Konrad Schönborn

Konrad J. Schönborn, PhD MRSB

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Updated: 16 Sep. 2024

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I’m Professor of Visual Learning and Communication at Linköping University, Sweden (LiU webpage), and Scientific Leader of the National Graduate School in Science and Technology Education (FontD). I also head the Visual Learning and Communication unit, a component of C-Research at LiU that performs research at Visualization Center C in Sweden. Research interests:

Visual learning, visualization in STEM education, visual literacy, visual communication, multimodality, multisensory virtual environments, visualization in public spaces, AI-based visualization platforms, multiple representations, models and modelling, (bio)chemistry-, biology-, nano-, physics education

Ten recent publications:

Yu, P., Nordman, A., Koć-Januchta, M., Schönborn, K., Besançon, L., & Vrotsou, K. (2024). Revealing interaction dynamics: multi-level visual exploration of user strategies with an interactive digital environment. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. [doi:10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456187] [PDF Preprint]

Hallström, J., Norström, P., & Schönborn, K. (2024). Experts’ views on the role of the ‘T’ and ‘E’ in integrated STEM education and implications for out-of-field teaching. In: Fox-Turnbull, W., Williams, P.J. (Eds.) Locating Technology Education in STEM Teaching and Learning. Contemporary Issues in Technology Education. Springer. [doi:10.1007/978-981-97-1995-2_15] [PDF]

Thyberg, A., Schönborn, K., & Gericke, N. (2024). Investigating students’ meaning-making of multiple visual representations of epigenetics at different levels of biological organisation. Int. J. Sci. Educ., 46(14), 1405-1431. [doi:10.1080/09500693.2023.2289175] [PDF]

Otterborn, A., Sundberg, B., & Schönborn, K. (2024). The impact of digital and analog approaches on a multidimensional preschool science education. Res. Sci. Educ. 54, 185-203. [doi:10.1007/s11165-023-10133-6] [PDF]

Stenlund, J., Tibell, L., & Schönborn, K. (2024). ‘Awesome to see the immense time before us on Earth’ – Students’ affective responses when interacting with a tree of life visualising evolutionary concepts. J. Biol. Educ. 58(4), 915-936.[doi:10.1080/00219266.2022.2147205] [PDF]

Pokojná, H., Rasheed, F., & Schönborn, K.J. (2023). Effect of the rings: A visual story design comparing three chemical characters. In: Roughley, M. (Ed.) Approaches for Sci. Illus. and Communic. Springer. [doi:10.1007/978-3-031-41652-1_6]

Hallström, J., Norström, P., & Schönborn, K.J. (2023). Authentic STEM education through modelling: an international Delphi study. International Journal of STEM Education, 10, 62. [doi:10.1186/s40594-023-00453-4] [PDF]

Schönborn, K., & Höst, G. (2023). Lärare behöver ge eleverna stöd att tolka representationer i kemiklassrummet. Notiser från forskningsfronten, ATENA Didaktik. [doi:10.3384/atena.2023.4697] [PDF]

Palmerius K.L. & Schönborn K.J. (2022). Visualizing and exploring heat in a science center. In: Haglund J., Jeppsson F., Schönborn K.J. (Eds.). Thermal Cameras in Science Education. Springer, pp. 187-203. [doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85288-7_12]

Koć-Januchta, M., Schönborn, K., Roehrig, C., Chaudhri, V., Tibell, L., & Heller, C. (2022). “Connecting concepts helps put main ideas together”: cognitive load and usability in learning biology with an AI-enriched textbook. Int. J. Educ. Technol. High. Educ., 19(11), [doi.org/10.1186/s41239-021-00317-3] [PDF]