International pioneer in media education, Prof. Piet Kommers has extensive experience in educational technology and social media. He is a Ph.D. holder in Educational and Media Design, with a Masters in Pedagogy and a Bachelor degree in Teacher Education.
 
He instigated and coordinated the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cognitive Technologies and a large series of Joint European Research Projects in: authoring multimedia, web-based learning, teacher education, virtual 3D worlds, constructivist learning, social media, web-based communities and international student exchange.

For his work in ICT for Education in Eastern Europe, Prof. Kommers was awarded with the title of Honorary Professor at UNESCO and the title of Honorary Doctor at The Capital Normal University in Beijing.