Penn State's College of Education is regularly ranked among the nation's best graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report, and the certificate program in distance education is taught by the same nationally recognized faculty.
Ian Baptiste, Ed.D.
Dr. Baptiste was born and raised in the Caribbean--in Trinidad and Tobago,
and Grenada. He did his undergraduate work in agriculture at the University
of the West Indies, Trinidad, and his graduate studies in foundations of education
and adult and continuing education at Wheaton College and Northern Illinois
University, respectively. He uses his expertise in agriculture and education
to help build sustainable communities, especially rural communities.
Francis Dwyer, D.Ed.
Dr. Dwyer, professor of instructional systems, received his doctorate in educational
administration from Penn State. His current interests are corporate training,
performance technology, and visual learning. Dr. Dwyer has served as president
of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and
the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA). He has conducted numerous
studies regarding visual learning, resulting in the publication of four texts
directly related to the design and use of visualization in the instructional/training
process.
Barbara L. Grabowski, Ph.D.
Dr. Grabowski, professor of instructional systems, focuses her research on
learning through and with technology. Currently she is investigating how the
K-12 teacher and student function as partners for learning with the World Wide
Web. Prior to coming to Penn State she was a designer, developer, and evaluator
for a distance delivery program for nuclear reactor operators, and a designer
of multimedia materials for industry, the military, and medical education at
the Center for Instructional Development and Evaluation of the University of
Maryland University College, and the Office of Medical Education at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Grabowski also has previous academic experience
as an associate professor at Syracuse University.
Gary William Kuhne, D.Ed.
As lead faculty member, Dr. Kuhne provides both coordination and direction
for the use of Web-based learning and asynchronous learning for the delivery
of graduate-level education. He is also an active consultant to nonprofit, corporate,
and government agencies on issues linked to staff development, continuing professional
education, human resource development, action research, and distance education.
Dr. Kuhne is the author of eight books and numerous articles and reports.
Susan Land, Ph.D.
Dr. Land, associate professor of instructional systems, emphasizes the integration
of multimedia and Internet technology into the curriculum, and the use of computer-mediated
communications for learning. While a doctoral student at Florida State University,
she initiated research on the process of conceptual development with open-ended,
technology-based learning environments. This work focused on developing frameworks
for considering how learners build understanding while in open-ended learning
environments. In 1996 Dr. Land received the Young Scholar Award from the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) for her work in this area.
Michael Grahame Moore, Ph.D.
Before joining the program in 1986, Dr. Moore worked for nine years at the
British Open University. Prior to that, he was involved in adult education in
Kenya and Canada. He is the founder and editor of The American Journal of
Distance Education and has served on the editorial boards of similar journals.
He takes special interest in adult and distance education in developing countries,
undertaking various research and occasional training projects for the World
Bank, IMF, and UNESCO.
Kyle L. Peck, Ph.D.
Dr. Peck, professor of instructional systems, is also manager of a statewide
initiative to prepare educational professionals to use global computer networks
effectively. He is co-founder and "head of school" for the innovative Centre
Learning Community Charter School in State College, Pennsylvania, and president-elect
of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). He
was identified as one of the "100 Most Influential People in U.S. Public Education"
by Homework Hotline, Inc. Dr. Peck previously taught middle school and was involved
in corporate training.
