Spring 2007 Activity: Diana Oblinger Joins ACT Board of Directors

Dr. Diana G. Oblinger is the newest member of the ACT Board of Directors. As vice president for EDUCAUSE, Oblinger is responsible for the association’s teaching and learning activities and also serves as the director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The current membership comprises nearly 2,000 colleges, universities, and education organizations, including 200 corporations. She also serves as an adjunct professor of adult and higher education at North Carolina State University.

Known for her leadership in teaching and learning with technology as well as distributed learning, Oblinger serves on a variety of boards, including the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Education and Human Resources, the NSF Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure, and the editorial board of Open Learning. She chairs the National Visiting Committee for the National Science Digital Library project for the National Science Foundation. Oblinger has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Employment, Safety, and Training and the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Technology.