Bryan Alexander
Adjunct Professor // Georgetown University
Future of Education Observatory
bryanalexander.org
Biography
"Bryan Alexander is an internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant and teacher, working in the field of how technology transforms education.
He is the founder of the Future of Education Observatory, a writing and media production hub, and of Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC, through which he consults throughout higher education in the United States and the world. Before BAC Bryan taught literature, writing, multimedia, and information technology studies at Centenary College of Louisiana, then worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies that closed in 2018. He completed his English language and literature PhD at the University of Michigan in 1997, with a dissertation on doppelgangers in Romantic-era fiction and poetry." (Source: Bryan Alexander: Georgetown University)
Innovation on Campus // Bryan Alexander YouTube Channel
Flower Darby
Educator. Author. Speaker.
flowerdarby.com // podcasts
Biography
"Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class formats to include, welcome, and support all students as they learn and succeed. As faculty and an instructional designer, she’s taught community college and university classes for over 24 years in a range of subjects including English, Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. A seasoned face-to-face and online educator, Darby loves to apply learning science across the disciplines, and to help others do the same. She is the author, with James M. Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, and she’s a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Her new book on emotion science and teaching with technology is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press." (Source: Flower Darby | EDUCAUSE)
How to be a Better Online Teacher // Flower Darby
Notable Articles
Natasha Jankowski
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NIOLA)
Biography
"Natasha Jankowski has presented at numerous national conferences and institutional events, and written various reports for NILOA. Her primary research interests include assessment and evaluation, organizational evidence use, and evidence-based storytelling. She holds a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Illinois, an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University, and a B.A. in philosophy from Illinois State University. She previously worked for GEAR UP Learning Centers at Western Michigan University and worked with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership studying community colleges and public policy. She is the author of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes." (Source: jankowski.pdf (neasc.org))
Documenting Learning: Transforming Assessment with ePortfolios
J
ames M. Lang
Professor of English // Assumption College
Director, D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence
jamesmlang.com
"Lang is the author of six books, the most recent of which are Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (Basic Books, 2020), Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2016) and Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty (Harvard University Press, 2013), and On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching (Harvard UP, 2008).
A dynamic and highly sought-after public speaker, he has delivered conference keynotes or conducted workshops on teaching for faculty at more than a hundred colleges or universities in the United States and abroad. He has consulted with the United Nations on a multi-year project to develop teaching materials in ethics and integrity for high school and college faculty."
How to Engage Distracted Students
Jessamyn Neuhaus
Professor of U.S. History // SUNY Plattsburgh
Recipient of SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Geeky Pedagogy Home
Biography
"Jessamyn Neuhaus regularly facilitates teaching and learning workshops, and delivers lectures and keynot addresses on a variety of teaching issues in higher education. Neuhaus began teaching U.S. history, cultural studies, women's history, history of sexuality, and gender studies in 1997. She earned her Ph.D. in history at Claremont Graduate University. Today, she is a tenured professor in the history department at SUNY Plattsburgh, where she teaches classes on U.S. history 1877 to the present, popular culture history, and history methodology classes. In addition to Geeky Pedagogy: A guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers, she is also the author of Manly Meals and Mom's Home Cooking: Cookbooks and Gender in Modern America and Housework and Housewives in American Advertising: Married to the Mop.
(Source: Geek Pedagogy: Jessamyn Neuhaus)
New Books Network: Interview with Jessamyn Neuhaus
Thomas J. Tobin
Program Area Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Learning Design, Development & Innovation (LDDI)
thomasjtobin.com // YouTube Channel
Biography
"Thomas J. Tobin is an internationally-recognized speaker and author on topics related to quality in technology-enhanced education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
Before joining UW-Madison, Tobin served for five years as the Coordinator of Learning Technologies in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and spent seven years in the Learning and Development arm of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.
Since the advent of online courses in higher education in the late 1990s, Tom’s work has focused on using technology to extend the reach of higher education beyond its traditional audience. He advocates for the educational rights of people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds." (Source: Thomas Tobin | EDUCAUSE)
Notable Publications
Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education by 
Developing Outcomes-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education: A Faculty Introduction by 
Coming to Terms with Student Outcomes Assessment: Faculty and Administrators’ Journeys to Integrating Assessment in Their Work and Institutional Culture by 
Measuring College Learning Responsibly by 
