Network for Teaching Information Society

NETIS Project

Tarmo KALVET

Telephone: +372-6 409 004

Fax: +372-6 409 001

Tarmo KALVET (1976) is a member of Board and Director of Innovation Programme at PRAXIS Center for Policy Styudies, Estonia. Tarmo Kalvet has graduated from the University of Tartu (Estonia) with MPA (cum laude) and B.A. in Public Administration and social policy, and also continues his PhD studies there. Before joining PRAXIS, he has worked for Archimedes Foundation as analyst for the ICT-sector cluster-study “Estonian eVikings” (2001 – 6/2002) and as Estonian project manager for the “European Survey of Information Society”, and assistant to the 5FP Information Society Technologies National Contact Point (1999-2000). In 1997 – 1998 he worked as local expert co-ordinating the subfield “Information Networks Development” for the “Phare Public Development Programme in Estonia”, the project implemented by the the Finnish Institute of Public Management  and TietoEnator (Finland).

For more details, see www.praxis.ee/kalvet/

PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies is an independent not-for-profit think tank based in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded in 2000, the mission of PRAXIS is to improve and contribute to the policy-making process in Estonia by conducting independent research, providing strategic counsel to policy makers and fostering public debate.

Christopher SADLER
 

Telephone:

+4402084112705
Fax: +4402084115924

Chris SADLER is a principal lecturer in the School of Computing Science at Middlesex University, LONDON. He  works as the coordinator of postgraduate projects (dissertations) and occupies the post of curriculum leader for postgraduate distance-learning (Global Campus) programmes. Aside from research interests in the field of Computer Science, he has worked on a number of national and international projects in distance education and e-learning. His principal contributions to these projects have been in the areas of e-pedagogy, remote tutor support and e-learning delivery and administration.

Michela MORETTI

Telephone:

+39 051 6560401

Fax:

+39 051 6560402

 Michela MORETTI (1965). took a degree in Educational Science (Pedagogy) at University of Bologna in 1988.
She is the head of the Unit “Evaluation and training design” of SCIENTER, a non-profit research organisation active in the field of innovation of education and training systems. In particular she is involved at national and European levels in projects focused on: assessment of eLearning materials, quality of eLearning services, pedagogy of ODL, quality assessment of innovative projects which employ ICT in the process of teaching and learning. She was a member of EDEN NAP.

Kerstin SIAKAS

Telephone:

+30 2310 791 296 

Fax:

+30 2310 791 290

http://www.teithe.gr

Kerstin SIAKAS (1953) is assistant professor at the Department of Informatics, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece (17 years). She is the academic responsible for the research laboratory “Information and Management Systems” in the department as well as for the “Entrepreneurship” program in the University. Her teaching includes Economics and Organization, Management Information Systems, Project Management and Software Quality Assurance. She also has an extensive industrial experience in developing Information Systems on different levels (programmer, analyst, IT manager) from mainly global organizations in different countries. She is engaged in research in Information Systems Engineering, Multidisciplinary Approaches for Software Engineering, Knowledge Management and Software Quality Management.  She has a particular interest in the social, cultural and political approaches and their effect on society, such as outsourcing, eLearning, digital divide and eInclusion, as well as on the subsequent challenges for managers, educators and governments. She has published around 50 papers about her research in international refereed conferences, journals and book chapters. She holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from Åbo Academy, Finland and a PhD in Computing from London Metropolitan University, UK.

Prof. Ing. Veronika STOFFA

Telephone:

+421-(0)357901741

Fax:

+421-(0)357901713

Prof Ing. Veronika Stoffova (1951) represents the Department of Informatics at Janos Selye University in Komarno, Slovakia. She also teaches part-time at Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ, Faculty of Education, Department of Technology and Information Education. She received her PhD in Technical cybernetics at the Slovak Technical University, Bratislava in 1982. She also has a Professor Degree for specialisation in Theory of teaching of mathematics at Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra. She is the member of numerous Scientific Boards (e.g. at the Faculty of  Natural Sciences of Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, SK, and at the J. Selye University, Komárno, SK) and also member of  the Committee of International Scientific Organization of Czech and Slovak Society.