Author Archives: Matthijs

  SURFNET just published a new report (in Dutch) on location based services and higher education, of which I am co-author. The report identifies trends in the field of location based services and assesses how these trends could be used to improve higher education (colleges and universities). The Dutch summary of the report can be [...]

The Chinese new year has just started, and this is the year of the Dragon. As I am born in 1976, I am a fire dragon and this year is supposed to be a very prosperous and lucky year for me. So what better year to take on a new challenge and become an entrepreneur? [...]

We have just finished a report on the Future of Learning for the European Commission / IPTS, and I am really proud of the result. We also have developed several personas of European learners in 2020. The videos of these will be uploaded shortly. More information about the report: This report aims to identify, understand [...]

Some time ago, I gave a presentation at Kennisnet’s annual Vlootschouw event on business models of digital educational content. The presentation is in Dutch, and can be viewed below. The presentation was based on this report.

Last year, the volcano eruptions in Iceland prevented me from going to the European Broadcasting Union’s annual conference in Luzern, Switzerland. Fortunately, skies were bright this time and I could attend this very interesting conference. Many broadcasters from all over Europe showed trailers of new TV shows, of which the Norwegian science education show – [...]

Children do not belong in war. Ever. It violates their rights and undermines their future prospects. The Conn@ct.Now programme I am working for supports children in Burundi, Colombia, Sudan and Uganda to enjoy their right to education, protection and psycho-social well-being. The Conn@ct.Now programme uses innovative Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) and media to do [...]

Het afgelopen jaar hebben mijn collega’s en ik hard gewerkt aan een studie voor Kennisnet rond businessmodellen van digitaal leermateriaal. Het onderzoek vond plaats in een periode waarin de markt voor digitaal leermateriaal volop in beweging was. Digitaal leermateriaal wordt nog veelal als bijgerecht gezien door zowel uitgevers als onderwijsinstellingen. Dat is niet verbazingwekkend: de [...]

At the ICERI conference in Madrid, Spain, I was interviewed by Jim Playfoot who writes for the UK-based initiative Effective Education for Employment. This initiative, which is sponsored by Edexcel and publishing giant Pearson, was conceived with the aim of tackling the issue how well the employment and training needs of employers, individuals and governments [...]

Onder bovenstaande titel is onlangs een interview gepubliceerd met Farid Tabarki en mijzelf in Kader Primair, een blad voor leidinggevenden in het basisonderwijs. In het interview geven we aan hoe een nieuwe generatie werknemers de wereld ziet, en steeds vaker buiten de gebaande paden haar doelen bereikt. Daarnaast gaan we ook in op de staat [...]