The paper by Andreas Janson, Matthias Söllner and Jan Marco Leimeister published in issue 4/2020 of the renowned international management journal "Academy of Management Learning & Education" (AMLE) was shortlisted by the journal's editors as an AMLE Best Paper 2020 candidate. The paper is entitled "Ladders for Learning: Is Scaffolding the Key to Teaching Problem-Solving in Technology-Mediated Learning Contexts?" and deals with the question of how problem-solving processes in digital learning environments can be positively supported by the concept of so-called scaffolding. The article shows how digital scaffolding concepts can contribute to better learning processes, more effective distribution of learners' cognitive load and learning success.

In a video summary on the YouTube channel of the "Academy of Management", Andreas Janson gives an overview of the core contributions of the paper.

The journal AMLE is the core publication of the "Management Education Development" (MED) Division of the "Academy of Management" and is classified as a B journal (5-year impact factor: 4.784) according to the JOURQUAL3 ranking of the Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).

Full citation of the article:

Janson A, Sӧllner M, Leimeister JM (2020): Ladders for Learning: Is Scaffolding the Key to Teaching Problem-Solving in Technology-Mediated Learning Contexts? Academy of Management Learning & Education 19(4):439-468. doi:10.5465/amle.2018.0078 .

Paper available here: https: //journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amle.2018.0078