About ICT and Education

On the Learning Lab site information can be found about the recent developments in view and policy, results of research and a selection of experiences of the users.

The information offered is tremendous, too much for the average UM-user (our target group). The selection made on the basis of the criteria of quality, educational relevance and interfaces with UM-specific education matters, are presented in the following sections.

1.  Working with EleUM                                                          Within the framework of EleUM, the new Electronic learning environment of Universiteit Maastricht that is based on Blackboard, Learning Lab gives support for the didactic embedding of ICT in education at UM, while also evaluating the implementation process and consumer use of this new learning environment.

      In this section you can find information that is useful in the realization of the UM-policy, in which not the technique takes a central point, but the use of the technique within the context of a view on the connection between education and learning.  

2.  Collaborative learning                                                          This section pays attention to the progress in the area of CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning) from a didactical point of view of the use of ICT (the direct support of the learning process). Emphasized is the use of electronical communication by students and docents during learning.

Also interesting links about collaborative learning and ICT are to be found in this section.  

 3. Developments on the area of ICT applications in education                                                                        In this section you can find current information, reports, peer-reviewed electronic magazines and references to sites of other expert centers.

4.  Publications Learning Lab                                          Here you find a survey of publications and presentation of the staff members of the Learning Lab.