Influence
Martin is a significant proponent and keynote speaker at conferences of constructivism, especially in view of the clash between Internet web2.0 technologies, learning theory and ICT in the classroom. His software and findings now underpin the current models of learning on line is currently used by the Open University and many other educational institutions. His open source software has been adopted by over 40.000 sites worldwide and translated into over 70 language versions. Currently an advisory group member of eXe International, developing free authoring applications to help teachers and academics publish web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup code.
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