Gary J. Anglin is a faculty member and program coordinator in the Instructional Systems Design program at the University of Kentucky. He teaches courses in instructional theory, instructional design, foundations of instructional technology, and distance learning. He is editor of the award-winning book Instructional Technology: Past Present and Future (2nd ed.), published by Libraries Unlimited. He has published a number of research studies and reviews in the area of visual learning and distance education. His current research and consulting activities are focused on the implications of cognitive load theory for instructional design, distance learning strategies, and visual learning. He is working on a new edited book entitled Critical Issues in Instructional Technology. Anglin serves on the editorial boards of the Educational Technology Research and Development, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, and the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology.
Elena Barbera holds a PhD in educational psychology (University of Barcelona, 1995) and an Extraordinary Doctorate Prize. She works at the Open University of Catalonia in Spain and she is adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). Her research work is specialized in the psychology of education. She has published about a hundred works, presented conferences, and given training courses in distance education and e-learning, interaction and construction of knowledge, teaching and learning strategies, and learning assessment.
Lisa Bell has just completed her work with Utah Valley State College as their writing center and online writing lab manager and a parttime faculty member. During her 4 years as coordinator, she helped develop many online writing resources for student writers, including a strong online tutoring program. She is an executive board member of the Rocky Mountain Writing Center Association and is on the web editorial board of the International Writing Center Association. She is currently the assistant director of Brigham Young University’s Writing Fellows Program.
Mary Jean (MJ) Bishop teaches courses in instructional design, interface design, and Website and resource development. She is project director and a co-PI of the Clipper Project, a research project aimed at evaluating the short- and long-term costs and benefits associated with offering Web-based courses to high-school seniors who have been “preadmitted” to the university. In addition to her work on the Clipper project, Bishop has worked with colleagues on the development and delivery of three new online courses (introduction to instructional design, principles of interface design, and Website & resource development) using a variety of asynchronous and synchronous technologies. She collaborates regularly with other college faculty as they have begun seeking ways to put their own courses online.
JoAnn Carter-Wells is a professor of reading and coordinator of the online MS in instructional design and technology and chair of the Reading Department at California State University, Fullerton. She has been an evaluation/ assessment consultant to distance and online programs with related research and conference presentations. She was also invited to introduce technology integration in faculty development settings at other universities. CarterWells has been editor of the Journal of College Reading and Learning and is currently a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of General Education. She is program coordinator of the master of science in technology online degree program at CSUF.
Kim E. Dooley is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Education at Texas A&M University. She has conducted professional presentations and numerous distance training programs around the globe. Her publications include a book available in 2005 entitled Advanced Methods in Distance Education: Applications and Practices for Educators, Administrators, and Learners. She has served on many university/system committees and advisory boards, including the American Distance Education Consortium International Taskforce. She was also the 1999 recipient of the Montague Teaching Scholar Award and the 2002 International Excellence Award at Texas A&M University. She is an active member of the American Association of Agriculture Education and the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education. She received the Outstanding Young Member Award for the Southern Region of the American Association of Agricultural Educators in 2002 and has won the Outstanding Paper Presentation three times (National-2000, Western Region, 2000, and Southern Region, 2003).
Vance A. Durrington is an assistant professor in Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership, and Workforce Development at Mississippi State University where he teaches instructional technology courses to graduate students. His research interests include computer mediated communication, online learning communities, and social network analysis, with particular interest in online interaction and online perceptions.
Ireta Ekstrom has been a visiting assistant professor at Virginia Tech University teaching instructional design, human performance improvement, project management and visual design for the past 2 years. She received her doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit, holds a Gerontology Certificate, and is also a Certified Performance Improvement Technologist. Ekstrom has 18 years’ experience at a large Midwestern hospital and as a director of professional development and training for a nonprofit agency where she served as an instructional designer and performance improvement professional.
Barbara Glaeser, an associate professor of special education at California State University, Fullerton, taught students with learning disabilities and mild retardation for 14 years before earning her doctorate in special education at the University of Kansas. Her research interests include understanding the difficulties of adults with learning disabilities and online instruction, reading instruction methods with children with LD, and teacher teaming and decision making for students at-risk for failure. She teaches courses in the Master of Science in Technology online degree program.
Karen Ivers, a professor of elementary and bilingual education, has published numerous books and articles related to teachers’ use of technology in the classroom. Her research interests include educational technology in teacher education, online instruction, and instructional design. She has received many honors including those related to her scholarship, collaboration, service and innovative uses of technology. She has developed and teaches courses in the master of science in technology online degree program.
Joyce Lee is an associate professor of educational leadership at California State University, Fullerton. She received an EdD in adult and organizational learning, an MA in higher, adult, and continuing education and an MA in educational technology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the coauthor of Collaborative Inquiry in Practice: Action, Reflection, and Making Meaning (Sage, 2000). Her research interests include technology integration and distance learning, educational and instructional leadership, qualitative and action research. She developed and teaches courses in the master of science in technology online degree program.
Gary R. Morrison is a professor and graduate program director in the Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction in Old Dominion University’s College of Education where he teaches courses in instructional design. After receiving his doctorate in instructional systems technology from Indiana University, he worked as instructional designer for three Fortune 500 companies and the University of Mid-America. Previously, he was a professor in the instructional design and technology programs at the University of Memphis and Wayne State University. His research focuses on cognitive load theory, instructional strategies, K-12 technology integration, and distance education. He is the associate editor of the Research section of Educational Technology Research and Development and is on the editorial boards of Computers in Human Behavior, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, and Libraries Unlimited’s Instructional Technology Series. Morrison is the senior author of Designing Effective Instruction (4th ed.) and Integrating Computer
Technology into the Classroom (3rd ed.). He is also author of over 20 book chapters, over 50 articles, and over 100 conference presentations on topics in instructional technology.
Theresa Pesl Murphrey is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Education at Texas A&M University. She serves as an active member of the faculty conducting research and development efforts related to technology-enhanced education strategies and learner-centered instructional design. She has served as the coinvestigator, and/or project codirector for multiple research and development projects. Projects have included work with the Inter-American Institute for the Cooperation on Agriculture (San Jose, Costa Rica) and the International Potato Center, (Lima, Peru). Murphrey has lead development efforts of numerous multimedia educational products. She holds degrees in agricultural development and agricultural education from Texas A&M University.
Anthony A. Pina is coordinator of learning technologies at Northeastern Illinois University. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and his doctorate, in leadership and technology, from La Sierra University. Pina’s research interests include the development and institutionalization of distance learning programs, technology for teacher education and practice, non-traditional degree programs, and education reform. He has delivered over 65 conference presentations and has several publications. Pina has served as a consultant to Fortune 500 corporations, educational institutions, government agencies and the U.S. Department of Defense and serves currently as chair of the Crystal Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning.
Sharon E. Smaldino is the L.D & Ruth G. Morgridge Endowed Chair in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. She has taught courses for both undergraduates and graduates related to the integration of technology into learning. She has conducted many workshops on active learning strategies and technology applications. She has presented at national and international conferences and coauthored several books including: Instructional Technology and Media for Learning, Teaching at a Distance: Foundations for Distance Learning, and Planning for Interactive Distance Education: A Handbook.
Chris Street, an assistant professor of secondary education at California State University, Fullerton, received his PhD from the University of Texas, Austin and his MA from California State University, San Diego. A former middle-school teacher and education producer at Yahoo!, he now specializes in the teaching of writing and educational technology. His most recent publications have appeared in Social Studies, The California Reader, English in Texas, Journal of Content Area Reading, Voices from the Middle, Mentoring and Tutoring, The New Mexico Journal of Reading, and Multimedia: Bridging Standards and Constructivism in the Classroom. He has developed and teaches several courses in the master of science in technology online degree program.
Sharon Suratinah, PhD, is a lecturer in education and vice dean of administration at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Science at Universitas Terbuka. Previously, she was head of the English Education Program (2001-2002). Her research interest is in elementary education and distance education for teachers.
Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon is a doctoral student in educational technology at Lehigh University. Her research interests include social cognition and group dynamics in online learning environments and the design and development of online courses to enhance social connectedness for all participants. van Tryon received the 2004 ASTD graduate research award for her research in online learning and has made presentations of her work in both the United States and abroad. Currently, she is the instructional technologist for Centennial School of Lehigh University.
Effendi Wahyono is lecturer in history in the Faculty of Social and Political Science, and formerly head of Library of Universitas Terbuka. He is currently undertaking his doctoral study in history at the University of Indonesia.
Yi Yang is a PhD candidate in Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership, and Workforce Development at Mississippi State University. Her research interest includes online education evaluation and assessment, online teaching and learning effectiveness, and online course design and development.
Lihua Zheng received her EdD in curriculum and instruction at the University of Northern Iowa in 2003. At present, she is teaching graduate-level courses in applied linguistics and supervising teaching English at a distance in College of Foreign Languages, Hebei Teachers’ University in China. Her research interests include instructional design in distance education courses, using distance education technologies to teach English, and applied linguistics.
Aminudin Zuhairi, PhD, is senior lecturer in education and chairman of Quality Assurance Centre at Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia. Previously, he was assistant to the rector (20012003), secretary of the Institute of Research (1998-2000), and head of English Language Education Program (1995-1997). His research interest is in distance education management.
