Ton de Jong studied cognitive psychology at the University of Amsterdam and received a PhD in technological science from the Eindhoven University of Technol­ogy on the topic ‘problem solving and knowledge repre­sentation in physics for novice students.

Currently he is full professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences where he acts as department head of the department Instructional Technology. In 2001/2002 he has also been (part-time) full professor at the Institute for Knowledge Media at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He has also worked for the Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, and the University of Amsterdam. At the moment he is coordinator of the H2020 project Next-Lab.

He is (co-)author of over 100 journal papers and over 90 book chapters and was the (co-) editor of a number of books. He has three publications in Science.

He is former associate editor for Instructional Science and the Journal of Engineering Education. He is on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Contemporary Educational Psychology, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, International Journal of Science Education, Educational Psychologist, Learning & Instruction, Journal of Computers in Education, and Smart Learning Environments. He has been on the Editorial Boards the International Journal of Educational Research, Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D), Journal of Research in Science Teaching, and Educational Research Review.

Ton de Jong is a fellow of AERA and the ISLS and is appointed member of the Academia Europaea.