Martha Stone Wiske

Lecturer on Education
Technology, Innovation, and Education Program

Profile

Martha Stone Wiske teaches, conducts collaborative action research, and consults with educators both nationally and internationally. Her main goal is the improvement of public education and effective research through fostering mutually beneficial connections between educational research and practice. Special interests include the integration of new technologies and the incorporation of learner-centered teaching for understanding into educational settings, including schools, universities, and other settings. Her recent work focuses on the creation and assessment of online learning environments and activities, and the development of networked communities of practice. She directs the Education with New Technologies Web site, a networked learning environment to support teaching for understanding with new technologies. It combines interactive tools, online courses, a library of resources, pictures of practice, and electronic forums for over 3,000 registered members. Wiske teaches and conducts research on online professional development courses through WIDE World (Wide-Scale Interactive Development for Educators). WIDE World fosters the improvement of teaching through online courses and communities that both model student research-based educational practices. She published Teaching for Understanding with Technology(Wiley, 2005). Wiske also edited Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice and is cofounder of ECi (Education, Communication, and Information), an international journal for dialogue about new developments in educational theory, practice, and technology. ECi is published by Routledge in print form and online at http://www.open.ac.uk/eci.

Degrees

• Ed.D., Harvard University