Speakers

Opening Keynote Speaker: Jim Groom

Jim Groom is an Instructional Technology Specialist and adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been working for over a decade in education with a consistent focus on the development of teaching and learning in higher education. In addition to his extensive experience teaching at the college level, for the past four years he has worked primarily in the field of instructional technology.

His experience as an instructor coupled with his extensive collaborations with faculty and students has led to innovative work with a specific focus on curricula, pedagogical and technologically enhanced projects over the last several years.

He also writes regularly about his work as an instructional technologist and  other interests, such as film, literature, and media on his personal blog “bavatuesdays“.