Meij, Jan van der

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Short bio

Jan van der Meij (1970) is assistant professor at ELAN: Institute for Teacher Education, Science Communication & School Practices. After finishing a teacher training in electronics at Pedagogical Technical Higher Education (PTH) in Zwolle (1990-1994) and graduating with a masters degree in Educational Technology from the University of Twente (1997), he worked at the educational software design department of the national Centre for the Innovation of Education and Training (CINOP) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (1997-2001). In March 2001 he started his PhD project at this University where he became permanent staff member in August 2006. He defended his PhD thesis titled “Support for learning with multiple representations: Designing simulation-based learning environments” on the 20^th of December 2007 (pdf version). If you would like a hardcopy of his PhD thesis, please send him an email.

Jan’s research interest lies in learning with (multiple) dynamic representations. He is especially interested in ways to support students in the process of relating different representations and translating between them. Besides that, he is exploring the research field of giving cognitive and motivational support by pedagogical agents, the use of interactive whiteboards, and video instruction. Moreover, he is one of the projectleaders of the Innovatie Impuls Onderwijs project Live Videolessons responsible for teacher development and he is supporting the Twents Carmel College schools with the use of iPads in the classroom.

Memberships

·	European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)

·	Vereniging Lerarenopleiders Nederland (VELON)

Research interests

Computer supported inquiry learning; Simulation-based learning; Learning with multiple representations; Pedagogical Agents; Vocational training; Interactive whiteboards; Eyetracking; (Live) video instruction

Teaching

AWARD:

In 2009 Jan received the Educational Science and Technology (Onderwijskunde) Teacher of the Year award.

Nomination:

In 2011 Jan was nominated for the Educational Science and Technology (Onderwijskunde) Teacher of the Year award.

Master Science Education and Communication (Lerarenopleiding ELAN)

Jan teaches the courses:

·	Onderwijskunde 1 (didactics 1)

·	Onderwijskunde 2 (didactics 2)

UT Honours program – design track

Jan teaches the module:

·	Educational design

Projects

·	Innovatie Impuls Onderwijs live videolessen (IIO website)

·	iPads in de klas bij de Twents Carmel College scholen (TCC website)

Selected publications

·	van der Meij, H, van der Meij, J., & Harmsen, R. (submitted). Animated Pedagogical Agents: Do they enhance student motivation and learning in an inquiry learning environment?

·	van Leeuwen, T. H., Manalo, E. & van der Meij, J. (submitted). EEG Recordings Indicate that More Abstract Diagrams Need More Mental Resources to Process.

·	van Amelsvoort, M. A. A., van der Meij, J., Anjewierden, A. A., & van der Meij, H. (in press). The importance of design in learning from diagrams. Instructional Science.

·	van der Meij, H., van der Meij, J., & Farkas, D. K. (2013). QuikScan Formatting as a Means to Improve Text Recall. Journal of Documentation. 69(1), 81-79.

·	van der Meij, J. & van Joolingen, W. R. (2013). Authoring system. The TEL Thesaurus and Dictionary meta-project. http://www.tel-thesaurus.net/wiki/index.php/Authoring_system

·	van der Meij, J. & van der Meij, H. (2012). Dynamische representaties op het digitale bord: Verbeteren de resultaten? JSW (Jeugd in School en Wereld), 97, 12, 20-23.

·	de Jong, T., & van der Meij, J. (2012). Learning with multiple representations. In N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (pp. 2026-2029). Berlin: Springer.

·	van der Meij, J. & van der Meij, H. (2012). Dynamic representations on the interactive whiteboard. In E. de Vries & K. Scheiter (Eds.), Proceedings of the EARLI SIG 2 meeting 2012 (pp. 145-147). France, Grenoble.

·	Van der Meij, H., & Van der Meij, J. (2012). Improving text recall with multiple summaries. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(2), 257-269.

·	van Amelsvoort, M. A. A., van der Meij, J., Anjewierden, A. A., & van der Meij, H. (2011). The importance of design in learning from diagrams. Paper presented at the EARLI 2011, Exeter, UK.

·	van der Meij, J., & de Jong, T. (2011). The effects of directive self-explanation prompts to support active processing of multiple representations in a simulation-based learning environment. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27, 411-423.

·	van Amelsvoort, M. A. A., & van der Meij, J. (2010). The importance of design in learning from diagrams. Paper presented at the EARLI SIG 2 Meeting, Tübingen.

·	van der Meij, J., & van Leeuwen, T. H. (2009). Use of multiple representations by novices and experts. Paper presented at the SWAET conference, Stavanger.

·	van der Meij, J. (2009). Apprendimento attraverso l'esplorazione di simulazioni (simulation-based inquiry learning) con SimQuest. In G. Marconato (ed.), Le tecnologie nella didattica. Gardolo, Italy: Edizioni Erickson.

·	van der Meij, J., & de Jong, T. (2008). Support for learning with multiple representations by sequencing and prompting. Paper presented at the ICLS conference, Amsterdam.

·	van der Meij, J. (2007). Support for learning with multiple representations: Designing simulation-based learning environments. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

·	van der Meij, J. (2007). Simulation-based inquiry learning with SimQuest. Paper presented at the Bolzano 07 conversation.

·	van der Meij, J., & de Jong, T. (2007). Sequencing multiple dynamic representations in a simulation-based learning environment. Paper presented at the EARLI conference, Budapest.

·	van der Meij, J., & de Jong, T. (2006). Learning with multiple representations: Supporting students' learning with multiple representations in a dynamic simulation-based learning environment. Learning & Instruction, 16, 199-212.

·	van der Meij, J., & de Jong, T. (2006). Progression in Multiple Representations; supporting students' learning with multiple representations in a dynamic simulation-based learning environment. Paper presented at the ORD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

de Jong, T., van Joolingen, W. R., Veermans, K., & van der Meij, J. (2005). Authoring discovery learning environments: In search for reusable components. In J. M. Spector & D. A. Wiley (Eds.), Innovations in instructional technology: Essays in honor of m. David merrill (pp. 11-28). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

·	van der Meij, J., & De Jong, T. (2004). Leren met multipele representaties. TINFON Tijdschrift voor Informatica Onderwijs, 13, 17-20.

·	van der Meij, J. (2001). Begeleid ontdekkend leren met simquest. TINFON Tijdschrift voor Informatica Onderwijs, 10, 15-19.