Dr. Olivier Nyirubugara
Olivier Nyirubugara studied Book and Digital Media Studies at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands and obtained a Master’s degree in that field in 2006. He had earlier (2002) graduated in English from the University of Bangui, the Central African Republic.
In 2011, he completed a PhD in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam with a dissertation entitled Surfing the Past: Digital Learners in the History Class, in which he empirically explored ways in which pupils use the Web to find historical information. Nyirubugara has also been practicing journalism since 2002 and has been training and coaching journalists in mobile reporting in Africa since 2007.
Books by this author
Surfing the Past. Digital Learners in the History ClassOlivier Nyirubugara – 2012 – (ISBN: 978-90-8890-081-5) | |
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This books discusses one of the most frequently discussed subjects in history education during the last two decades, namely how secondary school pupils use the World Wide Web for their learning activities. Based on two case studies in two Dutch schools, the book shows some ways in which the use of the Web has changed history education.
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