Online Learning Symposium

Rob Darrow

ols_admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:46:30 +0000

Rob Darrow is the principal of the Clovis Online School, a full time online charter school serving students in grades 9-12 throughout Fresno County and Central California. He is also completing his doctoral work at California State University, Fresno where his research focus has been on K-12 online learning, at-risk high school students, and charter schools. He has been involved with online learning in California since 2001, was the co-author of the California Virtual School Report in 2002, and was part of the AB294 online school pilot program from 2004-2006.

Dr. Kip Leland

ols_admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:46:08 +0000

Dr. Kip Kristine Leland is an online learning consultant; president of the California eLearning Special Interest Group (through CUE and iNACOL) and the director of the Online Learning Summer Institute at the Teach the Teachers Collaborative in Ojai. Kip is now retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District and was the creator and project manager for the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA) which is still in operation. Her doctorate is in Educational Technology and her expertise is in virtual education.

Steve Hargadon

ols_admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:45:20 +0000

Steve Hargadon is Elluminate's Social Learning Consultant and the founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network (www.classroom20.com). He blogs, speaks, and consults on educational technology, and is particularly passionate about Web 2.0, social networking, Free and Open Source Software, computer reuse, and computing for low-income populations. He runs the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for the North-American NECC, CUE, and T+L edtech shows.