Dr. Nicole Heitzmann

• Year of birth 1984
• Degrees:
• Dr. phil., Educational Sciences, LMU Munich
• M.A., Educational Science, LMU Munich
• Important positions:
• since 10.2019 Research Associate at the at the Chair of Education and Educational Psychology at the Ludwig–Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich
• since 2016 manager of MCLS
• Projects:
• subproject M of the research group COSIMA for the promotion of diagnostic skills in simulation-based learning environments in the university, funded by the DFG (FOR2385)
• DigiLLab of the LMU Munich for the research-based, media-related qualification of teaching students
• Shortbio:

Nicole Heitzmann studied educational sciences, psychology and business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, and also obtained a doctorate in 2014 from the same institution. She started her academic career at the private University of Witten/Herdecke at the Lab of Prof. Martin Fischer and later transferred together with Martin Fischer to the Institute for Medical Education at the University Hospital, LMU Munich. Nicole Heitzmann joint Prof. Frank Fischer’s lab in 2011 and first worked as a study program coordinator in the M.Sc. Psychology in the Learning Sciences master’s program offered by the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences (MCLS). In 2014 she became the managing director of the MCLS which involves more than 50 researchers from 8 faculties who engage in interdisciplinary research projects and in international masters’ and PhD programs in the learning sciences. Nicole Heitzmann is a member of the DFG research unit COSIMA as well as of the DigiLLab of the LMU Munich. Since 2021 Nicole is an academic council and teaches primary psychology as part of the Educational Studies for prospective teachers. Her research now focuses on learning processes and scaffolding in simulations, technology enhanced learning, learning and teaching with digital media as well as on cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Detailed Curriculum Vitae (PDF) (PDF, 242 KB)

• Simulations and simulation-based learning
• Adaptivity of scaffolding
• Technology enhanced learning
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Teaching and learning in various subject didactics

• Chernikova, O., Heitzmann, N., Opitz, A., Seidel, T., & Fischer, F. (2022). A theoretical framework for fostering diagnostic competences with simulations in higher education. In F. Fischer & A. Opitz (Eds.), Learning to diagnose with simulations - Examples from teacher education and medical education (pp. 5-16). Springer. Link
• Heitzmann, N., Opitz, A., Stadler, M., Sommerhoff, D., Fink, M. C., Obersteiner, A., Schmidmaier, R., Neuhaus, B. J., Ufer, S., Seidel, T., Fischer, M. R., & Fischer, F. (2021). Cross-disciplinary research on learning and instruction – coming to terms. Frontiers in Psychology. Advance online publication. Link
• Chernikova, O., Heitzmann, N., Stadler, M., Holzberger, D., Seidel, T., & Fischer, F. (2020). Simulation-based learning in higher education: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 90(4), 499-541. Link
• Heitzmann, N., Seidel, T., Opitz, A., Hetmanek, A., Wecker, C., Fischer, M., Ufer, S., Schmidmaier, R., Neuhaus, B., Siebeck, M., Stürmer, K., Obersteiner, A., Reiss, K., Girwidz, R., & Fischer, F. (2019). Facilitating Diagnostic Competences in Simulations in Higher Education. Frontline Learning Research, 7(4), 1–24. Link
• Heitzmann, N., Fischer, F., & Fischer, M. R. (2018). Worked examples with errors: When self-explanation prompts hinder learning of teachers diagnostic competences on problem-based learning. Instructional Science, 46(2), 245–271. Link

List of all Publications, see Detailed Curriculum Vitae (PDF) (PDF, 242 KB)