Kristen Betts, EdD

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Dr. Kristen Betts has 20 years of experience as an administrator, program director, clinical professor, and adjunct instructor with private, public, and for-profit higher education institutions. She is currently a Clinical Professor in the online EdD Program in Educational Leadership & Management in the School of Education at Drexel University. While at Drexel University, Dr. Betts has also served as the Senior Director for eLearning as well as the Director of the EdD Program in Educational Leadership & Management program for the Philadelphia campus and the founding Director of the online Master of Science in Higher Education program. Dr. Betts served as the Chief Academic Officer at Forbes Education and as the Director of Online & Blended Learning at Armstrong Atlantic State University. While at Armstrong and Drexel University, she led program and campus initiatives that received distinguished statewide, national and international awards. Armstrong: 2013 University System of Georgia Collaborate Innovator Awards; 2013 Outstanding Student Learning Program for the Georgia College Personnel Association; and 2013 Silver Award for the NASPA Excellence Awards. Drexel: 2011 Blackboard Collaborate™ Hall of Fame Award for Excellence in Collaboration; 2011 Grand Bronze Medal Award and Gold Award for the NASPA Excellence Awards; 2010 Sloan-C Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education; and 2008 Best Practices Award in Distance Learning Programming from the United States Distance Learning Association.

Dr. Betts has been a keynote speaker at conferences and government-supported events in Sweden, South Korea, Canada, and across the United States. She serves on several advisory boards and as a conference reviewer for several national and international associations. Dr. Betts is a Quality Matters certified peer reviewer and master reviewer. She has also been a reviewer for five journals and a reviewer for the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program. Dr. Betts publishes and presents nationally and internationally on online and blended education, student/faculty recruitment and retention, adult learning, branding, Online Human Touch, Online First-Year Experience, eAdvising, eStudent Affairs, dashboards, accessibility, cooperative education/work integrated learning, stackable credential programs, and faculty development. Dr. Betts has been an OLC Featured Facilitator and an Outstanding Online Instructor Award recipient by Drexel University’s School of Education, Drexel University as part of National Distance Learning Week in collaboration with United States Distance Learning Association.

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