Blended learning, a teaching format in which face-to-face and online learning is integrated, nowadays is an important development in education. Little is known, however, about its affordances for teacher education, and for domain specific didactical courses in particular. To investigate this topic, we …

Background: Assessment can have various functions, and is an important impetus for student learning. For assessment to be effective, it should be aligned with curriculum goals and of sufficient quality. Although it has been suggested that assessment quality in physical education (PE) is suboptimal, research …

This paper reviews studies of peer feedback from the novel perspective of the providers of that feedback. The possible learning benefits of providing peer feedback in online learning have not been extensively studied. The goal of this study was therefore to explore the process of providing online peer …

The cultivation of intrinsic motivation is key in the 21th century, but most students in Dutch vocational education lack this quality. To foster intrinsic motivation, a strong career-learning environment is needed that enables students to develop career competencies and a career identity. However such …

Learning in professional networks is gaining popularity in teachers’ professional development. To study how teachers evaluated their networks, we developed a questionnaire called the ‘network barometer’ to inquire functioning according to three dimensions based on communities of practice theory: domain, …

Learning from others has been reported as a productive approach for teacher Professional Development (PD) and is seen as a valuable addition to formal PD. Specific insights into whether social learning suits teachers is still lacking. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to develop and apply an …

It is discussed that the cultural sector provides opportunities to develop key competencies, also referred as generic competencies. Competencies are described as skills, knowledge and attitudes that profession practisers needs to apply in a professional practise, besides job-specific competencies. A …

Dit onderzoek heeft als doel in kaart te brengen hoe een online onderwijsmodule in de toekomst het best ingezet en vormgegeven kan worden voor tweedejaars Social Work studenten binnen het leerpakket professionele ontwikkeling (POW). Met dit onderzoek is kennis verkregen over ervaringen met blended learning, …

1) Achtergrond Het gebruik van informatie- en communicatietechnologie ten dienste van de gezondheidszorg, ook wel eHealth genoemd, is sinds de jaren ’90 exponentieel gestegen. Tot op heden is echter weinig onderzoek gedaan naar mogelijke ongewenste effecten en/of beperkingen van eHealth. Het doel van …