BLACKBOARD 8 – INSTRUCTOR TUTORIAL

   DISTANCE LEARNING DAY JUNE 18, 2008 KEYNOTE SPEAKER CHARLES DZIEBAN PRESENTS Sue Gallagher: “So, let me tell you a little bit about Chuck, it’s Charles Dziuban, but he says we could call him Chuck. He’s the Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida, where he has been a faculty member since 1970 teaching research, design and statistics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Since 1996 he has directed the Impact Evaluation of UCF’s Distributive Learning Initiative examining the student and faculty outcomes as well as gauging the impact of online courses on the University. He has coauthored or edited numerous books and chapters on blended and online learning, including Handbook of Blended Learning Environments, Educating the Net Generation and Blended Learning Research Perspectives of which he is the co-editor. In 2005, Chuck received the Sloan Consortium award for most outstanding achievement in online learning by an individual. He has published in numerous journals including Multivariate Behavioral Research, The Psychological Bulletin, Educational and Psychological Measurement, the American Education Research Journal, the Phi Delta Kappan, the Internet in Higher Education, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, and the Sloan-C View. In 2007, he was appointed to the National Information and Communication Technology Literacy Policy Council. In the past few ...