Michael W. Lindeman is the Director of Program and Course Development for The Global Campus and Program Director for the Illinois Online Network. His areas of interest include online education, instructional design, and instructional technologies. In 2002, Lindeman was part of the team awarded the Sloan-C Excellence in ALN Faculty Development Award. He has developed and taught more than a dozen online courses. He has given over a hundred presentations at national conferences and on university campuses focusing on online course development, assessment of student learning, and online course evaluation. He has international consulting experience in South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Syria. Lindeman completed his baccalaureate work at Claremont McKenna College and graduate study at the University of Illinois.