Selected scientific articles and papers (free download of preprints)
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Year
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156
2022
Westera, W. (2022). The devil’s advocate: identifying persistent problems in serious game design. International Journal of Serious Games, 9(3), 115-124. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v9i3.547. Also available on the IJSG site.
Serious gaming
155
2021
Westera, W. (2021). Assessing Repetitive Trials in Serious Games, Journal of Universal Computer Science 28(8), 854-876. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jucs.78248. Also available on the JUCS site.
Performance assesment, Serious gaming
154
2022
Westera, W. (2022). Examining the productiveness of failure in serious gaming, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 14(1), 66–87. Doi: 10.1504/IJTEL.2022.120561
Performance assesment
153
2021
Westera, W. (2021). Comparing Bayesian Statistics and Frequentist Statistics in Serious Games Research, International Journal of Serious Games, 8(1), 27-44. Also available on the IJSG site.
Methodology
152
2020
Georgiadis, K. Lankveld, G. van, Bahreini, K. and Westera, W. (2020). On The Robustness of Stealth Assessment. IEEE Transactions on Games, 13(2), 180-192. Doi: 10.1109/TG.2020.3020015
Performance assesment
151
2019
Georgiadis, K., Faber, T. & Westera, W.. (2019). Bolstering stealth assessment in serious games. Games and Learning Alliance: 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Athens, Greece, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings. Liapis, A., Yannakakis, G. N., Gentile, M. & M. N. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 211-220 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 11899).
Performance assesment
150
2019
Georgiadis, K., van Lankveld, G., Bahreini, K. & Westera, W. (2019). Reinforcing stealth assessment in serious games. Games and Learning Alliance: 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Athens, Greece, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings. Liapis, A., Yannakakis, G. N., Gentile, M. & Ninaus, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 512-521 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 11899)
Performance assesment
149
2019
Westera, W. (2019). Serious Gaming Coming of Age: Implementing a European Innovation Policy to Amplify Serious Game Development. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Gamification and Games for Learning, 22 October 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Katz, A. & Westera W. (2019). The effect of learner autonomy on motor learning: an empirical study in Dutch vocational education. International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, 16(2), 22-38. Also at https://docs.wixstatic.com
Didactics
147
2019
Westera, W., Prada, R., Mascarenhas, S., Santos, P.A., Dias, J., Guimarães, M., Georgiadis, K., Nyamsuren, E., Bahreini, K. Yumak, S., Christyowidiasmoro, C., Dascalu, M., Gutu-Robu, G. & Ruseti, S. (2019). Artificial intelligence moving serious gaming: Presenting reusable game AI components. Education and Information Technologies, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-09968-2
Serious gaming
146
2019
Van der Vegt, W., Bahreini, K., Nyamsuren, E. & Westera, W. (2019). Toward reusable game technologies: assessing the usability of the RAGE component-based architecture framework. EAI Transactions on Serious Games, 5(17). DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-7-2019.159527.
Software reuse
145
2019
Georgiadis, K., Lankveld, G. van, Bahreini, K. & Westera, W. (2019). Learning Analytics Should Analyse the Learning: Proposing a Generic Stealth Assessment Tool. IEEE Conference on Games 2019: London, United Kingdom 20-23 August 2019, 1017-1024.
Performance assessment, Learning analytics
144
2019
Van der Vegt, W., Westera W., Kurvers, H. & Nyamsuren, E. (2019). Portability of Serious Game Software Components. IEEE Conference on Games (CoG), London, August 20-23. DOI: 10.1109/CIG.2019.8848094.
Software reuse
143
2019
Van der Vegt, W. & Westera, W. (2019). Quality of reusable game software: Empowering developers with automated quality checks. 19th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security, July 22-26, Sofia. DOI: 10.1109/QRS.2019.00061
Software reuse
142
2019
Westera, W. (2019). Why and How Serious Games can Become Far More Effective: Accommodating Productive Learning Experiences, Learner Motivation and the Monitoring of Learning Gains. Educational Technology & Society, 22 (1), 113–123.
Serious gaming
141
2019
Bahreini, K., Van der Vegt, W. & Westera, W. (2019). A fuzzy logic approach to reliable real-time recognition of facial emotions. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78(14),18943–18966. DOI: 10.1007/s11042-019-7250-z.
Machine learning, Emotion detection
140
2018
Georgiadis, K., van Lankveld, G., Bahreini, K. & Westera, W. (2018). Accommodating Stealth Assessment in Serious Games: Towards Developing A Generic Tool, 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games Conference Oct 23, 2018). Würzburg, Germany: IEEE, p. 1-4.
Performance assesment
139
2018
Westera, W., Dascali, M., Kurvers, H., Ruseti, S. & Trausan-Matu, S. (2018). Automated essay scoring in applied games: Reducing the teacher bandwidth problem in online training. Computers & Education, 123, 212-224. Doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2018.05.010.
Machine learning, Language technologies
138
2018
Van der Vegt , W., Nyamsuren, E. & Westera, W. (2018). Making Serious Games with Reusable Software Components. In: S. Göbel, A. Garcia-Agundez, T. Tregel, M. Ma, J. Baalsrud Hauge, M. Oliveira, T. Marsh & P. Caserman (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, Darmstadt, Germany, November 7–8, 2018, LNCS 11243, pp. 13–16. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-02762-9_3
Software reuse
137
2018
Westera, W., Fernandez-Manjon, B., Prada, R., Star, K., Molinari, A., Heutelbeck, D., Hollins, H., Riestra, R., Stefanov, K. & Kluijfhout, E. (2018). The RAGE software portal: toward a serious game technologies marketplace. Proceedings of the GALA-2018 Conference, Palermo. Cham: Springer.
Software reuse
136
2017
Dascalu, M., Westera, W., Ruseti, S., Trausan-Matu, S., & Kurvers, H. (2017). ReaderBench Learns Dutch: Building a Comprehensive Automated Essay Scoring System for Dutch. In E. André, R. Baker, X. Hu, M. M. T. Rodrigo & B. du Boulay (Eds.), 18th Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2017), LNAI/LNCS 10331, (pp. 52–63). Wuhan, China: Springer International Publishing AG. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61425-0_5
Machine learning, Language technologies
135
2017
Georgiev, A., Grigorov, A., Bontchev, B., Boytchev, P., Stefanov, K., Westera, W., Bahreini, K., Nyamsuren, E., Prada, R., Hollins, P. and Moreno, P. (2017). The RAGE Game Software Components Repository for Supporting Applied Game Development. International Journal of Serious Games, 4(3). http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/171
Software reuse
134
2017
Westera, W. (2017). Simulating serious games: a discrete-time computational model based on cognitive flow theory. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-18. Early online version. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2017.1371196
Computational modeling
133
2017
Nyamsuren, E., van der Vegt, W., & Westera, W. (2017). Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. In Winands, M., van den Herik, H. J. & Kosters, W. (eds.). Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer International Publishing AG, p. 201-212(Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 10664).
Adaptive systems, Performance assessment
132
2017
Westera, W. (2017). How people learn while playing serious games: A computational modelling approach. Journal of Computational Science, 18(1), 32-45, ISSN 1877-7503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2016.12.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877750316304483)
Computational modeling
131
2017
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W. (2017). Effects of isolated versus combined learning enactments in an online course. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL), 9(2/3), 2017
Reflection
130
2017
Gutu, G., Dascalu, M., Heutelbeck, D., Hemmje, M., Westera, W, and Trausan-Matu, S. (2017). Semantic annotation and automated text categorization using cohesion network analysis. eLearning & Software for Education, 3, 25-32.
Software reuse
129
2016
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2016). Communication skills training exploiting multimodal emotion recognition. Interactive Learning Environments, 25 (8), 1065-1082. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2016.1247286
Machine learning, Emotion detection
128
2016
Westera, W., Van der Vegt, W., Bahreini, K., Dascalu, M., & Van Lankveld, G. (2016). Software Components for Serious Game Development. In T. Connolly & L. Boyle (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Games Based Learning (pp. 765-772). October 6-7 2016, Paisley, Scotland: Reading UK: ACPI.
Software reuse
127
2016
Georgiev, A., Grigorov, A., Bontchev, B., Boytchev, P., Stefanov, K., Bahreini, K., Nyamsuren, E., Van der Vegt, W., Westera, W., Prada, R., Hollins, P., & Moreno, P. (2016). The RAGE Software Asset Model and Metadata Model. In T. Marsh, M. Ma, M. Fradinho Oliveira, J. Baalsrud Hauge & S. Göbel (Eds.), Serious Games, Proceedings of the Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9894 (pp. 191-203). September 26-27, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_18
Software reuse
126
2016
Westera, W. (2016). Performance assessment in serious games: Compensating for the effects of randomness. Education and Information Technologies, 21(3), 681-697. doi:10.1007/s10639-014-9347-3
Performance assesment
125
2016
Georgiev, A., Grigorov, A., Bontchev, B., Boytchev, P., Stefanov, K., Westera, W., Prada, E., Hollins, P. and Moreno Ger, P. (2016). The RAGE Advanced Game Technologies Repository for Supporting Applied Game Development. In R. Bottina, J. Jeuring and M. Veltkamp (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference, GALA 2016, Utrecht, The Netherlands, December 5-7, 2016, (pp. 235-245). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi=10.1007/978-3-319-50182-6_21.
Software reuse
124
2016
Verpoorten, D., & Westera, W. (2016). Structured reflection breaks embedded in an online course – effects on learning experience, time on task and performance. Interactive Learning Environments, 24(3), 606-624. doi:10.1080/10494820.2014.910531
Reflection
123
2016
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2016). Data Fusion for Real-time Multimodal Emotion Recognition through Webcams and Microphones in E-Learning. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 32(5), 415-430. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1159799
Machine learning, Emotion detection
122
2016
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2016). Towards Real-Time Speech Emotion Recognition for Affective E-Learning. Education and Information Technologies, 21(5), 1367-1386. Springer US. Doi:10.1007/s10639-015-9388-2
Machine learning, Emotion detection
121
2016
Van der Vegt, W., Nyamsuren, E., & Westera, W. (2016, 6-7 June). RAGE Reusable Game Software Components and Their Integration into Serious Game Engines. In G. M. Kapitsaki & E. Santana de Almeida (Eds.), Bridging with Social-Awareness, 15th International Conference, ICSR 2016, Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 9679 2016 (pp. 165-180). Limassol, Cyprus
Software reuse
120
2016
Van der Vegt, W., Westera, W., Nyamsuren, E., Georgiev, A. and Martínez Ortiz, I. (2016). RAGE Architecture for Reusable Serious Gaming Technology Components, International Journal of Computer Games Technology, advance online publication. doi:10.1155/2016/5680526. Retrieved from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/2016/5680526/
Software reuse
119
2015
Westera, W. (2015). Slimme e-learning door emotieherkenning. OnderwijsInnovatie, 17(4), 32-33.
Machine learning, Emotion detection
118
2015
Kirschner, P. A., Boon, M. J. J. P. M., Janssen, J. P. W., Prinsen, F. R., McKenney, S., Kester, L., Stoyanov, S., Westera, W., Specht, M., De Laat, M., Kalz, M., & Drachsler, H. (2015). New Learning Opportunities in a Networked World: Developing a Research Agenda on Innovative uses of ICTs for Learning and Teaching. Executive summary. IDRC project
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2015). Improved Multimodal Emotion Recognition for Better Game-Based Learning. In A. De Gloria (Ed.), Proceedings of the GALA Serious Gaming Conference 2014, LNCS 9221 (pp. 107-120), Bucharest.
Machine learning, Emotion detection
116
2015
Westera, W., Kurvers, H. and Slootmaker, A. (2015). A serious game for learning statistics: The Playground Game. ACPI (contribution to unfinished book)
Serious gaming, Educational media
115
2015
Steiner, C., Hollins, P., Kluijfhout, E., Dascalu, M., Nussbaumer, A., Albert, D., & Westera, W. (2015, 16-18 November). Evaluation of Serious Games: A Holistic Approach. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), 8th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (pp. 4334-4342). Sevilla, Spain
Serious gaming, Evaluation
114
2015
Verpoorten D., Specht, M., & Westera, W. (2015). Annotations as reflection amplifiers in online learning – An exploratory study. In M. Kravcik, A. Mikroyannidis, V. Pammer, M. Prilla, & T. Ullmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in TechnologyEnhanced Learning, Toledo, Spain, Sept. 15 (Vol. 1475, pp. 11-25). Aachen, Germany: CEUR Workshop Proceedings (ISSN 1613-0073)
Reflection
113
2015
Saveski, G., Westera, W., Yuan, L., Hollins, P., Fernández Manjón, B., Moreno Ger, P. and Stefanov, K. (2015). What serious game studios want from ICT research: identifying developers’ needs. Games and Learning Alliance Conference 2015, Rome.
Serious gaming
112
2015
Hollins, P., Westera, W., & Manero, B. (2015). Amplifying applied game development and uptake. In R. Munkvold & L. Kolas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Games Based Learning (pp. 234-241). 8-9 October 2015, Steinkjer, Norway
Serious gaming
111
2015
Klemke, R., Van Rosmalen, P., Ternier, S., & Westera, W. (2015). Keep it simple – lowering the barrier for authoring serious games. Simulation & Gaming, 46, 40-67. doi:10.1177/1046878115591249
Serious gaming
110
2015
Westera, W. (2015). Reframing the Role of Educational Media Technologies. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 16(2), 19-32
Westera, W. (2015). Games are motivating, aren´t they? Disputing the arguments for digital game-based learning. International Journal of Serious Games, 2; Online publication at http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/58
Serious gaming
108
2015
Westera, W. (2015, January 7). Vernietigen de nerds ons onderwijs? Online article at Edukator, Onderwijsinnovatie & ICT, http://edukator.nl/vernietigen-de-nerds-ons-onderwijs/
Westera, W., Hogendoorn, T, and Van Kollenburg, M. (2015). Serious gaming in het MBO: het SLEM-project. Onderwijsinnovatie 1 (maart), 26-28
Serious gaming
106
2014
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R. and Westera, W. (2014). Multimodal Emotion Recognition for Assessment of Learning in a Game-Based Communication Skills Training. In: Learning Analytics for and in Serious Games: Joint workshop of the GALA Network of Excellence and the Lea’s Box project at EC-TEL 2014, sept 17, 2014 Graz. (From page 22)
Machine learning, Emotion detection
105
2014
Westera, W. (2014). Ict in het onderwijs: middel of doel? Onderwijsinnovatie, 2014(4), 14-16
Baalsrud Hauge, J., Fernández Manjón , B., Bellotti, F., Fiucci, G., Padrón-Nápoles, C.L., Nadolski, R, and Westera, W. (2014). Implications of learning analytics for serious game design. ICALT, Athens, July 2014, 230-232. Best paper award.
Learning analytics
103
2014
Hummel, H. G. K., Geerts, W. M., Slootmaker, A., Kuipers, D., & Westera, W. (2014). Structuring collaboration scripts for mastership skills: Optimizing online group play on classroom dilemmas in teacher education. Springer Lecture Notes, CCIS series: Springer Verlag
Educational media, Collaborative learning
102
2014
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., and Westera, W. (2014). Towards Multimodal Emotion Recognition in E-learning Environments. Interactive Learning Environments 1-16. DOI:10.1080/10494820.2014.908927
Machine learning, Emotion detection
101
2014
Westera, W., Nadolski, N. & Hummel, H. (2014). Serious Gaming Analytics: What Students´ Log Files Tell Us about Gaming and Learning. International Journal of Serious Games 1(2), 35-50. Online version available at IJSG.
Learning analytics
100
2014
Westera, W., Slootmaker, A. and Kurvers, H. (2014). The Playground Game: Inquiry-Based Learning About Research Methods and Statistics. In C. Busch, Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Berlin 9-10 October, Vol. 2, 620-627. Sonning Common (UK): ACPI
Didactics, Educational media
99
2013
Westera, W., Nadolski, R. and Hummel, H. (2013). Learning analytics in serious gaming: uncovering the hidden treasury of game log files. Paper for the GALA Serious Gaming Conference at Paris October 24-25, France.
Learning analytics
98
2014
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2014). FILTWAM and Voice Emotion Recognition. A. De Gloria (Ed.), Games and Learning Alliance (GALA 2013), LNCS 8605 (pp. 116-129). Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Machine learning, Emotion detection
97
2013
Qi, W., Verpoorten, D., and Westera, W. (2013, 3-4 October). Measuring Effects of Reflection on Learning - A Physiological Study, 7th European conference on Game-Based Learning (ECGBL 2013), Porto
Emotion detection
96
2013
Westera, W. (2013). Generating computational models for serious gaming. Paper for the GALA Serious Gaming Conference at Paris October 24-25, France
Computational modeling
95
2013
Westera, W. (2013). On the cybernetic arrangement of feedback in serious games: A systems-theoretical perspective. Education and Information Technologies. DOI 10.1007/s10639-013-9267-7
Adaptive systems
94
2013
Tabuenca, B., Verpoorten, D, Ternier, S. and Westera, W. (2013). Fomento de la práctica reflexiva sobre el aprendizaje mediante el uso de tecnologías móviles. Revista de Educación a Distancia
Reflection
93
2013
Hainey, T., Westera, W., Connolly, T. M., Boyle, L., Baxter, G., Beeby, R. B. and So?ano, M. (2013). Students’ attitudes toward playing games and using games in education: Comparing Scotland and the Netherlands, Computers & Education (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.023
Evaluation
92
2013
Westera, W. (2013). The Digital Turn. How the Internet Transforms Our Existence. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse
Hummel, H. G. K., Geerts, W. M., Slootmaker, A., Kuipers, D., & Westera, W. (2012). Collaboration scripts for mastership skills: Online game about classroom dilemmas in teacher Education. Interactive Learning Environments. DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2013.789063
Educational media, Collaborative learning
90
2012
Suttie, N., Louchart, S., Lim, T., Westera, W., Macvean, A., Djaouti, D., & Brown, D. (2012). Introducing the "Serious Games Mechanics": A theoretical framework to analyse relationships between "game" and "pedagogical aspects" of Serious Games. Procedia Computer Science 15, 314-315. Doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.10.091. Best paper award.
Serious gaming
89
2012
Verpoorten, D., Castaigne, J.-L., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2012). A quest for meta-learning gains in a physics serious game. Education and Information Technologies. Advanced online publication: 10.1007/s10639-012-9219-7
Reflection
88
2012
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2012). Using reflection triggers while learning in an online course. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(6), 1030-1040. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01257.x
Reflection
87
2012
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., Qi, W., & Westera, W. (2012). FILTWAM - A Framework for Online Game-based Communication Skills Training - Using Webcams and Microphones for Enhancing Learner Support. In P. Felicia (Ed.), The 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning - ECGBL 2012 (pp. 39-48). Cork, Ireland: University College Cork and the Waterford Institute of Technology
Machine learning, Emotion detection
86
2012
Bahreini, K., Nadolski, R., & Westera, W. (2012). FILTWAM - A Framework for Online Affective Computing in Serious Games. Procedia Computer Science, 15(2012), 45-52
Machine learning, Emotion detection
85
2012
Van Rosmalen, P., & Westera, W. (2012). Introducing Serious Games with Wikis: Empowering the Teacher with simple Technologies. Interactive Learning Environments. Advanced published online. DOI:10.1080/10494820.10492012.10707128
Serious gaming
84
2012
Westera, W. (2012). The eventful genesis of educational media. Education and Information Technologies, 17(3), 345-360
Westera, W. (2012). Phenomenology of Sprinting and Endurance: Toward a Uniform Performance Assessment Model. New Studies in Athletics, 26(1/2), 87-99
Performance assesment
82
2012
Tabuenca, B., Verpoorten, D., Ternier, S., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2012, September). Fostering reflective practice with mobile technologies. 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning. ARTEL/EC-TEL 2012, Saarbrücken, Germany
Reflection
81
2011
Van Rosmalen, P., Klemke, R., & Westera, W. (2011). Alleviating the Entrance to Serious Games by Exploring the Use of Commonly Available Tools. In D. Gouscos & M. Meimaris (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Games Based Learning (pp. 613-619). Athens, Greece. 20-21 October 2011
Serious gaming
80
2011
Verpoorten, D., Glahn, C., Chatti, A., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2011 ). Self-Reported Learning Effects of a Tagging Activity Carried out in a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) by Secondary-School Pupils. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 2(1), 276-284
Reflection
79
2011
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2011). Infusing reflective practice in eLearning courses – Can widgets help? International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(1), 93-109
Reflection
78
2011
Westera, W. (2011). On the Changing Nature of Learning Context: Anticipating the Virtual Extensions of the World. Educational Technology & Society, 14(2), 201-212
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2011). Prompting reflection through annotations in formal online learning. In W. Reinhardt, T. D. Ullmann, P. Scott, V. Pammer, O. Conlan, & A. J. Berlanga (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks (ARNets11). In conjunction with the 6th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2011): Towards Ubiquitous Learning 2011 (pp. 90-96). September, 21, 2011, Palermo, Italy: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-790/
Reflection
76
2011
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2011, 20 September). A first approach to “Learning Dashboards” in formal learning contexts. Paper presented at the ADVTEL workshop (1st International Workshop on Enhancing Learning with Ambient Displays and Visualization Techniques) at EC-TEL2011, Palermo, Italy
Reflection
75
2010
Westera, W. (2010). Where Bolt and Bekele meet: the analytical basis of running performance estimates. International Journal of Sports Science and Engineering, 4(3), 139-152
Performance assesment
74
2010
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., & and Specht, M. (2010). Reflection amplifiers in online courses: a classification framework. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 22(2), 167-190
Reflection
73
2009
Verpoorten, D., Renson, J.-M., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2009). Personalised learning: a familiar concept to teachers? And which teachers? - A questionnaire-based survey of 43 secondary school teachers. Paper presented at the "Making it personal!" Conference. July, 29, 2009, Greenwich, UK. [published in conference proceedings]
Didactics, Educational media
72
2010
Baalsrud Hauge, J., Riedel, J.C.H.K., Fradinho, M. and Westera, W. (2010). Addressing Research Fragmentation in Serious Gaming for Manufacturing. In: M. Taisch, J. Cassina, and R. Smeds (eds.), Experimental Learning on Sustainable Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. Proceedings of the 14th Workshop of the Special Interest Group on Experimental Interactive Learning in Industrial Management of the IFIP Working Group 5.7., pp. 62-70.
Serious gaming
71
2010
Westera, W. (2010). Food for thought: What education could learn from agriculture. Educational Technology Magazine, 50(6), 37-40
Verpoorten, D., Chatti, M., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2010). Personal Learning Environment on a Procrustean Bed – Using PLEM in a Secondary-School Lesson. In C. A. Shoniregun & G. A. Akmayeva (Eds.), Proceedings of Proceedings of the London International Conference on Education (LICE-2010) (pp. 197-203), London, United Kingdom: LICE
Refelection
68
2011
Kelle, S., Sigurðarson, S., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2011). Game-Based Life-Long Learning. In G. D. Magoulas (Ed.), E-Infrastructures and Technologies for Lifelong Learning: Next Generation Environments (pp. 337-349). Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Janssen, J., Greller, W., Smith, J., Storm, J., & Westera, W. (2009). Usability Survey Learning and Information Services, Report 1. Inverness , Scotland : UHI Millennium Institute - Learning and information services department
Evaluation
66
2009
Verpoorten, D., Westera, W., and Specht, M. (2009). Infusing reflective practice in eLearning courses – Can widgets help? In F. Wild, M. Kalz, M. Palmér & D. Müller (Eds.), Proceedings of 2nd Workshop Mash-Up Personal Learning Environments (MUPPLE'09). Workshop in conjunction with 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2009): Synergy of Disciplines (pp. 72-79). September, 29, 2009, Nice, France: CEUR workshop proceedings (see also repub. in International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011)
Reflection
65
2009
Westera, W., De Bakker, G., & Wagemans, L. (2009). Self-Arrangement of Fleeting Student Pairs: a Web 2.0 Approach for Peer Tutoring. Interactive Learning Environments, 17(4), 339-347
Educational media, Collaborative learning
64
2008
Westera, W. (2008). Web 2.0 in Dutch Higher Education. In: A Review of Current and Developing International Practice in the Use of Social Networking (Web 2.0) in Higher Education, J. Armstrong & T. Franklin (Eds), pp. 61-71, Bristol: Clex
Westera, W. and Kalz, M. (2008). E-strategy of the Open University of the Netherlands. In: E-Strategy. Strategical Information Management for Research and Lecturing, Stratmann, J. and Kerres, M. (Eds.), Medien in der Wissenschaft Band 46, pp. 253-266. Münster: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Westera, W., Nadolski, R., Hummel, H. and Wopereis, I. (2008). Serious Games for Higher Education: a Framework for Reducing Design Complexity, Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, 24, 5, pp. 420-432
Serious gaming
61
2007
Westera, W. and Wagemans, L. (2007). Help me! Online Learner Support through the Self-organised Allocation of Peer Tutors, Conference paper, Book of abstracts Online Educa Berlin 2007
Educational media, Collaborative learning
60
2007
Westera, W., Wouters, P., Ebrecht, D., Vos, M. and Boon, J. (2007). Dynamic probing of educational quality: the SEIN system, In: Good Practice E-Learning Book (Chapter 10), A. Landeta, Ed., Madrid: ANCED
Evaluation
59
2007
Westera, W., Kerstjens, W., Hermans, H., Nadolski, R. and Wigman, M. (2007). Open Source Elektronische Leeromgevingen, Over de gebruiksmogelijkheden in het Nederlands hoger onderwijs, E-Learning Research reeks, Utrecht, SURFfoundation
Westera, W. (2007). Games en simulaties in het onderwijs: hype of voorbode? Compendium Media Nu Symposium, 26 januari 2007, Fisser, P. (Ed.), Universiteit Twente
Serious gaming
57
2007
Westera, W. (2007). Peer-Allocated Instant Response (PAIR): Computational allocation of peer tutors in learning communities, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/10/2/5.html
Educational media, Collaborative learning
56
2007
Westera, W. (2007). Under attack: the heptathlon scoring method, Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre. Available as e-paper at http://www.athleticscoaching.ca
Performance assesment
55
2006
Westera, W. (2006). The E-Learning Cabaret: Do's and Don'ts in E-Learning Design, Online Educa Berlin, 12th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Teaching, Book of Abstracts, pp. 169-171, ICWE-GmbH, Berlin
Westera, W. (2006). Redefining the decathlon scoring method, Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre. Available as e-paper at http://www.athleticscoaching.ca
Performance assesment
53
2006
Westera, W. (2006). Digitaal onderwijs; lessen uit de landbouwrevolutie, Onderwijsinnovatie, maart 2006
Westera, W. (2006). Decathlon, towards a balanced and sustainable performance assessment method. New Studies in Athletics, IAAF, 21(1), 39-51
Performance assesment
51
2005
Vegt, G.W. van der, Westera, W. Hoogveld, A.H.W. and Puls. J. (2005). De dvd-video als educatieve verrassing; Praktisch artikel, OnderwijsInnovatie, 4, 17-25
Educational media
50
2005
Westera, W, (2005). Openness as an evolutionary determinant of human existence, Open Source for Education in Europe, Heerlen, november 14, 2005, conference proceedings (pp. 97-106), Heerlen Open University of the Netherlands
Westera, W., Brouns F., Pannekeet, K., Janssen, J & Manderveld, J. (2005). Achieving E-learning with IMS Learning Design - Workflow Implications at the Open University of the Netherlands. Educational Technology & Society, 8 (3), 216-225
Educational media
48
2005
Westera, W. (2005). E-Learning implementeren, ervaringen van de Open Universiteit Nederland. In: Een geïntegreerde benadering van e-Learning (Hoofdstuk 13, pp. 217-230.), Jochems, W., Koper R. Merriënboer, J. van, and Bastiaens, Th. J. (Eds.), Hoger Onderwijs Reeks, Groningen/Houten: Wolters Noordhoff
Westera, W. (2005). Beyond functionality and technocracy: creating human involvement with educational technology. Educational Technology & Society, 8 (1), 28-37.
Westera, W. (2004). De zeven zonden van de wetenschap- en techniekcommunicatie. In: Kennisdagen Communicatie 2004. Papers en positiepapers. Noorlander, M. L., Westbroek, M.A.G. (Eds), Amsterdam, Stichting Weten
Didactics, Educational media
45
2004
Westera, W., Herik, J., van den, & Vrie, E.M. van de (2004). Strategic alliances in education: The Knowledge Engineering Web. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 41, 3, 317-328
Westera, W., Herik, J., van den, & Vrie, E.M. van de (2003). Strategische samenwerking in het hoger onderwijs: de LOK-casus. Tijdschrift voor Hoger Onderwijs en Management, 5-03, 7-12
Westera, W., Hommes, M. A., Houtmans, M., & Kurvers, H. J. (2003). Computer-Supported Training of Psychodiagnostic Skills. Interactive Learning Environments, 11 (3), 215-231
Didactics, Educational media
41
2003
Westera, W. (2003) Implementing Integrated E-Learning, In: Integrated E-Learning; Towards more powerful Learning Environments (Chapter 13, pp. 176-186.), Jochems, W., Koper R. and Merriënboer, J. van (Eds.), London: Routledge/Falmer.
Westera, W. (2002). Inleiding. In: Cordewener, B., Gruiter, J. van de, Keijsers, I. (Eds.) ICT in het onderwijs vanuit studentenperspectief, Educatie-F reeks, Utrecht: Stichting SURF, 36-42
Evaluation
38
2002
Poelmans, P., Joosten, G., & Westera, W. (2002). ICT in het onderwijs van de OUNL: ervaringen van studenten. In: Cordewener, B., Gruiter, J. van de, Keijsers, I. (Eds.) ICT in het onderwijs vanuit studentenperspectief, Educatie-F reeks, 10, Utrecht: Stichting SURF
Evaluation
37
2002
Boeker, E., Loots, I., Tellegen, E., Marquenie, J. M., Bijl, K., van der, Westera, W., & Luttikholt, H. (2002). Onderwijsvisitatie Milieuwetenschappen. Utrecht: Vereniging van Samenwerkende Nederlandse Universiteiten (VSNU)
Evaluation
36
2001
Sloep P.B., & Westera, W. (2001). Maatwerk met digitaal onderwijs. Controllers Magazine, (6), 27-30
Westera, W., & Niesink, R.J.M. (2001). Coping with research evidence: a multimedia approach for the further training of professional workers in the field of drugs and addiction. Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 8 (3), 281-292
Didactics, Educational media
34
2001
Westera, W., & Sloep, P.B. (2001). Into the future of networked education. In: L.R. Vandervert, L. V. Shavinina & R. A. Cornell (Eds.), CyberEducation, the Future of Long Distance learning (pp. 115-136). New York: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers
Westera, W. (2001) Competences in Education: a confusion of tongues. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 33 (1), 75-88
Didactics, Educational media
32
2000
Westera, W., Sloep, P.B., & Gerrissen, J. (2000). The design of the virtual company; Synergism of learning and working in a networked environment. Innovations in Education and Training International, 37 (1), 23-33
Educational media, Collaborative learning
31
1999
Westera, W., Manderveld, J., van den Boom, G, Schlusmans, K., van der Klink, M., De Haan, D., Hoogveld, B., Giesbertz, W. (1999), Voorstudie naar het begrip competenties, Open Universiteit Nederland
Didactics, Educational media
30
1999
Westera, W. (1999). A didactic framework for audiovisual design. Journal of Educational Media, 24 (2), 87-102
Didactics, Educational media
29
1999
Westera, W. & Niesink, R.J.M. (1999). Non-directive, self-instructive media in the field of behavioural toxicology and addiction. Medical teacher, 21 (4), 405-408
Westera W., & Sloep, P.B. (1998). The Virtual Company: Towards a self-directed competence-based learning environment in distance education. Educational Technology, 38, (1), 32-37
Educational media, Collaborative learning
25
1998
Westera, W., & Vrie, van de, E. (1998). Ruimte voor eigenzinnigheid. Tijdschrift voor Hoger Onderwijs & Management, 6, 44-49
Westera, W. (1998). Competence learning in a virtual company: A paradigm shift in education. Book of Abstracts Online Educa Berlin, 179-189
Educational media, Collaborative learning
23
1997
Westera W., Niesink, R. M., & Vos, M.M.H.L.S. (1997). Gedragstoxicologie en experimenteel verslavingsonderzoek als interactief computerprogramma. Mediator, 8, (8), 23-25
Didactics, Educational media
22
1995
Westera, W. (1995). Audiovisueel ontwerpen, theorie en praktijk, conceptontwikkeling voor film, video en televisie. Abcoude: Uitgeverij Uniepers
Didactics, Educational media
21
1994
Meester, M.A.M. & Westera, W. (1994). A simulation program for training in integrated life cycle management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2, (2), 107-115
Didactics, Educational media
20
1993
Westera, W. en Meester, M.A.M. (1993). Computerprogramma voor student maakt integraal ketenbeheer tastbaar. De Ingenieur, 105, (11), 36-40
Didactics, Educational media
19
1988
Westera, W. (1988). De 'technische' film, over mythevorming en rationaliteit. AV-magazine, 9, (9), 46-48
Didactics, Educational media
18
1984
Westera, W. (1984). Kosten van de natuurkunde 1979. Utrecht : Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM58496).
Physics
17
1984
Westera, W. (1984). Kosten van de natuurkunde 1981. Utrecht : Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM58630).
Physics
16
1984
Westera, W. (1984). FOM-Beleidsruimte: effecten van onderzoeksbeleid. Utrecht : Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM58936).
Physics
15
1983
Westera, W. (1983). Nonlinear electro-acoustic effects in CdS and CdSe. Wave Electronics.
Physics
14
1983
Westera, W. (1983). Electro-acoustic effects in CdSe. Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 75, 405-408
Physics
13
1983
Westera, W. (1983). Een perpetuum mobile nader bekeken. Faraday/NVON-maandblad 5, 23-24
Physics
12
1982
Westera, W. (1982). Theory of electro-acoustic effects in hexagonal piezoelectric semiconductors. Physica,113B, 149-168
Physics
11
1982
Westera, W. (1982). Ac and dc conduction in electro-acoustically active CdS. Physica, 113B 284-298
Physics
10
1982
Westera, W. (1982). Brillouinscattering study of the stationary, electro-acoustically amplified acoustic flux in CdS. Physica, 113B, 299-316
Physics
9
1982
Westera, W. (1982). Electro-acoustic current fluctuations in CdS. Physica, 114B, 45-58
Physics
8
1982
Châtel, de, P.F. & W. Westera (1982). Ruis als signaal. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, B48, (5), 27
Physics
7
1982
Westera, W. (1982). Some electro-acoustic effects in cadmium sulfide. (PH.D. Thesis, Utrecht University/FOM)
Physics
6
1982
Westera, W. (1982). De bijzondere eigenschappen van piëzo-elektrische kristallen. Utrecht : Nederlandse Natuurkundigen Vereniging NOMINATED!
Physics
5
1981
Zijlstra, R.J.J., & Westera, W. (1981). Electro-acoustical noise. In: P.H.E. Meijer, R.D. Mountain and R.J. Soulen (Eds.). Proceedings of the sixth international conference on noise in physical systems (NBS-SP614)
Physics
4
1981
Westera W., & Zijlstra, R.J.J. (1981). The ac impedance of electro-acoustically active CdS. Physica, 106B, 33-46
Physics
3
1980
Westera, W., Zijlstra, R.J.J., & Dijk, van, M.A. (1980). Ac impedance of electro-acoustically active semiconductors. Phys. Lett. 78A, (4), 371-374
Physics
2
1977
Eck, van, D.C., & Westera, W. (1977). Visco-elastic properties of some nematic liquid crystals. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 38, 319-326
Physics
1
1976
Westera, W. (1976). Oriëntatiefluctuaties in nematisch vloeibare kristallen. Utrecht. Master thesis, Utrecht University (Physics Laboratory, Thesis V76-139).
