• Guide to positions
  • Study in Germany
  • PhD in Germany
  • Postdoc in Germany
  • Professor in Germany
  • Industry guide
  • Research & Development in Germany
  • Engineering in Germany
  • Thematic guide
  • Working in Germany
  • Working in Austria
  • Working in Switzerland
  • Higher education in Germany
  • Job profiles
  • Service range
  • Events calendar
  • Employers
  • Graduate schools
  • Guide overview
Extended job search
Study in Germany PhD in Germany Postdoc in Germany Professor in Germany
Research & Development in Germany Engineering in Germany
Working in Germany Working in Austria Working in Switzerland Higher education in Germany Job profiles
Events calendar Employers Graduate schools Guide overview
Log in Bookmarks (0) Post a job
academics - Logo
From
Die ZEIT - Logo
Forschung & Lehre - Logo
Menu
Career advice Log in Bookmarks (0) Post a job
Please note: This job ad is no longer active.

Discover here more job vacancies on academics – the leading job market for science and research. In order to receive information about suitable job vacancies regularly by email, you can register with us free of charge at any time.

PhD - "Game based learning: assessment and instructional interventions"

Published 17 May 2017 (939 days ago)
Deadline for applications 9 June 2017 (916 days ago)
Full-time position
Universiteit Twente Enschede (Niederlande)
Logo

Job - PhD position on " Game based learning: assessment and instructional interventions" in the Data2Game project

Specifications


Location
Function types
Scientific fields
Hours
Salary
Education
Job number
About employer
Enschede
PhD positions
Engineering, Behaviour and Society
38.0 hours per week
€ 2191 - € 2801
University Graduate
908883
University of Twente (UT)

Job description


The Data2Game project is carried out in collaboration between the University of Twente, Tilburg University, Thales/T-Xchange and Brandweer (Fire brigade) Twente.

The current PhD vacancy concerns subproject 3 Game based learning: assessment and instructional interventions. Within this subproject, the PhD candidate will be working on the automatic assessment of decision making skills, knowledge level, and emotional state of the game player and on designing and evaluating the effects of instructional interventions (scenario adaptations, adapting the level of difficulty, presenting additional information etc.) that are triggered by the automatic assessment of the player.

The PhD candidate is expected to work in an interdisciplinary team with two other PhD candidates, who will be working on subprojects 1 (adaptive text generation) and 2 (player modelling). Vacancies for the two other PhD positions can be found on the vacancies websites of Tilburg University (subproject 2) and the University of Twente (subproject 1).

In addition, the PhD candidate will be collaborating closely with the project team from Thales/T-Xchange. This will involve monthly meetings on location at Thales.

Requirements


For the position, we seek a candidate with a background in a relevant discipline, such as educational science or (cognitive) psychology.

The PhD candidate has a (Research) Master‘s degree in one of these areas, a strong interest in doing research, excellent professional communication and team working skills, and a good command of Dutch and English. Furthermore, it is considered to be an advantage when the candidate has good programming skills.
Information and application:
For more information on the position, please contact prof. dr. Ton de Jong (a.j.m.dejong@utwente.nl) or prof dr. Bernard Veldkamp (b.p.veldkamp@utwente.nl). The full project proposal is available upon request.

To apply, upload the following information via the application link below:
  • Motivation letter;
  • Curriculum Vitae;
  • Copy of the university grade list;
  • Contact information of two academic references.
Applications should be sent before the application deadline of June 9, 2017. Interviews are expected to be held in June. Starting date of the position is as soon as possible, preferably by 1 September, 2017.

Conditions of employment


You will have a full-time (38 hours a week) contract spanning a period of 4 years. The monthly salary ranges from € 2.191,00 (1st year) to € 2.801,00 (4th year), plus holiday allowance (8%) and end-of-year bonus (8.3%). PhD candidates have a full status as an employee at the University of Twente, including pension and health care benefits. Terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labor Agreement for Universities (CAO).

The University of Twente offers excellent working conditions in a stimulating scientific environment; professional and personal development programs; a green and lively campus, with many sports facilities and other activities.

Employer

The University of Twente. We stand for science and technology, high tech, human touch, education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over five faculties we provide more than fifty educational programs. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research. The Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences strives to hold a leading position in their fields in relation to the science and technology research programs of the University of Twente. In all these fields, the faculty provides bachelor, master and professional development programs.
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences
The Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS) strives to play a pivotal role in understanding, co-engineering and evaluating innovation in society. Innovation is driven by advances in technology. Through ‘social engineering‘ these technological advances are embedded in society befitting human needs and behaviour, within proper public and private management and business structures. For this the faculty of BMS upholds high quality disciplinary knowledge in psychology, business administration, public administration, communication science, philosophy, educational science and health sciences. All with a focus on the challenges in society. Research is strongly connected to our Institutes on Governance (IGS), ICT (CTIT), Health (MIRA) and Nanotechnology (MESA+).

www.academictransfer.com/40410
Print
Share
Don't miss out on any new jobs

With our job newsletter, you will receive suitable job ads as well as interesting content matching your search profile  on a weekly basis.

Current search terms: Psychology, Psychotherapy, Education, Educational Sciences, Social Pedagogy, Social Work, PhD Student, Science, Research and Higher Education, Education, Other Countries, University, Full Time
After registering, you will be able to adjust your profile.
Please enter an email address in a valid format.
You can stop your newsletter subscription at any time, e.g. by sending an email to info@academics.com. We also use your email address to send you advertisements for similar offers from the ZEIT publishing group. You can withdraw your consent to this use at any time. By registering, you declare your agreement with our terms & conditions and take note of our privacy policy.
Employers at a glance
ZIBI Graduate School Berlin - Logo
ZIBI Graduate School Berlin

Many well-renowned universities and research institutes in the areas of immunity and infection biology cooperate in the ZIBI Graduate School Berlin.

More matching jobs
  • Ph.D. Position (f/m/d) Training Group "SocialCars - cooperative, (de)centralized traffic management"
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig / Technische Universität Clausthal / Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Braunschweig, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Hannover
  • Academic Research Assistant (f/m/d) for the Gerhard Mercator Graduate Programme Open-Mindedness, Tolerance and Public Engagement
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen
  • Duisburg
  • Wissenschaftlichr Mitarbeiter(Doktorand) (m/w/d) Entrepreneurship
  • Universität St. Gallen
  • St. Gallen (Schweiz)
all related jobs
Academics
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Partners
  • Legal notice
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies & Tracking
  • Jobnewsletter
  • academics.de
  • academics.at
  • academics.ch
For Employers
  • Post a job
  • Mediapack (PDF)
You can also visit us at
academics - Logo From Die ZEIT - Logo Forschung & Lehre - Logo Deutscher Hochschulverband
We use cookies for the optimal design of our website and to be able to continually improve it. By continuing to use the website, you consent to our use of cookies. Further information as well as information on how you can prevent cookies being saved on your computer can be found in our privacy policy.