RITA IFEOMA
OLADIRAN

Rita is a STEM Education Specialist and Digital Teaching/Learning expert. She is an Educational development professional with over eight years of experience enhancing students’ learning and academic achievement.

She is the founder of Bi-STEM24, a non-profit EdTech Organization committed to promoting innovative education in STEM and improving learning outcomes through applying digital pedagogies within learning spaces, toward building competent and digitally confident future graduates.

She has a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Benin- Nigeria, and a master's degree in Digital Teaching & Learning (MA-DTL), alongside other post-graduate qualifications in education, from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, from which she graduated with Distinction.

She also holds a master’s degree in Managerial Psychology (MMP) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Rita engages in global project initiatives toward educational development in under-served and under-represented regions. She was awarded the ‘Developing Solutions Scholarship’ for her master's degree at the University of Nottingham (2020).

In 2022, she became an inaugural Fellow of the PhET Interactive Simulations project of the University of Colorado Boulder, with the responsibility of accelerating the uptake of research-based math and science teaching and learning approaches through the PhET sims, in Africa and Latin America.

She believes in research, coaching and designing learning with a future-forward focus, as a means to transform learning and education in Africa.

She has authored several research and conference papers on education development-related subject matter, she is also actively involved in inspiring and supporting educators and other stakeholders to engage learners in the innovative and sustainable use of educational technologies, through training and coaching.

Having a background in STEM enables her to create digital tools and resources to support active STEM learning and promote innovative educational practices.