Dr. McGuire is involved in pedagogical reform efforts at LSU and has written several ancillary books for General Chemistry textbooks, including Student Study Guides and Instructor Teaching Guides. Prior to joining LSU in August 1999, she spent eleven years at Cornell University, where she served as Acting Director of the Center for
Learning & Teaching and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry. She re-
ceived the 1991 Clark Distinguished Teaching Award while at Cornell. Dr. McGuire has been teaching chemistry for the past 34 years, and has previously held academic appointments at The State University of New York, Brockport; The University of Ten-
nessee, Knoxville; and Alabama A & M, Huntsville.
Dr. McGuire’s current interests include improving learning strategies used by univer-
sity students, reform of pre-college science and college science teaching methods, and increasing the number of students who are interested in and prepared to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. She has worked actively with university faculty and students to increase their understanding of the application of cognitive science and learning theory to studying science.
Dr. Miller is the Outreach administrative officer responsible for Penn State World
Campus, Penn State’s distance education program, and for the Division of Continuing Education.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Miller served from 1994-2004 as Associate Vice
President for Distance Education at Penn State, where he was the founding Executive Director of the World Campus. From 1987-1993, he was Associate Vice President for Program Development and Executive Director of the International University
Consortium at the University of Maryland University College, where he also was the founding chair of the University of Maryland System Institute for Distance Education. From 1970 to 1987, he held progressively responsible positions in the Division of
Media and Learning Resources at Penn State, including six years as Director of Instructional Media.
Dr. Miller earned a Doctor of Education degree in Higher Education from Penn State, as well as two degrees in English. He is the author of The Meaning of General Education: The Emergence of a Curricular Paradigm
(Teachers College Press) and of numerous articles and book chapters on topics related to curriculum, continuing education, and distance education.
For the past two decades, Dr. Miller has chaired and served on numerous taskforces and boards of national organizations dedicated to effective distance and continuing education.
Dr. Twigg is an internationally recognized expert in using information technology to transform teaching and learning in higher education. Since 1999, she has served as Executive Director of the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
The Center manages the Program in Course Redesign. In collaboration with 30 participating institutions, the Program has demonstrated how effective use of
information technology can lead to significant improvements in student learning and reductions in instructional costs. The Center also hosts The Leadership Forum,
which offers a series of activities designed to guide individuals in leading their
institutions, companies and organizations in The Information Age.
Dr. Twigg is seen as an authority on a range of topics including the impact of telecommunications on restructuring higher education, the need to improve productivity in higher education, and the process of engaging college faculty
in using instructional technology effectively. In 1995, Newsweek named her one of the 50 most influential thinkers
in the information revolution, and in 2003, she was the recipient of the prestigious McGraw Prize in Education.
From 1993 to 1998, Dr. Twigg served as Vice President of Educom (now EDUCAUSE), a national association of colleges and universities dedicated to the effective use of information technology in higher education. Before
joining Educom, Dr. Twigg was the Associate Vice Chancellor for Learning Technologies for the State University of
New York (SUNY) and held a number of senior academic administrative positions at SUNY Empire State College, SUNY’s college without a campus.
Ellen Wagner helps shape the strategic directions of the company’s post-secondary
education business.
Before joining Macromedia, Dr. Wagner was Chief Learning Officer for Viviance AG new education, a Swiss e-Learning company with offices in 12 European and North American countries. She was Chief Learning Officer and Vice President of Consulting Services with Informania, Inc. before its acquisition by Viviance AG. Dr. Wagner’s prior career as a
tenured university professor and administrator featured positions as Chair of the Educational Technology Program at the University of Northern Colorado, as well as Academic Affairs Coordinator of Instructional and Research Technologies and Director of the Western Institute for Distance Education. She was also Visiting Scholar and Project Director at the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunication, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education.
Dr. Wagner’s work has featured technology-based learning and performance improvement designs and
implementations in numerous industries, including technology, finance, telecommunications, medicine, and banking. She has designed and managed organization-wide re-engineering, change management, and training programs
for many public institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange and private companies such as Dell Computer
and Hewlett Packard.
Tom West became the Chief Executive Officer of NLR in September 2003. NLR is a national effort comprised of members and associates from across the country focused on implementing and operating a national network infrastructure to serve the needs of the advanced research community.
Dr. West has over four decades of executive management experience in the research and higher education community. He has served as the president of a major college, a vice chancellor for administration for regional campuses in the Indiana University System, and 26 years as the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) for Indiana University (1973-1981) and California State University (1981-1999).
From March 1999 through June 2004 he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California). He also served as CEO for NLR from September 2003 through June 2004.
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