2006). Methodenbeitrag zum Thema Politiker/in und Politikgestaltung. Außerschulische Bildung, 2.
Schumann, W., Müller, R., Plieninger, J., & Rapp, C. (2002). Effiziente Internetnutzung und -recherche für Schule und Hochschule. Agora.
Müller, R., Schumann, W., & Rapp, C. (2002). Die EU verstehen : Institutionen, Entscheidungsabläufe und Politik nach Nizza. Klett.

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Rapp, C., & Jakob Grob, K. (2024, November 18). Befragung zum Einsatz von KI bei Abschlussarbeiten : Studierenden (BA/MA)- und Dozierendenperspektive. Lunch & Learn – Auswirkungen von KI auf das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, online, 18. November 2024. https://zhaw.mediaspace.cast.switch.ch/media/t/0_pu5yjguk
Rapp, C. (2023, February). Forty years of digital writing : what has changed, where do we stand, what comes next? Writing Research across Borders (WRAB VI), Trondheim, Norway, 18-22 February 2023.
Rapp, C., & Kruse, O. (2021). Digital provisions for undergraduate proposal writing : securing conceptual alignment between writer and supervisor when using Thesis Writer. 11th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Online, 7-8 July 2021.
Gautschi, C., Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2021). Writing and thinking : what changes with digitalization? 11th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Online, 7-8 July 2021.
Gautschi, C., Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2021). Exploring logging data for indicators of writing strategies and profiles. The 2021 Writing Analytics Spring Virtual Symposium, 18-27 May 2021.
Kruse, O., Benetos, K., & Rapp, C. (2019). Thinking with the computer : how do new writing tools influence higher-order cognition? 10th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, Göteborg, Sweden, 2-4 July 2019.
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2019). Schreiben in digitalen Räumen : Zukunft des Schreibens - oder bereits Gegenwart? Tagung „Writing Spaces - Wissenschaftliches Schreiben zwischen und in den Disziplinen”, Hamburg, 8.-9. November 2019.
Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2019). Digitization of writing technologies : a never ending story? National Forum for English Studies 2019, Malmö, Sweden, 10-12 April 2019.
French, A., Rapp, C., Kruse, O., Anson, C., & Benetos, K. (2019). Digitalization of writing : do we really understand how much writing is changing? : and do we react properly to the challenges, digitization poses on teaching and research? 10th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, Göteborg, Sweden, 2-4 July 2019.
Strobl, C., Ailhaud, E., Benetos, K., Devitt, A., Kruse, O., Proske, A., & Rapp, C. (2018). Online support for academic writing : a review of technologies with special attention to the needs of non-native writers. Eurocall 2018, Jyväskylä, Finland, 22-25 August 2018.
Kruse, O., Rapp, C., Strobl, C., Devitt, A., Cotos, E., De Wachter, L., & Laffut, A. (2017). Electronic writing support in secondary and higher education : approaches, ideas, and examples. 9th Conference of the European Association for Teaching Academic Writing (EATAW), London, United Kingdom, 19-21 June 2017. http://eataw2017.org
Kruse, O., Chitez, M., & Rapp, C. (2016). Thesis Writer : eine Web-basierte Lernumgebung zur Unterstützung von Schreibenden in Deutsch und Englisch (L1 und L2). 3. Symposium zur Unterstützung von L2-Schreibkompetenzen an deutschsprachigen Universitäten, München, Deutschland, 7. - 8. April 2016.
Erlemann, J., Chitez, M., Kruse, O., Ott, J., & Rapp, C. (2015). Thesis writer : supporting writing processes in real time using a web-based digital learning platform. 16th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, 25-29 August 2015. https://earli.org/assets/files/BOA-2015.pdf
Rapp, C., & Gülbahar, Y. (2014). Social media as a catalyser for cross national learning. EDEN 2014 Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 10-13 June 2014.

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