Dr. Anthony Piña will provide the keynote speech on Wednesday, May 25, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM during the closing luncheon.
Title: Distance Learning Leadership: Operations, Opposition and Opportunities
We distance learning leaders face a number of unique challenges, often stemming from the fact that many faculty, state and federal regulatory bodies, elected officials, accrediting agencies and other administrators continue to harbor misunderstandings about distance learning. In addition to our “day jobs” of administering our institutions’ distance learning programs, technology and personnel, we are often called upon to serve as innovators, change agents and apologists. Dr. Anthony Piña will share a distance learning leader’s toolbox that includes research from the ivory tower, latest trends from the “cloud,” and strategies from the trenches to facilitate operations, minimize opposition and enhance opportunities for our distance learning programs.
Dr. Anthony Piña 's Bio:
Dr. Anthony Piña is Dean of Online Studies and Distinguished Lecturer of Graduate Studies at Sullivan University, Kentucky’s largest private university. Tony oversees the academic side of Sullivan Global e-Learning, which includes 150 faculty and delivers over 350 courses and 34 online programs—including certificates and associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees--to over 3,000 students. He has been a professional consultant to Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses, government agencies, professional associations, civic groups, educational institutions, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Tony has developed and taught numerous face-to-face, hybrid and fully online courses and has been a member of the faculty at the K-12, community college and university levels. He has published over two dozen articles and book chapters--most of which have been in peer-reviewed publications. He is on the Editorial Board of two scholarly journals and is on the Board of Directions of AECT, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Tony has delivered over 130 invited conference presentations at professional conferences on the topics of distance learning and instructional technology. He is co-editor of the upcoming book “Real-Life Distance Education: Case Studies in Research and Practice.”
Tony received his bachelors and masters degrees from Brigham Young University and did postgraduate work in educational technology at Arizona State University. He completed his doctorate in Education--emphasizing leadership and technology--at La Sierra University in California. In a few days, Tony and his bride, Teresa will celebrate their 24th wedding anniversary. They are the proud biological and adoptive parents of six children.
Dr. Anthony Piña will provide the keynote speech on Wednesday, May 25, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM during the closing luncheon. 