Dr. Paulette Robinson is the Deputy Director for Advanced Education Initiatives for the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) at the National Defense University (NDU). Her expertise will be used to research advanced education tools, teaching and learning theories, teaching techniques, assessment/evaluation, etc, for NDU educational mission and DoD.In this position, she managed a distributed learning instructional design group, oversaw technology purchases, reviews emerging technologies for inclusion in the iCollege labs, and implements technology and facilitates instructional use of technology for the College. As part of her position, she is also responsible to review all student assessment plans and create evaluation capabilities for College courses and programs. In addition, she is the leader for the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds. A group of over 1,600 from government (federal, state, local and international), industry, and academia who are interested in the use of virtual worlds in government, confronting and solving common issues, as well as sharing best practices. She is co-leading a vGov project with the USDA CIO to provide secure access to virtual worlds for government.
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About the Author: Patrick Blessinger
Dr. Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations). Dr. Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others. Dr. Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods and he serves on doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Blessinger has been involved with accreditation certification for universities and colleges and he has been involved in various educational consulting projects. Dr. Blessinger provides professional development workshops and classes to teachers and educational leaders and regularly gives presentations at academic conferences around the world. Dr. Blessinger has received several educational awards, including: Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).