Curt J. Bonk is a professor of instructional systems technology at Indiana University. Bonk is also a senior research fellow with the DOD’s Advanced Distributed Learning Lab. He has received the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association, Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association, and Most Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program from the State of Indiana. More information about Bonk is available at http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/.
Ruth Gannon Cook, EdD is an assistant professor at DePaul University in the School for New Learning. Her doctorate is in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in instructional design from the University of Houston, and she also earned an advanced certificate in curriculum studies, technology diffusion, from Queens College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom. She has worked in distance and adult education internationally for over 15 years and currently serves on the board of trustees of the Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education.
Dustin Derby is a graduate assistant for the Department of Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University.
Kim E. Dooley is the associate department head for Graduate Programs and Research and an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications at Texas A&M University. She has conducted numerous professional presentations and training programs around the globe. Her primary focus is on competency models to document learning, learner-centered instructional design, technology-enhanced instruction, and qualitative research methods. Her publications include a book Advanced Methods in Distance Education: Applications and Practices for Educators, Trainers and Learners.
Jennifer K. Henk is currently assistant professor of psychology and child development at California State University, Stanislaus. She has contributed to several federally funded research projects studying child and family outcomes, early childhood education, and early childhood professional development. Her research and teaching interests include exploring child and family outcomes, early childhood education, and early childhood professional development, especially for at-risk populations, and continuing to make connections between research and public policy.
Seung-hee Lee is a researcher at Kelley Direct Online Program within Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Dr. Lee earned her doctorate from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea in 2003. Major research interests of Dr. Lee are online collaboration, reflective technologies, e-learning in higher education, and online moderating/mentoring. She can be contacted at seuselee@iupui.edu.
Xiaojing Liu is a PhD student in instructional systems technology and a research fellow at Kelley Direct Online Program at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research interest focuses on online learning, information systems, communities of practices, and knowledge management.
Richard J. Magjuka is a professor of business administration in the Kelley School of Business. He has been the faculty chair of Kelley Direct since its inception. His primary research interests are the design and delivery of effective online education and in online pedagogy.
François Marchessou was for many years the director of the Educational Technology Center at the University of Poitiers known under its French acronym O.A.V.U.P. This was the home base of the first (1984) master’s degree in education technology in France. In its latest version it has been awarded the Erasmus Mundus label by the European Community and is now taught jointly by Poitiers, UNED, Madrid, Universidade Tecnológica of Lisbon, the University of Brasilia, the Catholic University of Lima and Universidad de los Lagos (Chile). He has carried out consultancies and participation in conferences and training seminars on ODL for many years, in Mozambique, Egypt and above all South America. François is now in charge of the Maison des Pays du Cône Sud, a consultancy and information provider connecting universities in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay as well as a network of French institutions of higher education. <www.francoismarchessou.com>
Christopher T. Miller received his doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Kentucky in 2004. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Elementary, Reading, and Special Education at Morehead State University where he teaches courses in instructional technology and design. His research interests include web-based instruction, impact of new technologies in postsecondary environments, and the impact of games and simulations on learning.
Johnetta Wade Morrison is associate professor of human development and family studies at the University of Missouri. She has taught nontraditional students enrolled in a distance learning course. Her research areas include early children curriculum development, early childhood teacher training, and cross-cultural investigations of early childhood curriculum.
Paméla Raya-Carlton joined the Education Alliance at Brown University as a Research Associate after a previous appointment as assistant professor in human development and family studies, University of Missouri. Her previous work in evaluation occurred with the development and validation of a coding scheme instrument that was used in the evaluation of one of the regional sites of the national Early Head Start consortium, evaluation of an early-literacy based substance-abuse prevention program, and the formative evaluation of Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian Sesame Street program.
Barbara S. Rosen is the distance services librarian for the Western Governors University (WGU) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) Libraries. She works with WGU students and administration and UNM librarians to maintain the WGU Library Web page and to provide all WGU library services. She has an MA in education and a master of library science. She was a teacher in public and private schools, and as part of the faculty at UNM, taught library science information technology courses. She has extensive experience as a Reference and Instruction Academic Librarian, has authored several articles, conducted training sessions statewide, presented at professional meetings, and served on regional (New Mexico Library Association) and international (OCLC) library boards.
Sharon W. Tabor is an associate professor of networking and telecommunications at Boise State University, College of Business and Economics. She received her PhD from the University of North Texas in 1997, following a lengthy management career for major organizations such as IBM, American Airlines, Control Data, Beckman Instruments and American Cyanamid. She also earned an MBA and BS in accounting from Lewis University near Chicago. Tabor’s teaching and research interests include electronic business issues, technology adoption in small and medium-sized enterprises, information assurance and security, and IT governance.
Kathy R. Thornburg, professor and director of the Center for Family Policy and Research at the University of Missouri, has 40 years of teaching and administrative experiences that include teaching 2–5-year-old children, third graders, and directing programs for children 6 weeks of age to 10 years old. Her research areas include public policy issues relating to early childhood programs, early childhood teacher training, and teacher turnover.
Lemuel W. Watson is professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University located in De Kalb. He is associate editor of the NASAP Journal and serves as the organization’s historian and past cochair of the annual conference. His career spans across various divisions in higher education, faculty and administration, and he has numerous experiences in all types of institutions to include, two year colleges and four year institutions, public and private. His research agenda surrounds issues of educational outcomes; faculty development issues; social and political issues that affect schools, community, and families with regards to economic development and advancement. He is a Fulbright Scholar and has written articles and books and served as editors for several volumes related to issue in higher education. He is currently writing a book titled Work is Love Made Visible—A National Leadership Model and is serving as editor of a book titled 21st Century Leadership: A Practical Guide for Survival in Dynamic Environments. Watson also provides professional opportunities through Watson Consulting Services (www.lwatsoncs.com).
Leah E. Wickersham is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Texas A&M University–Commerce. She teaches graduate courses in instructional design, technology and learning theory, technology integration, research methods, and technological change. Her research interests include formative and summative assessment of student learning outcomes via electronic portfolio development, instructional design and training for distance learning environments, critical thinking, collaborative learning and the impact on adult learning, and diffusion and adoption of innovations within systems.
L. Ward Ulmer joined Strayer University in September 2006 as dean of the School of Information Systems. During more than 9 years in higher education, Ulmer has served as a dean, department chair, classroom professor and online professor in the business and technology disciplines. He holds a doctoral degree in applied management with an emphasis in management of information systems from Walden University, a master’s degree in computer resources and information management from Webster University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration management from Charleston Southern University. Ulmer is currently working on his dissertation for a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Clemson University. Finally, he holds the following certifications: MCSE, CCNA, MCT, and MCP.
