Thomas Korner
Thomas Korner
ZHAW
President's Office
Academic Affairs
Gertrudstrasse 15
8401 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head of Innovation Lab
Focus
- Event lead EduImpulse Day
- Educational development, innovation in education, digital education, XR, Micro-credentials, innovation funding
Teaching
Lecturer in Generative KI in Lehre und Weiterbildung (Course in Continuing Education)
Professional development teaching
WBK Generative KI in Lehre und Weiterbildung
Experience
- Project manager development of the moodle and online exam service
Canton of Zurich Office for Middle and Vocational Schools
2022 - today - Lecturer for scientific writing
ETH Zürich
2020 - 2023 - Deputy head innovation management, educational development and technology
ETH Zürich
2010 - 2023 - teacher for geography and informatics
Kantonsschule Wiedikon
02 / 2008 - 02 / 2022
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education / Geography
University of Zurich
2002 - 2008 - Diploma / Geography
University of Zurich
1998 - 2004
Continuing Education
- CAS Agile Organisation
University of Applied Science and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
2021 - Sabbatical
University of New South Wales, AUS
2018 - e-learning certificate
University of Zurich, PH Zürich, ETH Zürich
2008
Network
Membership of networks
Social media
Projects
Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW / Team member / completed
Publications
Other publications
Spörri, S. et al. (2025) Resultate der Studierenden-Befragung 2024 Hochschule der Zukunft. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33613.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
Korner, T. (2026) 'Micro-credentials beyond pilots : what holds up in practice?', in Micro-credentials Masterclass (MCMC) 'How digital tools are transforming micro-credentials from design to delivery', Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-26 February 2026.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Karin Brown, Andreas Reinhardt & Thomas Korner (2023): «Lecturer decision-making in the context of pandemic teaching: Rationales and evidence», International Journal for Academic Development, DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2023.2247387
- Korner, T., Reinhardt, A., Brown, K. (2022): «Change (or lack thereof) in lecturers’ didactic strategies and their reasoning following COVID-19 disruption», Präsentation, ICED22 in Aarhus.
- Korner, T., Hunt T., Bösch L., Shahin S. (2022): «Moodle Quiz. An Ongoing Example of Successful Open-source Development», Präsentation an der global Moodlemoot in Barcelona, zusammen mit Tim Hunt, Open University of the UK; Luca Bösch, BfH; Safat Shahin, Catalyst Australia.
- Korner, T. (2021): «Learning in 2040 – A journey to the future of tertiary learning», eleed e-learning & education, Iss. 14. (https://eleed.campussource.de/archive/se2021/5230), urn:nbn:de:0009-5-52306.
- Brown, K., Korner, T. (2020): «Striving For Balance Between System Stability And Didactic Innovation» Wildcard presentation an der MoodlemootUS (zusammen mit Karin Brown)
- Korner, T. (2019): «Warum die Digitalisierung alles ändert - und nichts», Opening Keynote an der Dozierendenweiterbildung der RBZ Kiel (DE).
- Reinhardt, A., Korner, T., Walter, M. (2019): Community building as basis for fostering Teaching & Learning innovation - 18 years of project funding» in J. Theo Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1066-1071). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
- Korner, T. (2017): «Digitalisierung – Was hat das mit der Lehre zu tun», Workshop am Treffen zum Thema „Digitalisierung der Lehre“, swissuniversities, Delegation Lehre.
- Korner, T., Volk, B., Valkering-Sijsling, M., & Reinhardt, A. (2013). «ETH EduApp - Eine multifunktionale Mobilapplikation für die Hochschullehre», . (Tagungsband zur GMW), Best Paper and Presentation Award.