Bas Giesbers
Learning innovation consultant and researcher, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Bas Giesbers is learning innovation consultant and researcher within Rotterdam School of Management's Learning Innovation Team. After studying educational psychology, he gained experience in educational technology, teaching, teacher professionalisation and research in the context of both on-site and (remedial) distance education. In the learning innovation team of RSM, he works on the innovation of the whole educational portfolio in collaboration with program directors and teaching staff. This includes educational (re)design toward blended models of delivery, providing advice to management and faculty, organising teacher professionalisation, and participate in project teams that work on a variety of projects such as digital assessment and the development of multimedia learning material like video.
He obtained a PhD in educational psychology at Maastricht University (2013), on a dissertation that focused on the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication in distance education, and the role of motivation and learner interaction. His current research interests lie in the field of online collaborative learning, synchronous and asynchronous online communication, motivation, and the use of learning analytics to understand and improve learning.