Chris Haskell

What does the 21st Century Teacher look like?

Chris Haskell, M.S., ABD is a Special Lecturer and teacher educator at Boise State University as well as co-creator of 3D GameLab, a game-based learning management system. Haskell will discuss the evolution of the teacher, the changing nature of teacher education, and the dramatic shift of the educational paradigm.

Serving as a Special Lecturer in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University, Chris is actively piloting and developing groundbreaking alternative approaches to delivering and tracking learning. With co-inventor Dr. Lisa Dawley, Chris created 3D GameLab, a game-based/quest-based learning management system. His classroom serves as a unique game-based technology and pedagogy lab where this new and innovative practice is producing exciting results.

At the university, Chris specializes in preparing pre-service teachers in methods and applications of technology integration in the classroom. In addition to instilling fundamental skills, Chris focuses on the use, adaptation, and implementation of emerging technologies in teacher education including gaming, mobile communication devices, portable media players, social networking tools, and virtual worlds.

In addition to teaching and research, he is a popular featured presenter at conferences throughout the US, sharing his knowledge and interest in online learning and education through social networks, virtual worlds, and gaming. Chris is currently completing his doctorate at Boise State University.

Walter G. Bumphus

Dr. Walter Bumphus is president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). From 2007 to January 1, 2011, Dr. Bumphus served as a professor in the Community College Leadership Program and as chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He also held the A. M. Aikin Regents Endowed Chair in Junior and Community College Education Leadership.

He previously served as president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) from 2001 to 2007. LCTCS later conferred upon him the title of President Emeritus of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. From November 2000 to September 2001, he was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC). Prior to joining BRCC, Dr. Bumphus worked in the corporate world serving as president of the Higher Education Division of Voyager Expanded Learning. Six years prior, he served as president of Brookhaven College in Dallas County Community College District.

Dr. Bumphus holds a bachelor's degree in speech communications and a master's degree in guidance and counseling from Murray State University, and a doctorate degree in higher education administration from the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin.

In 1992, Dr. Bumphus was recognized as a distinguished graduate from both Murray State University and The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Bumphus holds the distinction of being one of the few leaders in the field of education to receive the National CEO of the year Award, to chair the AACC Board of Directors, and to receive the AACC National Leadership Award.
Ten years ago, Dr. Bumphus played a key role in the formation of NACCTEP. He will discuss the role of community colleges in teacher education then, now, and in the future.