The belief in progress, and with it the short sustainability of contentment has colonized the world and forms a powerful revenue model behind (technological) innovation. Under the heading of Life-Long-Learning, it got another boost in education. In this article it is argued that letting people become …

Workshop with clay: Silent becoming, Metamorphoses of organic forms

In higher educational institutes, much time and effort is invested in the innovation of learning designs with educational technologies. To see a return on investment, it is important to work in an evidence-informed manner by incorporating both scientific and practice-based evidence to guide design decisions, …

The number of applications in which industrial robots share their working environment with people is increasing. Robots appropriate for such applications are equipped with safety systems according to ISO/TS 15066:2016 and are often referred to as collaborative robots (cobots). Due to the nature of human-robot …

A pedagogy of attention to the light in the eyes: Environmental education in a new key

Workshop in het aan elkaar beschrijven en tekenen van afbeeldingen van planten, op basis van werk van Karl Blossfelft. Locatie: Groninger Museum.

The setting is the intensive course Art and Sustainability Education that I teach annually as Professor in Art Education at the Estonian Academy of Arts. This time, in the autumn of 2018, I am with ten students and we have gathered for four days in Arbavere, a resort on the periphery of Lahemaa National …

To help the cities realise their positive energy districts, the Atelier project includes a capacity building programme, in which professionals in the partner cities can learn from each other and experts how to make their ambitions come true. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is one of the partners …

Data has been deemed fundamental to the digital transformation in society and businesses. It can influence all spheres of a company. Data-driven insights enable companies to make better decisions and thus to become more competitive in the market. The demand for data-literate employees and citizens needs …

Some of the most striking accounts of the inventive power of imagination come from former prisoners who have spent time in solitary confinement. In these testimonies, they relate how their imaginative capacity enabled them to keep their sanity, even in the most arduous circumstances. Somehow they managed …