{"id":20,"date":"2018-06-20T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/front-matter\/acknowledgments\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:07:35","slug":"acknowledgments","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/front-matter\/acknowledgments\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgments"},"content":{"raw":"The Lead Author wishes to first thank George Siemens, Laurel Mayo, Lisa Berry, and Justin T. Dellinger - directors past and present at the LINK Research Lab that mentored this project, gave me the go-ahead to do it in the first place, and continue to push the boundaries of learning research. This book also wouldn't have reached publication without Michelle Reed of the UTA Libraries opening doors for it - thank you for answering my questions and fixing many things I got wrong (I promise no \"s\" on OER ever again). Thank you also to the authors, editors, and reviewers listed below - your time and contributions really took this book to the next level. Thank you for the awesome work - there was not a single \"Reviewer #2\" in the whole lot! To my current and former co-workers, colleagues, conference co-conspirators, faithful instigators on Twitter, consistent or occasional blog readers, and all the academics and professionals out there I follow (many I have never met in person) - thank you for providing deep insight and inspirational thoughts along our journey. You didn't know that I was taking notes to make a book did you? I hope I did your ideas justice where I reference them here. If not - then come fix it in the 2nd edition! To my instructors at the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and Baylor University - thank you for imparting to me a passion for education. Hopefully you see a lot of what you taught me in these pages. Of course, thank you to my Mom, Dad, and Brother for your love, support, and encouragement for my whole life. And finally, but most importantly, thank you  to my wife Katie and son Riley - you both constantly inspire me to be a better person and care more about the world around us. I'm a lucky man to be around your support, love, and laughter every day!\n\n

Lead Author and Editor<\/strong><\/h2>Matt Crosslin, Ph.D. \u2013 Researcher, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\n

Contributing Authors<\/strong><\/h2>Brett Benham, Ph.D. \u2013 Retired, former Technical Media Coordinator, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nJustin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nAmber Patterson, M.A. \u2013 Marketing Coordinator, City of Mesquite, Texas\n\nPeggy Semingson, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington\n\nCatherine A. Spann, Ph.D. \u2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado\n\nBrittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nHarriet Watkins, Ed.D. \u2013 Chief Academic Officer, Instructional Connections\n\n

Editors<\/strong><\/h2>Justin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nRebecca Heiser, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, Penn State University\n\nKaterina Riviou \u2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece & Open University of Netherlands\n\nBrittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington\n\n

Reviewers<\/strong><\/h2>Maha Al-Freih, Ph.D. \u2013 Assistant Professor, Princess Norah Bint Abdulrahman University\n\nMaha Bali, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo (AUC)\n\nAutumm Caines, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, St. Norbert College\n\nJustin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nChris Gilliard, Ph.D. \u2013 Instructor, Macomb Community College\n\nRebecca Heiser, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, Penn State University\n\nRebecca J. Hogue, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Lecturer, UMass-Boston\n\nWhitney Kilgore, Ph.D. \u2013 Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer, iDesign\n\nMichelle Reed, M.S., M.F.A., M.A. \u2013 Open Education Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries\n\nKaterina Riviou \u2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece & Open University of Netherlands\n\nSarah Saraj, M.Ed. \u2013 Instructional Design Manager, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nGeorge Siemens, Ph.D. \u2013 Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nBrittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nHarriet Watkins, Ed.D. \u2013 Chief Academic Officer, Instructional Connections\n\n

Additional Thanks to...\n<\/strong><\/h2>Thomas Perappadan, UTA Libraries' OER Publishing Assistant, for assisting in the publication of this resource, and Kyle Pinkos, UTA Libraries' Marketing Coordinator, for designing the cover.\n\n","rendered":"

The Lead Author wishes to first thank George Siemens, Laurel Mayo, Lisa Berry, and Justin T. Dellinger – directors past and present at the LINK Research Lab that mentored this project, gave me the go-ahead to do it in the first place, and continue to push the boundaries of learning research. This book also wouldn’t have reached publication without Michelle Reed of the UTA Libraries opening doors for it – thank you for answering my questions and fixing many things I got wrong (I promise no “s” on OER ever again). Thank you also to the authors, editors, and reviewers listed below – your time and contributions really took this book to the next level. Thank you for the awesome work – there was not a single “Reviewer #2” in the whole lot! To my current and former co-workers, colleagues, conference co-conspirators, faithful instigators on Twitter, consistent or occasional blog readers, and all the academics and professionals out there I follow (many I have never met in person) – thank you for providing deep insight and inspirational thoughts along our journey. You didn’t know that I was taking notes to make a book did you? I hope I did your ideas justice where I reference them here. If not – then come fix it in the 2nd edition! To my instructors at the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and Baylor University – thank you for imparting to me a passion for education. Hopefully you see a lot of what you taught me in these pages. Of course, thank you to my Mom, Dad, and Brother for your love, support, and encouragement for my whole life. And finally, but most importantly, thank you  to my wife Katie and son Riley – you both constantly inspire me to be a better person and care more about the world around us. I’m a lucky man to be around your support, love, and laughter every day!<\/p>\n

Lead Author and Editor<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Matt Crosslin, Ph.D. \u2013 Researcher, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Contributing Authors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brett Benham, Ph.D. \u2013 Retired, former Technical Media Coordinator, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Justin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Amber Patterson, M.A. \u2013 Marketing Coordinator, City of Mesquite, Texas<\/p>\n

Peggy Semingson, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Catherine A. Spann, Ph.D. \u2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado<\/p>\n

Brittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Harriet Watkins, Ed.D. \u2013 Chief Academic Officer, Instructional Connections<\/p>\n

Editors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Justin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Rebecca Heiser, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, Penn State University<\/p>\n

Katerina Riviou \u2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece & Open University of Netherlands<\/p>\n

Brittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Reviewers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Maha Al-Freih, Ph.D. \u2013 Assistant Professor, Princess Norah Bint Abdulrahman University<\/p>\n

Maha Bali, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo (AUC)<\/p>\n

Autumm Caines, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, St. Norbert College<\/p>\n

Justin T. Dellinger, M.A. \u2013 Assistant Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Chris Gilliard, Ph.D. \u2013 Instructor, Macomb Community College<\/p>\n

Rebecca Heiser, M.A. \u2013 Instructional Designer, Penn State University<\/p>\n

Rebecca J. Hogue, Ph.D. \u2013 Associate Lecturer, UMass-Boston<\/p>\n

Whitney Kilgore, Ph.D. \u2013 Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer, iDesign<\/p>\n

Michelle Reed, M.S., M.F.A., M.A. \u2013 Open Education Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries<\/p>\n

Katerina Riviou \u2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece & Open University of Netherlands<\/p>\n

Sarah Saraj, M.Ed. \u2013 Instructional Design Manager, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

George Siemens, Ph.D. \u2013 Director, Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Brittany Usman, M.S. \u2013 Instructional Designer, University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Harriet Watkins, Ed.D. \u2013 Chief Academic Officer, Instructional Connections<\/p>\n

Additional Thanks to…
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Thomas Perappadan, UTA Libraries’ OER Publishing Assistant, for assisting in the publication of this resource, and Kyle Pinkos, UTA Libraries’ Marketing Coordinator, for designing the cover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-20","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/20\/revisions"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/20\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/onlinelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}