Game Based Learning 2010

Dr Naomi Norman is Director of Learning for Epic, one of the UK’s market leading e-learning companies, and an Honorary visiting lecturer at the University of Sussex.

With a focus on learning-led technology rather than technology-led learning, she works with colleagues to achieve the highest quality learning solutions for Epic’s multitude of clients across the private and public sectors. This includes breaking the boundaries for e-learning to provide innovative solutions such as that of training for the Army using the Nintendo DS gaming console.

Naomi has a D.Phil (PhD) from Oxford University in the use of visual media for teaching and learning mathematics. Prior to that, she received an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College, London and a BSc in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Kent. She has extensive consultancy and research experience in learning technologies, and over the years has successfully undertaken contracts in the field for the likes of Nationwide Building Society, Granada Media, Sesame Street, the BBC and the UK Government’s Department for Children, Schools and Families. She also spent two years as Director of Education for the UK’s largest science-specialist education software company.