Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss, Aalto University-School of Art and Design Helsinki

Professional Information

Full name: Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss
Job title: Professor, Head of the international MA program ePedagogy Design – Visual Knowledge Building
URL: http://epedagogydesign.uiah.fi
Role: faculty
Education: M.A., Ph.D.
Professional Organizations: Aalto University
Current Projects: (IN)VISIBLE, Visual Knowledge Building, Envisioning new interfaces in cooperative media culture, Scale-free networks - the realm of the social, Mobile technologies - mobile thoughts?
Disciplinary Interests: Visual Knowledge Building, Media cultures, Visual Culture
Bio: Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss (born April 10, 1961 in Wels) is an internationally active communication scholar, art and media educator from Austria. Since 2003 he is professor of communication and education technologies in visual culture at the Aalto University, School of Art and Design in Helsinki. He is head of the international Master of Arts study programme ePedagogy Design – Visual Knowledge Building, which was awarded by the European Commission success story for an outstanding curriculum development project in 2007. He is author and editor of several books, including Mashup Cultures, (IN)VISIBLE. Learning to Act in the Metaverse.