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A Michael Abbiatti is the executive director of the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON). His responsibilities involve providing leadership and support for statewide technology initiatives in Higher Education. This support covers both strategic and operational issues between and among campuses, to include a strong interface with the K-12 community, other traditional government agencies, and national/international teaching and learning organizations. Abbiatti served as the associate commissioner for Information and Learning Technology for the Louisiana Board of Regents for 12 years, and among his responsibilities was to provide the leadership for the design and deployment of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI). Deborah Adair is the director of the Quality Matters program of MarylandOnline. The Quality Matters Program serves the higher education community with quality assurance tools for online and hybrid instruction, and its peer-based approach has evolved into a widely developed component of faculty development for online/hybrid instruction across the U.S. Adair has more than 15 years experience in non-profit leadership and management consulting. She has held faculty appointments at the American University, and Troy State University and is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor for University of Maryland University College. Russ Adkins is vice president for Academic Affairs at Broward Community College in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Adkins leads a team that supports faculty in the integration of exemplary teaching practices and leading-edge technology in the classroom and on the web. Initiatives include eLearning course, program and degree development, faculty technology mentoring, mobile technology, and faculty technology professional development through events, roundtables, workshops and institutes. Prior to Broward, he was dean of Educational Technology at Daytona Beach Community College. He earned a BA degree from University of Kentucky and a MS degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Terry Anderson is a professor and Canada research chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University – Canada’s Open University. He has published widely in the area of distance education and educational technology and is the editor of the International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning (www.irrodl.org). Anderson is the founder of the Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research (CIDER) http://cider.athabascau.ca, and is active in provincial, national, and international distance education associations. He teaches in the Masters of Distance Education Program at Athabasca University. Jackie Atmayer- need bio

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Heidi Ausbaugh is an instructional design specialist for Lifelong Learning at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. She also teaches as an adjunct in online literature, writing, and library science classes, and previously worked as an academic librarian. She earned both her M.A. in English and her M.L.S. from Texas Woman's University. Her current interests include the development of online pedagogy, and studies in contemporary literature as a motivator for first-year college composition students.

B Anna Bendo is the assistant director for USO eStudent Services and has worked in education for the last decade. After completing her undergraduate degree in Spanish and history, she taught Spanish to high school students. In graduate school she administered service learning programs and worked for the Ohio Learning Network as a researcher. Recently she received her Ph.D. in College Student Personnel from the University of Maryland. Her dissertation topic was on the impact of high school service learning requirements on college students’ commitment to service. Currently Bendo serves as the Ohio Learning Network’s assistant director and is responsible for assisting with the development and administration of multiple programs, as the State of Ohio creates the University System of Ohio. Meg Benke has been with Empire State College since 1990, currently as dean of the Center for Distance Learning. Her work has focused on the connections between work, employers, and education. She also teaches in the areas of adult educational policy, human systems, leadership, human resource development, distance education, and training and learning organizations. She studies outcomes for students in distance learning and the assessment of prior learning. Since coming to Empire State College, Benke has written and presented primarily in the areas of learner supports for distance learners and union/employer-sponsored distance learning. She received her B.S. in business administration from Youngstown State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in higher education from Ohio University. Yvonne Bogard joined Regis University, College of Professional Studies, Distance Education team as an instructional designer in August 2009. She formerly served as the director of Technology and Distance Education for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) College of Education. She provides teaching and learning, and course development/design support for both online and blended courses. In 2007, Bogard completed a fully online Master's degree program in Information and Learning Technologies from University of Colorado at Denver and Health and Science Center. Additionally, she is an online instructor for UCCS’ College of Education in the Linguistically Diverse Education (LDE) program. Christen Bouffard has been an instructional designer with the Center for Distance Education at the University of Alaska- Fairbanks for the past five years. During that time her focus has been on training and assisting instructors to develop their courses using pedagogically sound technologies. Bouffard also had the privilege of collaborating in the development of a number of online social learning spaces; including web sites and CDE's Second Life island Rhetorica. I Edward Bowen is the dean of Distance Learning for the Dallas TeleCollege which supports the distance learning programs of the seven colleges in the Dallas County Community College System. This is one of the largest two-year distance learning programs in the country with over 65,000 students in the BlackBoard course management system. Bowen has over 14 years experience in various distance learning roles with both public and proprietary institutions as an instructional designer, trainer, faculty member, and administrator. He is the District’s representative for the Quality Matters program, a master peer reviewer and certified trainer. He has conducted workshops and sessions at national, state, and local distance learning conferences.

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Ritchie Boyd is the teaching and learning technology support specialist in the Office of the Provost, and an instructional technology project director at the Burns Technology Center, both at Montana State University in Bozeman. His activities in higher education have been focused on developing and supporting instructional technology and e-learning opportunities for faculty and students, in addition to creating professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers and administrators. Among his current interests are emerging technologies, social networking tools, and their impact on education and society. Prior to joining MSU, Boyd was involved in faculty development and support for instructional technologies at the University of Wyoming and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has a B.A. and M.A. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Stephen Bronack is associate professor of human resource development at Clemson University. Bronack serves as director of technology for the Carolinas Virtual World Consortium and is associate editor for the Journal of Virtual World Research and the International Journal of Gaming and Computer-mediated Simulations. His current research interests include investigating personality and relationship factors that impact successful learning among distributed learners, and the development of emerging systems and methods of instruction to support them. Gary Brown directs Washington State University’s new Office of Academic Innovation and Effectiveness. Gary has been at WSU since 1991 where he helped launch WSU’s Writing Portfolio and lead the WSU Critical Thinking Project. He lead the development and support for WSU’s first Learning Management System, WSU’s budding ePortfolio efforts, and he lead the development of Flashlight Online, offered by the Teaching, Learning, & Technology Group. Gary is currently co-director of the Association for Authentic Electronic and Evidenced Based Learning (AAEEBL). He has received the NUTN best research award 6 times and in 2009 contributed the AERA best research publication. Connie Broughton works for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges as the managing director of instruction services for WashingtonOnline, an online consortium of the 34 community and technical colleges designed to help colleges increase access to learners in the state by supporting online classrooms, providing instructor training and support, and pooling enrollments. Broughton has taught at the community colleges of Spokane, Eastern Washington University, and Washington State University. She has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Eastern Washington University. Mary Bucy is an associate professor at Western Oregon University where she teaches the educational technology sequence in the teacher licensure program. She also teaches qualitative research and information technology courses at the graduate level, and currently serves as coordinator of both the M.S. in Education program and the MSEd Information Technology Program. The InfoTech program serves an international population, with most students coming from China or Saudi Arabia. Her recent research focuses on student perceptions of their online learning experiences. She received her PhD in online learning from Oregon State University

C Richard Caccavale joined WebCT in 1999 and became a member of Blackboard through the merger of the companies in 2006. During his time with the companies Caccavale has worked with educational institutions around the world to extend and enhance their programs and curricula with technology. Caccavale is currently in charge of assessment solutions at Blackboard and has been working to support assessment practices as an essential component of effective higher education. Before joining WebCT, Caccavale was director of Educational Technology at the University of Denver, where he was instrumental in refocusing the curriculum to include educational technology. Caccavale has a Master’s Degree from the University of Connecticut and is ABD at the University of Denver.

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Philip Cameron is the executive director of Campus Saskatchewan, a partnership of that province’s public post-secondary institutions, the purpose of which is to achieve shared goals in the field of technology enhanced learning, focusing particularly on increasing access and enhancing student mobility. Prior to moving to Saskatchewan, Cameron lived in Victoria, BC, where he worked as a consultant specializing in eLearning and distance education. He has a Master of Distance Education Degree and a Post-graduate Diploma in Educational Technology from Athabasca University, and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Education at the University of Regina. His research focuses on leadership in inter-institutional collaboration. Michael Campbell has experience working in accounting as well as teaching for over 30 years, including nine years teaching five different online courses. This is his fourth year as chair for the Business department, which offers over 65 online courses each year. Campbell serves on College and University Online development committees and maintains a keen interest in online education. Mary Cash is an instructional designer and librarian at Colorado Community Colleges online. She has worked as an instructional designer at CCCOnline for over 5 years and works with instructors to facilitate online course design/redesign with single and/or multiple instructors, making sure courses meet CCCOnline’s design standards and accessibility standards. Before that, Cash taught college writing for 14 years, including five years teaching online. Educational background – MLS from Southern Connecticut State University; MA English Studies, University of Minnesota; BA Journalism and Psychology, University of Northern Colorado David Cassiday is the distance education manager in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He has assisted in the development of several online bachelor’s degrees at UNO. Previously, Cassiday was the director of Higher Education Programs at Kansas City Public Television (KCPT-19) in Kansas City, MO. His primary responsibility was to coordinate a distance learning consortium of colleges and universities in the Kansas City area. Cassiday has an M.A. in higher education administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a B.A. in history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Bruce Chaloux is director of Student Access Programs and Services at the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, GA. He founded and continues to direct the 16-state Electronic Campus initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board. Chaloux led SREB’s efforts to establish an integrated regional learning portal incorporating the Electronic Campus, launched in early 2004 and later the first “vertical” in the regional portal—the TeacherCenter.org. He also directs SREB’s Distance Learning Policy Laboratory, which addresses policy “barriers” in distance learning. One focus of that activity, adult learners, became a Lumina-supported “Adult Learning Campaign” project. He has worked closely with several SREB states to develop programs and services designed to reach adults, including Louisiana, where he worked with educational leaders to develop the CALL “degree completer” program. Jayati Chaudhuri holds a Masters degree in Geography (from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) as well as a Masters in Library and Information Studies from University of Rhode Island. She was a minority resident librarian at University of Tennessee Libraries from 2003-2005. Chaudhuri has joined University of Northern Colorado Libraries as a science reference librarian from fall, 2005. Chaudhuri provides library instructional session and database training session for undergraduate and graduate students and assist them with their research process. She is also responsible for materials selection and collection development procedures for all science related subject areas.

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Anna Cholewinska is a faculty and online coordinator at City University of Seattle in Washington State. Over the years, she has taught courses in various delivery formats including: face-to-face, correspondence distance learning, online, and mixed mode. She has trained faculty in using Blackboard as a platform to offer online and mixed-mode courses as well as in best practices of online courses. Marie Cini serves as vice provost and dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies at University of Maryland University College. Cini has over 20 years of experience with various facets of adult and distance education. Before joining UMUC, she held the positions of associate vice president for Academic Affairs and interim dean of the School of Management at City University of Seattle in Bellevue, WA. Cini has published and presented on the topics of authentic assessment and academic integrity, leadership development in adult learners and retention and adult learners. She earned her doctorate in social psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Mary Jane Clerkin, coordinator of online faculty support for Berkeley College, has two master’s degrees from Manhattanville College and a doctor of arts from St. John's University. She has been teaching online courses for Berkeley College since 1998. As coordinator, she provides introductory and advanced training workshops for online faculty; open labs; and ongoing distance learning support. She also oversees “Road to Success in Online Teaching,” a required course for new online faculty, and maintains the Berkeley College Online Faculty Resource Center, which appears on the Effective Practices site of Educause and the Sloan C Consortium. Luc Comeau is passionate about eLearning. He is the founding executive director of elearnnetwork.ca, an initiative aimed at using eLearning to bring quality college and university opportunities to Ontario residents no matter where they live. Funded by the Government of Ontario, elearnnetwork.ca works with 19 colleges, 15 universities and communities to make this happen. A graduate of Laurentian University, his career has spanned the private, government and non-profit sectors. His management and partnership work have always contributed to generating real results for real people. Cheryl Comstock has served in instructional design with CCCOnline since 2002. She led the instructional design team as coordinator from 2004-2008, playing a key role with the Digital Textbook project collaborating with three major publishers. As director of online program development since 2008, Comstock is now focused on bringing Career Services to their online students and closing the gap between students and education in CO. As a practitioner in Constructivist and Social-Behavioral theories, Comstock is using Virtual World technology as a medium for educational research at CCCO. She has an MS, Technical Education from Boise State University and a BA in Art and Technical Communication, Metro State College of Denver. Ed Cooper is the vice president for Academic Affairs at Saybrook University with campuses in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA. His focus in higher education for the past 35 years has been in the areas of strategy, leadership development, distance learning and improving learning using technology. Most recently, he was provost at New England College and has served for 15 years as a dean and faculty member at Regis University. He also served as CEO of MERLOT, and in posts at NCHEMS, the University of Colorado and Metropolitan State College of Denver. Stephanie Couch- Need bio

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Douglas Cremer is executive director for the Butte Center for Technology, Learning and Research. Cremer directed the growth of the CCC Technology Center to an expanded presence that includes staff in Sacramento, Redding, Davis, Monterey, and Chico. He is responsible for leading a number of System-wide educational technology projects for the CCC Chancellor’s Office – current projects include shared online college applications, shared electronic transcripts, ePortfolio California, and the CCC System Service Oriented Architecture Project. Steven Crow is the chief executive officer of S.D. Crow and Company a consulting firm and is the former president of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. He provides leadership to assure the effectiveness of regional institutional accreditation. Before joining the commission in 1982, he served as administrator and taught at Bowdoin College, Vanderbilt University, Bates College, and Kalamazoo College. Crow has spearheaded collaborative efforts with other organizations to address distance education, student learning assessments, quality assurance for trans-regional organizations, and the on-going relationship with the federal government created through the Higher Education Act. Crow earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in U.S. history at the University of Wisconsin.

D Barry Dahl serves as the vice president of Technology and e-Campus at Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth, MN. As CTO of the college, Dahl has primary responsibility for the Computer Services department, Web and Information Services, and the e-Campus known as Lake Superior Connect. He is proud to serve on the Board of Directors for the Instructional Technology Council. The board concentrates on providing useful services to members schools (over 400) and holding the annual eLearning conference at different sites around the U.S. Tricia Donovan has served as the chief operating officer of eCampusAlberta since 2002, overseeing the development of the collaborative and working closely with representatives and advisory groups of Alberta colleges and technical institutes. Prior to this, she served for over 10 years as a coordinator and director, focused on implementing innovative distance education initiatives in the university, college systems, and the private sector. Donovan has developed a passion for improving the quality of online learning innovations in education. She received a B.A. in psychology from Cape Breton University and an M.Sc. in education psychology and Ph.D. in education technology from the University of Calgary. E F Lee Freeman is the associate dean of administration and associate professor of MIS in the School of Management at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. He is responsible for the pedagogical and technical advancement of online programs and courses within the School of Management. Besides online pedagogy, his other research interests include mental modeling, information ethics, and information security. Freeman received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, and M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University.

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Norm Friesen is Canada Research Chair in eLearning Practices at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Friesen has been developing and studying Web technologies in educational contexts since 1995, and is the author of several editions of books on the effective use of instructional software and on the implementation of technical standards for online collections of educational resources. He is author of the monograph, Re-Thinking E-Learning Research: Foundations, Methods and Practices (Peter Lang, 2009), and is completing a second, titled The Place of the Classroom and the Space of the Screen: Relational Pedagogy and Internet Technology. Friesen is co-editor of Phenomenology and Practice (www.phandpr.org), an open, online peer-reviewed journal Friesen is also a member of the Canadian delegation to the International Standards Organization subcommittee for Learning, Education and Training. He has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and as an adjunct or visiting faculty at Athabasca University, at the University of Toronto, the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Innsbruck. His academic credentials include Master's degrees from the University of Alberta and the Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Alberta.

G Steve Gance is a member of the Online Learning Services group at Portland State University in Portland, OR. His role is to facilitate the design, development, and evaluation of elearning programs and courses implemented, supported and/or managed by the department. To accomplish these goals he is charged with developing project management processes and software technologies in support of collaborative course development across departments. Gance received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in computer science from the University of Colorado in Boulder focusing on usability, information architecture, and software human factors. His Ph.D. is from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Curriculum and Instruction with a minor in Educational Psychology and a specialization in Educational Communications and Technology. Myk Garn is the director of Educational Technology for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Prior to joining SREB in 2008, Garn was associate vice president for eLearning at the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education (CPE) where he served as executive director of the Kentucky Virtual Campus managing the strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations of the Virtual Campus and leading statewide distance education policy and technology efforts. During his nine-year tenure in Kentucky Garn also served as the founding chief academic officer for the Kentucky Virtual University and as senior advisor for Academic Affairs for the Academic Affairs unit of CPE. Garn received holds a B.A. in Photography from Brooks Institute, an M.A. in Educational System Design from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Evaluation from the University of Kentucky. Carol Gering is the design team manager at the Center for Distance Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks. She works with a team of instructional designers to explore best practices in distance education, to develop curriculum materials, and to provide training and consultation for faculty. Over the past ten years, she has taught digital photography and graphic design software applications as an adjunct—both in the classroom and by distance. Gering holds an M.Ed. degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Kenneth Green is the founding director of The Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of information technology (IT) in American higher education. He is the author or editor of a dozen books and more than 80 articles and columns in academic and professional publications. His work has been cited by: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Education. In 2002 Green received the first EDUCAUSE leadership award in policy and practice. Green is a graduate of New College (FL) and earned his Ph.D. at UCLA. Kay Gilcher serves on the postsecondary education policy staff at the U.S. Department of Education with special responsibility for issues having to do with distance and nontraditional education and accreditation. She led the Distance Education Demonstration Program, which was established by Congress to test the barriers to the expansion of distance education inherent in statutory and regulatory provisions governing Title IV Student Financial Assistance Programs. Previously, she was an adjunct program officer with FIPSE and the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP) program. She also served for 14 years in many positions associated with the design and delivery of distance education programs at the University of Maryland University College. Leslie Gordon is an assistant professor and program director in the Health Information Management (HIM) Department with the University of Alaska Southeast. She passed a national examination to earn her Registered Health Information Administrator credential and has a Master of Science degree from the College of St. Scholastica. Jeff Grann is manager of assessment with Capella University, a regionally accredited online university. He leads assessment innovations in support of online educational quality and adult learner success. Over the last two years, he has worked to implement assessment strategies that serve adult learners, the university, and the Transparency by Design initiative. He also serves as an associate member of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation and is founder of the Visual Display Guild, an educational organization working to improve members' visual communication skills. Grann earned his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota.

H Blake Haggerty- need bio Donna Hall is the instructional design team coordinator for Colorado Community Colleges Online, a consortia program offering online courses for Colorado’s community college system. Prior to coming to CCCOnline, Hall was the learning management system coordinator, faculty development coordinator, and adjunct faculty member at Front Range Community College. She was awarded adjunct faculty of the year. Hall is a Blackboard Certified Trainer and is pursuing her Masters in Educational Technology at the University of Wyoming. William Harvey is the executive director of the International Reading Association (IRA).Since 2005, Harvey has served as vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity at the University of Virginia. While serving in that position, he supported a wide variety of faculty and student organized programs and activities that celebrate rich diversity. Harvey's research has been focused on the cultural and social factors that affect underserved populations, with particular emphasis on college and university settings. His extensive list of publications includes books, book chapters, refereed journal articles, and professional and technical reviews. Harvey has a bachelor's degree in English from West Chester University, a master's degree in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education and a doctoral degree in Anthropology of Education from Rutgers University.

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Paula Henning is a senior analyst with Laureate Education, the parent company for global online higher learning institutions like Walden University and the University of Liverpool. With a master's in sociology from the University of Minnesota, Henning has worked in marketing, survey research, and public health as an analyst, programmer and statistician.

Richard T. Hezel is president, CEO and founder of Hezel Associates, one of the first research and consulting companies with a specialty in distance and eLearning. Since 1987 Hezel has directed market analyses, evaluations, needs assessments, and strategic services for many national and international clients in K-12 and higher education, as well as corporate and healthcare sectors. His company’s clients include the US Department of Education, the World Bank, PBS, the World Health Organization, the Arizona Board of Regents, Regis University, and many public, private, non-profit, and for profit universities, learning companies, and state education departments.

Amy Hilbelink has been employed by Kaplan University since 2007. She has served as online faculty in the Health Sciences and is currently a director of curriculum for Kaplan Higher Education which gives her responsibility for all School of Nursing curricula for both online and traditionally taught courses. Hilbelink works closely with regional and national accrediting bodies to ensure curricular compliance. Her research interests include effective online assessment and online course design. Hilbelink received her B.S. in Biology from Marshall University and her M.S. in Biology and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Florida.

Phil Hill is executive vice president with Delta Initiative, LLC where he works as a consultant, coach and speaker specializing in implementing higher education strategy. Hill helps colleges and universities get institution-wide support for strategic IT implementation. As part of Delta Initiative, he has assisted Colorado Community College System with generation of a system-wide RFP. Other clients have included the University of Iowa; DeVry University; University of California, Los Angeles; and California State University as well as several software development companies, the state of Maine, and multiple higher education institutions.

Robin Hill has taught computer science and information systems courses for many universities. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and master's degrees in Management Information Systems and Mathematical Logic, and a B.A. in Philosophy. She assists faculty with online teaching and other pedagogical technology. John Howard has been the coordinator of distance education at South Dakota State University since 2005. He was the director of distance education at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell from 1998-2005. Howard has been teaching online for ten years and has been a member of WCET since 2000, where he has served on various committees and work groups. Carole Hruskocy has over 25 years of experience in education at both the elementary and higher education level. Hruskocy is currently an associate professor in the School of Education and Counseling at Regis University where she oversees the Instructional Technology degree program and online course development. She has also taught traditional and online courses in various subjects. Hruskocy has presented both nationally and internationally on a variety of topics that include technology integration, faculty development for online facilitation and course development, and assessment of student learning.

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Deanna Hunsaker is the associate dean of curriculum at A.T. Still University. She has a Doctorate of Health Education and Master of Business Administration. Hunsaker has over twelve years experience working in education. Her experience includes instructor, course developer, manager of curriculum design department, course designer, and financial aid administrator. Hunsaker’s expertise includes: creation of standard operating procedures, curriculum design standards, and training programs as well as development of quality control initiatives and course review processes. Fred Hurst is vice president for extended programs and dean of online learning at Northern Arizona University, which has a long tradition of serving students with innovative electronic and face-to-face distanceLearning courses and programs. Program attendance is steadily growing, with state and national enrollments of over 5,000. Prior to moving to Arizona, Hurst was the principal architect of the Florida Virtual Campus. From 1997-1999, he was executive director of the Florida Public Postsecondary Learning Institute. As dean of information technologies and telecommunications, he was a member of the planning, implementation, and operational team for the Education Network of Maine from 1988-1997.

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J Dennis Jones is president of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). A member of the staff since 1969, Jones is widely recognized for his work in such areas as: the formulation of state and institutional policy in light of the changing environment for postsecondary education; strategic planning in postsecondary education; alternative approaches to finance, budgeting, and resource allocation at state and institutional levels; and the use of information in policymaking. Previously, Jones served as an administrator (in business and institutional planning) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from that institution in the field of engineering management. Ruth Joyce is the director of Student Services for the University of Wisconsin – Extension Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning. In her current position, she oversees the UW Higher Education Location Program (HELP) which builds access to the 26 campuses in the UW System in a variety of ways such as coordinating and developing publications, developing electronic access points, such as UW HELP online, advising regarding educational options, maintaining system wide relationships and performing outreach activities. In addition, she supervises another student services team that advises students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin Extension Independent Learning program, as well as, students enrolled at UW System campuses that are partners with the Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning. Joyce’s career in higher education began in 1986 and has been primarily within the UW System at both the 2 year and 4 year institutions. Her areas of expertise and experience are centered around recruitment and admission as well as broad based student service work. She holds a master of science in education in college student personnel from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville. Her undergraduate degree in business administration was earned at the same institution.

K Kathleen Kalata is the coordinator of course development at Park University. She is a doctoral candidate in Higher Education-Leadership at Western Michigan University. Kalata also has written textbooks on web development technologies for Thomson Course Technology.

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Fran Kelly retired after heading U. S. Navy Educational Plans and Policy in Washington, D.C. for 22 years. Prior to that she was a program officer for the Title III, Developing Institutions Program at the Department of Education. In this capacity, she advised two year colleges throughout the United States, including the formation of colleges on Indian reservations and colleges then serving a majority of Hispanic students. Her teaching experience covers both community college and graduate departments at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Catholic University of American. Since her retirement from Federal Service, she has served on teams advising on educational groups in Mexico and England. Her primary focus is to help establish educational linkages among various stakeholders and enhance educational access for all learners. Owen Kelly was born in Birkenhead, England, and lives in Helsinki, Finland. He has worked as a community artist, cultural consultant computer trainer and web designer. He is the author of Community, Art & The Stae (1984), and Digital Creativity (1995). Currently he lectures in online media at Arcada, a university of applied science. He is a doctoral candidate in epedagogy at the University of Industrial Art & Design, Helsinki. He is a founding member of The League of Worlds, a group exploring the pedagogical implications of simulation and virtuality. His personal web site can be found at www.owenkelly.net Janet Ross Kendall is director of distance degree programs (DDP) at Washington State University. DDP coordinates WSU's various distanceLearning degree-completion programs and works with departments and colleges to develop additional distance learning programs and courses. DDP also provides logistical support for all credit courses and programs offered by WSU outside of its four campuses. The unit provides a complete set of services to students enrolled in the programs. WSU is known as a national leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality student services to distanceLearning students. David Kendrick is the director for the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning for higher education, k-12, and industry technology learning environments at University of Northern Colorado. His current interest is in cost benefits in traditional to eLearning transformations. As a visiting scholar, he worked with the WCET's AdjunctMatch project. Kendrick received his B.A. and M.A. in English at Colorado State University and his M.S. and Ed.D. in Educational Technology and Educational Leadership - Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Evelyn Knowles has been the coordinator of Program Quality Development in the College for Distance Learning at Park University since 2005 and was instrumental in changing the course development process. Knowles also is an educational consultant for continuing education in the professions of architecture, engineering and interior design and teaches interior design at Park University. She received her doctorate in Adult and Higher Education from The University of Oklahoma. Her Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science degrees are from Kansas State University. Lynette Krenelka is the director of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development at the University of North Dakota (UND). She works with approximately 25 degree programs that are delivered off-campus using multiple delivery formats. Krenelka's expertise is in the area of grantsmanship. She recently developed and is teaching an online grant-writing course where students actually develop and submit a proposal to a potential funding source. Lynette received an M.S. in research methodologies through the University of North Dakota and earned a Ph.D. in educational leadership.

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L Bryan Lamb is manager of Emerging Technologies and Digital Content for The University of British Columbia's Office of Learning Technology and is a Research Fellow with Utah State University's Center for Open and Sustainable Learning. Lamb got a BA from the University of Saskatchewan, and an MA from McGill.. His professional interests concern reusable online media and personal publishing tools such as weblogs and wikis. His weblog, Abject Learning is located at (http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/weblogs/brian). Lamb has published numerous articles including "Dr.Mashup: or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix," published in EDUCAUSE Review and "Taking a Walk on the Wiki Side" in Syllabus Magazine Gary Langer is the associate vice chancellor for academic programs and Minnesota Online. He has over 30 years of experience in academic and student affairs at the two-year college level, as well as in the Office of the Chancellor. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota. Langer’s current efforts involve using technology and the eLearning environment to assist students and citizens of Minnesota in gaining access to current and relevant information for career and education planning and decision making, including electronic portfolios. Robert Larson has served as the director of the North Dakota University System Online since its formation in 2001. Prior to the North Dakota University System, he was a music faculty member at Minot State University and also served as the chairperson of the Division of Music. He received his B.S. in music education from Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota and M.M. and additional graduate work at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research and teaching concern the design, implementation, and analysis of high-performance computing and communication systems. Lazowska is a member of the Microsoft Research Technical Advisory Board and serves as a board member or technical advisor to a number of high tech companies and venture firms. He cochaired the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee from 2003 to 2005, and chairs the Computing Community Consortium, an effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation to engage the computing research community in envisioning more audacious research challenges. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, ACM, IEEE, and AAAS. Alyce LeBlanc has served as assistant dean in the School of Education at Capella University since 2007. She is currently leading the implementation of an embedded, innovative research curriculum for a new online degree program, and is active in the development of initiatives to improve faculty and learner experience and outcomes. She has served as online faculty and faculty chair, and has developed over a dozen online courses and several media pieces. LeBlanc is a graduate of Oberlin College, the University of Southern California, and earned her PhD in Urban Services/Education from Old Dominion University. Gil Linne is the dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Phoenix; under his direction are the psychology, criminal justice, human services, and counseling programs. He has worked in both traditional and nontraditional universities and has been involved with distance education since 1997 as faculty, department chair, dean, and chief academic officer. Linne received his B.A. in psychology from California Baptist University, an M.S. in counseling psychology from California State University at Fullerton, and a Ph.D. in psychology from United States International University.

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David Longanecker is the executive director of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder, CO. He served for six years as the assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, he was the state higher education executive officer (SHEEO) in Colorado and Minnesota and also served as SHEEO president. In addition, he was the principal analyst for higher education for the Congressional Budget Office. His primary interests in higher education are: access, teacher education, finance, the efficient use of educational technologies, and academic collaboration in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. He holds an Ed.D. in education from Stanford University. Michael Lorenz is the registrar of Kaplan University and has held several other positions of leadership in the areas of student services and operations. He manages a large registrar’s office focused on service, quality and constant process improvement. Chris Lott is a disruptive technologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Center for Distance Education, where he focuses on making eLearning coherent in light of the demands of information fluency and emerging literacies and facilitating classroom community and integration of social software into the distance education environment. Lott has worked with educational media, technology and distance education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for more than 15 years. Patrick Lowenthal is an academic technology coordinator at CU Online at the University of Colorado Denver. He is also a doctoral student studying instructional design and technology. His research interests focus on how technology influences and changes instructional communication—with a specific focus on social and teaching presence—in both online and face-to-face environments. In addition, he often writes about issues and problems of practice related to post-secondary education. He also has a MA in Instructional Design and Technology as well as a MA in the Academic Study of Religion. Lowenthall has been teaching and designing instruction since 1998 and teaching online since 2003. Christine Lustik has served as the director for Distance Education at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, WY for 2 years. Prior to joining Western Wyoming Community College Lustik worked on an emerging needs grant in the Distance Education Department of Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and her Masters in Education, Teaching and Training Online, from Capella University. Lustik is a current Ph. D. learner at Capella University with a focus on Leadership in Higher Education.

M Curt Madison is the Director for eLearning Program Development at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Madison came to Alaska in 1971 with a fresh Stanford University psychology bachelor’s degree. In Alaska, he has worked as a river barge pilot, filmmaker and produced a 21 volume oral history of a village in Alaska. Madison has a master’s in Political Science from University of Hawaii-Manoa with thesis research in Samoa. His Communication PhD from the University of Arizona topic was distance education in Alaska. Ruth Markulis is an instructional technologist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at University of Maryland University College. She manages the CTL Web site and teaches both online and face-to-face workshops for faculty in areas related to sound pedagogy and technology. Previously, Markulis worked as the director of staff development and training for Student Affairs at UMUC where she provided training for academic advisors and front-line staff. She also served as the project director for the web-based Staff Development Training Project. Markulis has a Ph.D. in Communications Design from the University of Baltimore.

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Nancy J. Matchett is assistant professor of Philosophy and director of the Institute of Professional Ethics at the University of Northern Colorado. In addition to teaching both online and face-to-face courses in ethics, she provides ethics training services to both campus and community groups. Previously, Matchett designed and directed the online Center for Ethical Deliberation at the University of Denver. She holds a PhD in Philosophy (University of Maryland), an MA in Philosophy and Social Policy (American University), and a BA in International Relations (Brown University), and is an Individual Client Counselor certified by the America Philosophical Practitioners Association. Mollie McGill has a dual appointment as associate director for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and for WCET -- a membership-based organization that focuses on the effective use of educational technologies in higher education. For WCET, she assists with the overall management of member services and communications that inform the e-learning community of relevant policy, practices and developments, such as recent federal legislation impacting distance education. For WICHE, McGill is responsible for the development of new initiatives and collaborations that advance innovative uses of technology and academic applications of advanced networks. She spent nearly 20 years working for WICHE in the early part of her career and, among other accomplishments, was instrumental in founding WCET in 1989. Most recently she directed learning innovations and technology initiatives for the University of Colorado System and served in leadership roles for several Colorado statewide e-learning projects. McGill received her education degree from Emporia State University. Sue McGorry is associate professor of Business at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. She has published in and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT), Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT), the Journal of Non-Profit and Public Sector Marketing, and The Internet in Higher Education. McGorry is the faculty coordinator of service learning initiatives in the Business Department and facilitates student collaboration with numerous non-profit organizations. Roger McHaney is a professor in Kansas State University's College of Business Administration and a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar. A K-State faculty member since 1995, McHaney teaches courses in enterprise systems and business software development. His areas of research include discrete event simulation, computer-mediated communication systems, eLearning, Web 2.0 and organizational computing. McHaney has a doctorate from the University of Arkansas and has published in numerous journals, written textbooks, and developed a variety of instructional material. Lori McNabb leads Student and Faculty Services for the UT TeleCampus where she is an assistant director. She oversees student and faculty support including the development and management of an essential and growing collection of student services and the creation and implementation of an extensive faculty training program. UTTC is nationally recognized for its inter-campus collaborative degree programs and for the expansive array of student services offered in support of the distant student. Lori earned her B.A. in Economics and her M.S. in Organizational Leadership and Ethics from St. Edward’s University. Demarée K. Michelau is the director of policy analysis at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The author of numerous education reports, policy briefs, and magazine articles, she has experience in higher education policy on issues such as accelerated learning options, adult learners, college affordability and access, articulation and transfer, and K-16 reform. Previously, she worked for the National Conference of State Legislatures as a policy specialist. Michelau received her bachelor's degree in public law from Northern Illinois University and her master's degree in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she is currently a Ph.D. candidate.

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Katrina Meyer is associate professor of higher and adult education at the University of Memphis and interim chair of the department of leadership. She has published monographs on quality and cost-efficiencies of online learning, plus over 38 research articles on online learning. Salvatore Monaco is provost and academic vice president of Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT. WGU is an online, competency-based university started by 19 Western Governors with over 15,000 students enrolled in baccalaureate and master’s programs in teacher education, business, information technology, and the health care professions. Prior to his current position, Monaco served as vice provost and dean of the Graduate School of Management and Technology at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). During his tenure, UMUC’s graduate business and management programs grew to be among the largest programs for non-traditional students in the United States and won numerous awards for academic excellence. Monaco holds a BSE from Manhattan College, an MSE from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Vonda Moore is professor of Business and director of the MBA and Business Online Programs at University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky. She earned her master’s degree in Middle Grades Education from Union College in 2001, and a DBA in Marketing from Argosy University in 2007. Areas of research interest include services marketing and higher education marketing, particularly the utilization of technology in the promotion of the college and university. Prior to her current position, Moore served as Assistant Professor of Business at Union College beginning in 2001. Cali Morrison is the project coordinator for the Transparency by Design initiative at WCET which produces the College Choices for Adults website. She holds a BA in Public Relations from Western Kentucky University and a M.Ed. in Adult and Higher Education from Montana State University. In December 2008, she completed a fully-online graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Western Kentucky University thus bringing to her work with TbD the perspective of an online, adult learner. Previous to WCET, Morrison worked at Montana State University in various positions for over seven years.

O Muriel Oaks is dean of the Center for Distance and Professional Education at Washington State University. While at Washington State University, Oaks has been instrumental in developing telecommunications infrastructure and distance learning programs that have earned a national reputation for innovation and excellence. The programs, courses, faculty and unique support services for the WSU distance programs have won numerous awards over the years from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN), and Aegis Productions. She has also been the recipient of the Gayle B. Childs Award for Leadership in Distance Education. Oaks holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Education from Washington State University and a B.S. in Medical Technology from the University of Idaho. Mike Offerman served as president of Capella University from 2001 through 2007. During his presidency, Capella University grew from 2,000 students to 22,000 students enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs; had a successful regional accreditation visit; and developed its award winning learning outcomes assessment model. In 2008 he assumed the role of vice chairman of Capella Education Company. In this role he works on external university initiatives, including government affairs, regulatory affairs, investor relations, and public relations. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and his doctorate from Northern Illinois University.

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Lynette Olson is representing Minnesota Online within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Olson is currently employed as an interim dean with St. Cloud Technical College. Her expertise is in the areas of quality assurance measures for distance education and systems approaches to continuous improvement in higher education. Olson is a consultant/evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission/NCA and an AQIP reviewer.

P Loyce Pailen is the associate provost for the Office of Instructional Support and Services at the University of Maryland University College. In this position, she provides broad administrative oversight and leadership for three units, Course Development, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Center for Support of Instruction (CSI) – all crucial components of the institution’s broad strategic vision for delivering quality higher education to students worldwide. Pailen earned a Doctor of Management from UMUC, with her doctoral research on “A Framework for Developing and Managing Information Technology Online Laboratories at Institutions of Higher Education” that culminated in the development of a useful tool for educators and instructional technologists as they contemplate the inclusion of virtual laboratories into the distance education environment. Her earlier career includes 20 years working at The Washington Post Company in various programming, management and directorial positions in information technology. Tina Parscal- need bio Randy Parvin is the senior student services coordinator within the Division of Continuing Education Outreach and eLearning (CEOEL). He has worked closely with student services staff from across the entire UW System for 13 years in the areas of financial aid, adult student services and admissions. Additionally, the team he works with at CEOEL develops on-line courses and provides services to students nationwide, and is responsible for uwhelp and apply.wisconsin.edu, among other educational web sites. uwhelp.wisconsin.edu is a comprehensive resource for learning about the UW System, and apply.wisconsin.edu is a "one-stop-shop" for students to apply on-line to any UW institution. Beth Patton is currently the associate dean in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Phoenix. Patton has been with the University for 20 years and has served in a variety of administrative positions. She is also faculty for the University teaching nursing and health care related courses. Prior to coming to the University of Phoenix she taught in a variety of educational institutions. In addition, she has several years experience providing and developing continuing education programs for hospital based employees. Patton has a diploma in nursing from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and BS Ed from Temple University in Philadelphia. In addition, she has a master’s degree in Organizational Management as well as a Master of Nursing degree from the University of Phoenix. She has completed coursework toward her doctorate in education with a focus in adult learning from Nova Southeastern University. Karen Paulson is a senior associate at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. A member of the staff since 1996, she focuses on curricular, assessment, evaluation and state postsecondary needs assessments. Kimberly Pearce is director of assessment and institutional research at Capella University. In this role, she’s helped move the university to innovative methods and collaborations to directly assess learning that matters for adults and their aspirations. She has also worked to mature an advanced analytics orientation at the university. She has also provided leadership to Transparency by Design: College Choices for Adults, an online, public source of information and quality indicators for institutions focused on delivering distance education to adults. Pearce is currently ABD at the University of Minnesota.

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Karen Pedersen began service at Southwestern College (Kansas) in 2000 and currently serves as vice president. Under her leadership, the college has expanded its military partnerships, increased its on-installation presence, and identified/launched innovative online courses/programs to continually meet the ever evolving educational needs of service members, spouses and other adult learners. Pedersen’s experience in higher education spans teaching at the University of Nebraska at Kearney to administrative positions in two private colleges. She holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a doctor of philosophy degree from Oklahoma State University. David Phillips is vice president for online education and associate academic dean at Nazarene Bible College (NBC) in Colorado Springs. He went to NBC in 1998 to implement an online program for distance students. The program today generates nearly 50 percent of the total tuition dollars for the college. Along with overseeing the online and technology departments, he teaches some on-campus and online classes, including the “E-Learning Course Design” class for online facilitators and the “New Student Online Orientation” class. Russell Poulin is associate director of WCET. Poulin organizes information-sharing activities among WCET’s members. He works on eLearning projects including: directing the Transparency by Design project and its CollegeChoicesforAdults.org website, which provides consumer information for adult learners; coordinating WCET’s efforts in sharing information about the management, financing, and services of eLearning consortia; coordinating with the Campus Computing Project on the new Managing Online Programs survey; and consulting on WICHE’s Non-Traditional No More project. Previously, Poulin coordinated distance education activities for the North Dakota University System. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics and a Master’s in Statistics and Research Methodology. Denver and a Master’s in Statistics and Research Methodology from the University of Northern Colorado. Albert Powell is director of learning technologies for Continuing Education at Colorado State University. He works with the range of electronic equipment and technologies used to deliver distance education programs including online learning platforms, video, audio, internet-based conferencing and various course capture technologies. His previous experience includes distance education and radio/TV production at Texas A&M University and Washington State University. In the '80s and '90s, he was deeply involved in the development of educational satellite teleconferencing. Powell received his B.A. in Broadcasting and Master's in Adult and Continuing Education from Washington State University, and his Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University. Karan Powell is senior vice president and academic dean of American Public University System. Powell provides strategic guidance and oversight of faculty selection and management, teaching and learning quality, curriculum, program development, and all related academic department activities. She holds a doctorate in education from George Mason University, with a specialization in organization development and organizational learning. Powell is a consultant-evaluator with the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association and has more than 30 years of experience in education, online learning, leadership development, organization performance and enhancement, and transformation in higher education, non-profit, business, and government settings.

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Matt Prineas works in the Office of the Provost at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Previously, he directed the English program at UMUC, and has also managed academic programs in the areas of history, communication studies, journalism, and speech. Before coming to UMUC, he worked as humanities administrator for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where he developed online humanities curriculum for K-12 teachers, and as an Associate Professor at Idaho State University, where he taught in the English program. Prineas received his M.A. in English from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and PhD in English from the University of Rochester. Sheri Prupis directs the educational technology activities for NJEDge.Net, NJ's higher education statewide network. As a member of NJEDge.Net's professional staff, she is involved in the implementation and maintenance of the higher education network infrastructure supplying the NJ community with internet and a virtual private network for member to member traffic focusing on video and Internet 2. In addition to running twenty-five face-to-face meetings for NJEDge.Net's activity groups, Prupis chairs the Annual Conference. She has spent the last 25 years empowering higher education through the integration of technology into the teaching and learning process at CUNY, the New School and most recently UMDNJ. To this end, Prupis is active in the American Council for Virtual Education. She holds ABD status in Sociology from New York University where she completed her Master's Degree.

R Dana Reinert is a project coordinator with Kansas State’s Institute for Academic Alliances. She t has facilitated the development of multi-state, inter-institutional program alliances, including the Great Plains IDEA and Big 12 Engineering Consortium. Reinert specializes in consortium planning, implementation, management and evaluation; market analysis; and fund development. She currently coordinates the Big 12 Engineering Consortium, serves as evaluator for three projects with international and interdisciplinary components and teaches annually two online graduate-level courses in grant development and management. Rob Robinson is the associate director for the University of Texas System TeleCampus, where he heads up the budget and strategic-planning functions. At the state level, Robinson serves on the Distance Education Advisory Council of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and recently served on the Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council for the Department of Information Resources. He holds a B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from St. Edward's University; he is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Carolyn Rogers received her M.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Hartford and has over 15 years experience in program planning, development and implementation in healthcare, industry and higher education. In her role at CTDLC, she has led a group of two and four year, public and private colleges and universities in the development of the eTutoring collaborative online tutoring project, which has grown to serve thousands of students from over 50 participating institutions, divided amongst consortial and independent programs located in 10 states, all providing synchronous and asynchronous tutoring sessions in writing, math, science, and more. Terri Rowenhorst works closely with institutional members of the NROC Network who help sustain the non-profit National Repository of Online Courses and the Open Educational Resources offered at HippoCampus.org. Rowenhorst has worked in the educational technology field for over 18 years and enjoys sharing stories from pioneers on the elearning frontier.

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S George Self is the director of the Online Campus at Cochise College, Arizona. Before that, he was a computer information systems faculty member and department chair. Self received his B.S. in Elementary Education from Missouri Valley College, his M.S. in Education Leadership from Troy State University, and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Arizona. John Sener is the founder of Sener Learning Services, a consulting practice focused on supporting quality in technology-enabled education through knowledge development and dissemination, evaluation, strategic planning, and learning design. He was the evaluator and a management team member for the FIPSE-funded Quality Matters project and is a member of the QM Academic Advisory Council. His 30-year education career is a unique mixture of broad practical experience and academic expertise. He holds a M.S. degree in Education from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College. Kay Shattuck is the director of research for Quality Matters and has been active with Quality Matters since its inception. Additionally, she teaches for Penn State’s World Campus and often assists MarylandOnline with new initiatives. Her research interests include cultures in online education (including faculty and digital native/immigrant cultures) and all aspects of the Quality Matters rubric and process. She completed her doctoral at Penn State under direction of Michael G. Moore. Benjamin Smith heads the music department of Hibbing Community College, Hibbing, Minnesota. His concert choir has made five appearances in Carnegie Hall in New York City. In July, 2008, his “America’s Popular Music” online course won the “Best of the Best” teaching and learning award in the Desire2Excel competition. In July, 2009, his “Music Appreciation” online course was a finalist for the same award. Smith was a presenter (April, 2009) at the University of Florida’s Second Annual Conference on “Assessment in Music Education.” Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees named him an “Outstanding Educator” in May, 2009. Danielle Sorman is associate director of Student Advising at Colorado Technical University, specifically working with the Online Division. CTU is a Regionally Accredited University. As an associate director of Student Advising, Sorman manages a team of student advisors that provide guidance and service to a student population of more than 20,000. She works specifically with Military affiliated students, which includes active duty, veteran and spouses. CTU is a for-profit organization focused on retention. Sorman has worked in a student services role for close to five years and has extensive experience with online education and student retention. In addition to her role as an administrator, Sorman also teaches for the University as an adjunct instructor. Paul Stacey Paul Stacey is the director of Communications, Stakeholder and Academic Relations at BCcampus. This multi-faceted role focuses on creating collaborations with all 25 public post secondary institutions in British Columbia for the development and provision of system-wide services in four areas; 1. Student Services & Data Exchange, 2. Curriculum Development & Delivery, 3. ICT Infrastructure and Services, and 4. Communities & Academic Growth. Stacey’s career includes working at Simon Fraser University’s eLearning Innovation Centre, four years creating a new online Technical University of British Columbia, and private sector work in the high tech sector. He has four degrees including a 100% online graduate degree in Adult Learning and Global Change. Stacey is a WCET 2008 WOW award winner for his innovative work with educational technology.

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Ellen Stauffer has served in several capacities for the Division of Continuing Education at Kansas State University since 1986. She has been a program coordinator working with the engineering master's degrees offered through distance education at K-State for the past 15 years. She also coordinates conferences, seminars, and workshops sponsored by the university's College of Engineering. Stauffer received her B.A. in Mathematics from Baylor University and an M.S. in Adult and Continuing Education from Kansas State University. George Steele is the director for Educational Access, at The Ohio Learning Network (OLN). OLN is a consortium of two- and four-year public and independent colleges and universities in Ohio working together to improve learning through use of technology. Steele coordinates and manages student service issues for OLN. Jared Stein is director of Instructional Design Services for Distance Education at Utah Valley University, where he oversees the design and development of technology-enhanced course content and educational technology. He has over 10 years of experience designing, developing and delivering distance education. Stein’s strengths are bolstered by a professional background in Web development and design, and an academic background in education. Stein teaches online courses for the Digital Media department at UVU and has also taught students and lectured faculty overseas at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in China. In 2003 Stein created the Technology Enhanced Teaching Center at UVU as a teaching-centered technology training and support service to faculty. He has also served to establish and grow an open educational resource movement at the institution by authoring tools, developing work-flows, and petitioning faculty and administration for support. Jim Sweizer joined American Military University in April 2005 as vice president of military programs. He oversees outreach activities to more than 40,000 military students in over 100 countries and serves as the main liaison between the university and Department of Defense agencies. Sweizer is also the current president of the Council of Colleges and Military Educators, the largest professional organization serving the educational needs of the military community. Previously, he served as the Chief of the Air Force’s Voluntary Education Program for seven years. Sweizer received his B.A. in psychology from Minot State University and an M.A. in education from North Dakota State University.

T Anna Thai is from Australia where technology is at least six months behind. Thai supported faculty with their online teaching at Monash University in Australia. In between researching and testing emerging technologies for implementation, she kept faculty informed with weekly tech news. Working at CU Online at the University of Colorado Denver has given Thai the opportunity to explore other avenues of technology and to share this wealth of knowledge. Thai has a MS degree in Information and Communication Sciences and a BS degree in Business Administration from Ball State University. Ling Thompson is an instructional designer for College for Professional Studies at Regis University in Denver, CO. She works with faculty and designs online courses for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Northern Colorado. Her research focuses on online collaboration learning and multimedia learning. Pam Thompson is project director for the CAHSEE ‘Stepping into Your Future’ program. She has orchestrated the multi facetted inter-segmental collaboration from planning and development to implementation. Thompson brings over 20 years experience in professional and non profit administration and project management. Her accomplishments include bringing 12 northern California counties together to implement an online registry for the California Department of Health Services, integrating telemedicine and technology supported delivery systems.

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W Li Wang has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Educational/Instructional Technology. Currently at the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in the University of Northern Colorado, she is the institutional representative and works with faculty on implementing Quality Matters. She has extensive experience with facilitating faculty professional development and has offered workshops on various instructional technologies in the past. She has also been active in grant writing, publishing, and presenting at local, regional and international conferences. Her interests include instructional design in general and distance learning. Paul Wasko is currently the director for eStudent Services and related efforts within the Academic Affairs Division of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.This role includes responsibility for project management and leadership of the MnSCU/WCET estudent service audit along with Minnesota's Electronic Portfolio Project. Prior to this position, Mr. Wasko has held a variety of leadership positions within the executive branch including state director for education technology initiatives. Mr. Wasko received his BA from St. Olaf College and is pursuing a Masters in Education at Hamline University. See his electronic portfolio at www.paulwasko.efoliomn1.com for more information. Peg Wherry is director of Online and Distance Learning at Montana State University in Bozeman. She has worked in distance learning for over twenty years and has led the development and implementation of online programs since 1995, when she joined the team developing Weber State University’s award-winning WSU Online. She began her career in distance and continuing Education at Kansas State University and has recently worked at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois. Darlene Williams has directed eLearning efforts for Northwestern State University since 1999. She is the vice president for technology, research, and economic development. In this capacity, she coordinates eNSU and oversees the Offices of Electronic and Continuing Education, Student Technology, Information Systems, and Research and Sponsored Programs. She also serves as the university’s liaison for economic development and Board of Regent’s initiatives. Williams received her B.A. in Education, an M.Ed. in Education with a concentration in Educational Technology, and an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from Northwestern State University. She completed her Ph.D. in Administration from the University of Nebraska. Ralph Wolff has been president and executive director of the Senior College Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges since 1996 and, prior to that, associate executive director since 1981. He led WASC to becoming a leading innovator in accreditation, transforming the accrediting process to a multi-stage learning-centered approach that has engaged premier research universities as well as small, independent institutions. Prior to joining WASC, Wolff was on the law faculty of the University of Dayton Law School and was one of the founders of the Antioch Law School. He also served as dean of the Graduate School of Education for Antioch. In 1990, he created the Institute for Creative Thinking, a think tank for innovation in higher education in the Western part of the United States. He recently was elected a Fellow in the World Academy of Arts and Science. He received his B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D., with honors, from the National Law Center of George Washington University. Lynette Woods- need bio

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LeBaron Woodyard is the dean of academic affairs and instructional resources for the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges, responsible for administering programs that impact the curriculum and instructional activities of the system. He has 31 years of experience in higher education and has served in the California State University system, the Claremont Colleges, and the California Community Colleges system. From 1994 through 2002, Woodyard was responsible for the implementation of the systemwide telecommunications and technology program for the California Community Colleges. He is a graduate of the California State University at Los Angeles.