Ellen G SmythEllen Smyth is Austin Peay State University's 2010 Innovative Professor, an honor given by the Center for Extended and Distance Education. In 2011, Ellen received a summer research fellowship for exploratory work in open courseware. She publishes artcles with Faculty Focus and has presented an online seminar through Magna Publications on the “Nine Essential Traits of the Effective Professor.” Ellen has presented conference workshops and information sessions with the Sloan-Consortium, the Teaching Professor, and Wisconsin’s Distance Teaching and Learning Conference. Ellen enjoys teaching a balance of face-to-face and online statistics courses where video and lecture capturing are her favorite technology tools, naturally. Read More Read Less