Kristin Palmer

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Title
Program Director
Institution
Fielding Graduate University

Education

  • Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University
  • Masters in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University
  • Bachelor in Art from Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Business Essentials Certification from Harvard University

Research Interests

Community of Inquiry   Online Learning   Africa  

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Biography

Dr. Kristin Palmer is the Program Director for Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica) and a Social Innovation Fellow at Fielding Graduate University. Dr. Palmer is supporting a two-year partnership with Africa's Leading Ladies to develop and support women entrepreneurs across Africa through education. Her work with DeAfrica has provided over 48,000 scholarships reaching learners in every country on the continent creating lasting economic impact and promoting gender equity. Dr. Palmer has published eight books and has done hundreds of presentations on her work to promote how to build effective learning communities at scale with the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. She is the recipient of the 2021 UPCEA Award for Special Populations and the 2022 UPCEA Award for International Online Learning Leadership. Prior to this role, Dr. Palmer was the Director of Online Learning Programs at the University of Virginia (UVA) for twelve years. She was responsible for online program development, compliance, marketing, communication, relationship management, and global outreach.

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Contact Information

  1619 NW Remarkable Drive, Bend, OR 97703, USA

  434-249-6659

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List of Publications (8)
In 2022
8

Building Inclusive Workforce Education at Scale Across Africa (2022)

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In 2021
7

AFRICAN BUSINESS CASE STUDY HANDBOOK Volume 4 (2021)

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6

AFRICAN BUSINESS CASE STUDY HANDBOOK Volume 5 (2021)

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5

AFRICAN BUSINESS CASE STUDY HANDBOOK Volume 2 (2021)

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4

AFRICAN BUSINESS CASE STUDY Volume 3 (2021)

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3

African Business Case Study Volume 1 (2021)

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In 2020
2

Distance Education For Africa: Using a Proven distance education model to create lasting economic impact (2020)

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In 2016
1

Massive open online courses: Evaluation and usage patterns of residential students in higher education (2016)

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