Ray Schroeder is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Online Learning at the University of Illinois Springfield. He is also Professor Emeritus of Communication with three dozen years of teaching experience on the Urbana and Springfield campuses.
As founder of the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service, Ray is dedicated to faculty development and pedagogical support of the online initiative. He has published the popular Online Learning Update blog daily for the past half dozen years. Ray is the director of the national UPCEA Center for Online Leadership. He is a Sloan Consortium Distinguished Scholar in Online Learning 2002-2003, Visiting Scholar in Online Learning at the University of Southern Maine 2006-2008, and the recipient of the 2002 Sloan-C award for the “Most Outstanding Achievement in ALN by an Individual.” Most recently, Ray received the Sloan Consortium’s highest individual award the inaugural 2010 Frank Mayadas Leadership in Online Learning award. He is a charter Sloan Consortium Fellow.
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Dr. Vickie Cook is the Director of the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS) and Associate Research Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Dr. Cook has been actively engaged providing consulting and faculty development with educational leaders across the U.S. and in Mexico. Her work has been published in a variety of national educational publications. She worked as part of a team that authored the UPCEA (University Professional & Continuing Education Association) Hallmarks of Excellence in Online Leadership. She teaches online in the Masters of Arts in Education graduate degree program at University of Illinois Springfield.
Her current research agenda focuses on two areas: (1) exploring learning and professional development through a heutagogical lens and (2) the impact of a systems approach for online leadership.
Dr. Cook has served on several regional and national committees, as well as having been a long time member of Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education (ICCHE) serving in multiple roles on the Executive Board and currently serves as Past-President of the organization; serves in the capacity of Online Learning Strategist for the University Professionals & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA); serves as a mentor for the Association for Continuing and Higher Education (ACHE); is a member of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and serves on program steering committees for the UPCEA Annual Conference and OLC Annual Conference.
Dr. Cook curates top articles in online learning, online leadership, and pedagogy that she shares on LinkedIn and Twitter daily. Follow her on Twitter @DrVickieCook.
Dr. Cooks teaches for the Department of Educational Leadership at UIS.
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.
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.
Follow her on Twitter @michelegribbins.