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Free online course on Philosophy of Technology

11 May 2017 | English, expertise, interessant, Onderwijsinnovatie, Project, TELT | No Comments

Peter-Paul Verbeek

You might have seen it in my Twitter timeline in the last weeks. From november 2016 onwards I have been working with a great team to design and produce a free online course on the Philosophy of Technology. This course will be launched on 29 May 2017. Please check out the trailer video to hear from professor Peter-Paul Verbeek what this course is all about and why should join!

If you want to join this course, you can do so at the FutureLearn website.

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Bett show 2017

13 February 2017 | Activerende werkvormen, beurs, English, TELT | No Comments

Last month the Bett show (the British Educational Training and Technology Show) was held in London (UK). I joined a studytrip from SURF. We were with a group of around 25 collegueas from across the country. There were colleagues from SURF, University of Leiden, Hanzehogeschool, ROC van Amsteram, Graafschap College and Hotelschool The Hague, amongst others.

The Bett show was quite an experience. I was there for 2 full days, and still didn’t see everything (and I came prepared with about ten things that I wanted to see).

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TELT Team 2016

6 January 2017 | English, expertise, Onderwijsinnovatie, Project, TELT | No Comments

Since a couple of years my employer is the University of Twente. Since january 2016 I work in a team that we call the TELT team. TELT is short for Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching. We work closely together with and for our lecturers on innovating their teaching methods and improving their student’s learning. The TELT team is a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in online learning, flipped classroom, video for education and more. (more…)

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Four weeks

10 September 2015 | English, expertise, oer, Onderwijsinnovatie, opencontent, Project, TELT | No Comments

In 4 weeks time the University of Twente will launch the first free online course. In the course you will learn about Ultrasound. Ultrasound is an easy and quick technique to visualize structures inside the human body. It can only be correctly performed when users have a profound knowledge of the underlying technology. And this is where the course focuses on, on the technical as well as the medical aspects of ultrasound.

Please join this course if you are interested in learning more on ultrasound. Register for free on Futurelearn.

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Calibrated Peer Review

15 May 2015 | Activerende werkvormen, E-assessment, English, Onderwijsinnovatie, TELT, Twents Onderwijsmodel | 2 Comments

Through a pointer from my colleague Frank van den Berg I would like to share with our readers what is called Calibrated Peer Feedback:

” Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is a web-based, instructional tool that enables frequent writing assignments in any discipline, with any class size, even in large classes with limited instructional resources. In fact, CPR can reduce the time an instructor now spends reading and assessing student writing. ” (source) (more…)

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What a great day!

23 October 2014 | English, Onderwijsinnovatie, Project | No Comments

icteduLooking back at last Tuesday I am very proud and happy. We had a flawless Education Day, didn’t we? In this post I’d like to share a few of my personal highlights. I attended a very interesting session by Antonios Zagaris (lecturer Mathematics). And I would like to reflect on the UTQ Ceremony. (more…)

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