Judith Boettcher has a Ph.D. in education and cognitive psychology from the University of Minnesota and a Master's degree in English from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. She grew up in Minnesota and designed PLATO programs at Control Data for ten years. Her career has focused on the intersection of technology, instructional design and online learning, supporting faculty development at Penn State University, Florida State and Duquesne University. Judith is the lead author of the two editions of A Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web, editor of many books and author of numerous columns and articles. Her website is at www.designingforlearning.info.