Silvia-Adriana Tomescu

Academic Writing Guide, Pedagogical Values of Museums, archives and libraries collections, Romanian-Canadian Relations Bibliografic Research

Bucharest University Letters Faculty PHD Humanities Magna cum laude

Elizabeth Romero

The International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), IEEE Computer Society

Self-efficacy effects on professional development in higher education faculty, CReaTE: A four dimension framework to integrating technology in the classroom

Dr. Elizabeth Romero is an electronic engineer from Universidad National Autónoma de México. She holds a master in computer science from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a master in education from Western Kentucky University, and a Ph.D in Organizational Development from the University of Louisville, USA. From 1995 to 2003, she was the director of the Virtual University at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. For the last eight years, she has been a Senior Instructional Designer in the Office of Distance Learning at Western Kentucky University (WKU) where she provides consultation and training to faculty in developing online courses. Additionally, she teaches technology-related graduate level courses in the School of Teacher Education at WKU.

Susanna Carter

Susanna Carter is lecturer in Learning Advice at the University of South Australia. She aids students who are struggling with their studies and supports academic staff in developing and presenting materialsn and techniques to enhance teaching. The topic of her PhD covers the role of the visual and affective aspects in teaching and learning, focussing on how design of teaching materials and mind mapping can aid the learner.

Dr. David Neville

Currently pursuing an interdisciplinary software development project that will program a 3D digital game-based learning environment for the teaching of the German language, vocabulary, and culture to beginning university students. Specifically, the team will develop a graphic adventure game requiring students to navigate a virtual German train station while meeting specific instructional goals such as purchasing a train ticket, locating the appropriate track, making sense of arrival and departure tables, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs). The DigiBahn Project research blog can be found at http://digibahn.blogspot.com

David O. Neville is assistant professor of German Language and Literature and Director of Language Learning Technologies at Elon University. He holds a Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, with an emphasis in Medieval Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis, and a M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University.

Fabio J. Chacon

EDUCAUSE, Sloan-C

Born in Venezuela, dedicated professional life to distance education since the early 1970. Several publications and research in the field. Currently, resident of the USA.

Rafael Gomez

Philosophy for children, Existential Therapy

Rafael Gomez, MA. Ed. Psychotherapist at Dane County Mental Health Clinic, Counselor at Cherokee Middle School, Instructor at Viterbo College and freelancing lecture and researcher on Existential Pedagogy, Learning Spanish, Designing Education for the Oppressed.

Christopher D. Sessums

AERA, ISTE, ALT

Christopher D. Sessums is a post doctoral associate in educational technology in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida's College of Education.

Wayne Anderson

Daniel Sewell

American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association for Institutional Research (AIR), American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Society (APS), Cognitive Science Society, National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), Society of Research Administrators (SRA)

1. Scholarship in distributed or distance higher education institutions., 2. The scholar-practitioner model in higher education.

Dan Sewell is Associate Provost for Research at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.