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Matt Crosslin

Orbis Education

United States of America - Lantana

Biography

Dr. Matt Crosslin is currently an Instructional Designer II at Orbis Education, where he works with faculty to create student-centered, active learning-based courses. He is also part-time faculty at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, where he teaches Masters and Doctoral courses in Educational Technology and Instructional Design. Matt holds a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of North Texas, a Master of Education in Educational Technology from UT Brownsville, and a Bachelors of Science in Education from Baylor University. His research interests include learning pathways, sociocultural theory, learner agency, heutagogy, learning theory, and open educational practices. Prior to working at Orbis, he spent nearly 15 years at the University of Texas at Arlington as both a Learning Innovation Researcher and an Instructional Designer. He has been involved in education since 1994, but he created his first web page in 2000 - which he used to deliver supplemental materials to an 8th grade Science class he was teaching at that time. He blogs occasionally at EduGeek Journal, as well as writing and/or presenting a sporadic article or conference session here or there.