What are the preconditions that make the use of learning analytics a success? What is needed at the institution level, and what is needed at the national level? Aspects that are important are, for example, types of educational data, data quality, reliability of analyses, privacy and ethics, security, personnel preconditions, organisational support, applicable insights and target groups, and (national) scientific research.
Team leader Theo talks about the plans of his zone for 2020.
As of 1 February, Bram Enning, policy advisor Institutional Research at Leiden University of Applied Sciences, is the new team leader of the Secure and reliable ...
In a previous blog, we talked about the start of the national framework for learning analytics from the zone Learning analytics, about the privacy-friendly and ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is done. In a series of interviews, we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
On Friday February 14th, the zone Secure and reliable use of learning analytics has launched the Statistical Manual Learning Analytics at SURF in Utrecht. We ...
It is 2020, which means that the zone Secure and reliable use of learning analytics will start organising the development of a national Code of Practice ...
Everything offline for a week. To be able to offer fully online education after that week. From content, didactics to assessments. And that succeeded, says ...
Universities and universities of applied sciences found their way in organising distance education at an impressively fast pace. But how do you maintain the quality ...
Two online magazines, a very extensive helpdesk: these were the first steps at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences to facilitate teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
After two years of the Acceleration Plan, 2020 was the year of the acceleration. Time to take stock in this overview.
The zones present their action plans for the year 2021. The plans are now available to everyone.
In January, the team leaders presented the action plans for their zones for 2020 to the steering group. Below you will find a summary and a ...
It was 2018. A call for action. Digitisation is everywhere, but higher education is too slow. Accelerate? Yes of course! That is why we all ...
Ron Augustus is the Chief Innovation Officer and member of the Board of Directors of SURF and a member of the Strategy Team of the ...
Conchita Alvarez, senior advisor at the Dutch Police Academy, was delighted when she'd bought her first microwave. You were able to do so much with ...
Six months ago, the campuses of Dutch universities and colleges closed their physical doors. Our crisis management teams were prepared for many scenarios, but not ...
Robert Schuwer and Hilde van Wijngaarden of the Towards digital (open) educational resources zone discuss the eight vision statements from the Vision Document Learning Materials 2025.
This weekend was the Weekend of Science. Fleur Prinsen, leader of the zone Evidence-informed Educational innovation with ICT, explains why evidence-informed innovation in education is ...
On November 26, the Quality Issues working group within the Making education more flexible zone organized a network meeting "Flexible education within existing frameworks: challenges and ...
In the context of International Women's Day Marian Kat-de Jong tells you about the four generations of opportunities (in education) of the women in her ...
In a previous blog, we talked about the start of the national framework for learning analytics from the zone Learning analytics, about the privacy-friendly and ...
On March 12, it suddenly happened. All universities of applied sciences and research universities decided to close their physical doors, but their online doors remain open. ...
Their year on the board of student associations LSVb and ISO is almost over for Roos van Leeuwen (LSVb) and Eline van Hove (ISO). This ...
Erwin Bleumink is a member of the Acceleration Plan steering group on behalf of SURF. He has been involved from the beginning in the developments ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Acceleration Plan website, we did a series of interviews with members of the Acceleration Plan about their experiences ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Acceleration Plan website, we did a series of interviews with members of the Acceleration Plan about their experiences ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Acceleration Plan website, we did a series of interviews with members of the Acceleration Plan about their experiences ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Acceleration Plan website, we did a series of interviews with members of the Acceleration Plan about their experiences ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Acceleration Plan website, we did a series of interviews with members of the Acceleration Plan about their experiences ...
On Friday February 14th, the zone Secure and reliable use of learning analytics has launched the Statistical Manual Learning Analytics at SURF in Utrecht. We ...
The Better Connection to the Job Market is starting a focus group for the validation of recommendations to organise the collaboration between education and the ...
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Kim Schildkamp (professor and team leader of the Professional development Zone) will take you on ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is over. In a series of interviews, we look back with the leaders of the zones on how ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is done. In a series of interviews, we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is over. In a series of interviews we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is over. In a series of interviews we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is over. In a series of interviews we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is done. In a series of interviews, we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
The first year of the Acceleration Plan is over. In a series of interviews we look back on 2019 with the leaders of the zones. In ...
In November 2019, we met with all members of the Acceleration Plan for the very first time. 24 hours, or actually two days, the event lasted. Two ...
On Monday February 3rd, Minister of Education Van Engelshoven visited the zones Better connection to the job market and Facilitating professional development for lecturers of ...
The news that the institutions were to be closed didn't come like a surprise to anyway. Not at least to Peter Dekker. He and his ...
As of January 1, 2021, Nico Boot, who works as a lecturer and coach at Leiden University of Applied Sciences, is the new team leader of the ...
As of 1 February, Bram Enning, policy advisor Institutional Research at Leiden University of Applied Sciences, is the new team leader of the Secure and reliable ...
With the departure of Timo Kos to Saxion University of Applied Sciences, where he will start as member of the Executive Board, the Steering Group ...
Earlier this year, we unfortunately had to say goodbye to Ellen van den Berg as leader of the zone Job market connection due to personal ...
Welcome to the new website of the Acceleration Plan for Educational Innovation with ICT! This is our brand new website, dedicated to the Acceleration Plan. ...
The OE Global (Open Education Global) took place from 16 to 20 November 2020. This is a conference in which interested parties, from all educational sectors and from ...
The Corona crisis has lead to a great and immediate call for expertise and facilities in the field of online education. This has brought the ...
On Monday 25 May, the ComeniusNetwerk and ISO (Dutch National Student Association), in collaboration with SURF, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and the ...
On 7 April, the Minister of Higher Education made another visit to our zone Facilitating professional development for lecturers. This time, of course, the visit took ...
On Tuesday 7 April, Minister Van Engelshoven paid her first digital working visit ever, to the ComeniusNetwork, SURF and the Acceleration Plan. The visit was prompted ...
This week is Open Education Week. Robert Schuwer, Lector Open Educational Resources at Fontys University of Applied Sciences and team leader of the zone Digital (...
What role did education play in the Dutch general elections of 2021? In this piece, Aukje de Ruijter (ISO) and Eline Terpstra (LSVb) reflect on the ...
Together. Learning together, developing together, determining together what is needed. "Together" was the magic word of the professional development session during the SURF Education Days 2020.
The Radiant Teachers' Day took place on Wednesday 20 May. Radiant Teacher Training is a partnership of 9 universities of applied sciences with teacher training programmes in ...
Since the COVID-19 crisis, cold feet are a thing of the past when it comes to online education. Meanwhile, the emphasis has shifted to hybrid ...
How can you better use data for the connection between training and the professional field? You can read this in the report Data-driven connection to ...
On February 5, the third meeting of the zone Accelerating Together took place. This time the meeting was centered around the theme of learning analytics. During ...
On 1 February, the Better connection to the job market zone met in a focus group with various participants about hybrid learning environments.
Last week, Ulrike Wild (leader of the zone Flexibilisation), Theo Bakker (leader of the zone Learning analytics), Rens van der Vorst (member of the zone ...
Why not deal creatively with the challenges of the coronacrisis? That was the approach of Kees Ritmeester, innovation program manager at Driestar educational in Gouda. ...
The first digital meeting of the Flexible education zone took place on 17 April. In the midst of a pandemic, the team explored what COVID-19 does ...
It is 2020, which means that the zone Secure and reliable use of learning analytics will start organising the development of a national Code of Practice ...
On 15 September, during a Get in the Ring event, the participants were selected for the EdTech Validation Lab 2020. A program of 10 weeks in which startups ...
Students must be able to register for courses at other institutions at the click of a button. That is one of the ambitions of the ...
On 13 May 2019, 15 students took part in the feedback session organised by SURF and the acceleration zone Making education more flexible. The theme of the session ...
The 2019-2020 academic year was the first full academic year for the Acceleration Plan. It was an eventful and busy year for us, not just ...
In November 2019, we met with all members of the Acceleration Plan for the very first time. 24 hours, or actually two days, the event lasted. Two ...
Every week we introduce a different Acceleration Plan member to you. This week: Jet de Ranitz, CEO of SURF and member of the steering committee ...
Every week we introduce a different member of the Acceleration Plan to you. This week: Marian Kat-de Jong, connector of the Professoinal development zone.
Every week we introduce you to someone working in the Acceleration Plan. This week: Michelle Olmstead, Director of the Centre for Innovation at Leiden University, ...
Initially, I intended to dedicate this blog post to how the covid-19 crisis has led to a huge IT acceleration at Breda University ...
As a student in the university council, having the opportunity to talk to people from the educational world is a great opportunity. Therefore, my visit ...
Going all out: the VU Amsterdam was fully aware of this when the COVID-19 crisis broke out. Numerous initiatives sprang up like mushrooms. But there ...
Many lecturers in higher education have experienced for themselves it's not easy to teach online. Certainly not when forced by the pressure of a pandemic ...
Developing at a suitable model for digital educational resources is the ambition of the Accelerating Together zone, and they need your help to get there. ...
Two new working groups have been started within the Acceleration Plan. A Remote digital assessment working group and an Online education of practical skills working ...
Higher education can still use some oil or another lubricant to get moving in the field of educational innovation with IT. Things are squeaking quite ...
Since the start of the Community Online Education the SURF communities site, we have been organising a webinar every week on a topic within online ...
The steering committee has decided to discontinue the zone in its current form as of March 2021.