Alexandra Okada
United Kingdom
Dr. Alexandra Okada is a Senior Researcher in Education for Responsible Research and Innovation at the Open University UK, an advisor member of UNESCO, and an Associate Professor in Brazil and Portugal. Previously, she worked as a consultant to the Association for Science Education UK, to the Secretary of Continuing Education, Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion of Brazilian Government; and a computer scientist at Johnson & Johnson and IBM.
She holds a BSc in Computer Science (Hons); MA (Education: Curriculum); MBA (Knowledge Management and Communication); Ph.D. Educational Technology. She has over twenty years of experience in technology-enhanced learning and assessment, working in fifteen international funded projects, and the Principal Investigator led three large European projects in ICT , Open Education and Science with and for Society. She has been awarded by European Union, Brazil Government, Microsoft, and Open Education Consortium.
Currently, Dr. Okada is the principal investigator of three international research networks CONNECT – inclusive open schooling with engaging science and AI; and OLAF – Open Learning and Fun and METEOR – Methodologies for Teamworking in Eco-Outwards Research; engaging communities of 10,000 educators and 30,000 students. Her interests focus on Scientific Literacy and Artificial Intelligence (Responsible Research and Innovation, Open Science and Open schooling), Collaborative Learning (Knowledge Media Technologies, Open Educational Resources, and Mixed Realities artifacts), and Collective Intelligence (knowledge mapping, peer production, and participatory media). Her Open Research Online includes more than 130 peer-reviewed papers.