Contributors

Robert Crow, Ph.D., is an Instructional Developer in the Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Western Carolina University. He also teaches traditional and online courses in educational psychology for the Department of Psychology. His research primarily focuses on formative assessment techniques aimed at improving instructional quality.

Daniel J. Glisczinski, Ed.D., is an associate professor teaching undergraduate education psychology as well as graduate level education policy and education technology at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Dan credits his wife Janice, his children Meaghan, Flannery, Ben, Harper, Greta, and his parents Cheryl and Thomas as the sources of the major insights in his life. When not teaching or spending time with family, Dan?s other joys revolve around seeking the insights to be discovered while skiing, biking, and running the rolling shores of Lake Superior. Visit Dan?s academic site at http://www.d.umn.edu/~dglisczi/ and contact him at dglisczi@d.umn.edu.

Arn Keeling, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of geography at Memorial University on Newfoundland in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with research specialties in historical and environmental geography. This paper represents the culmination of this participation in the university's new Certificate in Faculty Teaching program.

Dixie McGinty, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at Western Carolina University, where she teaches both online and face-to-face courses in educational research, assessment, and statistics. In addition, she currently serves as a Faculty Fellow for e-Learning with WCU's Coulter Faculty Center.

John LeBaron, Ed.D., is the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor for Educational Technologies at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. His work is primarily focused in teh Coulter Faculty Center where he develops programs and assists faculty colleagues in designing and teaching online for optimum student engagement and peer interaction. He teaches online courses in curriculum theory, educational leadership and educational technology in the University's Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations.

Joe Mills, a faculty member at the North Carolina School of the Arts, teaches at the North Carolina School of the Arts. His publications include two collections of poetry: Angels, Thieves and Winemakers and Somewhere During the Spin Cycle (Press 53). He also co-wrote A Guide to North Carolina?s Wineries (John F. Blair, Inc.) with his wife, Danielle Tarmey, and he recently edited A Century of the Marx Brothers (Cambridge Scholars Publishing.