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Prof. dr. Martin Valcke is full professor in the field of ‘Instructional Sciences’ at the Ghent University, Belgium and Full Professor in the Department of Educational Studies in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. He was Head of the Department between 2000-2022. Building on his PhD-work in the field of educational information sciences, his actual field of research focuses mainly on the Innovation of Higher Education and the integrated use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This implies he is mainly working in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research with experts from medicine, engineering, veterinary sciences, economics and business administration, sciences, bio-engineering ... In addition, he is promoter of studies in the field of performance indicators (TIMSS, PISA, PIAAC), teacher education, ICT in primary schools, learning styles and learning approaches. He has been and is being involved in a large number of national and international research and consultancy projects in countries of Africa (Uganda, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Middle America (Ecuador, Peru), South-East Asia (Pakistan, India), and Asia (Cambodia, P.R.China, Vietnam, Taiwan). Next, he is regularly involved in activities and projects of the World Bank, the European Commission (Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects, Horizon 2020, Flexible Universities, Multi-Media programme, TEMPUS, Socrates, IST, FP7, …), and other international organisations. He has published in a wide variety of international journals and international books. His output consists of over 260 peer reviewed ISI-indexed journal papers. He is editor/reviewer for the Australian journal Distance Education, Computers in Human Behaviour, the Online Medical Journal, and involved in a number of other journals (Computers & Education, Learning & Instruction, Review of educational Research, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education, ...). Formerly, he has been working at the Dutch Open University, focusing on the design of ODL-information systems: systems to design, develop and exploit flexible electronic learning materials to be delivered just-in-time, on-demand, via the Internet, cd-rom or by printing-on-demand. Since April 2006 (till March 2011), he is visiting professor at the Beijing Normal University, Faculty of Education and since 2016 visiting professor at the South China Normal university (Guangzhou, {P.R.China) and since 2019 visiting professor in Anshan Normal University (P.R.China). In 2005, he was a Distinguished Fellow of the University of Western Australia (Perth). In 2016, he was awarded the Francqui Prize from the Universite Catholique de Louvain. A full academic output overview can be consulted via https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801000456765 Also see: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Valcke