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				FRIENDS OF THE 
				CONFERENCE 
				  
				Anders D. 
				Olofsson 
				
				Member of the Scientific Committee, former member 
				of the Publications and Promotions Committee, presenter, 
				moderator  
				
				  
				
				Anders earned his teacher’s certification at 
				Växjö University, Sweden in 1999. After working four years as a 
				teacher he moved to the northern parts of Sweden and started his 
				PhD studies. In 2005 he earned a PhD in education at Umeå 
				University, Sweden. Anders is now a senior lecturer in education 
				at the Department of Education, Umeå University. He lectures in 
				subjects related to, for example, ICT and assessment, online 
				learning communities, distance and online education. In addition 
				since 2006 Anders has been supervising PhD students and work 
				half time at the Medical School, Umeå University as a researcher 
				in the field of medical education and as an educational 
				developer of the medical programme. 
				
				  
				
				
				In his research Anders departs from a 
				philosophical hermeneutical approach and his research is aimed 
				at understanding the meaning of social processes of teaching and 
				fostering, establishing the meaning of, for example, ethics, 
				democracy, learning and teaching in an online education context. 
				During the last few years Anders has developed a significant 
				interest in teacher professional development taking place 
				online. Together with his colleague and good friend Dr. J. Ola 
				Lindberg, he has edited the book 
				
				Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional 
				Development: Methods for Improved Education Delivery. 
				  
				
				
				Anders 
				
				has within his research area contributed 
				internationally with book chapters, journal articles and papers 
				to conference proceedings. He is the scientific leader for the 
				research group Learning and ICT and co-leader for the 
				research network ICT, Media & Learning within the 
				Department of Education and Umeå School of Education, both at 
				the Umeå University. 
				
				
				For 
				
				
				more information: 
				
				
				
				http://www.pedag.umu.se/personal/olofsson_a/index.html 
				  
				
				Marcie 
				Boucouvalas 
				
				Henk 
				Eijkman 
				
				J. Ola 
				Lindberg 
				
				
				Ġorġ Mallia 
				
				
				Peter Mayall 
				
				
				Barry O'Grady 
				
				Pericles 'Asher' 
				Rospigliosi 
				
				Jiorgos 
				Sarrigeorgiou 
				
				
				
				Simon 
				Shurville 
				
				Mary Snow 
				
				Richard Snow 
				
				
				Anthony 
				Whitefield 
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