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# Jenny Jopling

## University of North Texas

Jenny Jopling has twelve years experience in the field of instructional technology. She holds a Masters in Instructional Systems Technology with a focus on instructional design, and plays many roles in the implementation of technology at the University of North Texas for both face-to-face and distance learning classes. Examples of project direction and involvement include:

- Creation and Implementation of the UNT Center for Distributed Learning
- Direction of User Support for 500+ Web Courses per Semester
- Faculty Training for Web Course Development and Delivery
- Design, Management, and Team-Building for Web Course Production
- Establishment of Campus Standards and Policies for Distance Education
- Videoconference Equipment Research and Network Rollout
- Campus-wide Smart Classroom Research, Specification, Budgeting, and Proposal Writing
- Campus-wide Building Communication Networks

Jenny is the Associate Director of the Center for Distributed learning. Her primary responsibility is to oversee the design, development, and delivery of web-based courseware and tend to the daily operation of the Center. Consultation for strategic planning within academic departments is provided as they enter the distance learning arena. Community-building for faculty involved with distance learning and other instructional technologies takes place through regularly held seminars and online discussion groups.

Jenny serves the University as chair of the Instruction Program Group for Classroom Technology Committee and the Distance Education Faculty Support Committee. She actively participates in decision-making for campus learning technologies through numerous other regular and ad hoc committees.

Her most recent external projects include founding and chairing the Texas Computer-based Testing Collaborative and the first three annual WebCT Texas conferences. She has been an active member of Texas Distance Learning Association since 1997 and represented the organization twice at the annual technology conference held in Dallas. She is currently a board member and also co-chair of the North Texas Regional Group.