Paige Anderson is an MPH candidate from the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. She is administrative intern at Swedish Health Services in Seattle, Washington.
Elena Barbera holds a PhD in educational psychology (University of Barcelona, 1995) and an extraordinary doctorate prize. She works in the Open University of Catalonia in Spain and she is adjunct faculty of 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 elearning, interaction and construction of knowledge, teaching and learning strategies, learning assessment.
Risa Blair is the assistant dean of curriculum for the Graduate School of Education at Kaplan University, a leading provider of online education. She also teaches computer courses online so as to stay current with emerging technologies. Previously, she taught Web development and computer courses at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where she was an assistant professor.
Kim E. Dooley is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Education at Texas A&M University. She has conducted numerous professional presentations and training programs around the globe. Her publications include a book, Advanced Methods in Distance Education: Applications and Practices for Educators, Trainers and Learners, and over 100 scholarly publications. She has served on many university/system committees and advisory boards, including the American Distance Education Consortium International Taskforce.
Shawn Foley serves as a learning strategist with Cerner Corporation’s KnowledgeWorks. In this role, Foley designs and builds sound solutions to address education, knowledge, and skill transfer challenges. He started with Cerner Corporation in 2004 as a learning architect charged with applying deep domain expertise, thought leadership, and consulting. During that time, Foley fostered learning cultures within authentic and real-world environments and aligned associate learning with business operations and workflow. As a doctoral candidate, Foley achieved ABD status recently from The Pennsylvania State University’s Instructional Systems program, Department of Learning and Performance Systems. He resides in Kansas City, MO.
Lyndon Godsall is director of emerging technologies and implementation at Pine Crest School. His focus is on integrating technology into the curriculum in a meaningful way. He has presented at national and regional level technology conferences and is currently researching ubiquitous computing opportunities in K-12 schools. He is presently a doctoral student in instructional technology and distance education at Nova Southeastern University.
Janet Ross Kendall is director of academic programs and client services in extended university services at Washington State University. Before coming to WSU in 1987, Janet taught undergraduate and graduate reading courses at universities in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Iowa. She was a member of the Editorial Boards of the Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Continuing Higher Education. She received her AB from Occidental College and her PhD in educational psychology from the University of Iowa.
Kathryn Ley, an associate professor at the University Houston Clear Lake, teaches online and face-to-face courses in an instructional technology graduate program. She has been teaching distance courses since 1992 and online for the last six years. She is a frequent presenter at the International Distance Learning and Teaching Conference. Her own research is in self-regulation in learning environments.
Nathan Lowell is the technologies coordinator for the National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities at the University of Northern Colorado. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from SUNY/Buffalo. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in Educational Technology from the University of Northern Colorado. Lowell works in support of distance education programs in low-incidence disabilities. His research involves the formation of social presence in computer-mediated environments. Lowell spent 20 years in information services in various industries. Recently he finished 3 years’ service as president of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology’s Division of Distance Learning.
Korolyn K. Pogue is a doctoral student at Washington State University in Sociology, specializing in statistics, methodology and demography. She has a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University, and a BA from Washington State University.
William Riley is associate professor and associate division head in the Division of Heath Services Research and Policy at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
Stephen Smith serves as a senior learning strategist with Cerner Corporation’s KnowledgeWorks. In this role, Smith designs and implements performance improvement initiatives “within the corporation and beyond” to improve organizational capabilities and capacities. These initiatives include instructional design (ID), human performance technology (HPT), and initial experience imprint (IEI) processes, projects, and programs. Smith serves as the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD): Kansas City President, American Royal Education Committee Contributor, and as a unit commissioner for the Heart of American Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Smith holds an instructional technology master of science (Utah State University) and is a doctoral candidate (Indiana University).
Leah E. Wickersham is an assistant professor in the Department of Secondary and Higher Education’s Educational Technology program at Texas A&M University-Commerce. She teaches graduate courses in instructional design, technology and learning theory, technology integration, research methods, and technological change.
David Winograd is an assistant professor at York College, where his responsibilities are directed toward computer literacy. His research interests are based in online communication; specifically, the social aspects of asynchronous conferencing as it applies to the skills and functions of online student-facilitated moderation in hybrid classes to instill critical thinking skills. Winograd has also been the president of the AECT Division of Distance Learning and is currently the Division of Distance Learning representative to the AECT Board of Directors.
