Beyond the Bean Counting: Creating a Faculty Resource that Optimizes Learning
Tuesday November 15, 2022 - 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
Concurrent Session 2

Dr. Bouchey is Associate Professor and Vice Provost, Digital Strategy & Operations at National Louis University where she is responsible for standards of quality and service for online programming and credit for prior learning across the institution, as well as Learning Experience Design. Dr. Bouchey has had the opportunity to lead all aspects of an online campus and programming in her career and spends time each week in deep dialog with an engaged personal learning network discussing the evolving nature of online education. Dr. Bouchey holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University at Albany, an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University. She is a co-founder of the CORAL Research collaborative focused on online leadership and scholarship; her personal research interests include the nature and future of organizational structures of online units in institutions of higher education, as well as inventive and high-impact pedagogical practice in online teaching. Dr. Bouchey writes and is widely quoted in the academic and popular press; her articles and curriculum vitae can be accessed here: www.drbouchey.com.

Emma Zone, EdD has over 20 years of experience teaching, leading, and driving change within and across organizations. During her time as Vice Provost at Colorado Technical University, Emma was responsible for driving cross-functional collaboration to impact student success of nearly 25,000 students. In addition, she has experience leading large-scale courseware implementations. Emma served as the chair of the executive committee for the Courseware in Context framework, and she continues to share in the national conversation on leveraging educational technology in large, complex organizations. As Senior Vice President of Academic Operations & Innovation at Faculty Guild, Emma’s collaboration with higher education institutions empowered faculty communities of practice in embracing evidence-based instructional practices. She has been long-committed to discovering, applying, and supporting teaching and learning innovation to impact meaningful change for learners and faculty. Currently, Emma is the owner and managing member of Shine & Rise Insights, LLC, a consultancy focused on working with organizations to build more effective learners, leaders, and teams. Recently, her work has centered on helping organizations redefine their learning strategies across modalities, with an emphasis on access, quality assurance and continuous improvement. Her research interests include organizational leadership topics relating to work engagement, perceived organizational support, faculty support and job satisfaction, and strengths-based leadership. In addition, Emma has teaching experience spanning the secondary, community college, and university levels, and she currently holds two faculty appointments.