Martin Valcke is Professor of Instructional Sciences at Ghent University in Belgium and Head of the Department of Educational Sciences.
His field of research is innovation in Higher Education and the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). He co-ordinates projects that implement ODL-strategies in the face-to-face setting of traditional Higher Education institutions. His particular interests are alternative assessment and evaluation procedures and work-based learning.

Formerly, Martin worked at the Dutch Open University, focusing on the design of ODL-information systems. His work included systems to design, develop and exploit flexible electronic learning materials to be delivered just-in-time, on-demand, via the Internet or CD ROM or by printing-on-demand.

He has been involved in a large number of national and international research and consultancy projects in South Africa and Latin and Middle America. He is regularly involved in activities and projects of the World Bank, the European Commission and other international organisations. He is the lead editor of the European Journal for Open and Distance Learning and editor for the Australian Journal, Distance Education and the journal Carréfour de l'Éducation as well as publishing his own work in a number of international journals and books.