Clare Brett is Chair of the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT and Associate Professor in the area of Education and Knowledge Technologies. She has been involved in research in the design of blended and online learning environments in classrooms for the last 20 + years, and has offered many of her graduate courses fully online, including courses on learning theories, online design and educational technologies for language and literacies education. Clare’s research interests are focused in investigating technical and social supports, as well as challenges, for collaborative online learning as well as issues of diversity and inclusion in online spaces. Clare, with her colleague Professor Jim Hewitt lead the PeppeR Project,(https://pepperproject.ca) with their research team, an initiative dedicated to the design of educational software that fosters 21st century skills. Currently, they have a SSHRC grant entitled What does online interaction really contribute to the online learning experience?