Dr Markus Haag
PhD research: Personal Knowledge Development in Online Learning Environments: A Personal Value Perspective
Dr Markus Haag completed a PhD research project at BISC, the Business and Information Systems Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire. He investigated personal knowledge development processes and outcomes in online learning environments from a personal value perspective.
Markus holds a BA in Information Management from Stuttgart School of Media, Germany, and an MA in Intercultural Communication from the University of Bedfordshire. Particular interests in Markus’s BA studies were in the areas of international information management, knowledge management and knowledge organisation.
His focus during the MA was on cross-cultural psychology, the effective use of media (electronic media in particular) in a multicultural setting and intercultural training. The topic of his dissertation was: "Individualism-Collectivism and Personal Homepages: Self-Construal and Rapport Management as Manifested in Content and Design".
Dr Markus Haag won the EBSCO Award of the EBSCO Information Services GmbH, Berlin, for his BA thesis on automatic text summarization. The award was presented at the Newcomer Forum of the 24th Online-Tagung of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis (DGI) in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2002.
He was a researcher at KIeM Institute for Intercultural Management, Values and Communication at Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He conducted an evaluation of dialogin The Delta Intercultural Academy (www.dialogin.com), a knowledge community on culture and communication in international business.
He contributed to the concept and design phases of diaLearn (www.dialogin.com/dialearn), a virtual campus for students of various BA, MA and MBA programmes offered by Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Markus did internships at the Fachinformation and in the department of Intellectual Property Management at DaimlerChrysler, and at RKW Baden-Württemberg e.V. in Stuttgart. He translated and localised the intercultural learning game Global Teamwork DIVERSOPHY.
Publications
- Haag, M. & Duan, Y. (2011) Understanding Personal Knowledge Development in Online Learning Environments: An Instrument for Measuring Externalisation, Combination and Internalisation. Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2011), Passau, Germany, 1-2 September 2011.
- Haag, M. (2010) Personal Knowledge Development in Online Learning Environments: A Personal Value Perspective. PhD thesis. University of Bedfordshire, UK.
- Haag, M.; Duan, Y. & Mathews, B. (2009) The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model. In D. Harorimana (ed) Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- Haag, M.; Duan, Y. & Mathews, B. (2009) Which Personal Values are Most Relevant to Knowledge Development through E-Learning? Insights from a Delphi Study. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2009), Vicenza, Italy, 3-4 September 2009, pp. 356-363.
- Haag, M.; Duan, Y. & Mathews, B. (2008) Trial Application of the Schwartz Value Survey on Personal Knowledge Development through e-Learning. Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2008), Southampton, UK, 4-5 September 2008. Vol. 1, pp. 257-266.
- Haag, M.; Duan, Y. & Mathews, B. (2007) Knowledge Development in e-Learning Environments: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2007), Barcelona, Spain, 6-7 September 2007. Vol. 1, pp. 391-397.
- Brieger, N.; Schulz, P.; Franklin, P. & Haag, M. (2007) Business Terminology. [CD-ROM containing self-study materials.] York Associates and Konstanz University of Applied Sciences.
- Flinders, S.; Schulz, P.; Franklin, P. & Haag, M. (2007) Business Meetings. [CD-ROM containing self-study materials.] York Associates and Konstanz University of Applied Sciences.
- Haag, M. (2002) Automatic Text Summarization: Evaluation des Copernic Summarizer und mögliche Einsatzfelder in der Fachinformation der DaimlerChrysler AG. Aachen: Shaker.
- Haag, M. (2002) Automatic Text Summarization. In: R. Schmidt (ed) Content in Context: Perspektiven der Informationsdienstleistung. 24th DGI-Online-Tagung 2002. Frankfurt a.M.: DGI, pp. 235-249.
- Haag, M. (2002) Automatic Text Summarization. In: Information – Wissenschaft und Praxis 53(4), pp. 243-244.
- Haag, M. & Lieb, M. (2001) Die Einführungsstrategie einer Knowledge Community. In: H. Nohr (ed) Virtuelle Knowledge Communities im Wissensmanagement: Konzeption – Einführung – Betrieb. Aachen: Shaker, pp. 49-63.
Conferences
- European Conference on Knowledge Management, Passau, Germany, 1-2 September 2011, Presentation: Understanding Personal Knowledge Development in Online Learning Environments: An Instrument for Measuring Externalisation, Combination and Internalisation.
- 2nd International York Associates-dialogin conference 'High performing international teams', 17-18 September 2009, York, UK. Presentation: Personal Values and their Impact on Team Performance
- European Conference on Knowledge Management, Vicenza, Italy, 3-4 September 2009, Presentation: Which Personal Values are Most Relevant to Knowledge Development through E-Learning? Insights from a Delphi Study.
- European Conference on Knowledge Management, Southampton, UK, 4-5 September 2008, Presentation: Trial Application of the Schwartz Value Survey on Personal Knowledge Development through E-Learning.
- Presentation of PhD research: "Learning Online: The Impact of Culture and Values". 4th April 2008, RIPEN Research in Pedagogic Enhancement Network, University of Bedfordshire.
- 1st International York Associates-dialogin conference 'Developing People Internationally', 28-29 September 2007, Konstanz, Germany. Two presentations: Knowledge Development in Virtual Work and Knowledge Development in E-Learning Environments.
- European Conference on Knowledge Management, Barcelona, Spain, 05-06 September 2007, Presentation: Knowledge Development in E-Learning Environments: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
- Winner of the EBSCO Award of the EBSCO Information Services GmbH - award presented at the Newcomer Forum, 24th Online-Tagung of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis (DGI), Frankfurt, Germany, 3-5 June 2002.
Contact details
Dr Markus Haag
T: +44(0)1582 743134
E: markus.haag@beds.ac.uk
