Hi! I'm Jeroen

How can AI help teachers and students deal with differences between learners? My work makes learning experiences more adaptive, transparent, and motivating.

As a researcher, I specialise in human-centred explainable AI: explaining why an AI system does what it does and giving people real control over it. For example, I created an adaptive learning platform for secondary school maths, where teenagers see why exercises are recommended and can adjust the difficulty themselves. I design explanations and controls with interactive visualisations, build them into working products, and evaluate their effects on trust, understanding, motivation, and learning, using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. I also worked on personalised gamification to foster motivation. Although education is my main focus, transparency and control matter wherever people use AI, so I study other domains as well.

As a teacher, I try to innovate computer science courses and activate students with energetic lectures, quizzes, discussions, dilemmas, and role-play. I supervise theses and let my teaching feed back into my research through practical teaching tools. These efforts earned me several teaching awards, including Utrecht University's Teacher Talent award.

I like to bridge technical AI and the people using it. Interested in collaborating, curious about AI in your classroom, or want to invite me for a talk? Get in touch.