Noah Wittman is a new media architect and program leader with more than fifteen years of experience developing technologies, online platforms and social networks that foster learning and dialogue across borders and communities. As Co-Founder and Program Manager of Open Knowledge and the Public Interest (OKAPI), Noah Wittman brings together faculty, students and staff at the University of California, Berkeley, to use the Internet and new digital technologies to share knowledge and creativity with others around the world. Noah leads numerous open education and research projects, including a campuswide digital preservation initiative, a Public Understanding of Research program, and a US Department of Education project to develop new models for creating and using open digital collections. These projects have received both national and international recognition, including the 2007 Open Archaeology Prize by the American Schools of Oriental Research and the 2008 Virtual Learning Prize by the New Media Consortium. Before coming to Berkeley, Noah directed the Educator Network and Interactive Media Department at the Exploratorium, a museum of science, art and human perception, located in San Francisco, California. Under his tenure, the Exploratorium Website received Webby Awards for “Best Science Website” and “Best Education Website.”
Projects:
Ars Synthetica
Berkeley Humanities Lab
Digital Nineveh Archives
Justice in East Africa
FIPSE: Scholar’s Box
Digital Anthropology
Okapi Island in Second Life
Omeka Template
OKAPI PUR
OKAPI Studio
