Andrea Brothman is an expert in instructional design and technology-enhanced learning. She brings experience in constructivist pedagogy, project-based learning, and makerspace learning and fosters professional development (PD) through action-research and curriculum development. A highly skilled qualitative researcher adept in focus group and interview methodologies, she advances knowledge of the impacts of technology on learning.

Andrea directs EDC’s MakerMEd program. In this program, partners and teens who have experienced extended hospital stays due to chronic or serious illnesses codesign, test, and refine STEM-focused activities that demystify the science behind medical tools and procedures used in their care.

As a member of EDC’s Math for All team, Andrea works on a highly successful PD program that supports K–8 teachers in implementing standards-based math education for all learners. She has authored several related blog posts, including “Engaging All Students: Rich Tasks and a Strengths-Based Approach,” and co-produced a podcast series. For IDEAS 2, she is developing curriculum for maker programming that supports young people on the autism spectrum in gaining the skills and interest to pursue careers in design and engineering.

Andrea was the lead media producer of Math for All’s video case studies. Previously, she served as a director of instructional technology, a K–12 instructional technology coach, and an instructional technologist and faculty at Bank Street College of Education.

Andrea received her MA in Educational Communication and Technology from New York University and her BEd in Elementary Education from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.