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Speakers

William Horton

William is an internationally sought-after speaker and instructor. He has delivered presentations to the Distance Learning Conference in Madison, the Human Resources Association National Congress in São Paulo, the Information Technology Training Association conference in Barcelona, the Knowledge Management Seminarium in Stockholm, the Institute for Information Industry in Taipei, and the Asian Development Bank in Manila and Tokyo .

He is a registered Professional Engineer, an MIT graduate, and Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication. He is a recipient of ACM's Rigo Award for contributions to software documentation, IEEE's Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for contributions to engineering communications, and the IF Award ( Germany ) for industrial design. He recently served on ASTD's eCC (E-learning Courseware Certification) Committee, which drafted quality standards for evaluating e-learning courses.


Dr. Peggy Maki

Dr. Peggy Maki is an international voice on Assessing Learning in Higher Education. She has conducted over 250 workshops on assessment both in the U.S. and abroad.

Higher education consultant, Peggy L. Maki, Ph.D., specializes in assisting institutions integrate assessment of student learning into educational practices, processes and structures. Her work also focuses on assessment within the context of accreditors' expectations for institutional effectiveness. She has recently been named to the Board of Contributors of About Campus, appointed to the Advisory Board of the Wabash Center for Critical Inquiry, appointed Assessment Field Editor for Stylus Publishing, and Department Editor of Assessment for About Campus, beginning Fall, 2004.