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  1. Department of Instructional Technology at Utah State University, Logan, Utah

    Mimi M. Recker (Associate Professor)

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Cathy Gunn is Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology at the Centre for Professional Development, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Originally from Scotland, her current rersearch focus is in the evaluation of flexible learning.

Previously she held academic positions at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and in, the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her current research, funded, by a grant from the National Science Foundation, focuses on educational applications of digital libraries.

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Gunn, C., Recker, M.M. New Zealand higher education in the age of the global virtual university. ETR&D 49, 107–116 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504932

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