From 6 until 12 February 2012 the Open Universiteit organizes the online masterclass Long distance teaching. Dr. Kathleen Schlusmans, IPO manager and expert in the field of distance education and prof. dr. Rob Koper, director of CELSTEC will give the masterclass. The language of the masterclass is Dutch.
Prof. dr. Paul Kirschner and dr. Hendrik Drachsler, researchers at CELSTEC, have been appointed member of the expert group Learning Analytics of SURF. This expert group is created in view of SURF’s exploration of the posibilities Learning Analytics have to offer for the quality improvement of higher education.
CELSTEC's dr. Renate de Groot and prof. dr. Els Boshuizen will lecture at the conference Brain & Learning at 25 January 2012 at the Discover Centre Continium in Kerkrade. In her lecture, titled Het Puberbrein (the puber brain), will present recent brain research on the maturing of the brain.
The Board of governors of the Open Universiteit has appointed dr. Saskia Brand-Gruwel as professor Learning Sciences. The chair is positioned within the Education & Training Institute (E&TI) of CELSTEC. E&TI offers among other programmes a MSc Learning Sciences.
CELSTEC-researcher Dirk Börner has developed a prototype smartphone app that allows employees to monitor the energy consumption in their working place. This app will stimulate them to lower their energy consumption. The project was funded by the innovatieregeling Duurzaamheid & ICT (innovation programme Sustainability & ICT).
20 January 2012 Renate de Groot, researcher at CELSTEC, will give a presentation / workshop at the orientation day of KVLO-Thomas van Aquino. (KVLO is the Royal Association of Teachers Physical Education).
Since 15 december 2011 dr. Stefaan Ternier, researcher at CELSTEC, a research institute of the Open Universiteit, chairs the NEN commission of standards Learning Technologies. Until mid 2011 prof. dr. Peter Sloep, program director Learning Networks at CELSTEC, chaired this commission.
From 16 until 23 January 2012 the masterclass ‘How to use mobile technology in education?’, organised by the Open Universiteit, will take place. Prof. dr. Marcus Specht, senior lecturer at CELSTEC, a research institute of the Open Universiteit, and expert in the field of mobile learning, will give the masterclass.
