Alain Jan
ELearning Researcher And Lecturer at Ecole Profesionnelle Suisse de Naturopathie
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAlain Jan is an eLearning researcher, lecturer and experienced educator with over two decades of practice at the intersection of technology, education and society. Holding an EdD from The Open University, he is completing two books—one on ePortfolios based on his thesis and another exploring reflection, Open Badges and blockchain’s potential to reshape trust in skills and civic participation. He teaches economics, law, anatomy and digital skills across Swiss institutions, consults on Moodle/Mahara integration, and serves as a long-standing technical reviewer for Packt Publishing. A seasoned international speaker and former visiting fellow at ANU, he has presented widely across Europe and Australia on edtech, medicine and policy. He brings leadership experience from a decade in Swiss centrist politics, where he built a durable network and a reputation for simplifying complex problems. Practically minded, he blends hands-on classroom practice, platform integration expertise and research-led strategy to help institutions adopt meaningful, evidence-based digital learning.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Education (EdD) with Award, Doctor of Education (EdD) with Award at The Open UniversityBachelor, Bachelor at Université de Fribourg - Universität FreiburgMaster, Master at HEC Lausanne - The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of LausanneEcole primaire de CugyMasters' Degree; BA, Masters' Degree; BA at Haute Ecole PédagogiqueBA, BA at University of Fribourg : Sciences Economiques et Sociales, and Lausanne HECMaster in Business Information System (DPIO-MBIS), Master in Business Information System (DPIO-MBIS) at Université de LausanneLience en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Lience en Sciences Economiques et Sociales at Université de Fribourg/Universität FreiburgMaster, Master at Haute Ecole Pédagogique du Canton de VaudCertificate, Certificate at Séminaire Pédagogique pour l'Enseignement Secondaire du Canton de VaudBachelor, Bachelor at Heilpraktiker Hochschule SaarbrückenMaster, Master at EPFLMaster's Degree, Master's Degree at University of Lausanne : Faculty of Hautes Etudes Commerciales
Greek, English, German, French
Github Skills (18)
phonegap8
mahara7
cordova6
android5
ionic4
moodle4
raspberry4
wifi4
access-point3
armhf2
router2
pi2
mobile2
raspberry-pi2
armbian1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dajan/markdown-guide-book
May 2020 - Mar 2021
The comprehensive Markdown reference guide, in book format.
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
restructuredtextreference-guidecomprehensivemarkdown
dajan/mahara-mobile
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:5 pushes in 7 months
cordovaionicandroidmobile-appmulti-platform
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