Ale Okada is a Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute at the Open University, senior consultant to the Association of Science Education UK, visiting senior lecturer at the University of Sao Paulo, Brasil and the Open University of Portugal. She also leads the open research network COLEARN on collaborative open learning.

Her research through 10 projects in Europe and Brazil focuses on knowledge and social media technologies to foster Scientific Digital Literacy - future...

Keys: SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL LITERACY (Responsible Research and Innovation, Inquiry Based Learning, Smart Citizenship), COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ( Knowledge Media Technologies, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks) and COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE (knowledge mapping, mass collaboration, peer production and participatory media).

Mikroyannidis, A., Okada, A., Correa, A. and Scott, P. (2020) Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud Cognitive Analytics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, pp. 529-549, IGI Global

Okada, A. and De Liddo, A. (2019) LiteMap - Mapeamento do conhecimento

Okada, A. and De Liddo, A. (2018) LiteMap Outreach and Usage by Brazilian Universities

Rocha, K., Rocha, B. and Okada, A. (2017) Rubric to assess evidence-based dialogue of socio scientific issues with LiteMap, Technology enhanced assessment

Torres, P., Fialho, N., Kowalski, R. and Okada, A. (2016) Responsible Research and Innovation for the Media Facebook: Community Involvement in the Study on Agrobiodiversity, Creative Education, 7, pp. 2141 - 2150

Okada, A. and Bayram-Jacobs, D. (2016) Opportunities and challenges for equipping the next generation for responsible citizenship through the ENGAGE HUB, International Conference on Responsible Research in Education and Management and its Impact. London 2016.

Okada, A., Costa, A.M., Kowalski, R., Torres, P., Nakayama, M. and Souza, K. (2016) Open Educational Resources for Responsible Research and Innovation: a case study with Brazilian universities and schools, International Conference on Responsible Research in Education and Management and its Impact. London 2016

Mikroyannidis, A., Okada, A., Correa, A.L. and Scott, P. (2016) Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud, in eds. Lee Chao, Handbook of Research on Cloud-Based STEM Education for Improved Learning Outcomes, pp. 291-310, IGI Global

Okada, A. (2016) Responsible research and innovation in science education report., eds. Milton Keynes: The Open University - UK.

Okada, A., Rossi, L.C. and Costa, A.M. (2015) Online argumentative maps for facilitating international debates with experts at large scale, EC-TEL The 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning

Okada, A., Wolff, A. and Mikroyannidis, A. (2015) Fostering young smart citizens through personal learning environments for urban inquiries, Workshop: Smart Learning Ecosystems in Smart Regions and Cities at 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL), Toledo, Spain

Okada, A., Young, G. and Sanders, J. (2015) Fostering Communities of Practices for teachers' professional development integrating OER and MOOC, Conference of the European Science Education Research Association

Okada, A., Young, G. and Sherborne, T. (2015) Innovative Teaching of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education, Open Education Europa Journal - eLearning Papers, V 44(1)

Okada, A., Scott, P. and Mendonca, M. (2015) Effective web videoconferencing for proctoring online oral exams: a case study at scale in Brazil, Open Praxis International Journal, 7, 3, International Council for Open and Distance Education

Okada, A., Wolff, A., Mikroyannidis, A. and Ashton, S. (2015) Promoting partnerships among Universities, Schools and Research Centres to foster Responsible Research and Innovation for smart citizenship, 15th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI), Milton Keynes, UK

Sherborne, T. and Okada, A. (2015) Mastering inquiry skills, Workshop: 6th Science Projects Workshop in the Future Classroom Lab at Scientix Projects' Networking European Conference

, Okada, A. and Palau, R. (2015) New learning scenarios for the 21st century related to Education, Culture and Technology, Universities and Knowledge Society International Journal, 12, 2, University of New England and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Sherborne, T., Young, G. and Okada, A. (2015) ENGAGE - Equipping the next generation for active engagement in Science through gamification, The Association for Science Education Conference

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C., Ribeiro, S. and Pinto, S. (2015) Key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in two open platforms: a massive portal (EDUCARED) and a personal environment (weSPOT), Open Praxis International Journal, 7, 1, International Council for Open and Distance Education

Rabello, C. and Okada, A. (2014) Coaprendizagem e desenvolvimento profissional docente em ambientes abertos massivos, e-Curriculum Journal, 12, 3

Serra, A.R.C., Ribeiro, S., Pinto, S. and Okada, A. (2014) A utilização de REA na Universidade Aberta do Brasil, III Colóquio Luso Brasileiro de Educação a Distância e Elearning, Lisboa-Portugal

Calonego, R., Andrello, R., Serra, A.R.C. and Okada, A. (2014) A comunicação estratégica empresarial por meio de ambientes virtualizados, Anais do 37º. Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação, Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil

Okada, A., Rabello, C. and Ferreira, G. (2014) Developing 21st century skills through colearning with OER and social networks, Proceedings of the European Distance and E-Learning Network 2014 Research Workshop - EDEN 2014, Oxford

Okada, A. (2014) Scaffolding school students' scientific argumentation in inquiry-based learning with evidence maps, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Simon Buckingham Shum, Tony Sherborne, Knowledge Cartography: Software tools and mapping techniques, 2nd edition, Springer Verlag

Okada, A., Buckingham Shum, S. and Sherborne, T. (eds.) (2014) Knowledge Cartography: Software tools and mapping techniques - Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing, 2nd edition, pp. 540, London: Springer-Verlag

Okada, A. (2014) Competências-chave para coaprendizagem na era digital: fundamentos, métodos e aplicações, 9789898765062, pp. 100, St. Tirso: WhiteBooks

Calonego, R., Serra, A.R.C. and Okada, A. (2014) A comunicação estratégica empresarial por meio de ambientes virtualizados, 20º. Congresso Internacional ABED de Educacao a Distancia, Curitiba, Brasil

Correa, A.L., Rabello, C. and Okada, A. (2014) Reliability of web-based information in inquiry projects, EC-TEL 2014 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Graz, Austria, Springer

Calonego, R., Serra, A.R.C. and Okada, A. (2014) Social, open and personalised environments for communication and knowledge management between business and educational organisations, i-KNOW 2014 International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-Driven Business, Graz, Austria, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Okada, A. and Ferreira, G. (2014) Co-authorship and Colearning through Open Educational Resources at UKOU, ALT-C 2014 Learning technology Conference, Warwick, UK

Souza, K., Okada, A. and Silva, B. (2014) Competences For Co-Entrepreneurship: contribution to the understanding of the concept for Entrepreneurial education, International Congress on Education, Innovation and Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C. and Machado, C. (2014) Mídias Sociais e Recursos Educacionais Abertos Móveis na pesquisa acadêmica do século 21, in eds. Moreira, J. António; Barros. D. & Monteiro, A., Educação a Distância e eLearning na Web Social., Santo Tirso: White Books

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C., Ribeiro, S. and Pinto, S. (2014) Competências-Chave para coaprender em ambientes abertos massivos, RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia, Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia (AIESAD)

Okada, A., Buckingham Shum, S., Sherborne, T. and Sanchez Nunez, P. (2014) Knowledge Cartography: Software tools and mapping techniques,, eds. Springer Verlag, 2nd edition

Serra, A.R.C. and Okada, A. (2014) Mobilidade Aberta: coaprendizagem e coinvestigação em ambientes acadêmicos, IKASNABAR 2014 International Conference on Open Education and Educational Technology, Bilbao, Spain

Okada, A., Pinto, S. and Ribeiro, S. (2014) Scientific Literacy through co-Inquiry based on non-formal and informal learning, PCST2014 - 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, Salvador-Brazil

Sherborne, T. and Okada, A. (2014) Authentic Inquiry: Raise Motivation and Results with Real Science, Workshop: Authentic Inquiry: Raise Motivation and Results with Real Science at The National Science Teachers Association Conference, Boston, USA

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2014) 'Colearning' - Collaborative Open Learning through OER and Social Media, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Collaborative Open Learning through OER and Social Media, 2nd edition, ISBN 9788582270295

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2014) Coaprendizagem através de REA e Redes Sociais, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 2nd edition, 9788582270295

Okada, A. and Bujokas, A. (2014) Comunidades abertas de prática e redes sociais de coaprendizagem da UNESCO, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 2nd edition, 9788582270295, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C., Barros, D., Ribeiro, S. and Pinto, S. (2014) Competencias-clave para coaprender y coinvestigar en la era digital en entornos abiertos y massivos, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 2nd edition, 933162227, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2014) Co-aprendizaje a traves de REA y Medios de comunicacion Social, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 933162227, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A. (eds.) (2014) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 2nd edition, ISBN 9788582270295, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A. and Bujoka, l. (2014) Comunidades abertas de prática e redes sociais de coaprendizagem da UNESCO, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, EDUEMA PUBLISHERS

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2014) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, in eds. Alexandra Okada, "Colearning" - Collaborative Open Learning through OER and Social Media, ISBN 9788582270226, EDUEMA PUBLISHERS

Okada, A. (2014) Mapas do Conhecimento com Recursos Educacionais Abertos Aplicados à Coaprendizagem Baseada em Coinvestigação, in eds. Patrícia Torres, Complexidade : redes e conexões na produção do conhecimento, Curitiba: SENAR - PR

Okada, A. (2014) Espaços e (co)relações de conhecimento para coaprender e coinvestigar em rede, in eds. Ronaldo Nunes Linhares, Cristiane Porto, Valéria Freire, Mídia e educação: espaços e (co) relações de conhecimentos, Aracaju: EDUNIT

Okada, A. (2013) Scientific Literacy in the digital age: tools, environments and resources for co-inquiry, European Scientific Journal, 4, ISSN: 1857 - 7881, United Nations

Okada, A. (2013) Inquiry based learning Tools, Environments and Resources, in eds. Kathy Kikis-Papadakis, Foteini Chaimala, Renia Papanastasiou, Enhancing Innovation and Creativity in Science Teaching, IACM FORTH

Pinto, S., Ribeiro, S. and Okada, A. (2013) Formação em rede para inclusão digital de educadores de telecentro, III Colóquio Luso Brasileiro de Educação a Distância e Elearning, 6 - 7 de Dezembro de 2013, Lisboa-Portugal

Rabello, C., Okada, A. and Haguenauer, C. (2013) Tecnologias, novos letramentos e formação de professores: um estudo em comunidades de coaprendizagem, III Congresso Luso Brasileiro de educação a distância e e-learning, Lisbon, Portugal

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C., Ribeiro, S. and Pinto, S. (2013) Competências-Chave na era digital para coaprendizagem e coinvestigação, III Colóquio Luso Brasileiro de Educação a Distância e Elearning, Lisboa-Portugal

Okada, A., Pinto, S., Ribeiro, S. and Serra, A.R.C. (2013) Desarrollo de competencias esenciales en la Cibercultura con co-aprendizaje basado en co-investigación, Sexto Congreso Internacional de Aprendizaje y Cibersociedad, Madrid, Spain, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Calonego, R., Andrelo, R. and Okada, A. (2013) Professional Development in Communication and Co-Inquiry through weSPOT, Poster at Sixth International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies, Madrid, Spain

Correa, A.L. and Okada, A. (2013) Co-Inquiry game about Biodiversity in the Garden, International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies, Madrid, Spain, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Rabello, C., Okada, A. and Haguenauer, C. (2013) Multiliteracias e redes de coaprendizagem na formação docente na era digital, no 6th International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies

Okada, A. (eds.) (2013) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 1st edition, ISBN 9788582270226, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Mikroyannidis, A., Okada, A., Scott, P., Rusman, E., Specht, M., Stefanov, K., Boytchev, P., Protopsaltis, A., Held, P., Hetzner, S., Kikis-Papadakis, K. and Chaimala, F. (2013) weSPOT: A Personal and Social Approach to Inquiry-Based Learning, Journal of Universal Computer Science Special Issue on Cloud Education Environments, 19, 14, pp. 2093-2111

Okada, A. (2013) Social Media for enriching collaborative open learning and collective knowledge, 18th International Education Technology and Social Media Conference, China, Hong Kong

Okada, A., Meister, I. and Barros, D. (2013) Refletindo sobre avaliação na era da co-aprendizagem e co-investigação, 1st International Conference on Assessment and Technologies in Higher Education - CATES 2013, Portugal

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2013) Coaprendizagem através de REA e Mídias Sociais, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks: colearning and professional development, ISBN 9788582270226, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2013) 'Colearning' - Collaborative Open Learning through OER and Social Media, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, ISBN 9788582270226, pp. 368, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A. and Bujokas, A. (2013) Comunidades abertas de prática e redes sociais de coaprendizagem da UNESCO, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Barros, D. and Okada, A. (2013) Os estilos de coaprendizagem para as novas características da Educação 3.0, VIII International Conference on ICT in education - Challenges 2013, Braga, Portugal

Mikroyannidis, A., Okada, A. and Scott, P. (2013) Personal Learning Environments for Inquiry-Based Learning, PLE Conference, Berlin, Germany, eds. Ilona Buchem, Graham Attwell, Gemma Tur, pp. 227-237, Beuth University of Applied Sciences

Ribeiro, S., Okada, A. and Rocha, C. (2013) Gestão Colaborativa em Rede: Mapeamento das Práticas Inovadoras no Processo de Institucionalização da Educação a Distância na Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Poster at Challenges 2013 - VIII Conferência Internancional de TIC na Educação, Braga, Portugal

Pinto, S. and Okada, A. (2013) Redes de aprendizagens significativas e colaborativas em Ambientes on-line: a experiência do curso de formação de monitores interativos da Bahia - Brasil, Poster at Challenges 2013 - VIII Conferência Internancional de TIC na Educação

Parodi, E., Specht, M., Bedek, M., Duval, E., Held, P., Okada, A., Stevanov, K., Kikis-papadakis, K. and Strahovnik, V. (2013) weSPOT: Working Environment with Social and Personal Open Tools for inquiry based learning, ATEE winter conference Association for Teacher Education in Europe - Learning & Teaching with Media & Technology

Barros, D., Okada, A. and Kenski, V. (2012) Coletividade aberta de pesquisa: os Estilos de coaprendizagem no cenário online, Educação, Formação & Tecnologias, 5, 2, pp. 11-24

Specht, M., Bedek, M., Duval, E., Held, P., Okada, A., Stevanov, K., Parodi, E., Kikis-Papadakis, K. and Strahovnik, V. (2012) WESPOT: Inquiry based learning meets learning analytics, 3rd International Conference on e-Learning, Belgrade, Serbia

Okada, A. and Ferreira, G. (2012) Co-authorship in the age of cyberculture: Open Educational Resources at the Open University of the United Kingdom, Cyberculture, on-line education and professional development JOURNAL

Okada, A. (2012) Engaging Learning Communities in Producing, Adapting, Sharing and Disseminating Open Educational games, 19th International Conference on Learning, The International Journal of Learning

Mikroyannidis, A., Okada, A., Scott, P., Rusman, E., Specht, M., Stefanov, K., Protopsaltis, A., Held, P. and Hetzner, S. (2012) weSPOT: A Cloud-based Approach for Personal and Social Inquiry, Workshop: 1st International Workshop on Cloud Education Environments, Antigua, Guatemala, 945, pp. 7-11, CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Okada, A. and Leslie, S. (2012) The OER FLOW and Social Media, Open Education Conference 2012, Vancouver

Okada, A. (eds.) (2012) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks: colearning and professional development, 978-0956681041, pp. 368, SCHOLIO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & PUBLISHING

Okada, A. and Meister, I. (2012) OpenScout Tool-Library: integrating people, resources and stories, Journal - Contemporary education and technology (IST) - Training for virtual environments: curriculum and educational processes., 1, 2, pp. 86-96

Okada, A., Mikroyannidis, A., Meister, I. and Little, S. (2012) 'Colearning' - Collaborative networks for creating, sharing and reusing OER through social media, Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education, Cambridge, UK

Okada, A., Connolly, T. and Scott, P. (eds.) (2012) Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources, IGI Global

Meister, I., Okada, A. and Mikroyannidis, A. (2012) An OER collaborative environment: Openscout Tool Library and Colearn Community, IADIS International Conference e-Society 2012, Berlin, Germany

Okada, A. (2012) Open Educators and Colearners as DJs: Reuse, Remix and recreat OER collaboratively, in eds. Okada, A.; Connoly, T.; Scott, P., Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources, Hershey: IGI Global

Okada, A. (2012) Participatory Design: Creating Open Educational games using Social Media, 6th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Design Principles and Practices