Bridging the Gap Between Instructional Design and Double-Loop Learning

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. Her research focuses on design methods and tools for Web applications, with particular emphasis on context-awareness, Web-based e-learning, Web usage mining, usability and accessibility. She is author of about 70 papers and is co-author of the book "Designing data-intensive Web Applications" (Morgan Kaufmann publisher, 2002).Ellen Rusman holds a Msc. in Educational Science and Technology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She spend several months as a student at the Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology (C-SALT) at Lancaster University and has been an educational designer at the Educational Technology Expertise Centre of the Open University of the Netherlands since 1998. She designs environments for learning, information and knowledge management. Her fields of expertise are the nurturing of networks for learning and working and educational design for computer supported collaborative learning. Recently she started to combine her work as an educational designer with in-depth research within a PhD trajectory on trust. Interpersonal trust is seen as an important determining factor for the successfulness of human collaboration. In this research she explores how members of a virtual team estimate each others trustworthiness and how they can be supported while making these estimations in mediated environments.Jan van Bruggen is an associate professor at the Educational Expertise Center (Otec) of the Open University of the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in educational technology. He conducted experimental research in cognitive and metacognitive reading and studying strategies. At the University of Amsterdam (COWO and SCO-Kohnstamm Institute) he co-pioneered one of the first firms in computer-based training and distance training for major Dutch financial institutions. He was involved in several European projects in Esprit (Eurohelp) as well as projects in Delta, where he was project leader of the Delta project ACES. In 1992, he joined the Open University of the Netherlands where he developed knowledge-based systems to support students and staff in curricular planning. Further, he was involved in the development of the "Virtual Company" educational scenario for competence building in virtual teams. At Otec he is involved in the Technology Development Program and holds the position of Deputy Dean in the master degree program "Active Learning". Rob Koper is professor in educational technology and director of RTD into learning technologies with the Open University of the Netherlands Educational Technology Expertice Centre. He was, among other things, responsible for the development of the Educational Modelling Language (the predecessor of IMS Learning Design). His research focuses on self-organised distributed learning networks for lifelong learning, including RTD into software agents, educational semantic web, interoperability specifications and standards. A recent book he edited with W. Jochems and J. van Merriënboer is "Integrated eLearning" (2004, London: RoutledgeFalmer). Bridging the Gap betwe...