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Ray Schroeder is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and Senior Fellow at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA).  Ray began his academic career in 1971 as an Instructor in the College of Communications at the University of Illinois.  He left Urbana in 1977 to become an Assistant Professor in Communication at Sangamon State University (which became UIS in 1995).  His career and publications focus on the application of technology to enhance teaching and learning. 

Ray founded the UIS Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning (OTEL) in 1997.  OTEL later became the Center for Online Learning Research and Service (COLRS), combining support for the essential online faculty responsibilities into one unit.  The unit has received numerous national grants and awards.  It supports 26 online graduate and undergraduate programs ranked among the “Best Online Colleges” by US News.  UIS delivers some 500 online classes each semester to students in 48 states and 10 countries.

Schroeder’s recognitions include:

• 2023 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters awarded by the University of Illinois Springfield

• 2023 Inaugural UPCEA Leadership Award for the Advancement of Digital Learning also in 2023.  The award is now named the  Ray Schroeder Leadership Award for the Advancement of Digital Learning

·         2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Who’s Who Worldwide Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing more than 20 years of leadership in the field

·         2016 United States Distance Teaching and Learning Association Hall of Fame Award for significant contributions to the field of distance learning through leadership, technology, research and teaching

·         2016 Mildred B. and Charles A. Wedemeyer Award as Outstanding Practitioner in Distance Education by the American Journal of Distance Education and the University of Wisconsin, Madison

·         2014 Past Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Service from the Illinois Council of Continuing Higher Education

·         2012 Innovation Fellow for Digital Learning, UPCEA

·         2011 University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award

·         2010 Mayadas Leadership Award in Online Education, the Sloan Consortium

·         2010 Inaugural Sloan Consortium Fellow

·         2002 Outstanding Achievement in Asynchronous Learning Networks – Sloan Consortium

Ray publishes to an array of social media outlets with more than 12,000 daily readers to his publications. He has co-authored multiple chapters and numerous papers over the past 20 years.  A frequent keynote speaker, Schroeder is well-known nationally and internationally for his knowledge and writings in technology-enhanced learning.  

Recent Presentations

• The Generative AI Revolution - EDUCAUSE  1/23

• Generative AI in Higher Ed 1/23

• Innovation and Creation in Ever-Advancing Artificial Intelligence 1/23

• From Grassroots to the Highly-Orchestrated: Online Leaders Share Their Stories of the Evolving Online Organizational Landscape in Higher Ed (Foreword) OLC Press 

• Update Embedding Certificates into Degrees 

• Designing Engaging and Interactive Synchronous Online Class Sessions (pre-pub) Foreword 9/2022

• The Metaverse and Web 3.0: Embedding Ourselves into the Internet (8/22)

January 2022

• College of DuPage Future Task Force -  Visioning: Future of Higher Ed 12/2/2021)

• UIS Center for Teacher Leadership - Professional Networks for Students (11/2021)

• UIS Center for Teacher Leadership - Visioning the Future of Higher Ed (9/28)

• Book chapter on Leadership in A Guide to Administering Distance Learning (8/2021) AECT Division of Distance Learning BEST BOOK Award 2022

• McHenry College Visioning (8/11)

• Online, Blended, Hyflex: Optimizing Learning with Student Engagement Platforms (7/20)

• UCLA Extention Visioning the Future (6/24)

• MarketScale Podcast on Future of Higher Ed (6/15)

• ISBE FAC Presentation on Covid and Health/Well-Being 4/16

• Zoom Fatigue and Better Practices (4/14)

• Authentic Assessment - UIS Center for Faculty Excellence (4/1)

• Blackboard: Small and Unique Small Schools Summit Keynote 2/24

  • Small and Unique Summit Conference site

• UIS Campus Conversation - Online Learning

• Mental Health Services — Leveraging Online Units to Build New Campus Resources (plenary panel moderator, SOLA+R) (2/4)

• Future of Teaching and Learning: AI, VR and Quantum (2/3)

January 2021

• • Beyond Self-Care: Mental Health in Times of Covid (12/16)

• Embedding Certifications into Degrees (12/7)

• Interview with a Professor on the Future of AI in Education (11/23)

  • Health and Wellness Online in Covid Times  (12/15)

  • How Blockchain Can Streamline Recordkeeping at Universities (11/9)

  • What Does Blockchain Mean for University Partnerships (11/6)

    • Animation 

• What are the 3 key tips for becoming an instructional designer? 10/28 

  • Online Learning Consortium Panel -Online Faculty Support(10/28) 

• UPCEA Super Accelerator Roundtable 10/1

•  Quantum Promise for AI in Education - National DTL Conf (8/6)

•  Exploring the State of University Onilne Learning 5/29

•  e-Learning: What's Next (5/13)

  • Recording of the Webinar

•  Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Ed 2nd ed 

•  Learning, Technology Design Plenary "Lay of the Land" (2/25)

•  DTL Mini-presentation Ai and Quantum Future of Learning (2/12)

  • • Recording https://youtu.be/l22oI4Q6tyM

•  Quantum Computing and Personalized Learning Podcast (2/10)

•  SOLA+R 2020 Emerging Tech in Online 2/5

• January 2020

•  Rush University Future of Learning & the LMS (11/20)

  •  Artificial Intelligence in Education  UIS/SIU Colloquium (11/1)

•  Emerging, Engaging Technology UPCEA South (10/15)

•  Gen Z Learning with Vickie Cook (8/6)

•  Helix Education Podcast with Ray Schroeder on Quantum (7/26)

  •  Leading Learning with Ray Schroeder (podcast) 7/2)

•  2019 Learning Impact Leadership Institute Panel (5/22)

•  A Conversation Regarding Micro-Credentials UPCEA Seattle (3/28)

•  Five Key Trends for Professional Education Leaders (3/11)

  •  Sources for Prof Dev in Online Learning (Virtually Inspired 2/27)

  •  GenZ and Emerging Trends in Higher Ed (w/ Vickie Cook 2/27)

•  Higher Ed Tech Trends - Transforming Teaching/Learning Conference (with Michele Gribbins 2/12/19)

•  University of North Texas Discovery Lecture 1/30/19

• January 2019

•  High Impact Teaching Gen Z (with Vickie Cook leading)

•  Meta Design Site

•  Strategic Look at Emerging Technologies

•  Artificial Intelligence for Teaching

•  IBHE Faculty Advisory Council (5/18/18)

•  Emerging Technology and Learning (Lewis&Clark 4/13/18)

•  Technologies Preparing Students for Future - UNMC Omaha

• January 2018

•  UIS Online Principles/Practices for UI Presidential Fellows

•  Learning in the Autonomous Car

•  Emerging Technology in Continuing and Online Ed

•  UIS New Faculty Teaching Academy: Teaching for Tomorrow

  •  Technology Should You Keep Your Eye On (with Jason Rhode)

•  Teaching Professor Emerging Online Technologies

•  Wisconsin UWEX Best Practices

•  The Future of Jobs and Job Training (Pew Internet invited expert contribution - May 3, 2017)

•  Understanding the Faculty Role in Accessibility (Invited expert mini-essay Inside Higher Ed - Digital Learning - March 15, 2017)

•  UNMC and Medical Artificial Intelligence

• January 2017 

  •  Active Blending for Engagement (Northwestern University)

•  Embarking on Online Teaching

•  Aspiring to Excellence - UPCEA Hallmarks

•  Emerging Online Learning Technologies

•  Perspectives on Digital Integration Approaches

•  Co-author with Vickie Cook, chapter in Change We Must: Deciding the Future of Higher Education (RosettaBooks)

•  Hallmarks Workshop (stand-in for Vickie Cook)

•  Crisis in Illinois Higher Education (ICCHE Pre-Conference)

• Student at the Center Online - Keynote Rutgers Online Conference

  • Rutgers Speech Video

• University Partnership for Online Strategies - Syracuse

• January 2016 

• Online Leadership Workshop with Vickie Cook

• Assuring Quality in Online Learning

• Continuing Education / Community Engagement (U Utah)

• Technologies Enable Policies, Practices, Pedagogy (ICCET/ICCHE)

• Brief Perspectives on Social Constructivist Online Learning

• Orientation to Online Learning

• Future of Online Learning (and data-informed education)

• Book chapter co-authored on Alternative Models of MOOCs

• Chapt co-authored with Dr. Vickie Cook Centennial Conversations

• TwitterChat #higheredahead 

  • Storify transcript of TwitterChat 5/27/15

• UNMC Technologies Putting the Student at the Center

• Student at the Center 

• Innovative Pedagogies and Practices for Student Success Wrkshop

  • Building New Online Programs (with Dr. Vickie Cook)

  • Online Leadership in 2015 (with Dr. Vickie Cook)

• January 2015 

  • Emerging Technologies for Online  (with Cook, Gribbins, Morsch)

• Ahead of the Wave - Distance Teaching and Learning Conf '14

• Custom Retention Strategies in Online Programs ~Bb World

• Innovation to Disruption Digital Now Plenary 5/19/14

  • Designing Collaborative Courses 4/18/14

  • Emerging Technology/Pedagogy in Higher Ed 3/18/14

  • Disruptive Technology and Teaching 3/17/14

• Alumni Lunch and Learn - Manifesting MOOCs

  • CAUCE Partnerships and Possibilities 

• Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education 2/5/14

• Online Learning Roundtable Briefing 1/29/2014

• Emerging Tech & Strategy with Witt Salley and Joel Hartman

• NeLA Update at the Sloan Consortium 

• MHEC MOOC Summit Panel

• University of Illinois Faculty Panel

• Higher Education Disruption and Opportunity

• Vortex of Technology

• Disruption and Opportunity

• U of Toronto Int'l Conference ~ Hybrid Learning (speaker notes)

• OER: Potential and Pitfalls (speaker notes)

• The Rapidly Changing Environment in Distance Education

• Generating and Sustaining Faculty Engagement

• MOOCs with a Purpose (w/Carrie, Emily, Michele)

• Game Changers Online in Higher Ed

  • MOOCs: Practices, Pedagogies and Place 

• Open Educational Resources Enhancing Classes

  • Intro to MOOC 

• National e-Learning Alliance (NeLA)

• MOOC Disruption

• Flipping the Classroom

• University of Illinois 21st Century Learning

• Quality in MOOC Design

• One-Two-One: University/Community College Collaboration

• Mobile Online Learning: Online and on the Move

• SCUP: Building Virtual Bridges in a Time of MOOCs and Mashups

• Reading the MOOC Tea Leaves

• Updated Emerging Open Online Environment

• Making a MOOC

• Community of Practice in OER - Madison Distance T/L Conf

• Alternative Searching Options

• Open Online Environment Update

• Transforming Graduate Education Online 

• XLi New Visions: Networked World

• XLi Emerging Open Environments

• Blended by Design

• Inverted, Flipped and Blended

• Three Learning Innovations

• Paradigm Shift-Open Continuing Higher Education

• Online Learning Transforming Higher Education

• Winterize Your Class!

• Online and on the Move: Mobile Online Learning

• National Press Club: Creating the Classroom of the Future

• Interlocking Social Networking

• eduMOOC: Online Learning Today... and Tomorrow

• Open Future of Higher Education

• Operational and Strategic Issues in Online Learning

• Sustaining and Retaining Online Students

• Building Community in Online Learning

•  Technology Transforming Higher Ed

• 21st Century Higher Ed - the Second Decade

• Continuing Higher Ed Thriving in a Recession

  • Difficult Students Online

• Educause Quarterly Article: Sustaining Online Students at UIS

• New Tools for the New Year

  • ASSURE Instructional Design

  • Active Learning

• Beyond Google and Bing: Discovering a Better Back Rub

  • Interlocking Social Networking

• Validating Internet Sources

  • Waving to the Future

  • Catching the Learning Wave (Fortnightly Mailing)

  • Web 2.0 & Social Networking for Small Business

  • e-Mentor Article on Google Wave Collaboration

  • The Inverted Classroom

  • Wave Collaboration in Higher Education

  • Learning without Limits (for HP Innovations in Ed Summit) 

• Digital by Design Online

  • Technologies Transforming Teaching

  • Quality in Online Teaching

  • Teaching in a Recession: Technologies, Pedagogies, Practices and Practicalities

  • Academic Research Tools Online

  • Social Networking Tools in Education

  • Digital Petting Zoo 

  • PowerPoint(less) - Alternative Web 2.0 Presentation Modes

  • Future of English Studies

  • Blending for Learning

• Beyond Google & Yahoo: Search Engine Alternatives

  • Active Online Learning

  • Online Interaction and Collaboration

  • Emerging Technologies Delivering Continuing Ed to the World

  • Collaborative Technologies for Teaching and Scholarship

  • Dennis E. Minor Memorial Lecture

  • Transparent Technology - St. Louis Conference

  • Academic Libraries 2.0

  • Blogging and Micro-Blogging

  • RSS Present, Potential, and Promise

  • Elements of UIS Online Success 

  • Fueling Online Learning

  • Access with Quality - Approaching Online/Blended Learning 

• Higher Ed on Second Life: Fall 2007 Snapshot

• Blending for Quality and Access

• Web 2.0 Sampler

• Semester without End

• Web 2.0

• Web 2.0: When Will We Ever Get There?

• FSI - Faculty Summer Institute

  • Journalism