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Terry Anderson
Terry Anderson, Ph.D., has over 15 years' experience in various forms of learning, all of which have involved some aspect of Networked Learning.

Terry frequently speaks, offers workshops and writes about how to enhance education and training through the use of Networked Learning tools. As Assistant Director of Academic Technologies for Learning at the University of Alberta, he organizes professional development workshops for colleagues throughout the institution and assists them in designing courses for delivery by Networked Learning

A pioneer in this field, Terry developed the first "virtual conference" run on the Internet for the International Council fo Distance Education in 1992 and has since offered the same service to other national and international organizations.

Elizabeth J. Burge
Liz Burge, Ed. D., has 30 years' experience with various forms of adult learning – nearly 20 years related to distance modes. As a course designer, teacher, researcher and writer, she has learned about, taught in and observed "classrooms with a difference."

Liz gives workshops in Canada and abroad on topics that link learning and teaching to information and communications technologies in practical, commonsense ways. As a Professor in Adult Education at the University of New Brunswick, she has worked with adult educators and trainers by distance modes. She is currently Visiting Professor at Mid Sweden University, from January 2000 to December 2001 (http://www.mh.se).

Margaret Haughey
Margaret Haughey, Ph.D., is a long-time proponent of the use of open learning technologies. From her first designs for independent inquiry materials for school students to her present involvement with graduate students on-line, she enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for teaching and learning.

Over the last 30 years, Margaret has been a course designer, instructor, media producer, administrator and evaluator of print, audio and videoconferencing, and now Networked Learning technologies.

A Professor in Education at the University of Alberta, she is involved in researching, developing and teaching Networked Learning courses.

Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald has 20 years' experience as an adult educator and community development specialist and has facilitated Audio and Audiographic Learning approaches for more than 15 of those years. As a learning design specialist, he has worked with colleagues in the public education sector at the school, college and university levels, and with trainers in the private and government workplace.

He has offered workshops to teachers, professors and trainers in Canada and internationally that focussed on developing skills that will enable them to develop and deliver Audio and Audiographic Learning. Donald is Principal of Donald MacDonald & Associates, a Nova Scotia company specializing in curriculum development for open and distance learning and is presently working with the World Bank Institute for Distance Learning (WBIDL) in Washington, D.C.

Judith M. Roberts
Judy Roberts has ober 25 years' experience using information and communications technologies in distance and open learning. As a project manager, seminar facilitator, invited speaker and writer, she has learned about, taught in and managed "classrooms with a difference."

Judy speaks at conferences and holds workshops, on how learners, instructors, and other learning professions can work as a team to use learning technologies in ways that meet their needs. As President of her won company, Judy Roberts & Associates/Associés Inc., founded in 1990 as Roberts & Associates/Associés, she works with clients in the public and private sector to help them develop the capacity to use learning technologies.