Learning Explorer
Jim Hurley has a diverse and extensive work experience in the educational technology field. Jim began their career as an Educational Technology Instructor at UCSB Extension in 1992 and served in this role until 2007. In 1999, Jim founded Lesson Planet, a prominent online curriculum search solution for PreK-12 educators, where they held the position of CEO until 2021. Additionally, in 2021, Jim assumed the role of Founder and Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Learning Explorer, an award-winning learning object repository and curriculum management platform that offers a comprehensive ecosystem of online learning resources for preK-12 educators.
Jim Hurley attended UC Santa Barbara from 1980 to 1993 where they obtained two M.Ed. degrees. From 1980 to 1983, they pursued a M.Ed. in Political Science and Education, and from 1980 to 1993, they also earned a M.Ed. in Educational Technology.
Learning Explorer
Learning Explorer’s passion is helping to make teachers’ lives easier by saving them time discovering, planning, and delivering quality online curriculum resources. Its award-winning (CODIE Finalist, 2020) learning object repository and curriculum management platform (designed and developed by sister company Lesson Planet), provides PreK-12educators seamless access to a huge, all-in-one searchable ecosystem of learning resources from a wide variety of educator-curated open educational resources (OER) and district licensed publishers. The Learning Explorer team is committed to providing truly innovative digital tools and resources that are designed to help instructional leaders better close the curriculum equity gap; save educators time in the planning and delivery of relevant, standards-aligned lessons; and, inspire more meaningful, personalized, and engaging student learning.