Innovative Educator Webinar - The One Where Everyone Talks About AI (Responsibly)

Dr. Marc Booker brings over two decades of experience in online and distance education, having worked in admissions, registrar, and academic administration roles. As Vice Provost for Strategy at the University of Phoenix, he leads academic initiatives that improve student experience, including learning platform implementations, curricular enhancements, and empathetic, outcomes-driven program design. Booker's contributions to higher education have earned him multiple honors, including Blackboard's 2020 Hall of Fame recognition and the 2024 UPCEA Business and Operations Award for Operational Excellence in retention-focused initiatives.

Rachel Bastian is the Instructional Design Lead at Wichita State University, where she helps educators create meaningful online learning experiences. She’s passionate about making feedback more useful for students and developed her own model (STABI) to support that goal. Rachel is currently diving into cognition and instruction in her PhD studies in Educational Psychology. When she’s not working or studying, you’ll likely find her singing or knitting and watching Star Trek.