October last year I shortly introduced an instrument we developed which enables different stakeholders such as teachers, students, course designers and researchers to analyse the educational scalability of their course…Read more
Dissemination
Scalable Course Design in MOOCs?
We all know that the quality of a course be it a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or any other (open online) course, highly depends on the quality of the…Read more
Measuring self-regulated learning in OOE
In open online education (OOE), learners are provided with a lot of autonomy: they get to decide what they want to study, where they want to study, and when they…Read more
Open Education and the borders of instructional design
During the Open Education week in 2016 we have organised several online-sessions that could be viewed online. One discussion during this week had dealt with the design challenge of open…Read more
Reflecting on symposium ORD Antwerp 2017: The challenges of open online education
The annual conference, the Education Research Days (ORD) took place last month in Antwerp. At this large dutch speaking conference, both Flemish and Dutch researchers within the education field present…Read more
Leaves are falling, ICO Fall School is calling!
Looking outside the window red, yellow and brown trees are passing with 300 km/h. Flat landscapes are being alternated with somewhat more mountain like surroundings (disclaimer: if you’re Dutch, everything…Read more
Lecture series “Towards open educational processes and practices” during Open Education Week
During the Open Education Week the Open University of the Netherlands is offering a series of online lectures, presentations and expert discussions. The week is supported by the Netherlands National…Read more