Jonathan Anderson
Emeritus Professor, Flinders University, Australia
Professor Jonathan Anderson is a graduate in psycholinguistics, education and computer science and, in the days when computers could be counted, he worked on Australasia’s third computer. He has worked in universities and schools in Australia, Britain, Fiji, Jamaica, New Guinea, Singapore, Sweden, and the United States. He is the author of books, journal articles, reading tests, research reports, reading and language computer software, CD-ROMs, and online teaching and learning resources. His books include Technology and Adult Literacy, Computing in Schools, Computers in the Language Classroom, Assignment and Thesis Writing, Study at the University (with Sir Fred Schonell), and Developing Computer Use in Education. He edited the UNESCO publications: Computers in Education, ICT in Education: A Curriculum for Schools and Programme of Teacher Development, Technology-Pedagogy Integration for Improved Teaching and Learning, and ICT in Schools: How ICT Can Create New, Open Learning Environment. He contributed chapters to two other UNESCO books – A Planning Guide for ICT and Teacher Education, and Teacher Development in an E-learning Age. For many years he served as co-editor of the online International Education Journal.
Professor Anderson is past president of the Australian College of Education and the Australian Reading Association, and was founding editor of the Australian Journal of Reading. He is active in information communications technology and literacy research in Australia and South-East Asia. He represented Australia on UNESCO’s International Informatics Programme and has participated in many UNESCO projects around the world. For his contributions in education, literacy and ICT, Professor Anderson was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Education and the Australian Computer Society; he was elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; and was awarded Honorary Life Member of the Australian Literacy Educators Association.