Antoine Van den Beemt

Tilburg Area, Netherlands Netherlands

Member Supervisory Board

Education

Assistant professor at Eindhoven School of Education (ESOE, Eindhoven University of Technology) working in the domain of teacher professional development (TPD), with an emphasis on 'Learning with ICT' and networked learning. My work has always been centered around the use of new media for leisure and learning. I investigated this topic in my Sociology graduation thesis, as well as for my Master's degree in Science & Technology Studies and my PhD in Social Sciences. In my PhD thesis, titled 'Interactive media practices of young people', I presented an empirical alternative to the 'Net generation'-hypothesis by relating young people's use of new media to learning and education. I present...