Reimagining Education: Studies and Stories for Effective Learning in an Evolving Digital Environment

Dr. Deborah Cockerham, lecturer in the University of North Texas Department of Learning Technologies, previously founded and directed the Research and Learning Center at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. She has been a Visiting Research Scholar at Texas Christian University's Center for Science Communication, where she worked to build communication and connections between research scientists, educators, and the public, and supported multiple museum-university research collaborations. As a learning disabilities specialist for 20 years, she taught children and adolescents with a wide range of learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and/or autism spectrum disorder. . Dr. Cockerham co-edited the book Mind, Brain, and Technology and has published in multiple journals.

Dr. Regina Kaplan-Rakowski is a Lecturer and the Director of MS Program in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas (UNT). She received her doctorate in InstructionalTechnology and Design from Southern Illinois University (SIU), Carbondale. Dr. Kaplan-Rakowski's key research interests lie at the intersection of three areas: immersive learning technologies (e.g., virtual reality, augmented, mixed reality), computer-assisted language learning, and emotional responses to learning technologies. She is currently serving on the Editorial Board of Educational Technology & Society and Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. Her most recent contributions were guest co-editing a Special Issue of Journal of Technology and Teacher Education entitled "Preservice and Inservice Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic" as well as guest co-editing a book entitled "Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field".

Dr. Rob Foshay is Principal of The Foshay Group, a consulting firm specializing in high-value strategies for e-learning product architectures, training, and certification. He is a Certified Performance Technologist, and he is a Fellow of the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction. He is an Associate Graduate Faculty member in the learning technology Ph.D. programs at University of North Texas - Denton, and a similar appointment at Walden University. Dr. Foshay's background includes over 30 years' experience leading corporate technology-based training and education enterprises, conducting research and developing product strategy initiatives. He also has taught at the high school and university levels. His doctorate is in instructional design from Indiana University.

Dr. J. Michael Spector, Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas, was previously Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia, Associate Director of the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University, Chair of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation at Syracuse University, and Director of the Educational Information Science and Technology Research Program at the University of Bergen. He earned a Ph.D. from The University of Texas. He is a visiting research professor at Beijing Normal University, at East China Normal University, and the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur. His research focuses on assessing learning in complex domains, inquiry and critical thinking skills, and program evaluation. He was Executive Director and Treasurer of the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction and a Past President of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology. He is Editor Emeritus and Featured Papers Editor of Educational Technology Research & Development. He edited two editions of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology and the SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. He is currently lead editor of Learning, Design and Technology: An International Compendium of theory, Research, Practice and Policy and section editor for educational technology in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Education. He has more than 150 academic publications to his credit.

德博拉·科克漢姆博士是北德克薩斯大學學習技術系的講師，曾創立並指導沃斯堡科學與歷史博物館的研究與學習中心。她曾擔任德克薩斯基督教大學科學傳播中心的訪問研究學者，致力於促進研究科學家、教育工作者與公眾之間的溝通與聯繫，並支持多項博物館與大學的研究合作。作為一名學習障礙專家，她在過去20年中教授有各種學習障礙、注意力缺陷過動症和/或自閉症譜系障礙的兒童和青少年。科克漢姆博士共同編輯了《心智、大腦與技術》一書，並在多個期刊上發表過文章。

瑞吉娜·卡普蘭-拉科夫斯基博士是北德克薩斯大學（UNT）學習技術碩士課程的講師及主任。她在南伊利諾伊大學（SIU）卡本代爾獲得了教學技術與設計的博士學位。卡普蘭-拉科夫斯基博士的主要研究興趣位於三個領域的交集：沉浸式學習技術（例如虛擬實境、擴增實境、混合實境）、計算機輔助語言學習，以及對學習技術的情感反應。她目前擔任《教育技術與社會》和《技術與教師教育期刊》的編輯委員會成員。她最近的貢獻包括共同編輯《技術與教師教育期刊》的一期特刊，題為「COVID-19大流行期間的職前與在職專業發展」，以及共同編輯一本名為「COVID-19大流行期間的教學、技術與教師教育：來自現場的故事」的書籍。

羅伯·福謝博士是福謝集團的負責人，該顧問公司專注於電子學習產品架構、培訓和認證的高價值策略。他是一名認證的績效技術專家，也是國際培訓、績效和教學標準委員會的研究員。他是北德克薩斯大學-登頓學習技術博士課程的副研究生教員，並在沃爾登大學擔任類似職位。福謝博士擁有超過30年的經驗，領導企業技術基礎的培訓和教育事業，進行研究並開發產品策略。他也曾在高中和大學層級授課。他的博士學位來自印第安納大學，專攻教學設計。

J. 麥可·斯佩克特博士是北德克薩斯大學學習技術的教授，曾任喬治亞大學教育心理學教授、佛羅里達州立大學學習系統研究所副主任、雪城大學教學設計、開發與評估系主任，以及卑爾根大學教育資訊科學與技術研究計劃主任。他在德克薩斯大學獲得博士學位。斯佩克特博士是北京師範大學、華東師範大學和印度理工學院-卡拉格普爾的訪問研究教授。他的研究重點在於評估複雜領域的學習、探究與批判性思維技能，以及計劃評估。他曾擔任國際培訓、績效和教學標準委員會的執行董事和財務主管，並是教育與傳播技術協會的前任會長。他是《教育技術研究與發展》的榮譽編輯和特刊編輯，編輯過《教育傳播與技術研究手冊》的兩個版本，以及《SAGE教育技術百科全書》。他目前是《學習、設計與技術：國際理論與研究的彙編》的主編。