Miriam B. Larson, PhD, serves as the assistant director of Learning Design and Technology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She also teaches graduate courses in learning experience design and instructional design at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her teaching and research focus on preparing instructional designers for success in a wide range of career environments. This work is informed by over 40 years of practical, real-world experience designing instruction for public and private sector organizations across similarly diverse career environments.

Barbara B. Lockee, PhD, is associate vice provost for faculty development and professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. For over 30 years, her research and teaching have focused on the design of effective learning solutions, with a special emphasis on distance and online learning. She engages in performance consulting in a variety of contexts, including healthcare, military, aerospace engineering, and industrial training. She is past president of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).