Dr. Shantanu Tilak

Shantanu Tilak is the Director of the Center for Educational Research and Technological Innovation at Chesapeake Bay Academy. He completed his PhD in Educational Psychology at The Ohio State University, with his work focusing on how to synergize informal Internet-influenced learning and formal learning in classroom environments to allow students at varied ages (from elementary schoolers to lifelong learners) to acquire the skills for critical Internet navigation. At CERTI, Dr. Tilak’s research focuses on the creation of a VR assisted online program for LD students, called CadetNet Virtual Academy, which integrates core subject instruction, reading and writing intervention, and socioemotional learning.