Contact
General contact information
Secretariat CIT/ESI
Phone number: 050 363 9200
Visiting address
Mercator building, Zernike Campus (5415)
Landleven 1
9747 AD Groningen, the Netherlands
Domain manager
Teams
Educational Support and Innovation consists of five different teams, each with its own expertise. Below are the different teams, their staff, and information about how to get in touch with them.
Team Assessment Support
Team Assessment Support assists with the (digital) testing process. We do this by contributing to the development of testing, by providing support and advice to teachers, course coordinators, and educational staff about (digital) exams and testing formats. We also offer training with which we ensure that the testing process is further optimized.
Location
Zernike Campus
Mercator building, part 5415
First floor (rooms 0187, 0198, 0191 en 0193)
Contact
digitaaltoetsen@rug.nl

Team Educational Design and Development
Team Educational Design and Development supports teachers, faculty boards, support staff and others in education as educational advisors. We support the (re-)design of curriculums (minors and programs), individual courses, assessement, moocs and use of video in teaching. We do this in line with the UG educational strategy, pedagogical principles and didactic approaches. We provide workshops on Blended Active Learning. We guide and facilitate educational innovations including AI, Analytics for Teaching and Learning and Active Learning Classrooms.
Location
Zernike Campus
Mercator building part 5415, ground floor, rooms 0093 and 0091
Contact
cit-tedd@rug.nl
Team members
Hans Beldhuis
Jan Tjeerd Groenewoud (team lead)
Iain Johnston-White
Angelos Konstantinidis
Wytze Koopal
Tom Spits
Jellina Timmer

Team Educational Institutional Research
Our Goal
Team Educational Institutional Research contributes to improving the quality of education. We do this by providing policy makers and educational professionals with relevant educational information through reports and analyses.
Location
Zernike Campus
Mercator building, part 5415
First floor (rooms 0183 and 0185)
Contact
esievaluatie@rug.nl

Team members
Esther Bouma (team lead)
Irene Douwes-van Ark
Jasper van de Kamp
Jan Folkert Deinum
Rob Nijenkamp
Carlien Vermue
Team Educational Staff Development
The Educational Staff Development team enables current lecturers and other university staff to improve their teaching-related skills via workshops, courses, instructional coaching and other tailored activities. Additionally, we offer coaching and training for the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), Senior Teaching Qualification (STQ), and Educational Leadership programmes. Our target groups include individual teachers and PhD students, faculties, and departments.
Our Goal
Developing and maintaining a Continuous Professional Development portfolio for all University of Groningen teachers in order to improve educational quality.
Location
Zernike Campus
Mercator building part 5415
Ground floor (rooms 0083, 0085, 0087 and 0089)

Team members
Esther Arrindell
Esther Visscher (team lead)
Gabriëlle Visser
Fabiola Figueroa Esquivel
Felicia de Koning
Inge Hovius
Mahshid Alvandi
Marlies Venhuizen-ter Beek (UTQ coordinator)
Rick Huizinga
Sanne Dijkema
Sytske Dijkgraaf-Nijdam (course coordinator)
Tracy Poelzer
Student Assistants
Ilse Drenth
Isa Gunnewijk
Team ICT for Education
The ICT for Education team is responsible for managing, supporting and developing 12 education services:
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Brightspace: Electronic learning environment
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Ocasys: Course Catalogue
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Digital Testing (Brightspace, Aletta Jacobshal
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Video in Education: Kaltura, Poly Studio
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Progress, Stuf!: Student Information Systems
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Syllabus: Timetables
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Blue: Module Evaluations
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Career ConNEXT: Career Services
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Raiser's Edge: Alumni Information System
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PLAN: Educational allocation
Within these services, about sixteen applications were built by the scrum team itself.
Also within the ICT for Education team is the EDU support team, the support helpdesk for all of the above mentioned services.
Team Members
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Reinard van Dalen
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Lotte Oostebrink
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Bouke de Jager
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Ginger Werink-Ongering
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Allard Naber
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Josien de Boer
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Vera Hommes
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Inge Pot
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Ferry Helweg
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Bas Wiebing
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Jorrit Praamstra
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Arnold ten Brink
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Coos van der Galiën
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Peter Fokkinga
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Tom Kuper
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Max Lelikakis
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Patricia Orriens-Spuij
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Anne Sikkema
EDU Support
EDU Support is the University of Groningen's web platform with the most comprehensive information on education and ICT. Here you will find more details about using Brightspace and other educational tools, didactic inspiration, and support options.
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