Leading and Managing e-Learning / Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations (PDF)

Anthony A. Piña is Associate Provost at Sullivan University, Louisville, Kentucky, where he oversees academics and development for 30 fully online degree programs (including a Ph.D.) and over 600 online and hybrid courses taught by more than 150 faculty. He is Past-President of the Division of Distance Learning of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and has served on the AECT Board of Directors. Tony has been a consultant to Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses, local government agencies, educational institutions and the U.S. Military. He is author or editor of four books and has over 50 academic publications. He serves on the editorial boards of three scholarly journals and has been a guest editor of Tech Trends and of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education. Tony received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Brigham Young University, did post-graduate work at Arizona State University, completed his doctorate at La Sierra University,and earned a post-doctoral master's degree from Sullivan University. He is married and the father of six children--four biological and two adopted.

Victoria L. Lowell is Program Convener of the Online Master of Science in Education (MSEd), in Learning Design and Technology program at Purdue University, Indiana's second largest university, where she oversees 45+ professors and 230+ students. She holds a PhD in Education, with a dual concentration in Distance Education and Higher Education Institutional Policy Planning and a MEd in Educational Technology. At Purdue she conducts research on issues pertaining to online learning and teaching, instructional strategies, and leading online programs. She has authored and edited numerous articles and presented over 50 presentations related to online learning and educational technology. She has worked in the field of education for twenty years teaching, researching, advising students and serving in various higher education administration