Shelley Brown-Cooper received her doctoral degree in instructional technology and distance education from Nova Southeastern University in 2014. Her research involved telemedicine adoption among hospital leaders in the Midwest. She has over 25 years of experience in education, most recently at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In addition, she has completed telemedicine training at the University of Arizona and observations at the University of Kansas-Telemedicine Center. She also holds a master of arts in teaching from the University of St. Mary, a teaching degree from Avila University, and bachelor’s degree in business from University of Missouri-Columbia. Cooper owns Diversity Telehealth, LLC, a start-up company whose mission is to connect telemedicine organizations with physicians and health care professionals who provide services to patients in underserved areas and communities experiencing severe shortages in specialists.
Kaye B. Dotson is an associate professor in the College of Education at East Carolina University. Her scholarship and research focuses on the evolving role of the school librarian and the impact of leadership, collaboration, and clinical training. Her goals include facilitating training for librarians to serve as change agents as school leaders. She is the author of Developing Library Leaders: The Impact of the Library Science Internship (2009).
Leslie Moller is a graduate of Purdue University’s Instructional Research and Development program. He is a professor of educational technology for Walden University, the former chair of the Technology for Education and Training Division at the University of South Dakota, and coordinator of the Instructional Systems Program at Penn Sate University at Great Valley. Leslie is the editor emeritus of the Journal of Applied Instructional Design and the former cochair of two AECT Research Symposia. Moller is also the former chair of the Instructional Technology Special Interest Group within the American Educational Research Association. In addition, he has coedited The Next Generation of Distance Education: Unconstrained Learning and Visions of the Future: Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century, both by Springer Publications. Additionally, he has authored more than three dozen articles and book chapters related to distance education and instructional systems design. Moller has over 25 years experience consulting with corporations, governments and nonprofits regarding learning and performance.
Mara Mooney is a graduate of Lafayette College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Emory Law School (Notes & Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal; Dean’s Fellow in Legal Research & Writing). She is a frequent presenter of pedagogical research and is the author of several scholarly articles and the textbook, Fundamentals of Georgia Real Estate Law.
Alexandra Salas has a PhD in education, with a specialization in education technology from Walden University, a master’s degree in political science, and a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and French studies. In addition to her role as instructional designer at Mercer County Community College, she is an education consultant and has extensive postsecondary teaching experience in traditional and online platforms. Focus areas include STEM, teacher preparation, educational technology, language learning, course design, and business development.
Sheryne Southard serves as an associate professor in the legal studies program. She earned her JD from Arizona State University and a BS from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has been recognized for her contributions in the area of distance education. In 2009 she won the grand prize for the AAfPE Pearson- Prentice Hall Online Teaching Competition. In 2010, she received the Georgia Board of Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. In 2014, she received the honorable mention award for the National Softchalk Lesson Competition. In 2015, she received the Georgia Board of Regents’ Excellence in Online Learning Award. She has researched and published extensively in the areas of asynchronous distance education pedagogy, quality assurance standards, faculty training and best practices.
Jian Su is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her research interests are in studying the factors related to online student success and attrition; and designing effective online learning environments.
Michael L. Waugh is a professor of instructional technology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His research interests center on online collaborative problem solving and project-based and problem-based learning. He is currently studying the factors related to the development of effective online courses and programs.
