The internet is becoming a tightly interwoven part of our everyday lives. There is a growing market for web services which augment the daily life of users trough products with an internet connection. We call these real world extensions of the web embedded media. In the last couple of years we explored …

Introduction and theoretical background Professional development of teacher educators is an important issue because in order to be able to teach the teachers of the future, teacher educators have to keep their own knowledge and skills 'future proof' (Kools, 2011a). A lot of professional development …

Professional development of teacher educators is an important issue. In order to be able to teach the teachers of the future, teacher educators have to keep their own knowledge and skills 'future proof'. When it comes to professional development, very often people think of 'attending courses'. But attending …

The way that innovation is currently done requires a new research methodology that enables co-creation and frequent, iterative evaluation in realworld settings. This paper describes the employment of the living lab methodology that corresponds to this need. Particularly, this paper presents the way that …

A comparative corporate level study between [three] institutional different certificate holders in Sweden, to determine the contribution of FSC on social/behavioral change (as a prerequisite for long term environmental impact), by following up CARs.

As part of a government-initiated programme based on the concept of professional development schools, three secondary schools in Amsterdam decided to facilitate teachers in their schools to engage in practice research. This was based on the assumption that research conducted by teachers contributes both …

The scope of this thesis of Gerrit Bouwhuis, lecturer at Saxion Research Centre for Design and Technology in Enschede is the development of a new industrial applicable pre-treatment process for cotton based on catalysis. The pre-treatment generally consists of desizing, scouring and bleaching. These …

Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (MD1) is one of the most prevalent neuromuscular diseases, yet very little is known about how MD1 affects the lives of couples and how they themselves manage individually and together. To better match health care to their problems, concerns and needs, it is important …

"The World of the [open] innovator" described the background of the revolution we are in in innovation and what the consequences are for innovation, changing towards design driven open innovation. We reframed innovation to meet new needs and values of companies and organizations in our work field. We …

Er wordt al jaren veel gesproken over 'de onderzoekende leraar', maar vinden we die ook in de praktijk? In een onderzoekssamenwerking tussen de Fontys lerarenopleiding Tilburg en het Ruud de Moor Centrum van de Open Universiteit zijn we op zoek gegaan naar de mogelijkheden van het doen van onderzoek …