Combining Quality and Expediency with Action Research in ELearning Instructional Design

Author Biographies

Ruth Gannon Cook, EdD, is Assistant Professor with the DePaul University School for New Learning, a competency-based undergraduate and graduate degree program for adult learners.  Her doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Instructional Design from the University of Houston, and she also earned an advanced certificate in Curriculum Studies, Technology Diffusion, from Queens College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom. She has worked in distance and adult education internationally and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education. Ruth may be reached at rgannonc@depaul.edu.

Caroline M. Crawford, EdD, is Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas, USA. At this point in Dr. Crawford's professional career, her main areas of interest focus upon communities of learning and the appropriate and successful integration of technologies into the learning environment. Dr. Crawford may be contacted through her e-mail address, crawford@uhcl.edu.