Christopher Dede

in chemistry and English from the California Institute of Technology in 1969 and a doctorate in science education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1972, where he became an assistant professor after graduation.

Additionally, he has been a policy fellow at the National Institute of Education and a senior program director at the National Science Foundation as well as a visiting scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center and at MIT's Computer Science Lab.

[7] In his research, Dede has argued that immersion in a digital environment can enhance education by allowing multiple perspectives, situated learning and transfer through simulation of reality.

[8] Together with Matt Dunleavy and Rebecca Mitchell, he has studied the potentials and pitfalls of the use of augmented reality in teaching and learning.

[9] In 2011, Chris Dede was named a fellow of the American Educational Research Association.