Linda Shear
Linda Shear is the director of international studies in SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning. Shear’s research and consulting focus on systemic educational change and powerful uses of ICT (information and communications technology) to support deeper learning for all students. She currently directs research activities for the multinational study Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research, in which leading researchers in eight diverse countries are collaborating to investigate the factors that promote innovative teaching within and across local contexts.
Shear’s international work leverages analysis of the learning activities that teachers assign and the work that students do in response as a powerful tool for professional development. Additional areas of specialty include strategic planning and program evaluations that help clients envision and maximize the implementation effectiveness and learning outcomes of the programs they deliver.
Education
- M.A., education in math, science, and technology, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
- A.B., sociology, Princeton University, 1984
Professional Experience
- Director of International Studies, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (1998–present)
- Researcher/Consultant, University of California, Berkeley, CA (1996-1998)
- Senior Manager and Curriculum Architect, Lotus Development Corporation, San Francisco, CA (1993–1996)
- Senior Manager, Price Waterhouse, San Francisco, CA (1986–1992)
- Programmer/Analyst, Combustion Engineering, Windsor, CT (1984–1986)
Current Projects
- Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research (Leader)
- Evaluation of the Microsoft Innovative Schools Program (Leader)
- Next Generation Learning Challenge Grant Evaluation
- Study of Online Learning
- Wireless Internet Learning Devices (WILD) (Leader)
Past Projects
- College Success Foundation (CSF) evaluations (Leader) (ended 2009)
- Knowledge Management for Program Improvement: Evaluation of the San Diego County Office of Education's Knowledge Management Systems (Leader) (ended 2007)
- Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) (ended 2003)
- Educator's Knowledge Network Evaluation (Leader) (ended 2007)
- Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National High School Program (Leader) (ended 2006)
- Evaluation of the GLOBE Program (ended 2006)
