It was not my first Open Education Global conference, because when it was held in Delft (during my TU Delft Library time), in 2018, I attended a few sessions, but…
Open Education Global: Increasing Impact for All
The whisper of truth
(How to find and use your talent) Where the first module of our leadership course was about "sources of leadership", this module was about getting to know yourself and reflection.…
In balance with a strong mind
Changing jobs at the start of the pandemic is quite a challenge. Kickstarting within a vital unit that supported the continuation of the education for our students did not allow…
Open Science: Make the connection!
Response to the Open Consultation on the NPOS2030 Ambition Document After being heavily involved (as main author) in the process of writing the first national plan Open Science 2017-2020, I…
Show our case, librarians!
After the recordings for the OCLC Contact Day, Jeanine Deckers and Wilma van Wezenbeek agreed to write a blog together ... so here it is! It was fun to do,…
School’s out, and I go to a library
1991-2021 – realizing I will tick my thirty years of working experience, and reflecting on how I worked back then, and why I should choose to go for a physical…
“We are in this together”
Do we include education in the team science approach, or would it be useful to have a team education approach as well? I found a possible answer when I bumped…
Linking Open Education to Open Science
After seven months being responsible for student & educational affairs within a university (compared to having spent 14 years working in a university library, at another university), I know a…
Connected learning
After my first 100 days as director SOZ (SEA, Student & Educations Affairs) at the Vrije Universiteit, it is time for some reflections. A good opportunity to look back at…
Being a Community University
The new Director of Student and Educational Affairs, ir. Wilma van Wezenbeek, shares some thoughts about the direction in which the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam should be headed: could we be…