Meet The team
Welcome!
Our team consists of researchers from 4 different school institutions. Together with partners from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands; South East Technological University, in Waterford, Ireland; Hochschule Bremen, in Germany, and Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, in Portugal we research digital literacy in higher educational institutions. Learn more about our project and our motivations.
Madelon van Oostrom
Senior Researcher
Role in Ignition: Digital Literacy and Inclusion, project leader. Senior researcher Digital Literacy and Inclusion, Research Group Digital Transformation.
I also teach and coordinate the course Leadership in Digital Transformation in the MSc Digital Technologies at Hanze UAS.
My general academic interest are: digital literacy and inclusion, digital innovation and transformation, leadership, and innovative pedagogies.
Dr. Nejla Karabulut
Lecturer/Researcher
Role in Ignition: To do research to identify the most important elements for digital agenda and general evaluation of IGNITION
My general academic interest: corporate communication, internal communication, digital literacy, brand management.
Melissa Selzener
Lecturer/Researcher
Role in Ignition: I play a role in the Community of Practice and the evaluation of the IGNITION project.
My general academic interest: organizational psychology, diversity and inclusion, digitalization, learning and talent development, knowledge valorisation.
Linda Vos
Project Coordinator
Role in Ignition: project coordinator.
Roos Fopma
Junior Researcher/Project Staff
Role in Ignition: Junior researcher and content creator.
Eugene Alexander Shenderov
Lecturer/Researcher
Role in Ignition: IO4/IO5 Client Outreach & Social Serious Games Design
My general academic interest: Facilitating social game based learning and the factors that create a positive social learning environment.
Eugene Alexander Shenderov
Lecturer/Researcher
Role in Ignition: IO4/IO5 Client Outreach & Social Serious Games Design
My general academic interest: Facilitating social game based learning and the factors that create a positive social learning environment.
Melissa Selzener
Lecturer/Researcher
Role in Ignition: I play a role in the Community of Practice and the evaluation of the IGNITION project.
My general academic interest: organizational psychology, diversity and inclusion, digitalization, learning and talent development, knowledge valorisation
Andreas Teufel
Professor of Digital Media Design; Dean of studies in the faculty of electrical engineering and computer sciences
Role in Ignition: Project Lead IO5
My general academic interest: Arts & Design, Digital Media.
Joel Egharevba
Junior researcher and project staff for the AddInno project at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen
Role in Ignition: Within the IGNITION project I am mainly contributing to IO1 and IO5, in assistance to Andreas Teufel.
My general academic interest: I am working on to improve teaching through digital technologies with a focus on technical laboratories. I am also in the process of completing my MSc in Computer Science at the University of Bremen with a thesis on music and computational linguistics.
Yana Yerofeyeva
Departmental International Office at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Role in Ignition: Project Administration on HSB side.
Neill Wylie
Instructional Designer | Guest Lecturer
Role in Ignition: Community of Practice project manager.
My general academic interest: I have a keen interest in conducting research on the effectiveness of teaching and learning in virtual immersive environments with a focus on pedagogy and learner perceptions. I coordinated the construction of the Delft University of Technology Minecraft campus which sought to connect geographically distanced students and harness the pedagogical affordances of this environment. More recently I have been looking into ways of integrating Gather.Town, a virtual 3D conferencing tool which allows users to interact with each other and the environment, into accredited courses at WIT.
Dr. Valerie Brett
Assistant Lecturer in Education
My general academic interest: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Digital Inclusion, Micro-Credentials, Teacher Education.
Laura Widger
Assistant Head of Department of Education(Research), School of Education and Lifelong Learning
Role in Ignition: Academic lead for IGNITION in SETU. IGNITION project lead for IO3
My general academic interest: Learning Design, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Higher Education, Digital transformation, micro-credentials.
Cláudia S. Costa
Assistant Professor
Role in Ignition: Task leader, and Communication and dissemination Coordinator.
My general academic interest: Local governments, Public sector innovation and Active methodologies.
Inês Barbedo
Assistant Professor
Role in Ignition: Task Leader and Quality Coordinator
My general academic interest: Discrete Mathematics, Game Theory, Active Methodologies and Innovation.
Diana Alexandra Carvalho da Silva
IPB Entrepreneurship Office Research Fellow Office
Role in Ignition: Online sensitivity and self-assessment tool for digital literacy. Evaluation activities andfinal report.
My general academic interest: Sports Management, Business Management,Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Vera Ferro Lebres
Professor
Role in Ignition: Local Project Leader
My general academic interest: Pedagogical Innovation, Creativity and Future Oriented Complex Challenges.
Vera Ferro Lebres
Professor
Role in Ignition: Local Project Leader
My general academic interest: Pedagogical Innovation, Creativity and Future Oriented Complex Challenges.
Vera Ferro Lebres
Professor
Role in Ignition: Local Project Leader
My general academic interest: Pedagogical Innovation, Creativity and Future Oriented Complex Challenges.