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Persuading Policy Makers: Funding Your Innovative Ideas in Blended Learning
Date Friday, Nov 24 Time –
In this session you will learn how to effectively communicate your ideas in blended learning to gain policy support and funding.
Discover techniques to present your proposals in a compelling way and explore the principles of a successful flipped classroom. With the knowledge gained from this session, you will be able to implement innovative approaches to blended learning and increase your influence in the education field.
John Heijligers
Web lecture director, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
John Heijligers directs online courses and trains instructors from around the world on techniques that help engage their online learners. "I work with instructors from all over the world. I always enjoy seeing how a little guidance, coaching and practice, can help them bring their confidence and passion from the classroom into the studio. Learning these techniques can help instructors become better and more effective teachers online." John is an experienced teacher with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in directing MOOCS and training instructors perform in MOOCS, Management, Performing Arts, Musical Theatre, and Improvisation. Strong professional with a Bachelor focused in teaching at the Academy for Drama (Academie voor Drama)
Martijn Klabbers
Education Innovator, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Martijn Klabbers is an education innovator at Eindhoven University. He is engaged in improving education by applying innovation methods to course development. Innovation involves story telling, gamification, and scalable solutions with the aim: Better quality with less effort.
He received an MSc. in Computer Science from the Technical University Delft in 1995. After his graduation he became a researcher at the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) and active in the representative bodies for researchers. Next, he started as a software developer at NIPO Software, a software department of a market research company, and subsequently became project leader and product manager, responsible for the data collection suite used by 200 customers worldwide. At the TU/e, he is a project manager and project developer of international projects at EdIn, the Education Innovation team of the department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Additionally, he has a seat in the university council of the TU/e. He has started the successful EIT Digital Master Programme in Data Science and developed a double degree master program in Embedded Systems at Coursera.