Mabelle Hernández is manager of the educational innovation programme Educate-it and as Innovation manager responsible for the pillar Educational Innovation in the Centre for Academic Teaching at Utrecht University. 

Educate-it works UU-wide on innovating and strengthening education with technology. Educate-it supports teachers who take the initiative to renew their own education, both in (re)designing their courses by incorporating the teaching methods and ideas of blended learning, and in the use of educational tools whose added value for education has already been established by other UU teachers. Here we work as much as possible in an evidence-informed way. In addition Educate-it works on innovation projects aimed at the future of education. Educate-it is a partner in the Centre for Academic Teaching.          
                                                           

The Centre for Academic Teaching is a network organisation of Utrecht University. The Centre brings together all the partners and programmes that work within the university for the continuous improvement of education. Teachers can come here for information, knowledge sharing, support and training aimed at their own development and the renewal of their education. The Centre focuses on three pillars that all contribute to the improvement of education: teacher development, educational innovation and Educational Scholarship.