Society and (higher) education have changed rapidly in recent decades. For example, since knowledge has become more volatile, life-long learning has become increasingly important. Higher education itself has been subject of change in the last decade as well. Particularly in the wake of social-constructivist …

Instant messaging (IM) is the term used to describe the technology through which 'users can set up a list of partners who will be able to receive notes that pop up on their screens the moment one of them writes and hits the send button'. While early use could be described as mainly for fun, IM today …

Ons onderzoek heeft als doel voor het veranderende hoger onderwijs relevante educatieve toepassingen van instant messaging te identificeren en empirisch te toetsen in bestaande onderwijssettings. De eerste stap hierin was een vooronderzoek naar het huidige educatieve IM-gebruik door studenten, en de …