dr.ir. Robert Schuwer (The Hague, 1955) is an independent consultant and researcher on Open Educational Resources.
My experiences:
- Adjunct Professor Open Education at University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia (2023-now)
- Professor Open Educational Resources at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, School of ICT (2014-2022)
- UNESCO Chair on Open Educational Resources and their adoption by teachers, learners and institutions (2016-2022)
- Captain of the subprogram Towards (open) digital educational resources in the Dutch Acceleration agenda for Innovation of Higher Education using Technology (2019-2022)
- Chairman of the Special Interest Group Open Education of SURF (2010-2020)
- Project leader Content at the national program Wikiwijs (2009-2013)
- Project leader of the project OpenER at the Open University Netherlands, the first initiative of publishing OER in the Netherlands (2006-2008)
- Specialisms: implementation and policies on adoption of Open Educational Resources and Open Education
- Previous experiences include teacher mathematics, assistant/associate professor Management Science and Computer Science, CTO at a software development company, independent consultant for solving information problems
My education:
- Master Mathematics at the Catholic University Nijmegen (1980)
- MsC Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology (1989)
- PhD at Eindhoven University of Technology. Thesis Het nut van kennissystemen (The value of Knowledge Base Systems) (1993)
My company OER Consultancy:
- Chamber of Commerce ID (KvK-nummer): 90154401
- VAT ID (BTW-ID): NL004793434B14
