Paul Resta Biography

Dr. Paul E. Resta holds the Ruth Knight Milliken Centennial Professorship in Instructional Technology and serves as Director of the Learning Technology Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His current work focuses on the research and development of web-based learning environments, computer-supported collaborative learning strategies and tools, and online teacher professional
development.

He served as President of the International Council of Computers in Education and is the Founding President of the International Society for Technology in Education. He currently serves as President of the International Jury for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education. He also serves as Chair of the Association for Teacher Educators National Commission on Technology and the Future of Teacher Education.

Resta has received a number of awards including The Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) Lifetime
Achievement Award; the U.S. Distance Learning Association Award for Outstanding Achievements in Higher Education; Electronic Learning Magazine’s Educator of the Year Award; and The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute of Education Award for Outstanding Leadership in Furthering Educational Research

He serves on national and international advisory boards, including: Microsoft, Blackboard, U.S. Department of Education, International
Laboratory of Advanced Education Technologies, and the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education. He has produced numerous articles, book chapters, and books on educational technology. Recent books include: Toward Digital Equity: Bridging the Divide in Education, Allyn and Bacon; Information and Communication Technology in Teacher Education: A Planning Guide, UNESCO (book translated into seven languages); Teacher Development in an E-Learning Age, UNESCO, in press.