Nick Kearney
Director, Boundaries Observatory C.I.C., UK
Nick Kearney has been working in teacher training and educational management for over 15 years, focusing on new learning approaches with ICT in a wide range of educational and training contexts. This has included a large number of EU and nationally financed projects in which he has worked severally as coordinator, consultant, reviewer and evaluator. His interests currently include collaborative learning, informal learning, lifelong learning, virtual worlds, learning in groups at risk of exclusion and digital literacy. He is currently working as an independent educational consultant for ANDAMIO Education and Technology, and is President of SAHUARO Associacion Civil, based in México, which works on bringing technology to rural communities. Current projects include work for a range of governmental organizations on the use of ICT in rural and adult education, and work focusing on literacy, interaction, GBL, virtual worlds, and the integration of ICT in mainstream educational contexts.
Links
http://www.boundariesobservatory.orghttp://www.andamioeducation.orghttp://www.florida.eshttp://www.florida-uni.es