Professor Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, where she leads the Learning Futures Research and Innovation Programme and the Innovating Pedagogy series of reports. Her work encompasses online distance education, mobile learning and language learning.
Dr Saraswati Dawadi is currently a research associate at The Open University (OU), UK, with over 15 years in the education field. She holds a doctorate in Language Assessment from the OU. Prior to starting her work at the OU, she was a teacher educator at Tribhuvan University. Her current research is around language assessment, equity and inclusion in education, girls’ empowerment and professional development through online learning.
Ram A. Giri, Ph.D., is an academic at Monash College/Monash University, Melbourne, Australia where he has been teaching in the English language and degree programs since 2009. Professor Giri had his education in Nepal, the US, and Australia. After his Master of Education degree in English linguistics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, he went to Columbia University, New York for an EdM degree in Applied linguistics under the Fulbright Scholarship program, and then to Monash University, Melbourne for his PhD under the Australian government’s (IPRS) scholarship program.
Dr Devkota is Assistant Professor of English Education working at the Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development (CERID), Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His key areas of interest are (English language) education policies and pedagogies both at school and tertiary levels. He has coordinated a large number of national and international studies situated in Nepal.
Professor Khan is from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh where she leads the MA in ELT programme in Applied Linguistics and ELT. Her areas of expertise are English language assessment, teacher education, teacher professional development and writing and leadership skills. She has worked as a consultant on many national and International Projects and has significant number of publications to her credit.
Dr Gaved is a Lecturer in Learning Futures at The Open University, UK (OU), where he researches and provides teaching and scholarship support around educational technology. His key areas of expertise are community-based technology enhanced learning, in informal as well as formal settings, often using participatory approaches. He has been PI and Co-I on externally funded research projects both in the UK and internationally.
