5 Questions from Traintool: Teaching Soft Skills Online

Recently I was asked a few questions by Traintool about using training softs skills online. Below the questions and answers (the original is here, the session was in Dutch which is available here): 1. To what extent to you believe soft skills can be trained online? “Believe” is probably the right verb for this question. … Continue reading 5 Questions from Traintool: Teaching Soft Skills Online

Free Software in Education and Implementation Scenarios for VLE’s (in Dutch)

About one and half years ago I wrote two Dutch articles for Van twaalf tot achttien, a magazine catering for teachers in secondary education. These articles were the first in this magazine to be published under a Creative Commons licence. This means that I can publish them on this blog and that you will be … Continue reading Free Software in Education and Implementation Scenarios for VLE’s (in Dutch)

The Height of a Payment as an Indicator of the Value of the Service

A former colleague of mine recently read a Dutch article about Martijn Aslander and the new economy. Whenever Aslander does a presentation or talk, he lets the members of the audience decide what the value of the talk was and pay him accordingly. My ex-colleague was fascinated with the concept and is now wondering whether … Continue reading The Height of a Payment as an Indicator of the Value of the Service