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Piet was born in 1951 in Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
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Piet Kommers
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Dr. Piet Kommers is an early pioneer in media for cognitive- and social support. His doctoral research explored methods for hypertext and concept mapping in learning. Since 1982 he developed educational technology as an engineering approach for learning and teaching. His main thesis is that technology is catalytic for human ambition and awareness.
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Piet is a Pioneer in media education and leader of NATO Advanced Research Workshops on Cognitive Learning Tools. UNESCO professor and scientific leader with extensive experience in educational technology and social media. " .... Media has proved to be instrumental to societal evolution in the last few decades: the smartphone, virtual reality, interactive video, hypermedia, expert systems, modeling, and simulations."
He is a Ph.D. holder in Educational- and Media Design, with a Master in Pedagogy and a Bachelor degree in Teacher Education. Received the prestigious academic award for innovative ‘Experimental Design’ and was very early offered a research position in collaborative group problem solving wherein he designed the ‘Concise Urban Planning Task’.
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