Dr. Blair has extensive experience in higher education and online education. She most recently worked for Blackboard Collaborate where she was responsible for working with customers and collaborate teams to implement project plans. Previously, she worked at FedEx Latin America Caribbean Division as a Training Advisor responsible for delivering training, designing online training, and optimizing the use of technology to produce results.
Previously she worked as a Senior Instructional Designer for the Virtual College at Miami Dade College where she coordinated and trained faculty in the course development process. She additionally teaches for Grantham University, as well as Kaplan University. She has a strong background in technology and communications, business and management, instructional design, and online and traditional teaching.
Dr. Blair is past president of Florida Distance Learning Association, the Florida affiliate of the United States Distance Learning Association, where she lead the organization in conducting technology training, state-of-the-art workshops, seminars, and webinars.
She is a passionate leader and trainer with extensive experience in higher education and corporate settings, including project management, curriculum development and delivery for face-to-face and online settings. She got exceptional skills in facilitating content delivery to meet the needs of the client, as well as Strong proponent of utilizing real world experience and technology to promote and reinforce learning, as well as to meet required outcomes. She is easily able to deliver technical content to non-technical audiences. Quality Matters trained online course reviewer.
Are training and education synonymous? Why or why not? What is the current status and preferred delivery method of education and training in the university setting? In terms of eLearning, face-to-face learning, and hybrid learning, have the educational delivery modalities become equalized? What is the expectation of our millennial students, Gen Y and Gen Z students? Perhaps, even more importantly, what is the expectation of the administration and the accrediting bodies? How do we achieve our educational goals?
