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Karen Swan is the James J. Stuckel Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield. She comes to UIS from the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University. She has a degree in Instructional Technology from Teachers College Columbia University and her current research interests are focused around online and blended learning.

Karen Swan is the James J. Stukel Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield, and the very proud grandmother of Case Shazaam and Zack Flash Rosenfeld. Karen’s research is in the general area of electronic media and learning. She has authored over 70 journal articles and book chapters, produced several hypermedia programs, and co-edited two books – Ubiquitous Computing in Education and Social Learning from Broadcast Television -- on educational technology topics. Her current research focuses on data literacy, online learning and ubiquitous computing in education. Karen has directed projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the New York City Board of Education and several foundations. She is the Special Issues Editor for the Journal of Educational Computing Research, the Chair of 2009 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, and serves on the review boards and/or steering committees for many educational technology journals and conferences. Karen was the 2006 winner of the Sloan-C award for Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Learning by an Individual.