Mirjam Pardijs is an educational scientist, who worked as educational support manager at a large vocational education institutions, and at various learning and training institutions, before returning to the research community. She specialises in developing and supporting new forms of collaborative learning in small groups, supported by ICT. She has experience in developing various scenarios for a diversity of professional practices and supporting teachers in design-based research processes for innovation in education. She is very accomplished in interpreting collaboration and discourse processes in small groups.