Symposium Research on MOOCs, May 26, Wageningen University

On May 26 2015, 9:30 – 18:30hrs, the VOR Divisions ICT and Higher Education jointly organize a symposium on research on MOOCs. The symposium will take place in Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
During a number of presentations you will get an overview of current research into MOOCs and during the afternoon you will have the opportunity to listen to short case presentations by participants regarding research into MOOCs. But you can also provide your own cases to present at the symposium. There is an option on the registration form to indicate your interest in presenting a case.
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George Wilson Kasule successfully defended dissertation

George Wilson Kasule of Kyambogo University Kampala in Uganda successfully defended his dissertation in Wageningen University today. The topic of his thesis is Innovation Competence of University Teachers in Uganda. Co-Promotor was Dr. Renate Wesselink. Opponents (from left to right): Prof. emeritus Albert Pilot (University of Utrecht); Prof. Tiny van Boekel (Wageningen University); Prof. Michael Gessler (ITB Bremen). Continue reading George Wilson Kasule successfully defended dissertation

Upcoming conference ‘Competence and Excellence in Extension and Education’

Next in my conference Calender is the international conference on ‘Competence and Excellence in Extension and Education’, taking place in Wageningen, the Netherlands, on April 28-May 1. We are looking forward to welcoming over 350 participants, members of the AIAEE and ESEE, from all continents of the world. Continue reading Upcoming conference ‘Competence and Excellence in Extension and Education’

2015’s AERA

2015’s AERA in Chicago is almost over for me, but it was very rewarding. See the prentations page for downloadable papers and PPTs. On Saturday April 18 I had the pleasure to chair a high-level coherent and empirical research session on Competence Development in Workplace Learning.  Continue reading 2015’s AERA