education policy analysis archives

Lisa Petrides
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
United States

Lisa Petrides, Ph.D. is CEO and founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME). A former professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Columbia University, Teachers College, her research and teaching interests include information science, decision-making, and issues of access and equity in education. Petrides also leads OER Commons (www.oercommons.org), a digital public library of open educational resources and collaboration platform that supports and facilitates the creation, sharing, and modification of open educational resources. Petrides received her Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Letha Goger
Fresno Pacific University
United States

Letha Goger, M.A., M.L.I.S., is an education and library consultant whose work focuses on open education initiatives. Previously a librarian with the University of California, she has also served as digital librarian for OER Commons, ISKME's digital public library of open educational resources. Engaged in K-20 public education for fifteen years, Goger has extensive experience in the school, academic and public library sectors, and is currently adjunct faculty at Fresno Pacific University, School of Education.

Cynthia Jimes
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
United States

Cynthia Jimes, Ph.D., is Director of Research at the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), where she has led international projects over the past 10 years focusing on the impact of open educational resources on teaching and learning. While living in Sweden from 1995 to 2004, she worked in both the private and public sectors, holding positions in research consulting, teaching high school and college, and obtaining her Ph.D. in Information Science from Uppsala University in Sweden.