Shelli Fowler

Shelli Fowler is the Executive Director of Graduate Development Programs & New Pedagogies in Learning Technologies, a division of the Office of Information Technology, at Virginia Tech, and associate professor of English. She also serves as an Associate Director of the Center for Innovation in Learning (CIL) in Learning Technologies, and is a Senior Fellow in the Honors Residential College. One of her primary responsibilities is to increase the awareness and wider adoption of technology-enriched active learning across all departments and colleges. She works with faculty as an instructor in FDI, as well as with graduate students in the Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI), which she co-developed and directs. GEDI provides graduate students with a multidisciplinary setting in which to explore the integration of teaching and technology in ways that create learning environments for undergraduates to develop as active learners and innovative problem-solvers in their acquisition of domain knowledge. Shelli has been recognized nationally for her work in transforming teaching and learning, and as a leader in the field of educational technologies. She has served as an invited faculty member and co-director for the EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership Institute, and has been the co-creator and leader for two EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative leadership seminars. Shelli earned her doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin. Her research areas and publications focus on critical pedagogy, African American literature, diversity in higher education, and the integration of teaching, learning, and technologies.