Books by Sara de Freitas

Dr Sara de Freitas is a Research Fellow in ICT and Education at the London Knowledge Lab - a collaborative venture between Birkbeck College and the Institute of Education, University of London, exploring the future of learning with digital technologies. Sara is also a consultant with the UK Joint Information Systems Committee e-Learning Development Programme in the Innovation strand, exploring the applications of innovative technologies on post-16 learning. She also founded and co-chairs the UK Lab Group, which brings the research and development community together to create stronger links between industrial and academic research. Sara is widely published in a number of areas including pedagogy and e-learning. Dr Chris Yapp is Head of Public Sector Innovation at Microsoft. Chris has worked in the IT industry for 25 years in a variety of roles. His long-term interests have been in Networking and Education and he has specialized in the areas of lifelong learning, e-government, the creative industries and social exclusion in the emerging knowledge society. He is a frequent public speaker on strategic issues around IT and has been a member of a number of Government Advisory Groups. He is an Associate of the Think Tank DEMOS, a Trustee of the educational charity MirandaNet and a Patron of the National Association for Able Children in Education, NACE.