Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Senior Analyst and Deputy Head of Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), edited and overviewed this book. The book is an output of the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) project on “Smart data and digital technology in education: AI, learning analytics and beyond” that he leads.
The chapters of the book have been authored by the following members of the OECD Secretariat and external experts, as indicated for each chapter in the book: Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (Senior Analyst, OECD), Quentin Vidal (Analyst, OECD), Natalie Foster (Analyst, OECD) Tiago Fragoso (Analyst, OECD), Carlos González‑Sancho (Analyst, OECD), Hyunkyeong Yun (Intern, OECD), Jun Yu (Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore, former Analyst, OECD), Ryan Baker (Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, United States), M. Aaron Hawn (University of Pennsylvania, United States), Seiyon Lee (University of Pennsylvania, United States), Inge Molenaar (Director, National Education Lab AI, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands), Peter Sleegers (BMC Consultancy, Netherlands), and Lucia Delagnello (Consultant, former Director of Center for Innovation in Brazilian Education, Brazil).
The questionnaires on digital infrastructure and governance that allowed to collect information about countries’ policies and practices were designed by Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Quentin Vidal and Reyer van der Vlies, former Analyst at the OECD. Cassie Hague, OECD Analyst, Koen Van Lieshout, former OECD Analyst, as well as OECD colleagues in the “Digitalisation cluster” of the Directorate for Education and Skills are gratefully acknowledged for their comments on the questionnaires or the drafts, notably Karine Tremblay, Stéphanie Jamet and Thomas Weko, Senior Analysts at the OECD.
Tia Loukkola, Head of the Innovation and Measuring Progress division at the Directorate for Education and Skills, and Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, are gratefully acknowledged for their feedback, support, patience and encouragement throughout the project.
Federico Bolognesi, Project Assistant at the OECD, prepared the publication and helped coordinate the many aspects of project, as was the case for former Project Assistant Madeleine Gereke at its beginning. Rachel Linden, Publications Coordinator, and Sasha Ramirez-Hughes, Communication manager at the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills supervised the publication and communication processes.
The CERI Governing Board peer-reviewed the book and provided helpful comments during the whole project. Country coordinators for the project commented on several drafts and supported the publication of the book, with big thanks for providing a wealth of examples, for coordinating the inputs within their ministry, public agencies (and outside), for verifying and validating their country information with tight deadlines, for the constructive critiques and comments, and their enthusiasm and support for the work. They are gratefully acknowledged below.
Finally, the Atelier Richter is thanked for granting permission to use a digital print by Gerhard Richter as the cover image.