Stephanie Hedge is an assistant professor of English and the Director of First Year Writing at UIS. Her research includes digital literacies and practices, writing program administration and student writing practices, digital identities, game studies, and digital pedagogies.
Michele Gribbins is the Associate Director of the Center for Online Learning, Research & Service (COLRS) at UIS. She provides direct consultation, development training, and support to faculty to enhance their instruction in online and blended courses. She coordinates and supports the COLRS Faculty Research Fellows Program and the Open Education Resources Fellows Program. Additionally, she designs, develops, and analyzes data reports related to online enrollments, admissions, and applications to guide COLRS when consulting and advising across campus.
Michele advances research through presentation and publication on a variety of online learning topics including pedagogy, best practices, emerging technologies, and academic integrity. Her research has been published in the Online Learning Journal, 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 also has co-authored two book chapters and has delivered more than sixty presentations at international, national, and regional conferences. She serves as the Vice Chair for the Online Administration Network of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and serves on the Conference Planning Committee for the UPCEA Central Region. She is also the Treasurer of the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education. She is a Certified Online Learning Administrator and has been on the project team for two Massive-Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by UIS.
Prior to joining COLRS, she taught in the Department of Management Information Systems at UIS where she continues to teach as an adjunct. She previously taught in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and was employed by Lake Land College as a Computer Training Specialist in their Center for Business & Industry. She has a B.S. in Finance from Illinois State University, an M.B.A. from Eastern Illinois University, and completed doctoral coursework in Business Administration (Information Systems Concentration) from UIUC. She is pursuing an Ed.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University-Bloomington.
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