Dr. Ken Udas, whose background includes a diverse set of executive management and teaching roles in Slovakia, Austria, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and New Zealand as well as in the US, became the Chief Executive Officer of UMassOnline in September, 2009.
Prior to UMassOnline, Dr. Udas was the Executive Director of Penn State World Campus where he led the development of the organization's vision with responsibility for prioritizing and resourcing initiatives, staffing plans, and capital and operational investments. His management of operations included educational technology, student services, academic advising, student retention, marketing, program development, faculty development, learning design and course development.
Previously, Dr. Udas was Director, SUNY Learning Network, The State of New York Systems Administration in Albany, NY. The SUNY Learning Network is a partnership of 40 SUNY institutions ranging from community colleges to research universities serving more than 100,000 student enrollments. In this role Dr. Udas managed faculty development, technology services, communications and outreach, and Web site development.
Earlier, Dr. Udas was E-Learning Director at The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, a major distance learning institution serving more than 35,000 adult learners. And prior to that he was Director, Distance Learning Network (DLN), EdNet, CARANA Corporation USAID Project based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he established and managed all DLN operations, the Information and Communications Technology department, and the Technical Training department with an internationally distributed team of administrative, technical, and educational professionals .
Dr. Udas' career has included Web-Based Course developer and instructor for Spotfire, Inc., an analytical software development company; Course Director and Teaching Faculty, School of Information Technology, Harcourt Higher Education; Research Associate, Commitment to Education in the Department of Educational Administration at Texas A&M University; and, Operations Manager, Ellison Campus Center, Salem State College.
Most recently serving as Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult Education at The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Udas' academic and teaching experiences include serving as: Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate Faculty, Management, University of Maryland University College; Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Science, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College; Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Lecturer, University of Maryland System, European Division, Heidelberg, Germany; Lecturer, International University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria; Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh; and, Lecturer at City University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Dr. Udas is a member of the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) - Sloan National Commission on Online Learning which, since 2007, has engaged college Presidents and Chancellors in discussions about online education as a means to achieve broader institutional priorities. He is Co-chairperson, IMS Student Induction to eLearning which is researching, identifying, and documenting best practices and standards in flexible learning. The IMS Global Learning Consortium creates standards for the development and adoption of technologies that enable high-quality, accessible, and affordable learning experiences.
A member of the Editorial Board for the American Journal of Distance Education, Dr. Udas is a member of Sloan-C and the American Distance Education Consortium where he serves as Principal Contact Officer. He is co-leader for the Educause Constituency Group on Openness, which is focused on the adoption of open technologies, practices, policies, and initiatives. Dr. Udas has written and presented extensively on the topic of distance education and technology. |
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