Dr. Debby Espinor, George Fox University

Debby Espinor joined George Fox in 2010. She is an associate professor of education and teaches courses in both the College of Education and the College of Business. She has been Chair of the Elementary Education program and Director of the ELED program. Debby currently is Co-Director of the Digital Fluency Institute and teaches hybrid and online courses throughout both colleges.

Gloria Doherty, George Fox University

Gloria Doherty, Director of Digital Learning and Assistant Professor, has partnered with faculty and administrators in Higher Education throughout her career with the goal of collaboratively developing digital fluency and innovative course design. Gloria has worked within institutions and across consortia to design online learning programs and practices. Gloria works under the co-directors of the Digital Fluency Institute (DFI) to train new faculty in exploring pedagogies, authoring effective learning outcomes, and selecting technologies that can transform learning. Her work in directing Digital Learning supports faculty in reviewing learning theories and models and developing frameworks that adopt constructivist theory that uses backward design and project-based learning to strengthen both online and traditional delivery systems as they evolve toward the emerging lifelong learning landscape.