Chris Dede

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National Advisory Council member Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education [1]. His funded research includes four grants from the National Science Foundation [2] and the U.S. Department of Education [3] to explore immersive and semi-immersive simulations as a means of student engagement, learning, and assessment. In 2007, Harvard honored him as an outstanding teacher.

Dede has served as a member on the U.S. Department of Education's Technology Expert Panel [4] and as an International Steering Committee member for the Second International Technology in Education study [5]. He coedited the book Scaling Up Success: Lessons Learned from Technology-Based Educational Improvement [6], published in 2005. A second volume he edited, Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods [7], was published in 2006.

He is featured in the following Edutopia content:

• "Assessment for Understanding: Taking a Deeper Look [8]"
• "Educational Technology: Bridging Distance and Time [9]"
• "Evaluation Experts Speak: The Ramifications of High-Stakes Testing [10]"
• "Let the Games Begin: Entertainment Meets Education [11]"
• "Risky Business: Industry Invests in Schools [12]"