• About the person
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About the person

Dr Joachim Stöter studied psychology at the Universities of Osnabrück, Bremen and Vienna, specialising in educational, legal, political and organisational psychology. From February 2008 to January 2011, he was a research assistant in the Didactics of Political Education department at the University of Oldenburg and the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hanover.

Since February 2011, Mr Stöter has been a research assistant in the advanced scientific training and education management department (we.b) at the University of Oldenburg. From 2011 to 2015, he was a member of the Oldenburg team providing scientific support for the BMBF-funded programme "Advancement through Education: Open University". From 2014 to 2015, he was a member of the Q-Pakt project Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus (FLiF). From 2015-2020, Dr Stöter coordinated the Network Node North of the"Open University Network" in the "Advancement through Education: Open University" programme.

Since May 2017, he has been responsible for digitalisation and media didactics at the Center for Lifelong Learning C3L at the University of Oldenburg. Dr Stöter completed his doctorate in March 2018 on the topic of "Media use of heterogeneous target groups in the context of digitalisation and the opening of universities".

Lectureships at the Institute for Business Administration and Business Education, the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L), in the field of personnel and organisational development at the University of Oldenburg and the Open University Hagen in the Department of Educational Technology.

Memberships:

• German Association for Advanced Scientific Training and Distance Learning(DGWF)
• Medienfaktur - workshop for digital teaching and learning
• European Distance and E-Learning Network(EDEN)
• Society for the Promotion of Educational Research and Adult Education e.V.
• Centre for Open Education Research(COER)
• Supporting member of Wikimedia Deutschland - Society for the Promotion of Free Knowledge (WMDE)

Editorships

• Hanft, A., Brinkmann, K., Kretschmer, S., Maschwitz, A. & Stöter, J. (2016). Organisation and management of further education and lifelong learning at universities. Results of the scientific monitoring of the federal-state competition "Advancement through education: open universities". Volume 2. Münster: Waxmann. Online preview.

• Pfau, W., Baetge, C., Bedenlier, S., Kramer, D. & Stöter, J. (2016). Teaching Trends 2016 - Digitalisation in higher education: More diversity in teaching. Series: Digital Media in Higher Education Teaching, Volume 5, 248 pages. Available online.

• Zawacki-Richter, O., Kergel, D., Kleinefeld, N., Muckel, P., Stöter, J. & Brinkmann, K. (2014). Teaching Trends 2014 - Open for new ways. Series: Digital Media in Higher Education, Volume 2, 2014, 276 pages. Available online.

Publications

• Zawacki-Richter, O., Conrad, D., Bozkurt, A., Aydin, C. H., Bedenlier, S., Jung, I., Stöter, J., Veletsianos, G., Blaschke, L. M., Bond, M., Broens, A., Bruhn, E., Dolch, C., Kalz, M., Kondakci, Y., Marin, V., Mayrberger, K., Müskens, W., Naidu, S., Qayyum, A., Roberts, J., Sangrà, A., Loglo, F. S., Slagter van Tryon, P. J., & Xiao, J. (2020). Elements of Open Education: An Invitation to Future Research . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(3). Available online.
• Vonarx, A.-C., Buntins, K., Kerres, M., Stöter, J., Zawacki-Richter O., Bedenlier, S. & Bond, M. (2020). Student engagement and digital learning. Contextual validation of a systematic review with e-learning stakeholders at universities. In: Müller, C. & Erlemann, J. (Eds.): Seamless Learning - enabling lifelong, continuous learning. Medien in der Wissenschaft, Vol. 77. Waxmann: Münster. Available online.
• Zawacki-Richter O., Stöter J. (2020) Offering forms of distance learning with digital media in advanced scientific training. In: Jütte W., Rohs M. (eds) Handbuch Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Available online.
• Bernath, U., & Stöter, J. (2019). Open and distance education in Germany in a digital age (Junhong Xiao trans.). Distance Education in China, 6. DOI：10.13541/j.cnki.chinade.20190301.00
• Zawacki-Richter O. & Stöter J. (2018) Offering forms of distance learning with digital media in advanced scientific training. In: Jütte W., Rohs M. (eds) Handbuch Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung. Springer Reference Social Sciences. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Online preview.
• Bernath, U. & Stöter, J. (2018). Germany. In: Qayyum, A. & Zawacki-Richter, O. (Eds.): Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas - National Perspective in a Digital Age. SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education. Available online.
• Stöter, J. (2018). Deepening the Understanding of Students ́ Study-Related Media Usage. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD). Volume 8. Issue 3. July-September 2018. pp. 45-59.
• Metag S., Karl K., Novy K. & Stöter J. (2018). Networking as an opportunity for universities? Essences for the design of a university network. In: Sturm N., Spenner K. (eds.): Sustainability in advanced scientific training. Springer VS, Wiesbaden
• Brinkmann, K., Müskens, W. & Stöter, J. & Maschwitz, A (2017). Study-integrating training for young people without a higher education entrance qualification - framework conditions and management of studies. Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation, Gütersloh. Available online.
• Stöter, J. & Maschwitz, A. (2017). Organisational anchoring. Continuity beyond funding - Sustainable anchoring of advanced scientific training at universities. In: Arnold, M., Zawacki-Richter, O., Haubenreich, J., Röbken, H. & Götter, R. (Eds.). Development of scientific continuing education programmes in the STEM area. Münster: Waxmann. S. 329-337. available online.
• Novy, K. & Stöter, J. (2017). Networking in the context of lifelong learning. Opportunities and challenges for universities in the education market. In: Arnold, M., Zawacki-Richter, O., Haubenreich, J., Röbken, H. & Götter, R. (Eds.). Development of scientific continuing education programmes in the STEM area. Münster: Waxmann. S. 462-468. available online.
• Hanft, A., Maschwitz, A. & Stöter, J. (2017). Agile project management at universities - get the things done. Synergie FACHMAGAZIN FÜR DIGITALISIERUNG IN DER LEHRE. 03. p. 8-15. available online.
• Stöter, J. (2015). Germany case study. In: Owusu-Boampong, A. & Holmberg, C. (Eds.). Distance education offer of European higher education institutions - The potential. Report 3 (of 3) of the IDEAL (Impact of Distance Education on Adult Learning) project. Available online.
• Zawacki-Richter, O., von Prümmer, C. & Stöter, J. (2015). Open Universities: Open Access to Higher Education from a National and International Perspective. Contributions to Higher Education Research, 37th year, 1/2015. pp. 8-24.
• Brunner, S., Bedenlier, S., Stöter, J. & Hohlfeld, G. (2015). "Are They Ready?" Exploring (Non-Traditional) Students' Self-Directed Learning Readiness and their Acceptance of E-Learning Tools. In: Bernath, U. & Szücs, A. (Eds.). Best of EDEN RW8. Special Issue of the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. Budapest: EDEN. Available online.
• Mertens, A., Stöter, J. & Zawacki-Richter, O. (2014). Predictors of perceived importance and acceptance of digital delivery modes in higher education. In: Research in Learning Technology (2014). Available online.
• Stöter, J., Bullen, M., Zawacki-Richter, O., & von Prümmer, C. (2014). From the back door into the mainstream - learner characteristics in the context of lifelong learning. In: O. Zawacki-Richter & T. Anderson (Eds.). Online distance education - Towards a research agenda. Athabasca, Edmonton, Canada: Athabasca University Press. Available online.
• Stöter, J. (2014). Acceptance of Digital Learning Tools in the Context of Non-Traditional Students. Presented at the 2014 EDEN Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia. Available online.
• Kretschmer, S. & Stöter, J. (2014). Further education and lifelong learning in incentive and control systems. In: Jütte, W. (ed.). Higher education and further education. DGWF Annual Conference 2013. Focus topic: On the way to the university of lifelong learning - added value, effort and returns. Bielefeld: DGWF. S. 15-19.
• Kretschmer, S. & Stöter, J. (2014). Further education and lifelong learning (LLL) in incentive and control systems - Results of a cross-national analysis. Thematic report of the scientific monitoring of the federal-state competition "Advancement through education: open universities" (January 2014). Available online.
• Bäcker, E. M. & Stöter, J. (2014). Competence development: "Competent in dialogue": Making one's own competences visible. In: Scientific monitoring of the federal-state competition "Advancement through education: open universities", represented by the project leaders: Prof. Dr Anke Hanft, University of Oldenburg/ Prof. Dr Andrä Wolter, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Prof. Dr Ada Pellert, German University for Further Education/ Dr Eva Cendon, German University for Further Education (ed.). Designing learning pathways: Study formats at the interface of theory and practice. Conference proceedings. S. 43-48. available online.
• Stöter, J., Brinkmann, K. & Maschwitz, A. (2013). Further education and lifelong learning. Anchoring at universities. In: Vogt, H. (ed.). Higher education and further education. DGWF Annual Conference 2012: Does what belongs together grow together? Advanced scientific training - part-time study - lifelong learning. Bielefeld: DGWF. S. 53-58.
• Stöter, J. (2013). Non-traditional students in the higher education context. In: Hanft. A., Brinkmann, K. (eds.)Open universities: The reorientation of universities towards lifelong learning. Münster: Waxmann. S. 53-65.
• Stöter, J., Zawacki-Richter, O., & von Prümmer, C. (2012). Learner characteristics in onlinedistance education. Closing the gap from generation Y to the mature lifelong learners.Presented at the 2012 EDEN Annual Conference, Porto/Portugal.
• Stöter, J. (2011). Students' ideas of co-determination in a multicultural society. In: Lange, D. & Fischer, S. (eds.). Politics and economics in civic consciousness. S. 257-265.
• Bähr, A. & Stöter, J. (2010). Monitor Civic Education - Germany and Bavaria. In: DVPB Bavaria (ed.). Forum Politikunterricht, Issue 3/10, pp. 2-6.
• Lange, D. & Stöter, J. (2010). Political education in Germany. A data report. In: DVPB Lower Saxony (ed.). Teaching Politics, Issue 2/10, pp. 28-33.
• Stöter, J. (2010). Psychology and personal aptitude for gun ownership - further training opportunity for assessors on the personal aptitude of legal gun owners. AVM - Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft München, 124 pages.
• Lange, D., Stöter, J. & Bähr, A. (2009). Monitor Political Education. Data on the state of civic education in the Federal Republic of Germany. Wochenschauverlag, 168 pages.
• Lange, D., Stöter, J. & Bähr, A. (2009). Monitor Political Education. Federal Agency for Civic Education, publication series (vol. 1008), 168 pages.
• Lange, D., Stöter, J. & Bähr, A. (2009). The state of civic education in Germany. In: Lange, D. & Polat, A. (Eds.). Our reality is different - Migration and reality. Perspectives on political education. Federal Agency for Civic Education, publication series (vol. 1001), pp. 336-352.

Lectures/Presentations

• Stöter, J. (2019). Digitisation strategies for lifelong learning. Workshop impulse within the framework of the Innovation Laboratory for New Learning of the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy on the topic of "Leading and Learning". Hamburg. 11.06.2019.

• Stöter, J. (2019). Networking 4.0 (or already 5.0?!) - Success factors for a successful network of open universities. Keynote at the spring conference of the AG-E of the DGWF at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. 09.05.2019.

• Stöter, J. (2018). social media and its significance for schools - an overview. Lecture as part of the pedagogical week at the CvO. Oldenburg. 25.09.2018.

• Stöter, J. (2018). Education 4.0: for all and by all. Perspectives on cross-generational, lifelong learning. Presentation at the "12th meeting of the Oldenburg for all - Demography as an opportunity" working group of the City of Oldenburg. 24.10.2018.

• Kohn, N. & Stöter, J. (2018). Science of fake news. Lecture as part of the lecture: Introduction to the didactics of political education. Oldenburg. 02.07.18.

• Stöter, J. & Novy, K. (2018). Open educational resources for advanced scientific training - considerations from teaching and management and implications for practice. Keynote at the annual conference of the Distance Learning Working Group (AG-F). Bad Sooden-Allendorf. 29.06.18

• Gröger, G. & Stöter, J. (2018). Advising, networking, qualifying - offers for the projects of the competition. Presentation of the Open Universities Network. At the conference of the scientific support. Berlin. 20.06.18

• Stöter, J. (2018). The Open Universities Network. Presentation at the expert forum on permeability between vocational and academic education. Berlin. 18.06.18

• Novy, K. & Stöter, J. (2018). OER - An introduction for teachers. Webinar as part of the eCult project. 14.06.18.(www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o0AX4NXR9M)

• Stöter, J. (2017). Management and moderation of the webinar series "Anrechung/Anerkennung". Networks Open University in co-operation with the scientific support. 03-06.2017.

• Stöter, J. (2016). Management and moderation of the 2nd working meeting of the Open University Network Business models of advanced scientific training and sustainable anchoring. Oldenburg. 26.04.16.

• Stöter, J. & Kretschmer, S. (2016). Where is the university heading? Steering instruments and competitions as approaches to external steering. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of the Society for Higher Education Research, Munich. 07.04.16.

• Stöter, J. (2015). Blended learning. Webinar of the scientific support in the BMBF programme "Advancement through Education: Open Universities". 22.09.2015.

• Brunner, S., Bedenlier, S., Stöter, J. & Hohlfeld, G. (2015). "Are They Ready?" Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Acceptance of E-Learning Tools: Comparing Non-Traditional and traditional Students. Presented at EDEN Research Workshop 8, Oxford/UK.

• Stöter, J. (2014). Chair and moderator at the Teaching Trends 2014: Open for new ways - Digital media in higher education (Track 2: Digital media for heterogeneous target groups).

• Stöter, J. (2014). Acceptance of Digital Learning Tools in the Context of Non-Traditional Students. Presented at the 2014 EDEN Annual Conference, Zagreb/Croatia.

• Stöter, J. (2014). "New learning technologies? Don't we need them!(?)". Contribution to the DGWF Annual Conference 2014, Hamburg.

• Kretschmer, S. & Stöter, J. (2013). Further education and lifelong learning in incentive and control systems. Presentation at the DGWF Annual Conference 2013, Rostock.

• Stöter, J., Brinkmann, K. & Maschwitz, A. (2012). Further education and lifelong learning. Anchoring at universities. Presentation at the DGWF Annual Conference 2012, Munich.

• Stöter, J., Zawacki-Richter, O., & von Prümmer, C. (2012). Learner characteristics in online distance education. Closing the gap from generation Y to the mature lifelong learners. Presented at the 2012 EDEN Annual Conference, Porto/Portugal.

• Gierke, W.B. & Stöter, J. (2012). Non-traditional students at and in (open?) universities. Presentation at the final conference of the project "Offene Hochschule - Die Neuausrichtung der Hochschulen auf Lebenslanges Lernen". Oldenburg.

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