by Jeroen Jansz | Jan 30, 2020 | research, serious gaming, teaching
In The Netherlands, memories of World War II and the Holocaust are very much alive. At the same time, there are worries that current youth and future generation will lose contact with this difficult part of Dutch history. Therefore, I enthusiastically accepted the...
by Jeroen Jansz | Jan 29, 2020 | research, teaching
On 12 December 2020, Lei Yang successfully defended her PhD thesis at Erasmus University. I am proud she succeeded within the four year’s time frame. Her research is about health communication. She studied to what extent health information in China is targeted...
by Jeroen Jansz | Oct 8, 2019 | teaching, university life
The Executive Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam appointed me as the academic director of the Community for Learning and Innovation (CLI). The appointment is from September 2019 till December 2023. It is quite an honor to be in charge of this vibrant community. And...
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 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...
by Jeroen Jansz | Apr 2, 2019 | creative, teaching
From 22-24 March 2019, I was in Dubai participating in the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) that is a unique, huge get together of people dedicated to education. There were many teachers from primary and secondary education, lots of school principals and many...