Dr. Martine Baars, PhD, is an associate professor at the Behavioural Science Institute and at the department of Orthopedagogics: Learning and Development. Her research concerns instructional strategies to improve self-monitoring and self-regulation of learning in primary, secondary, and higher education. She focuses on several aspects of self-regulated learning such as self-monitoring accuracy, motivation, learning strategies, and cognitive load during learning in both offline and online learning environments. The role of technology and how it can enhance (self-regulated) learning is part of her research interests.