Herwig Erich Rehatschek
Head of Department, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Dr. Herwig Rehatschek studied Computer Science and Electronics and received his M.Sc. and his Ph.D. from the University of Technology, Graz. From 1997 until 2008 he worked at the research company JOANNEUM RESEARCH. His main emphasis was on eLearning and digital media analysis. He participated in many international EC research projects and also managed and co-ordinated some of them. In 1999 Dr. Rehatschek won the Austrian state price in the category learning, knowledge and culture. In 2008 he joined the Medical University of Graz as a head of the unit organization of teaching and learning with media with the main task to develop and maintain the virtual medical campus, the eLearning platform of the university. Since then he was actively involved in the set-up and implementation of the learning management system and the development of learning content. He introduced virtualized lessons, a new virtual microscope, and eLectures. In 2013 he won the Dr. Michael Hasiba price for innovative teaching. In 2014 open educational resources (OER) have been introduced under his leadership. In 2015 he co-developed the training programme "eDidactics" (6 ECTS credits) which enables teachers to improve their eLearning skills.