Florence Martin, PhD currently serves as Professor in Learning, Design and Technology in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University. Author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 books (published by Springer and IAP Publishing, respectively), and hundreds of conference presentations, Dr. Martin’s research has received over $2.6 million USD in national and state grants from agencies including the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency. After receiving her PhD and Master’s degrees in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, she served as a Full Professor at University of North Carolina Charlotte and a tenured Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington for 15 years. Throughout this time, she won awards for teaching, research, and service from Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online Learning Consortium (OLC), United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), and Professional, Continuing and Online Education Association (UPCEA). Following service as the AECT President of both their Multimedia Production Division as well as their Division of Distance Learning, Dr. Martin is now the AERA Division C Section Chair for Engineering and Computer Science, on the board for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools, and is a Senior Associate Editor for Online Learning Journal.