Inge de Waard

Current

member of the Advisory Committee at Online Educa Berlin
elearning coordinator and researcher at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
reviewer of research papers and articles at different Educational Institutions

editor & film critic at ZiZo

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Past

consultant at ITC - Turin
stafmember / coordinator electronic change management at equal opportunities organisation

Education

Flemish Community
Universiteit Antwerpen
Atheneum Deurne

Life itself
Provinciale Hogeschool Oost-Vlaanderen

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Inge de Waard’s Summary

Within the ITM (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp) eLearning is a growing educational branch and research topic.

One part of my job is to help partner institutes (Morocco, Ecuador, India...) start-up or deepen their own eLearning programs as a consultant. This international collaboration is challenging because these partners all reside in low resource countries, demanding creative technical and cultural solutions. I must admit that this is also the benefit of the challenge.

Another part of my job is getting in-house change management going and getting people involved both in eLearning and in adopting social media. Practically this means I build formal social media courses, redesign face-2-face courses into interactive (of course!) online courses and get people informed about the benefits of Lifelong Learning.

I also took the initiative to start on mobile projects that are linked to Medical projects within ITM. The mobile projects are also very rewarding and opening new opportunities.

Besides the more formal approaches there is a variety of informal learning stimulated by initiatives launched by my colleagues and/or myself. I first got into informal learning while discussing on the internettime.ning community. This was a real eye-opener because it showed me that the way I had been learning all my life was actually a management and educational strategy.

ITM is specialized in Tropical medicine and attracts a lot of International post-graduate students and researchers, also from low resource settings. Inspired by my previous work experience I also incorporate gender and diversity in the design of the courses and the informal learning moments.

So basically I am an (ad-hoc) TELearning researcher and consultant, who presents her work during international conferences and writes papers and articles on mobile learning, eLearning, social media in eLearning with a gender twist and most of the time aimed at low resource settings.

Inge de Waard’s Specialties:

knowledge management, instructional design, change management, didactical approaches, lifelong learning, multimedia design, informal learning, Web 2.0, ICT4D, vod/podcasting, low resource settings, eLearning quality assurance, gender.

Inge de Waard’s Experience

member of the Advisory Committee

Online Educa Berlin

(E-Learning industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)
elearning coordinator and researcher

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry)

2006 — Present (3 years)
reviewer of research papers and articles

different Educational Institutions

(E-Learning industry)

February 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

In my previous job I was asked to be a reviewer on papers and articles on gender and diversity. In my new job I have been asked to review (research) papers and articles on the topic of eLearning or Technology Enhanced Learning.
editor & film critic

ZiZo

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
consultant

ITC - Turin

(E-Learning industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
stafmember / coordinator electronic change management

equal opportunities organisation

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry)

January 1997 — September 2004 (7 years 9 months)

Inge de Waard’s Education

Flemish Community

graduate , IT web developer & eLearning , 2005 — 2006
Universiteit Antwerpen

postgraduate , Gender studies , 2001 — 2003
Atheneum Deurne

science & mathematics 1980 — 1985
Life itself

superb Master(y) , Interdisciplinary topics that somewhat relate to my professional experience.

Activities and Societies:

Informal learning is not done within an institution but comes along as you pick-up bits and pieces that interest you. I have been an eager informal learner from the moment I got my hands on it.
Provinciale Hogeschool Oost-Vlaanderen

Mandarin Chinese