Today, Maria talks with Florence Martin, Professor in Learning, Design and Technology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. This episode is for you if you are interested in instructional design, educational technology, and online learning facilitation. Florence will teach you the skills and competencies of award-winning online instructors and define the eight key roles you need to assume to thrive as an online educator. She will also share good practices and simple recommendations to help you design and integrate online learning environments to improve student engagement and learning experience. Tune in to learn from a higher education leader who wants to train professionals to become better designers and instructors through her teaching and research. And in doing so, she continues to impact more students in classrooms around the world.