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Koen Timmers
Koen is a Belgian lecturer, researcher, author, speaker and Global Teacher Prize 2017 and 2018 finalist. He is passionate about technology enhanced and collaborative learning. In 2015 he launched the Kakuma project in which 100 global educators offer free education to African refugees via Skype. He also launched global educational projects involving 250 schools over 69 countries, in which students focus on UN SDGs. His Climate Action project was supported by Dalai Lama, UNESCO, Greenpeace,..
Biography
Koen created several educational apps and websites and founded his own online school Zelfstudie.com currently having 20,000 online students.Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Koen did research about collaborative and unpaced learning at Sheffield-Hallam university, UK. He has experience in Technology Enhanced Learning and the UN SDGs.