Sloan ALN Summer Workshops: Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction

Claudine SchWeber
Associate Vice President (acting), Office of Distance Education and Lifelong Learning
University of Maryland University College
email: cschweber@umuc.edu

Dr. Claudine SchWeber is currently Associate Vice-President (acting), Distance Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of Maryland University College. She has been in the distance education field for several years as a faculty member, administrator (formerly Director of Distance Education for the Graduate School at UMUC) and author. She was recently elected as a member of the Commission on Learning and Instructional Technology of the University Continuing Education Association. Dr. SchWeber's academic area is the field of conflict management and she has done teaching, training and writing in this field since the mid-l980s. She has also been on the board of directors two major national conflict resolution organizations and the training director for the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Prior to this, Dr. SchWeber was an Associate Professor in Criminal Justice in Buffalo, N.Y., a profession which led her to seek new ways for resolving disputes. Dr. SchWeber's interest in the use of technology grew from her work about the use of technology in conflict resolution, particularly as it impacts those at great distances or those with disabilities. She is a trained mediator for American with Disabilities Act cases.