Cognitive Scientist, Author, Educator, Speaker, & Killer Snails co-founder Dr. Portnoy is a cognitive scientist working to translate research-based practices in teaching and learning to improve the future of learning. A former public school teacher and college professor, Portnoy has spent nearly two decades working in preK–12, higher ed, and informal educational settings. Drawing from a deep knowledge of cognition and instruction, Portnoy works with education change makers from teachers and policy makers to administrators and curriculum developers to create, designs, implements, and writes about authentic, measurable, and experiential learning to transform the nature of teaching and learning. Portnoy currently serves as Associate Teaching Professor within Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Education, cofounder and chief learning officer at Killer Snails, and international consultant, facilitator, and author.

Managing publishing rights and copyright, licensing OECD content.

My background is in technology, professional services and digital media. I co-founded Zapnito due to a number of related observations from my time in these sectors: 1) the social web is creating a huge amount of noise 2) expertise that brands have built up over decades is being drowned out and hidden from those that need it 3) these brands are therefore losing their audience to often undeserving and unhelpful sources, and 4) people are finding it harder to access the expertise that they truly value. I therefore decided to create Zapnito, a white-label platform to help trusted brands reclaim their audiences via expert-driven knowledge networks.