Workshop+Facilitators

Mary C. Herring, Ph.D.Dr. Herring has been teaching fully online courses since 2002 and hybrid courses, face to face and online, since 1996. She is the co-author of the book, Planning for Interactive Distance Education: A Handbook, as well as articles on the topic of technology's use to facilitate learning. Her research has focused on the effective use of technology to support learning in the online environment. Dr. Herring has offered workshops for over 16 years on active learning in a distance environment at the state and national levels. She is an Associate Professor in UNI's Instructional Technology Division and is the immediate Past-President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. E-mail: mary.herring@uni.edu
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Lois A. Lindell, M.A. Lois Lindell currently serves as an instructional designer working with faculty in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction who are or will be teaching courses using distance education technologies. In her capacity as an instructional designer she has worked with C&I faculty in transitioning a number of courses to being fully online. Lois has also presented numerous workshops and conference sessions at state and national conferences including the Iowa Distance Education Association annual conference, The Distance Teaching & Learning Annual Conference sponsored by UW-Madison, and The Association of Educational Communications & Technology Conference. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Iowa Distance Learning Association and a member of the Distance Learning Division of AECT. E-mail: lois.lindell@uni.edu

Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D. Dr. Zeitz has provided workshops on technology on three continents over the past 25 years. These workshops have been for university faculty, administrators and K-12 educators. He has taught multiple courses online (Web-based and ICN) over the past 10 years. Dr. Zeitz has had experience in integrating multiple forms of online tools into his courses including Skype, twitter, blogs, Google Docs, wikis, and other forms of social media. He is the coordinator of UNI's Instructional Technology Division in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at UNI. E-mail: leigh.zeitz@uni.edu