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Peter Twining is Professor of Education (Innovation in Schooling & Educational Technology) at the University of Newcastle (Australia), having been Professor of Education (Futures) at the Open University (UK) for the previous six years.,
Peter was a primary school teacher, initial teacher educator, the Head of Department of Education at the Open University, the Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology, and Co-Editor in Chief of Computers & Education. He directed Vital, a £9.4million programme to help teachers make even better use of digital technology and co-chaired the Educational Technology Action Group’s Assessment and Accountability working party.
Peter’s career has focused on issues to do with the purposes of education, the management of educational change, and enhancing education systems, informed by understandings of learning and the potentials of digital technology.
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