Bio Note: Richard Noss is director of the London Knowledge Lab, an interdisciplinary centre of the Institute of Education within University College London. He is Professor of Mathematics Education at the UCL-IOE, holding a master’s degree in pure mathematics and a PhD in mathematical education. He was co-founder and deputy scientific manager of Kaleidoscope, the European network of excellence for technology enhanced learning, and was the director of the UK’s Technology Enhanced Learning Research Programme, funded jointly by the ESRC and EPSRC. His research has focused on the design of constructionist computational environments for learning a range of ideas – mostly mathematics-related. He has extensively researched the kinds of knowledge needed by employees in technology-rich workplaces, and appropriate ways to harness technology to foster this knowledge.

Affiliation: University College London, UK

Homepage: http://people.lkl.ac.uk/noss