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About Me

Working at the Kennisnet Foundation allowed Jan-Bart to spend time promoting the use of wiki software and Wikimedia projects in education, amongst other things. The Kennisnet Foundation is a publicly funded Dutch organisation. At Kennisnet Jan-Bart is responsible for the Kennisnet communities. He has been involved with Wikimedia since 2004, through his role as a Board member and his work at Kennisnet. He has attended and spoken at all of Wikimania conferences.
He is currently involved with the Wikiwijs project within the Netherlands. This is a countrywide initiative aimed at encouraging teachers to develop and share Open Educational Resources.
Jan-Bart de Vreede spent most of his childhood in the Netherlands, also living in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Kenya and the United States. He studied Business Administration at the Rotterdam School of Management. He has three children: Anna (3), Matthias (8) and Ruben (11).

Location:
Netherlands, Gouda
Current organization:
Wikimedia Foundation
Past organizations:
Kennisnet Foundation
Current role:
Vice Chair Board of Trustees
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
education, Community's, Wikipedia, search, OER
I am:
Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Explorer, Idea generator, Policy maker
Languages:
English, Dutch
My website links:
Wikimedia, Wikiwijs, Kennisnet
Universities:
Erasmus University Rotterdam - RSM
TED conferences attended:
TED2013
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I'm passionate about

Open Content and Open Educational Resources. Motivating teachers to share their creations with the rest of their colleagues

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OER, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Community building, volunteers, online resource building

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    A reply on Talk: Amanda Palmer: The art of asking

    Mar 13 2013: Thank you for taking the time for your thoughtful analysis... it really ups the level of the conversation :(

    While you might not agree with everything said, it was a very inspiring talk.

  • A comment on Conversation: Are reality shows good for society?

    Feb 26 2013: The concept of reality shows is great, we are just applying in in order to entertain and shame. But a reality show with thoughtful people making well thought out decisions and treating each other with respect could certainly be good for society.

  • A comment on Conversation: Data can explain everything. Or can it?

    Feb 14 2013: There are two ways to interpret this statement:

    1) Data can be used to explain any observation. If you dig long enough into the data, you can explain anything
    2) Anything you want to explain (even though it might be false) can be done using data.

    In my opinion: both are true... which is why Data is only part of the story.... common sense and more qualitative information are often just as important :)
  • +3

    A comment on Conversation: If you could warn your past self about anything only using two words, what would you say?

    Feb 14 2013: Spread Kindness

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