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Jan Herrington is an Associate Professor in IT in Education at The University of Wollongong in Australia. The last 20 years of her professional life has been devoted to the promotion and support of the effective use of educational technologies in authentic learning environments in schools and universities. She has extensive experience in the instructional design, teaching, and researching of online and multimedia learning environments, and in teaching research approaches and methodologies. For her research on authentic learning environments using technology, she was awarded the AECT Young Researcher of the Year Award in Houston, Texas in 1999, and she won a Fulbright Scholarship in 2002 to conduct research at the University of Georgia, USA. Dr. Herrington’s current research focuses on the use of authentic contexts and problem-based scenarios as a central focus for web-based delivery of unit, and the use of design-based research approaches in higher degrees. She is a reviewer for five international refereed journals in educational technology and research, and has published widely in the area.

Jan Herrington is an Associate Professor in IT in Education at The University of Wollongong in Australia. The last 20 years of her professional life has been devoted to the promotion and support of the effective use of educational technologies in authentic learning environments in schools and universities. She has extensive experience in the instructional design, teaching, and researching of online and multimedia learning environments, and in teaching research approaches and methodologies. For her research on authentic learning environments using technology, she was awarded the AECT Young Researcher of the Year Award in Houston, Texas in 1999, and she won a Fulbright Scholarship in 2002 to conduct research at the University of Georgia, USA.

Dr. Herrington’s current research focuses on the use of authentic contexts and problem-based scenarios as a central focus for web-based delivery of unit, and the use of design-based research approaches in higher degrees. She is a reviewer for five international refereed journals in educational technology and research, and has published widely in the area.