Background

Thomas holds a doctoral degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, and undergraduate and graduate degrees in social education and oriental studies from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and the University of Cologne, respectively. He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Bridgewater State College, USA. Before joining UNU-EHS, Thomas was leading the Capacity Strengthening Department of the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru. His work experience also includes work placements in Sub-Saharan Africa and Indonesia with a focus on adult education, instructional technology and participatory development communication.

Working Area at UNU-EHS

Thomas is responsible for managing the GITEWS project together with Evalyne Katabaro. His activities include the conceptual design and co-ordination of the UNU-EHS PhD programme, the design and co-ordination of training courses for mid-career professionals, as well as the development of training materials and e-learning. His research interests focus on learning objects, instructional design and open and distance education.

Projects

• German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GI-TEWS)
• Munich Re Foundation (MRF) Summer Academy
• Quality assurance system for education, training and learning in collaboration with the CGIAR ICT-KM Programme

Recent Publications

Zschocke, T.; Beniest, J. (2007): CG LOM Core. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (CD-ROM), Ionian Academy, Corfu, Greece.

Zschocke, T.; Beniest, J. (2007): On-line resources for international agricultural and natural resources management. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Horticultural Plants in Urban and Peru-urban Life, Seoul, Korea (Acta Horticulurae 762).

Bernet, T.; Thiele, G.; Zschocke, T. (2006): Participatory Market Chain Approach. User guide. Lima, Peru: CIP - Papa Andina Initiative. Zschocke, T.; Beniest, J. (2005): Developing a Learning Object Repository for International Agricultural Research. In: Komers, P.; Richards, G. (Eds.): Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2005. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. Norfolk, VA: AACE.

Dubbeling, M.; Prain, G.; Warnaars, M.; Zschocke, T. (Eds.) (2005): Feeding Cities in Anglophone Africa with Urban Agriculture: Concepts, Tools and Case Studies for Practitioners, Planners and Policy Makers (CD-ROM). Lima, Peru: CIP - Urban Harvest.

Zschocke, T. (2001): An Object-Oriented Instructional Design (OOID) Model for Web-Based Training Using UML. In: Proceedings of the 20th World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education, 1-5 April 2001, Düsseldorf.

Zschocke, T. (2000): Web-Based Environmental Communication Training – Reflections From a Work in Progress. In: Hamacher, W.; Oepen, M. (Eds.): Communicating the Environment: Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang Verlag.