Rate My Professor Barbara Lockee

Lockee's research focuses on instructional design and distance learning, particularly advancing effective practices for distance-delivered courses and programs across K-12, higher education, and workplace contexts. She has consulted for over 25 years with professionals in healthcare, space industry, military, government, and non-profit sectors. Her scholarship has attracted over $14 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Agency for International Development. A leader in the field, she is Past President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Vice President for Education of the International Academic Forum, and serves on the Board of Directors of the CMR Institute. Awards include Virginia Tech's Zenobia Lawrence Hikes Award and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology’s Distinguished Service Award. Notable publications encompass "Streamlined ID: A Practical Guide for Instructional Design" (2019, with M.B. Larson), "The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning" (2020, cited more than 12,000 times), "Online education in the post-COVID era" (2021), "Gamification in Learning and Education" (2017), "Building Virtual Communities of Practice for Distance Educators" (2014), and "Direct Instruction Revisited: A Key Model for Instructional Technology" (2005).