Michele Gribbins joined the Center for Online Learning, Research & Service (COLRS) in 2012 as an Online Learning & Faculty Development Specialist, after seven years of teaching in the Management Information Systems Department at UIS. She designs and delivers faculty development in theory, pedagogy, and best practices of effective online teaching and learning. She also supports and guides faculty members in their development and delivery of online courses. She continues to teach as an adjunct for the MIS department.
Michele is a Certified Online Learning Administrator and has been on the project team for two Massive-Open Online Courses (MOOCs). She is the Treasurer of the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education and Vice Chair for Professional Development for the Online Leadership & Administration Network of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association. She is pursuing an Ed.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Michele’s research agenda focuses on (a) student integrity in the online classroom and (b) the fit and effectiveness of technologies, particularly technologies that are used in the online classroom. Her research has been published in the Journal of Information Technology, the Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Electronic Markets, and the International Journal of Management Theory and Practices. She has co-authored two book chapters and has over forty presentations at international, national, and regional conferences.
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François is assistant professor of Operations Management in the College of Business and Management of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Operations, Supply Chain Management and Management Information Systems. François holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Utah, and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.
In his research, François studies how pollution regulations (such as emission taxes and cap-and-trade) impact supply chains, and how managers should operate in a carbon-constrained economy. His research and teaching are influenced by several years of managerial experience, during which he directed the development of web-based software solutions for concurrent engineering and project management for large and complex building projects.