Kathleen Ives, The Sloan Consortium

Kathleen S. Ives, D.M. has worked in online technology for over 20 years and serves as The Sloan Consortium's Director, Online Education. Formerly, Dr. Ives oversaw all forms of alternative instruction at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA (distance learning, accelerated programming). She teaches online for University of Phoenix and Axia College of Western University, and in an accelerated environment for working adults at both Regis College in Weston, MA and the University of Phoenix, Greater Boston Campus.

Dr. Ives began her career at CBS and helped to develop the service that evolved into Prodigy. She then spent fourteen years designing and implementing consumer online information services, first at AT&T and then at Verizon where she spearheaded the development of the nation's first online Yellow Pages product, now called superpages.com. Dr. Ives sits on the Massachusetts Department of Education's Distance Learning Advisory Board for Adult Basic Education. Dr. Ives has degrees in communication, communication management, and organizational leadership from the University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication, and the University of Phoenix-Online, respectively.

Janet Moore, The Sloan Consortium

Janet C. Moore, Ph.D. is the Chief Learning Officer for The Sloan Consortium. She helps edit the Sloan-C View, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, and volumes in the annual Sloan-C quality series. She helps conduct Sloan-C workshops and seminars,effective practices, and Catalog reviews. BA, Barry University; MA, University of Delaware; Ph.D., University of South Florida in literature and contemporary culture. Her interests include interdisciplinary learning and collaborative teaching across the curriculum. She teaches online courses in writing, fine arts, literature and communications.