Prof. Dr. Filip Dochy

Prof. dr. Filip Dochy studied Physical Education, Educational Psychology and Law at the Universities of Gent and Leuven (Belgium). He received his Ph.D in Educational Technology in 1991. He is currently professor at the Center for Research on Teacher Training and Training Methodology and at the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Participation of the University of Leuven (Belgium) and he is special professor of research into Educational Innovation & Information Techonology at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands). Dr Dochy was visiting professor at the Universities of Gothenburg (Sweden) and the Chalmers University and the Burnel University in London (UK).

He is a member of the Dutch and Belgian schools of Educational Research and he is manager of the EARLInet (the European Educational Research network) and the EARLIweb. He was President of the European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) from 2003 until 2005. Dr Dochy has written many publications. His areas of interest are: Training and training methodology, both in corporate settings and in higher education; Team learning and lifelong learning; Educational Assessment (including new modes of assessment in (higher) education); New learning and learning arrangements; and Assessment and edumetrics.

Topics

    Current insights of 'What is effective learning?'

    Education in the future

    Innovation in high education

    Cooperate learning

    A learning organization

    The role of schooling and education in making employers professionals

    The future of exams: testculture versus assessment culture

    Technology in schooling

    Knowledge economy

    Creativity