MDE – Staff, faculty and visiting experts

University of Maryland University College – Full-Time/Staff

Dr. Stella Porto
sporto@umuc.edu
Program Director & Collegiate Professor
University of Maryland University College
Graduate School of Management and Technology
DETC 630 & OMDE 670
 

Oldenburg University - Full-time/Staff

thomas.huelsmann@uni-oldenburg.de
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
OMDE 606 & DEPM 625

 Adjuncts

Emeritus Provost
University of Maryland University College
DEPM 609
 
Dr. Michael Beaudoin
Professor
University of New England
DEPM 604 & OMDE 670

Dr. Zane Berge
Professor
Training Systems Design Program
University of Maryland Baltimore County
DETT 621
 
Ulrich Bernath
Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning
retired from University of Oldenburg, Germany
OMDE 670
 
Ms. Lisa Blaschke, MDE
Kreative Kommunikation 
OMDE 601 & OMDE 670
 
Dr. Jane Brindley
(former) University of Windsor, Canada
OMDE 601, OMDE 608 & OMDE 670
 
Dr. Mauri Collins
Office of Distance Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
OMDE 607 
  
Ms. Ilene Frank
retired from University of South Florida, Tampa Library
Adjunct Faculty - University of Maryland University College
DETT 611 & LIBS 150
 
Dr. Jill Fresen
Senior Learning Technologist
Oxford University, UK
DETT 607 & DETC 620 (visiting expert)
 
Ms. Anne Forster
Director, Forster & Gibson Pty Ltd,
Sydney, Australia
DEPM 609 & DEPM 622
 
Dr. Gila Kurtz
Professor in-charge, Online Technologies and Learning Program
The Graduate School  of Education, The Center for Academic Studies (http://www.mla.ac.il/)
OMDE 603 & DETC 630
 
Dr. James Rawson
Webmaster - University of Maryland University College
OMDE 603
 
Dr. Linda J. Smith
Adjunct Faculty
University of Maryland University College
DETT 607

          Ms. Christine Walti
Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland
OMDE 601, OMDE 608 & OMDE 670

Dr. Olaf Zawacki-Richter
FernUniversität in Hagen
University of Hagen, Germany
DETC 620 & DETT 607
 

Visiting Experts
The “Visiting Experts” concept embedded in the MDE is designed to bring distance education scholars, researchers, and practitioners into the online classroom to facilitate a course module or short-term discussion on their topics of expertise. Students read books and articles written by their visiting experts and then have the opportunity to directly interact with them online in class. This approach is important not only in ensuring that the program curriculum is informed by the latest developments in the field, but also in helping students broaden their interests, understand the importance of research, and make theory-to-practice connections.

 
OMDE 606
 
The Open University of Israel and Director of International Academic Outreach, Israel
OMDE 601
 
Dr. Dr. h.c. (mult.) Börje Holmberg
Former Rector, Private FernFachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany &
Executive Director of the Institute for Distance-Education Research, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany
Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology, FernUniversität, Germany
OMDE 601 (former)

Dr. Ormond Simpson
Senior Lecturer in Institutional Research at the Open University, UK
OMDE 606

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
DEPM 625
 
Dr. Greville Rumble
Open University, UK
Former Editor, Open Learning
OMDE 606
 
Dr. Dr. h.c. Hilary Perraton
The Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD) of the Von Hügel Institute at St Edmund's
College, University of Cambridge; Cambridge, UK
DEPM 625
 
Dr. Dr. h.c. (mult.) Otto Peters
Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology
Founding Rector, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany
OMDE 601

Professor and Director of Research and Development, NKI 
NKI Fjernundervisning, Norway
OMDE 601


MDE faculty have been editors of internationally renowned journals in distance education, written articles and books in their respective areas of expertise, and received awards for their work in the field.