Claudia Urrea, PhD

Claudia Urrea has over 20 years of experience in the field of Education and Technology.  After completing her graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute Technology, Claudia worked for 1 year at the Interamerican Development Bank as a consultant in the Education Sector, and 5 years at One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation as Director of Learning.  At OLPC, she was in charge of designing, developing, and implementing a learning vision for the organization. She also collaborated with all OLPC learning teams and local coordinators in countries around the world to provide a solid learning development program.  Claudia is a senior consultant and project manager, with expertise in a wide range of education and technology areas.  Her areas of interest include research, qualitative assessment, curriculum design, primary and secondary education, online learning, education for developing countries, teacher professional development, educational programming and robotics, and maker education. Claudia has consulted with international and multi-sectoral organizations such as the Interamerican Development Bank and Schlumberger Excellence in Education Development-SEED.  She has helped multiple governments and non-government agencies to empower and support schools and communities of learners to evolve from traditional teaching methods into progressive learning environments.  Claudia has a Master's degree in Educational Media and Technology from Boston University and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory.  Her thesis studied the implications of one to one learning in a rural setting in Latin America.  Claudia holds a visiting research position with the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.  She has taught several classes at the Harvard Summer Program and Early Childhood Development program at Tufts University.