James Werle
ORG Internet2
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James Werle serves as the Director of the National Internet2 K20
Initiative which brings together Internet2 member institutions and
innovators from public libraries, primary and secondary schools,
colleges and universities, and museums to extend advanced
broadband-enabled technologies, applications, middleware, and content
to all community anchor institutions, as quickly and connectedly as
possible. James began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching
physics and building a library and science lab in the small Central
African nation of Malawi. He also worked at the University of
Washington for 8 years where he helped launch the Washington Digital
Learning Commons, a statewide K-12 online learning consortium, and led
numerous educational partnership and learning technology efforts. He
holds a BA in science education and a Masters Degree in Library and
Information Science from the Ischool at the University of Washington.
