Blended learning offers a learner-centred approach that employs both in-class learning and digital technology to facilitate online learning. Such an approach is especially advantageous to adult-learners in higher education as it meets their educational needs. However, adult-learners’ participation in …

De fors toenemende vergrijzing in Nederland is een actueel thema. Het speelt een steeds grotere rol door toename van complexe zorgvragen en afname van het aantal mantelzorgers en zorgprofessionals. Dit zorgt voor een maatschappelijke uitdaging. Door de inzet van innovatieve ontwikkelingen in de thuissituatie …

Background: Different surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty (THA) exist, without predisposition when it comes to dislocation risk. The direct anterior approach (DAA) is thought to have reduced risk since soft tissue trauma is minimalized. Therefore, we assessed the dislocation risk for different …

De afgelopen jaren wordt er in Nederland nagedacht over hoe het materiële en immateriële erfgoed van de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de Atlantikwall betekenisvol, tastbaar en deelbaar gemaakt kan worden. Omdat de oorlogsgeneratie langzaam verdwijnt heeft de opdrachtgever MOOI Noord-Holland gevraagd om een …

This systematic review focused on synthesizing information on studies that evaluated influential and constitutional factors that characterize (elements of) a learning environment for developing Information Problem Solving (IPS) in Higher Education students. Specifically, the goal was to create a comprehensive …

Peer discussions play a major role in students’ collaborative problem-solving activity. These discussions provide researchers and teachers with a wealth of information about the students' reasoning. To analyse such discussions, different theoretical lenses are available, such as Schoenfeld’s problem …

While feedback is frequently emphasized as a crucial principle of presentation courses in higher education, previous studies revealed that teachers outperform peers in terms of impact on students’ development of oral presentation competence. Further, presentation research showed that the lack of quality …

Presenting is considered as a core skill for the higher-educated professional (De Grez, 2009). However, many graduated students often fail to show effective presentation behaviors (Chan, 2011) and suffer from presentation anxiety Smith & Sodano, 2011). The development of presentation skills, therefore, …

With the increasing presence of new media, life in classrooms all around the world has drastically changed. The critical and conscious use of media messages provided by technological devices has developed into a crucial 21st century skill. Lin et al. (2013) have laid ground for a useful and proven theoretical …

De afgelopen jaren is veel tijd, energie en geld geïnvesteerd in het verbeteren van de kwaliteit van het hoger onderwijs. Tegelijkertijd zien we de druk op studenten eerder toe- dan afnemen. Uitval, stress, psychische klachten en groeiende ontevredenheid bij studenten laat ons weten dat er iets flink …