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Toru IiyoshiToru IiyoshiBiographyToru Iiyoshi is Senior Strategist in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, he was a senior scholar and Director of the Knowledge Media Laboratory at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 1999 through 2008. Dr. Iiyoshi has led research and development efforts that take advantage of emerging technologies to enable educational institutions, programs, faculty, and teachers to transform the knowledge implicit in effective practice and transformation efforts into ideas, theories, and resources that can be shared widely to advance teaching and student learning. His current work areas include educational innovation and technology outreach, open education, technology-enhanced scholarship of teaching and learning, and collective educational knowledge building and sharing. He also works with various national and international initiatives, projects, and organizations in an advisory role to provide vision and leadership in the development and distribution of innovative educational technology. He has served as a juror for major international awards and competitions in the field of educational media and technology. He currently serves as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies) and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Technology and Education. Dr. Iiyoshi is a co-editor of the Carnegie Foundation book, "Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge" (MIT Press, 2008) and an author or co-author of three books including "The Art of Multimedia: Design and Development of The Multimedia Human Body" (1996, in Japanese) and numerous academic and commercial articles. He received the Outstanding Practice Award in Instructional Development and the Robert M. Gagne Award for Research in Instructional Design from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. PublicationsPresentationsInterestsMembership InformationGeneral InfoThis information is provided as a service for our members and subscribers. It gives members and subscribers the opportunity to share information about common problems and solutions and a chance to network with their peers. Neither members nor nonmembers are to use it for commercial gain or for research that is not explicitly sponsored by EDUCAUSE. EDUCAUSE maintains open access to this information with the expectation that it will not be abused. We appreciate your help in using this information properly so that we do not have to limit its availability. If you have questions about the use of this information or you want your personal information or photo removed, you may either e-mail info@educause.edu or login to make changes. |
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