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It is Terry's belief that in our rapidly changing world from time to time situations will ocur which will threaten the very existence of humanity. No one can know from where the genuis will come which will permit humankind to confront and defeat such extinction level events. Nor can we know what form the threat will take. Nor can we know from where the threat will come. We only know that it is a certainty that in the future such threats will confront mankind. Thus Terry considers it an imperative that we set about educating all of humankind, fostering growth of the human spirit, and our ability to understand and manage our environment. Of great significance is the finding that children between ages 8 and 15, who become high self-directed learners, typically share a common childhood experience. Redding has labeled this experience "the first moment of lasting excitement." High self-directed learners who share this common experience can remember some event that has captured their imagination for life. Typically these individuals find their life long learning endeavors in some way tied to this "first moment of lasting excitement." He studied and conducted research in the area of continuing professional education at the Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education. Later, as a consultant he developed a three volume set for the US Army allowing them to prioritize the selection and funding of strategic technologies which will be required in the 21st century. More recently Terry has been the Director of Corporate Training and Corporate Computer Training at Palm Beach Atlantic College. He is the author of numerous referred chapters dealing with adult learning theory. He is the founder of OnLine Training Institute. |
He completed coursework in the Certified Internet WebMaster program at PC Professor, and has taken other courses in computers and business. Brad has worked in software support and testing, has been designing websites since 2000, and founded a web design and hosting business together with his son. Brad is responsible for placing OLT's courses online and ensuring that they comply with state regulations, and working with community colleges and other groups that offer our courses. In addition, his duties include quality control and expanding OLT’s course offerings. Brad’s friendly, professional attitude coupled with over 25 years of experience working with people and meeting their needs is an asset to OLT, our educational partners, and our students. He has been with OLT and Redding College since 2006. |
 Donald
L. Voils, A.M., has an AM in Mathematics
and is a mathematics and computer programming instructor. Don taught
in high school and middle school for three years and has been teaching
in higher education for almost 40 years. Don began his university teaching
at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and taught there from 1966 to
1984. Upon leaving Wisconsin, he joined the faculty at Palm Beach Community
College and taught there from 1984 until his retirement in 2003. He
is the founding faculty for several network based distance education
projects, online instructional programs and in-service instructor professional
development programs. He is currently teaching at Florida Atlantic
University and Palm Beach Community College as an adjunct faculty member.
Don was the past founder, president and CEO of an Internet based online
college faculty company.
Don’s background in higher education as a faculty member in mathematics
and computer science, combined with his experience in distance education
from a technical and instructional perspective, and his practical experience
as the founder of a Internet based company which provided adjunct faculty
to client colleges, makes him ideally suited to work with Redding College. Click
here for an expanded biography. |
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 Mihaela
Gherman, Ph.D., was born and raised in Romania where she
studied economics, worked in the hospitality industry for a few years,
and taught marketing as an assistant professor at the “Lucian
Blaga” University of Sibiu. Mihaela was offered a scholarship
at the University of Missouri where she completed a MA in Journalism,
the advertising sequence. She worked at the MU as a special programs
coordinator in the International Department of the School of Journalism
until she enrolled in a doctoral program in Communications that she
completed at Wayne State University. Mihaela currently teaches communication
classes at the University of Phoenix, in Cleveland. Mihaela ‘s
research, published in Romania or U.S, focused on promotional marketing,
interpersonal communication, and cultural issues. In addition, she
is interested in social issues like the effects of disregarding the
environment, the building and dissemination of health care messages,
and civic participation in the political debate. Her invited article
on health narratives for the last newsletter of the Global Action
MO Group, February 2004 Newsletter can be read at www.globalactionpw.org |
 Donna
Gabrielle, Ph.D., is a dynamic communicator with 17+ years
experience in education, media, distance learning, instructional
systems design, training, and cognitive psychology. Her knowledge
of human performance issues supplies great insight when dealing with
the integration of technology into professional and social processes.
She holds a B.A. in Communication with an emphasis in journalism
from Florida A&M University and minors in English and German.
She earned her M.A. in Mass Communication, Media Communication, and
Marketing Research. She earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology
and Learning Systems- Instructional Systems at Florida State University,
and teaches computer science, education, and communications courses. Dr. Gabrielle’s passion is to bring education via technology and other means to people who otherwise could not be reached (low SES, homebound disabled, etc.). Her diverse background includes living several years overseas, and she has maintained her interest in international issues. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, volunteer work, SCUBA, golf, car racing, hiking, bicycling, kayaking, and swimming with the dolphins. She has worked for private industry, 3 universities, one K-12 school district, 2 community colleges, and 3 state agencies, including as head of training and development for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Her most recent position was Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Professor of Computer Sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. |
 Larissa
A. Chuprina, Ph.D., has been in the field of Adult Education
for 18 years, both in this country and overseas. She is originally
from Ukraine, the country with 100% of literacy and strong traditions
in Higher and Continuing Education. She holds a Ph.D. in Education
with specialization in Educational Psychology and concentrations
in Adult Education, International Management, and ESOL/Foreign Language
Education from The University of Tennessee. Dr. Chuprina also holds
her Master’s Degree in Foreign Language Education with a concentration
in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English Literature, as
well as a Diploma in International Management from Kharkiv State
University, Ukraine. Using her background in foreign languages, international
business, and educational psychology, she has consulted on cross-cultural
adaptability and international communication for managers and scholars.
She believes that everybody is capable of learning and is committed
to developing study and self-directed learning skills in students.
Her experience with international aspects of education allows her
to bring unique insights to Adult Education programs offered on-line
by complementing her teaching approaches with cultural sensitivity
and support in online environment. Long
biography. |
Valerie brings a joy of teaching and an enthusiastic approach to web based instruction. She is highly motivated in helping students prepare for and complete all of their educational goals. Valerie Dunn joined OLT in 2001. |
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 Roger
Boston, M.S., has three decades of experience in the computer
field and is established at the Houston Community College as the "Rockwell
Endowed Chair" for technical innovations. A pioneer in low
bandwidth distance education and still with the faculty, he collaborates
world wide to share his expertise and approaches to delivering
instruction via telecommunications. The creator and guide to the
small budget, low cost or no cost approach to developing distance
education programs he has participated in multiple Global Learn
Days, beginning with the first in 1997. His workshops in the applied
aspects associated with fostering distance education programs have
been presented both online and in person for faculty and practitioners
on all continents. OLT is pleased to have Roger as a member of
the OLT College founding faculty. |
 Kathryn
Eiser, M.B.A., has sixteen
years with the largest computer maker (IBM). She knows what it takes
to make a great instructor--patience and humor. She brings to OLT College
a whole lot of the first and just the right amount of the second. Her
experience as a technical writer has taught her how to explain complex
material in simpler terms. She earned both of her degrees from Nova
Southeastern University.
Along with her sixteen years with IBM, she has also been a small business owner for three years and an Adjunct Instructor (sixteen years). She is currently on the faculties of Palm Beach Community College, Broward Community College, and Miami-Dade College. She also holds A+ certification from the Computing Technology Industry Association. She has had a Florida Real Estate License since 1972. She has been instructing classes on the Internet for over seven years and finds it extremely challenging and satisfying for herself and the students. |
She has an associate of Science degree in Design, a Baccalaureate degree in Psychology, and a Master of Science in Education. She has a special interest in the area of information literacy. |
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Last updated March 20, 2007 by Brad Weishaupt |
Terrence
R. Redding, Ph.D., the president and CEO of OnLine Training,
also serves as the founding president of Redding College. He
has been designing and teaching adult education courses since
1968. Terry is a past W. K. Kellogg Fellow and has a doctoral
degree in Adult and Higher Education. He has a Masters in the
Psychology of Education and is an honors graduate with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Education. His research has dealt with adult
motivation theory and the origins of self-directed learning readiness.
He has specialized in cognitive learning models and is the co-developer
of the Honeycutt Redding Cognitive Task Analysis Model. Since
1989 he has been involved in an on going series of research projects
associated with the development of high self-directed learning
readiness. 
Brad
Weishaupt, M.C.M., is Director of Redding
College, and is OnLine Training’s
Compliance Officer and serves on the Board of Directors. He graduated
from Palm Beach Atlantic College with a B.A. degree in Music, and
also has a Masters of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Brad is a published arranger of handbell and instrumental
music, and has over five
years of adjunct teaching experience at the college level. 
Colette
Mazzucelli, M.A.L.D., Ph.D., D.D.G., has 20 years experience
in global education. She is a member of the "Scientific
Council" of the Rotary Center for International Studies
in Peace and Conflict Resolution and a Senior Lecturer at Sciences
Po Paris, France's leading institute of international affairs.
At OLT OnLine Training, Inc., Mazzucelli is a member of the Founding
Faculty responsible to develop the survey offerings in Global
Awareness: Confronting 21st Century Challenges, Conflict Prevention:
Concepts and Practice in Comparative Perspective, HIV/AIDS Preventive
Education, and Understanding Conflict and Cooperation in World
Affairs. Most recently, she was Program Development Associate,
Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation, Teachers College
(TC), Columbia University. She is Co-Founder of the TCMuses Transatlantic
Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE) series.
TCMuses TIMSSE is the first multimedia facilitated curricular
offering at Sciences Po Paris. Mazzucelli was recently cited
as International Educator of the Year in recognition of her pioneering
work in the development of approaches to multimedia pedagogy
for active learning. She is a Da Vinci Laureate and a member
of the Founding Cabinet, World Peace and Diplomacy Forum, Cambridge,
England. A volume Mazzucelli co-edited with April Morgan and
Lucinda Peach, Ethics and Global Politics: The Active Learning
Sourcebook, is scheduled for publication with Kumarian Press
in fall 2004. Another volume edited with Roger Boston, Preventive
Education for Human Security in the Balkans, is forthcoming in
2005 with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. As a participant
in the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program for Future
American Leaders, Mazzucelli assisted with the ratification of
the Treaty on European Union ("Maastricht") in the
Federal Republic of Germany, 1992-93. She is the author of France
and Germany at Maastricht Politics and Negotiations to Create
the European Union. Her biography appears in 
Valerie
Dunn, M.S., is from Canoga Park California. President
of GET IT DUNN INC., she specializes in adult education, curriculum
development and test taking strategies. Her work with the Los
Angeles County Office of Continuing Education involved curriculum
development for adult teacher training. While at LACOE she also
taught all of the courses for which she developed the curriculum.
These courses include Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science and General
Science. 
Meg
Stoner, M.S., brings
to OLT College 15 years of product development experience in business.
She is currently in her fourth year teaching online courses and
has taught computer lab courses for five years. She holds a certificate
in Online Teaching and another certificate in Online Learning and
Teaching. She teaches courses in using the Internet to find information
and computer applications, including Access, Excel, Word, and Windows.
She is also involved in workforce and economic development including
partnerships with local business and industry.