Biography

Kate Conners has nearly three decades of experience in video, digital media and academic technology production. After serving 11years as a news director at NBC, Kate began working in the field of education. Her experience as a documentary filmmaker provided her the foundation of investigation and concept visualization. Serving both in public education and higher education for the last 20 yea rs developing and creating educational materials, her MaED research was focused on Virtual Learning Environments and the design of immersive educational experiences. She founded her own production company in 1995 and created educational content for many academic institutions .She went on to become the Instructional Technology Coordinator and Adjunct Professor in academic technology at Hamline University in St. Paul. She has created international educational experiences with colleagues in Africa, Germany, the Middle East, Hong Kong, and most recently was invited to Nairobi, Kenya to train academic technologists from across the African continent. List presentations from the last five years: “Creative Commons Open Business Models, Case Studies, & Findings” International Open Education Resource Conference, Vancouver, BC (Nov 2015) “Workshop on Praxis and Pedagogy: Where Teaching Case Studies Work in Public Administration”, CAPPA Research Conference, Toronto, ON (2015) "How to Effectively Use Cases and Simulations in the Curriculum", Albuquerque, NM (Nov.,2014), "Leveraging Open Education Resources to Transform Curriculum & Pedagogy", SLOAN-e Dallas, TX (April, 2014), "Case Study Methodology in the Digital Age", Information session, SLOAN-e Orlando, FL (October, 2012), ), "Authoring Cases for a New Delivery", Presentation, Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning (Sept. 2012), "Building NGO Leadership through Reusable Learning Materials" University Hong Kong (March,2012), "Exploring Digital Media and how it is changing Higher Education", Invited presentation, Keynote Laureate International PDG Training Conference on Cutting Edge Media in Online Education, Baltimore, MD (May, 2011),) "lmmersive Education in a Virtual Residency Program", Information session, Classrooms of the Future Conference, Minneapolis, MN (April, 2010).