Professor John Furlong

• Research Associate, March 2006 - September 2009

John Furlong is Director of the Oxford University Department of Education and Fellow of Green College Oxford. John has a long standing reputation for research and teaching in three fields: the professional education of teachers, learners' perspectives on their own learning, and educational research policy and practice. He was President of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) during the academic years 2003-5.

Research interests

e-learning

Contact information

Professor John Furlong, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0)1865 287210 Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211 Email: enquiries@oii.ox.ac.uk

Publications

• Selwyn, N., Gorard, S. and Furlong, J. (2005) Adult Le@rning in the Digital Age. London: Routledge.
• Facer, K., Furlong, J., Furlong, R. and Sutherland, R. (2003) Screenplay; children and computing in the home. London: Routledge.

Projects

• The Learner in Their Context

  April 2008 -

  This project, which is part of its Becta's major programme of research in support of the Government's Harnessing Technology strategy, looks at the learning opportunities afforded by young people's uses of new technologies in their everyday lives.

Last updated on: 3 February 2010