Faculty Member, School of Education
Professor
About
Dr Jan Herrington is Professor of Education at Murdoch University in Perth. The last 20 years of her professional life have been devoted to the promotion and support of the effective use of educational technologies in learning in schools and universities.
Jan's recent research focuses on authentic learning, mobile learning, and design-based research. She has published widely, including a co-edited book entitled Authentic Learning in Higher Education (with Anthony Herrington) and a co-authored book in 2010 (with Thomas C Reeves and Ron Oliver) A Guide to Authentic e-Learning, winner of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) Outstanding Book of the Year Award in 2010.
She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2002 at the University of Georgia, USA. She is currently Chair of the Executive Committee of the EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology.









