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Camey L. Andersen

Brigham Young University

Dr. Camey L. Andersen works with the Succeed in School program to improve education for youth in countries around the world as a manager of Education Support for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d...
Leanna Archambault

Arizona State University

Dr. Leanna Archambault is a Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University (ASU). Her research addresses teacher preparation and profes...
Matthew Armstrong

Brigham Young University

Clark D. Asay

Brigham Young University

Professor Clark Asay joined the BYU Law faculty in June 2014. Before coming to BYU, Professor Asay was a Visiting Assistant Professor and Shughart Scholar at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law fro...
Joe Backman

Alpine School District

Dr. Joe Backman, Curriculum Director of Professional Learning and Elementary Mathematics for Alpine School District (largest in Utah) has led out on professional learning in all 62 elementary schools ...
TJ Bliss

Idaho State Board of Education

TJ Bliss is a change-maker in higher education. He focuses on making change with people by building strong relationships of trust, and has proven track records in education leadership, philanthropy, f...
Fanny Eliza Bondah

Brigham Young University

Fanny Bondah is a Masters student at Brigham Young University studying Instructional Psychology & Technology....
Jered Borup

George Mason University

Jered Borup is the professor-in-charge of George Mason University's Blended and Online Learning in Schools Master's and Certificate programs that are devoted to improving teacher practices in online a...
Aras Bozkurt

Anadolu University, Turkey

Aras Bozkurt is a researcher and faculty member in the Department of Distance Education, Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. He holds MA and PhD degrees in distance education. Dr. Bo...
Anuoluwapo (Anu) Brahim

University of Tampa, Florida

Anu is an Instructional Designer (MS. Instructional Design & Tech) currently working in the healthcare sector. Her career background is in education and training. Her inspiration for course design is ...
Mark Brown

Dublin City University

Professor Mark Brown is Ireland's first Chair in Digital Learning and Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL). He has over 30-years of experience working in the area of blended,...
Jeffrey P. Carpenter

Elon University

I study educators’ self-directed professional learning experiences via social media and have published on educators’ uses of Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and Reddit. I have multiple research pro...
Cheryl Cuiller Casey

University of Arizona

Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey is the Open Education Librarian at the University of Arizona, where she has led course material affordability initiatives since 2014. She is involved nationally in open educati...
Chad Clark

Bradley University

Chad Clark is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Doctor of Education in Educational Technology program at Bradley University. Dr. Clark seeks to harmonize established educational theories with...
Catherine Cronin

Independent scholar

Dr. Catherine Cronin is an independent scholar whose work focuses on critical and social justice approaches in digital, open, and higher education....
Monalisa Dash

Brajrajnagar College

Darren Edgar Draper

Alpine School District

A fierce and faithful proponent of the effective use of technology in schools, Dr. Darren E. Draper is a CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader who currently serves as the Director of Innovative L...
Teresa S. Foulger

Arizona State University

Leanna Fry

Brigham Young University

Leanna Fry is a professor of Information Literacy and Instructional Design at Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library. She earned an undergraduate and graduate degree in English, a graduate d...
Sai Gattupalli
Sai Gattupalli is a PhD candidate in STEM Learning Technologies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, working within the Advanced Learning Technologies Lab. Sai co-developed Wearable Learning, a...
Mandi Goodsett

Cleveland State University

Mandi Goodsett (she/her) is the Performing Arts & Humanities Librarian, as well as the Open Educational Resource & Copyright Advisor, at Cleveland State University. She serves as an OhioLINK A...
Charles R. Graham

Brigham Young University

Charles R. Graham is a Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. He studies the design and evaluation of online and blended learning environments as well as the...
Jacob Hall

State University of New York, Cortland

Jacob A. Hall is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. His research interests...
Leo Havemann

University College London | The Open University

Leo Havemann is a higher, digital, open education practice and policy specialist and researcher. He works with colleagues across the disciplines to develop and enhance programmes at UCL, while working...
Clark J. Hickman

University of Missouri-St. Louis

I earned a doctorate in education psychology from the University of Missouri in 1993. I retired as Associate Dean and Associate Research Professor of the College of Education at the University of Miss...
Charles B. Hodges

Georgia Southern University

Charles B. Hodges, Ph.D. is a Professor of Instructional Technology at Georgia Southern University. He earned his Ph.D. from the Instructional Technology and Design program at Virginia Tech, as well ...
Jeanne K. Hoover

East Carolina University

Jeanne Hoover is Head of Scholarly Communication at Academic Library Services at East Carolina University. She leads the Scholarly Communication team in supporting faculty and student scholarly commun...
Scott L. Howell

Brigham Young University

Scott L. Howell is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Brigham Young University. He has previously served as the Director of the Salt Lake Center and the Director of Evening Classes at BYU....
Jennifer Johnston

The University of Georgia

Doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia, studying Learning, Design, and Technology with a focus on improving the instructional design process through understanding what project management skil...
Shironica P. Karunanayaka

Open University of Sri Lanka

Shironica P. Karunanayaka is a Senior Professor in Educational Technology at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL). She is a former Dean of the Faculty of Education, OUSL. Prof. Karunanayaka has bee...
Royce Kimmons

Brigham Young University

Royce Kimmons is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University where he seeks to end the effects of socioeconomic divides on educational opportunities t...
Suzan Koseoglu

University of Greenwich

Dr. Suzan Koseoglu is a Lecturer in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Greenwich (UK). Suzan's research and writing focuses on feminist pedagogy, critical pedagogy and open...
Daniel G. Krutka

University of North Texas

Daniel G. Krutka, Ph.D. is a human and citizen whose job is Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of North Texas. He researches intersections of technology, democracy, and ...
Robert W. Maloy

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Robert W. Maloy is a senior lecturer in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he coordinates the history teacher education program and co-directs the TEAMS Tutoring...
Paula Marcelle

Indiana University, Bloomington

Paula Marcelle is an emerging scholar and practitioner. She is an instructional designer and adjunct faculty teaching courses in the design of instructional materials, and foundational science. Her re...
Taneisha McLean Francis

Jamaica Customs Agency

For more than a decade, Mrs. Taneisha McLean Francis has possessed an unwavering ardor for education and training, holding several prestigious positions and garnering numerous qualifications in this f...
Punya Mishra

Arizona State University

Dr. Punya Mishra (punyamishra.com) is Associate Dean of Scholarship & Innovation and Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He also has an affiliate appointment...
Stephanie L. Moore

University of New Mexico

Stephanie Moore, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computing in Higher Educ...
Rebecca N. Nissen

Brigham Young University

Rebecca Nissen is a master's student of Instructional Psychology & Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). She received a Communications BA in 2021 with an emphasis in journalism. Her current th...
Angelica Pazurek

University of Minnesota

Dr. Angel Pazurek is a Teaching Associate Professor in Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota. Her scholarship focuses on critical digital pedagogy and learning design in adult and highe...
Chandlie Pearson

Brigham Young University

Chandlie Pearson is from Riverton, Utah. She earned her BA in Public Relations with minors in Sociology and Global Women's Studies from Brigham Young University. She hopes to earn a Ph.D. in Sociology...
Kenneth J. Plummer

Brigham Young University

Ken Plummer, PhD, is a Teaching & Learning Consultant at Brigham Young University. He has published numerous articles on assessment, course design, and Decision Based Learning. He has been invited...
Michelle F. Read

Texas State University

Michelle F. Read is a Senior Instructional Designer at Texas State University where she also develops and delivers faculty professional development on online teaching and learning topics. She complete...
Stephanie Robertson

Brigham Young University - Hawaii

Stephanie Robertson is an Outreach Librarian and Assistant Professor at BYU–Hawaii. Her MA is in English with an emphasis in Composition & Rhetoric and her MLISc is in Academic Librarianship...
Jen Ross

University of Edinburgh

Atikah Shemshack

Promesa Academy Charter School

Dr. Atikah Shemshack serves as the CEO/Superintendent of Promesa Academy Charter School in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Shemshack is focused on cultivating a diverse and inclusive school community in which...
Joan Kang Shin

George Mason University

Cecil R. Short

Emporia State University

Cecil R. Short is an Assistant Professor of School Leadership and Director of Secondary Education at Emporia State University. His research focuses on Personalized Learning, Blended Teaching, Open Edu...
Jill E. Stefaniak

University of Georgia

Jill Stefaniak is an Associate Professor in the Learning, Design, and Technology program in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. Her researc...
Richard H. Swan

Brigham Young University

Richard H. Swan currently serves as an Associate Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Brigham Young University. He has worked in the field of educational development and instructional...
Steven K. Thomas
Steven Thomas, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, possesses extensive expertise as a seasoned industry leader in mentoring, success coaching, enrollment counseling, student wellness, and working with g...
Torrey Trust

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is a Professor of Learning Technology in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work...
Sara H. Tuiloma

Brigham Young University

Sara Tuiloma is a doctoral student in the Instructional Psychology and Technology department at Brigham Young University. The focus of her studies is student engagement in online and blended learning ...
Melissa Warr

New Mexico State University

Dr. Melissa Warr is an Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology at New Mexico State University. Her research blends teacher education, design, creativity, and technology to explore how de...
Richard E. West

Brigham Young University

Dr. Richard E. West is an associate professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. He teaches courses in instructional design, academic writing, qualitative research...
Michael Whitchurch

Brigham Young University

Michael Whitchurch is the OER and Media Literacy Librarian at Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library. He received his MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where hi...
Fan Yang

University of Georgia

Fan Yang is a doctoral student in Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Georgia. His research interests include online learner engagement, and instructional practices to facilitate lea...

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