Evgeny Patarakin

Hi! My name is Evgeny. I'm the director of the Distance Learning Laboratory at the University of Pereslavl.

I graduated from the biology department of the Nizhny Novgorod State University in 1984.
During the five years from 1984 to 1989, I worked as a scientific researcher at the Bioavtomatica scientific center in the field of biotechnology (biochemistry).
In 1989 I was invited to the Program Systems Institute (PSI of the Russian Academy of Science).
Between 1989 and 1993 I worked in the PSI educational group. Our project was using Logo-like environments in biological, ecological, and psychological education.
In 1993 I got Ph.D. in Information Technology Education from Moscow's Open Pedagogical University.
In 1994 I was invited to the University of Pereslavl as the Director of the Distance Learning Laboratory.

Director of the scientific learning society "Biotechnology" from 1988 to 1991.
A director of the summer biology school of the Nizhny Novgorod Biostation during 1986 - 1989.
Leader of BioLogo & Psychologo Project at the International Children's Computer Camp-School from 1989 to 1992.
Chief of the camp's special Logo computer session in 1993.
Director of the educational program of the summer biology school in Nizhny Nogorod (Special project: Lego-Logo in ecological education).

Leader of the Russian branch of the LogoExpress Project (MIT Media Lab) since 1992.

Patarakin E. & Gajdar L. Logo and personal oriented education. Proceeding of the third European Logo Conference, E. Calabrese Editor, Parma, Italy, 27 - 20 August 1991, pp. 45 - 51.
Gajdar L., Patarakin E. The provisoes of Logo adaptation in the USSR. Eurologos, V. 1, 1992, pp. 66 - 67.
Kozodoj O., Patarakin E., Rudenko V. The organization and maintenance of regional information server in educational sphere", Distance Learning and New Technologies in Education, 1-st International Conference on Distance Education, ICED 94, Moscow, July 5-8, 1994, p.398.
Patarakin E. New Educationa BBS established in Russia. Internet Society NEWS, 1993, vol 1, N. 4 pp. 14 - 17.
Patarakin E. BBS UCHCOM - New educational service. International conference on Informational Technology and People. Proceeding. Part II of the ITAP'93 held in Russia, May, 24-28, 1993, pp. 151 - 155.
Patarakin E. "The Computer Theater". East-West HMVR Conference. Moscow. September, 1994.
Patarakin E., Travina L., Psychological Education. Logo Style and Logo Media. Eurologos, V. 2, 1994.