Chandra Orrill received her Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. She has done extensive teacher professional development on topics related to technology integration for several years. Dr. Orrill is currently a Research Scientist in the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory at the University of Georgia where her research focuses on professional development. Dr. Orrill's current research interest is on understanding how teachers make sense of professional development and the impact the professional development has on classroom practice. Her efforts include the ongoing design and refinement of a professional development program focused, in part, on… integrating technology into mathematics classrooms and the development of research methods for understanding the relationship between professional development and teacher practice in a technology-rich professional development experience.
Art Recesso received a Ph.D. in Education Administration and Policy Studies from the State University of New York, Albany. He is a former K-12 educator, having served in the role of Director of School-to-Work programs and Team Leader for integrating technology into leading, teaching and learning. Dr. Recesso's research centers on evidence-based methods and tools for decision-making. He is currently a Research Scientist in the Learning & Performance Support Laboratory at the University of Georgia. His most recent efforts involve developing a four-stage systematic methodology to support assessment and improvement in performance, practice, and organization structures. The methodology has been… initiated in the Video Analysis Tool (VAT), a web-based system that enables users to collect evidence from remote locations, interpret it and take a course of action. The evidence-based methods and tools are currently being used in teacher preparation, leadership supervision, and assessment of teacher practices to support growth and development.