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15 Books that help you become your own futurist in education and work

Posted on 03/01/2019 by Aldert Kamp

The beginning of a new year is always a time when planning for the future comes to our minds. Every now and then people ask me which “visionary” books I read to anticipate trends in education and work in science, … Continue reading →

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Lifelong learning is exploring and enjoying

Posted on 23/12/2018 by Aldert Kamp

In my blog “Success in study and career highly depends on grit” I wrote “21st Century skills sound to me as a hollow phrase.  Many of these skills have been important since ages!” Lifelong learning is such a skill that … Continue reading →

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No skating fun without an agile mindset and a bit of common sense

Posted on 08/03/2018 by Aldert Kamp

Global warming reduces the chance of long lasting cold periods, the Dutch national weather service KNMI says on its website. Weeks of wintertime in the Netherlands have cut down to days, if not hours. Over the past 100 years, the … Continue reading →

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Looking at the outside world: Never urgent but always important

Posted on 02/01/2018 by Aldert Kamp

December 2016 I felt a bit annoyed when I asked my Department of Communication to support me in giving exposure to advancements and innovations in our on-campus aerospace engineering education, but got their advice to start a personal weblog instead. … Continue reading →

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Russia’s catching up on active forms of engineering education

Posted on 28/10/2017 by Aldert Kamp

As the Co-director of the CDIO Initiative I was invited for a Russian national conference 25-26 October at a place that was not directly on my mind: Surgut, city in northwest Siberia on the Ob River, about 400,000 inhabitants and … Continue reading →

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A Rapidly Changing World: time already for a 3rd revised edition of my book?

Posted on 25/01/2017 by Aldert Kamp

A brief post with a humorous undertow. In June I published the Second Revised Edition of my book “Engineering Education in a Rapidly Changing World“. On page 22 I included the disclaimer “What we do know is that tomorrow’s world … Continue reading →

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You can always write blogposts, but not always make memories

Posted on 22/01/2017 by Aldert Kamp

This morning I was engaged in drafting a blogpost about the role of labs and makerspaces in our engineering education. Until my son and daughter came to me with the best proposal this Sunday: “Let’s see where we can skate”. … Continue reading →

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