Director, EILab
Professor, Frazer Faculty of Education

Ontario Tech University

Dr. Roland van Oostveen holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology from the University of Guelph, a Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning from the University of Toronto. He spent 18 years as a science educator in private and public K-12 formal education settings, concluding as a Science Curriculum Coordinator for the Toronto District School Board.

Dr. van Oostveen currently serves as the Educational Informatics Laboratory (EILAB) Director, an innovative research facility focused on Human-Computer-Human Interactions (HCHI). As the Director of the lab, Roland’s primary research interests lie in technology and its assistance in learning. Dr. van Oostveen is currently studying human interactions mediated through online learning environments. Capitalizing on his extensive hardware and software support experience, Dr. van Oostveen is particularly interested in creating educational learning environments to concentrate on problems set in real-world, ill-structured, and open-ended contexts.

Roland is also the Editor for the Journal of Educational Informatics (JEI). The JEI presents the original work of graduate students in education and considers articles submitted by researchers in the fields of education, digital technologies, and educational informatics.

See the list of publications from Zotero below or view his research output from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roland-Van-Oostveen/research