Rogério Theodoro de Brito has a BSc in computer science and an MSc in computational biology, both from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Academically, he likes graph theory, combinatorial optimization, and discrete mathematics. He teaches various subjects in computer science and IT at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, and is an enthusiast of both education (MOOCs in particular) and free software.
Rogério has been contributing to the Debian project (debian.org) since 2005 and has been an official Debian maintainer since 2008, maintaining about 20 software packages (also available for the popular Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint). At the intersection of MOOCs, education, and free software, he is the coauthor of coursera-dl (https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera) and edx-dl (https://github.com/shk3/edx-downloader), which are designed to facilitate learners to access the course material from Coursera and edX respectively.
You can see his blog at http://cynic.cc/blog/.
Danea Johnson is a communications and sales specialist in the technology field with 5 years of higher education, leadership, and experience in curriculum development. She developed her love for teaching during her first part-time job as a gymnastics instructor at the age of 14. Later, she spent years assisting in instructional technology for diverse groups at several educational institutions, ranging from arts students from universities to impoverished high-school students with learning difficulties. Danea enjoys being creative, getting to know people and how they learn, and finding new ways to communicate and teach things that impact lives.
Dr. Carla Lane has an extensive background in distance learning and the evaluation of mediated educational programs. She is the executive director of The Education Coalition, a nonprofit group that provides educational evaluation services for districts, universities, and other entities requiring local, state, and national evaluations. She has been extensively involved in the field of education through her research in distance learning. Her work has been published in many research reports and journals. Carla has authored three textbooks on educational technology and distance learning. Now, she conducts research in online instructional strategies for men and women in active military and veterans and their spouses for the Federal Government Distance Learning Association (FGDLA), where she is the vicepresident of the higher education sector.
Carla was recently named a Research Fellow by the University of Phoenix, and conducts research in online mentoring at the doctoral level. This research is part of a grant from the university. She has taught online for the university since 1991 and has received the Quality Award for her work.
For 15 years, Carla was with WestEd—a regional educational laboratory—as a senior researcher. She was also the project director of the Star Schools dissemination project—the Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN).
She is a master trainer in distance learning for UCLA and teaches in several doctoral programs that involve specialization in educational technology and instructional design for online learning. She has written for, and has been funded for grants through, Star Schools, PBS Mathline and PBS TeacherLine, Challenge, NTIA, TIIAP, the California Department of Education, the California Community College Chancellor's Office, the United States Department of Justice, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and NASA.
Carla earned a doctorate in education (educational leadership research design/statistics, adult education, and educational technology) from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, an MA in mass communication from Webster University, and a Bachelor of Science in English from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. She also holds a degree in broadcast engineering.
Santhosh Kumar T. has spent more than a decade exploring the nuances of the online learning environment. Currently a learning consultant at Dexler Information Solutions, he uses his rich experience to help train managers so that they can understand which solution works best for them.
A commerce graduate from Bangalore University, Santhosh followed his passion for multimedia, beginning as a novice learner and progressing to an expert, with a wide range of technical qualifications that span the spectrum of content development. His strength lies in being a self-starter who needs no external motivation to learn new technologies. He uses his knowledge of various content authoring tools and couples it with interactive multimedia design to create engaging content for his organization.
Santhosh has worked with companies such as Purpleframe Technologies, Epiance, and Mentorware India. He is an avid reader who loves to spend his free time reading and listening to music—both oldies and the latest tracks. Nonetheless, it is just as much a holiday for him to spend his time learning what the world is doing in the field of online education and coming back with ideas in this field.
Dexler Information Solutions is a learning solutions provider that leverages technology to enable companies and institutions to manage and enhance their knowledge pool. Dexler's endeavor has been to provide strategic educational services and products, developed on robust delivery platforms using innovative learning enablers. Dexler is recognized for offering customized learning content in a flexible framework for individual learning, corporate education, and community training. It has evolved from an instructor-led training (ILT) organization to a complete integrated learning solutions provider. Dexler believes in being gamechangers for their customers and providing customized solutions that enhance their businesses.