Tanya Joosten is -- educator, speaker, author, thought leader, social scientist, futurist, mastermind, beach seeker, champion of rock/paper/scissors, Tetris, Dance Central, Madden, Spades, and pool, introvert, amazing visionary, so essomenic, breath of fresh air, mad skillz, hottest jam, nerd, techy, and according to Dougie, "everybody love me," #iamhiphop, #iamuwm, academic loving learning and living, @tjoosten, and Penelope's mom.

She is the Director (Interim) at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Learning Technology Center (LTC) where almost 3000 instructors (faculty, academic staff, and TA's) are supported in their use of digital technologies to facilitate teaching and learning. UWM offers over 40 online and blended degree programs to its app. 30,000 students. She is active in blended and online learning where she has taught online and blended classes for over a decade, co-chairs the UWM Online Program Council (OPC), is the campus liaison for online and blended programming, is a mentor for the Sloan-C certificate in online teaching, and is the 2013 chair of the Sloan-C Blended conference (#blend13) in Milwaukee.

Tanya is the author of Social Media for Educators. Her work and expertise on social media, virtual worlds, and other emerging technologies has been highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ed Tech Magazine, eCampus News, EDUCAUSE Review, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, and other news and media publications.

Higher education is undergoing a rapid transformation due to changes in societal interests and values. As educators, we must be responsive to these changes and look to develop strategies to best meet the needs of our students inside and outside of the classroom. We are bombarded with new technologies and practices to aid us in our efforts, including blended learning, learner analytics, MOOCs, open education resources (OER), mobile technologies, social media, gamification, and more. How do we decide what is right for us and our students? I will discuss considerations derived from these trends that will help us design our future.

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• 2010 - 2011 (10th Anniversary)