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CNN.Com -UMassOnline's CTO Brian Douglas Named to Pearson Strategic Advisory Board to Guide Global Elearning Efforts

Pearson, the global leader in educational publishing, has announced the creation of a higher education advisory council to provide strategic guidance for the company’s eLearning efforts in the U.S. and abroad.   

The Pearson Strategic Advisory Board, comprised of senior executives from a wide variety of higher education institutions both in the U.S. and globally, will provide guidance and feedback to the company as it continues to enhance its eLearning products and services. 

"Pearson provides integrated education solutions for our customers around the world,” said Jim Behnke, Executive Vice President for Higher Education, International and Professional at Pearson. “We’re constantly working to enhance learning opportunities in the rapidly changing education marketplace. The Pearson advisory board is another step in our efforts to improve student performance and institutional productivity, and we look forward to benefiting from the perspectives of these thought leaders in post-secondary education.” 

The Pearson Strategic Advisory Board will provide counsel on emerging technologies in education and opportunities to expand Pearson eLearning influence in the developing world.

The Strategic Advisory Board will meet semi-annually. The first meeting was held in Boston on November 15. The next meeting will be held in Denver in 2008.

Pearson Strategic Advisory Board Members:

• Steve Acker
  Director, Learning Technologies Research and Innovation, TELR/CIO
  Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication
  The Ohio State University
• Lanny Arvan
  CIO and Associate Dean for eLearning, College of Business
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Cathie Atkins
  Professor and Associate Dean, College of Sciences
  Director of People, Information and Communication Technology
  Qualcomm Institute for Innovation and Educational Success
  San Diego State University
• Brian Douglas
  Chief Technology Officer and Director of Operations
  UMassOnline
• Myk Garn
  Executive Director, Kentucky Virtual University
• Darcy Hardy
  Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  Executive Director, UT TeleCampus
  The University of Texas System
• Denise Kirkpatrick
  Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning & Teaching
  The Open University
• Ed Klonoski
  Executive Director
  Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium
• Joanne Kossuth
  Associate Vice President for Development and Chief Information Officer
  Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
• Michelle Lamberson
  Director, Office of Learning Technology
  University of British Columbia
• Frederic Litto
  President, Brazil Distance Learning Association
• Tom Maier
  Vice Chancellor for Information and Instructional Technology/CIO
  Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
• Sue McKnight
  Director of Libraries and Knowledge Resources
  Nottingham Trent University
• Anne Moore
  Associate Vice President for Learning Technologies and Director of Information Technologies
  Virginia Tech
• Robert Olin
  Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  The University of Alabama
• David Poldoian
  President and Chief Operating Officer, Online Learning Division
  Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
• William (Willie) H. Pritchard
  Faculty, Academic Coordinator for Distance Learning
  DeAnza College
• Richard M. Rhodes
  President
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