Liesbeth Kester

Liesbeth Kester is full professor Educational Sciences at Utrecht University (UU). She is chair of the UU division Education and director of the academic master Educational Sciences of the UU. She is also  educational director of the Dutch Interuniversity Centre for Educational Research (ICO). She was the associate editor of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning from 2012 to 2018. Her expertise includes instructional design, multimedia learning, hypermedia learning, personalized learning, cognitive aspects of learning, including for example, prior knowledge and learning, testing and retention or worked examples and learning, and designing and developing flexible learning environments (including game-based learning environments).