by Jeroen Jansz | Mar 30, 2020 | creative, media, teaching, university life
The Erasmus Medical Center is very much present in the national news, because IC planning is coordinated by the EMC. In addition, all nurses, doctors and caretakers are in focus because of the amazing work they do. Meanwhile, medical education continues. After one...
by Jeroen Jansz | Mar 27, 2020 | media
In the first week of March, I went on a business trip to the USA. I joined the team of SURF.nl (the national network of research on higher education) to participate in EDUCAUSE’s Learning Initiative 2020 in Seattle, a large conference about educational...
by Jeroen Jansz | Oct 20, 2019 | media, research, serious gaming
On 12 October I gave an invited lecture about Playful engagement through serious gaming at the international conference ‘Innovative Digital Practices in History Education’. I was invited by Mario Carretero and María Cantabrana (Autónoma University Madrid). The venue...
by Jeroen Jansz | Jun 15, 2019 | creative, media, teaching
Early June, I immersed myself in an intensive workshop about Design Thinking. The focus was on its potential usefulness for academic education, but we also touched upon managerial issues. For example, when we discussed that future academic education will benefit from...
by Jeroen Jansz | May 21, 2019 | media, university life
MNX19, the Dutch national event on media literacy was very well attended in the beautiful building of Beeld & Geluid (Media Park, Hilversum). I gave a talk about the goals of the Scientific Council in which I emphasized the importance of close links between...
by Jeroen Jansz | May 20, 2019 | creative, media, teaching, university life
This weekend we had the very first hackathon on campus at Erasmus University. It was devoted to developing ideas for future education. Teams of students were coached by lecturers and also received technical support during this 24 hour event. Many teams came up with...
