Barber to head Extended Education, Outreach at UNL

     Marie A. Barber has been appointed executive director of Extended Education and Outreach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Alan Cerveny, dean of admissions.

     Barber has been involved in distance education teaching and learning at UNL for more than 20 years. She previously was director of Instructional Design and Development, heading a professional staff of 21 instructional designers and technologists involved in supporting faculty and teachers engaged in developing distance education courses and programs at the graduate, undergraduate, high school and non-credit levels.

     As director, she was actively involved in creating distance education faculty development opportunities and still has responsibility for the conferences unit. Barber has been active in critical distance education and instructional design associations at the local, state, region and national levels. She is the chair of the Online Worldwide Research and Grant Community of Practice.

     Barber received her bachelor's degree in history, English and secondary education from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., and her master's degree in ancient history from UNL.

WRITER: Andy Schadwinkel, University Communications, (402) 472-1683, aschadwinkel2@unl.edu