2013 Technology Innovators: Nominees Submitted by Readers

Nominee’s name	Nominee’s institution	Category	The big idea
Ed Cabellon	Bridgewater State University	Student Life	Extraordinary speaker, blogger and tech guru.
Christoph Bregler	New York University	Research and Scholarship	Pioneer in motion capture.
Professor Kris Manjapra	Tufts University	Teaching	Linking two classrooms across the world.
Michael D. Abbiatti	Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network	Other	Executive director of ARE-ON, a high-speed network touching every higher education institution in Arkansas.
Allan Walker	Utah State University	Business Models	Created an interactive Safety map of campus.
Mike Richwalsky	John Carroll University	Publishing	Major proponents of using social media, the cloud and WordPress usage in higher education.
Brian D. Voss	University of Maryland	Administration	Honest and realistic approach to IT problems.
Ronald Yaros	University of Maryland	Teaching	Uses blogger.com for portfolio grades and twitter in his #jour150 class.
Shane Stroup	Inver Hills Community College	Teaching	Making class more accessible with Facebook and recorded lectures on YouTube.
The UGLC Envisioneers	The University of Texas at El Paso	Teaching	Pushing the boundaries from new classroom designs to app development.
David Weinberger	Harvard law school library	Libraries	Heads up the Harvard library innovation lab.
Scott Brandt, Jake Carlson, & MIchael Witt	Purdue University	Libraries	Implemented the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit.
David P. Pursell; Joseph C. Sloop; Richard L. Pennington; Julia B. Paredes; Mai Yin Tsoi; Sonal Dekhane	Georgia Gwinnett College	Teaching	Launched organic chemistry course accessible in its entirety via smartphones.
Nico Cloete	Center for Higher Education Trust, South Africa	Other	Foundational to the burgeoning field of Learning Spaces Research. He has provided solid empirical evidence to support
Mr. Tim Porter	University of the Incarnate Word and AppdictionStudio	Access	Created anti-bullying software for school districts.
James Kenigsberg	2U, Inc.	Access	Built a game-changing delivery system for top-tier universities to deliver high-quality instruction online.
Dr. Najib Manea, PhD	University of New Mexico Valencia Campus	Other	Equipped 60% of classrooms on campus with the ability to capture lectures.
Nish Sonwalkar	United States Distance Learning Association	Teaching	Often referred to as the “Father of Adaptive Learning.”
Anthony Rotolo	iSchool at Syracuse University	Teaching	Taught an innovative course called “Social Media and the 2012 Election”, know as #ElectionClass on twitter.
Nadine Dexter	University of Central Flroida College of Medicine	Libraries	Uses latest technology available for medical students to use with patient care, research and educational activities.
John Fontaine	Blackboard	Other	One of the original developers of Blackboard Learn, the mostly widely adopted LMS in higher educations.
Alison Doubleday	University of Illinois - Chicago	Teaching	Integrating iPads into gross anatomy education.
Ken Elliot	Catawba Valley Community College	Administration	Maintaining an amazingly tech saavy and efficient staff.
Alec Couros	University of Regina	Teaching	Facilitated an open, online graduate course that is now seen as a fundamental influence for the early MOOC movement.
Noah Finkelstein	University of Colorado	Teaching	Revamping the way in which STEM subjects are taught at the University of Colorado.
Lance Merker	OmniUpdate	Other	President of OmniUpdate, a leading content management system (CMS) serving higher education.
Paulinne Saliga	Society of Architectural Historians	Publishing	Launched three online academic resources that have revolutionized the field of architectural history.
D. Christopher Brooks	University of Minnesota	Research and Scholarship	Major reseacher in the burgeoning field of Learning Spaces Research.
Paul Freedman	AltiusEd	Access	Making education accessible to everyone and increase success rates by creating an platform that tailors to student’s interest.
Salman Khan	Khan Academy	Other	Created Khan Academy, a non-profit education site with more than 4,000 micro lectures.
Patricia Hogan	Northern Michigan University	Teaching	Applied Wix technology to promote an active learning model for undergraduate students.
Kyle Peck	Penn State University	Business Models	Pioneering the area of badges in higher education.
Maciej Olpinski	travelmooc.com	Business Models	Founded Travelmooc, enabling students to join experimental learning environments.
Dr. Candis Best	Learningateway	Access	Developing virtual education and support model that targets students with weak academic foundations
Charles Severance	University of Michigan	Teaching	Champion of open licensing, open content and open software standards.
Samantha Adams Becker	New Media Consortium (NMC)	Research and Scholarship	Director of communications for the NMC, and the lead writer/researcher for the Horizon Report series.
Altius Education	Altius Education / Ivy Bridge College	Other	Offers a high-quality, flexible online education that appeals to students of all ages.
Dr.Juan Gilbert	Clemson University	Research and Scholarship	Named by President Obama as one of the top ten STEM mentors in nation.
Harpreet Singh	Academic Room	Research and Scholarship	Co-founder of Academic Room, a social platform connecting industry with academic experts within communities of practice.
Jeannie Crowley	Bank Street College of Education	Teaching	Started an Online Learning Collective Google+ community to bring together professionals to experiment with new forms of online ed.
Jeet Banerjee	StatFuse	Student Life	Co-founded website that helps high school students and their parents with a variety of college-related affairs.
Brian Shaw	Knowledge Elements	Teaching	Behind the innovations released by Knowledge Elements that improve student online learning.
Jason Thatcher, PhD	Clemson University	Research and Scholarship	Catalyzing research on the social web on campus and across the nation.
Dr. Patrick Juola	Duquesne University	Research and Scholarship	Helping to decipher history and improve computer security.
Tracy Fullerton	University of Southern California	Teaching	Creating games that make a measurable difference in attracting and retaining college students.
Dr. Pam Northrup, Dr. Dave Dawson, Vice Admiral Gerry Hoewing, Marc Watson	University of West Florida, The National Flight Academy, TEQGames at Universal Studios	Teaching	Working to change the way we educate children and lead students to choose STEM careers.
eTutoring.org	eTutoring.org	Other	Currently meeting the online tutoring needs of over 120 institutions.
Dr. Macello Medeiros	UNEB / Brazil	Research and Scholarship	Developed a Sound Console Simulator Training (in project), the Virtual Console.
Randy Best	Academic Partnerships	Business Models	Founded three progressive organizations actively advancing the mission of democratizing education.
Hernan Jaramillo	Tareasplus	Other	Founder and CEO of a company specializing in web design, Internet consulting and launching Internet ideas.
Beth Davis	WCET	Other	Helping higher education think about student success in new ways.
Robbie Melton	Tennessee Board of Regents	Other	Exploring the applicability of mobile apps for education.
J.J. Allaire	RStudio	Teaching	Dedicated to providing software, education, and services for the R statistical computing environment.
Ali Jafari	Indiana University	Other	Inventor of On Course, ANGEL Learning, Epsilen, and now Course Networking.
Herminia Din		Teaching	Researches how the use of new technologies offers the potential to transform teaching and learning in art.
Shai Reshef	University of the People	Business Models	Created University of the People, a non-profit, online, tuition-free University.
Philip C. Repp	Ball State University	Administration	Pioneered a student-centered approach to information technology at Ball State University.
Brian Sowards	USEED	Business Models	Creating system that is on the forefront of education theories.
Dr. George Veletsianos	University of Texas at Austin	Research and Scholarship	Studies the design of emerging technologies and pedagogies in online and hybrid education settings.
Bobby Holleman	University of Arkansas	Access	Developing the statewide KENEX Cloud, which re-envisions how colleges and universities in Arkansas work collaboratively to meet technological needs
Gregory McNeal	Pepperdine University School of Law	Teaching	Setting a powerful example of how modern technology can be used to instruct subject matters with even the oldest of roots.
Ryan Fisk	Manhattanville College	Teaching	‘Flipped’ his own classroom, providing instructional videos, screenshots, and step-by-step tutorials on a Google Drive account.
Kane Sarhan	Enstitute	Business Models	Creating a new model of higher education through startup or business apprenticeships.
Magí Almirall	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	Other	Responsible for what has been the first truly interoperable higher ed online campus.
Kiran Kodithala	N2N Services Inc.	Administration	Worked to develop solutions to address technology gaps with Student Information Systems and third-party product for education.
Rifka Cook	Northwestern University	Teaching	Uses “clickers” to engage her students and increase their learning motivation.
Kenneth C. Green	Campus Computing Project	Research and Scholarship	Research on campus IT planning and policy issues has helped to shape, inform, and advance the role of information technology.
Shaila Ittycheria	Enstitute	Business Models	New low-cost model of higher education with an apprenticeship-based “Learn by Doing” approach.
Boundless		Business Models	Revolutionizing textbooks and providing students with free alternatives.
Eric Stortz	Colorado Technical University	Student Life	Sought to motivate and inspire students toward the completion of their academic goals.
Hannah Choi	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Other	Challenges her Instructional Design team to use cutting-edge learning theories and instructional design models.
Ray Henderson	Blackboard Inc.	Other	One of the first in industry to champion open education standards.
Judd Rattner	Intellidemia	Administration	Provides much needed administrative efficiencies and ensures students are receiving the best possible communication.
Kyle Judah	RecoVend	Administration	Focused on helping schools save money.
David K. Moldoff	AcademyOne, Inc.	Access	Developed methods, workflows, and tools that help advance the full spectrum of today’s college learners.
Lev Gonick	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH	Administration	Founded OneCommunity to create a connected community throughout Northeast Ohio through ultra broadband wired and wireless networks.
Prof. Jin Kim Montclare and student Carlo Yuvienco	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	Access	Developed an app for Brooklyn schools that is an educational tool about chemistry.
Mickey Levitan	Courseload	Teaching	Transforming the way students access digital texts and classroom materials.
Prof. Nasir Memon	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	Teaching	Energized and empowered a virtual army of youthful cyber ninjas to address a severe shortage of cybersecurity experts.
Andrew Gossen	Cornell University	Student Life	Insightful leadership in using new technology to engage alumni through their social networks.
Fred Hurst	Northern Arizona University	Business Models	Helps students pursue higher education through alternative learning environments.
Tyce Miller	AirWatch	Access	Helping both students and staff at higher education institutions better use technology.
Mike Sweet	Credo	Business Models	Partners with libraries to improve retention and support transferability of critical thinking and other information literacy skills beyond campus.
Mehdi Maghsoodnia	Rafter, Inc.	Business Models	The driving force behind founding Rafter, which addresses issues around course materials to lower the overall cost of education nationwide.
Jared Ceja	Chaffey College	Business Models	Under his guidance, the Chaffey College Bookstore has seen its market share increase over 50 percent this fall.
Chris Nixon	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	Administration	Produced several innovations this year that enhance services for students and the larger educational community.
Sam Gustman, Chief Technology Officer for ITS Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, Associate Dean, USC Libraries	University of Southern California	Libraries	Created a digital repository that allows the preservation and distribution of testimonials of survivors of the Holocaust and genocides around the world.
Chris Gamst	CCS Presentation Systems	Other	Helps both students and administrations save time and money.
Karen Symms Gallagher	University of Southern California Rossier School of Education	Administration	Launched an online Master of Arts in Teaching degree that has since graduated nearly 1,200 teachers in every state and in 40 countries.
Joseph Cevetello	University of Southern California	Administration	Managing a program to update every learning space on campus and more effectively connect students and faculty with the learning environment best suited to their needs.
Stephen Lu	University of Southern California	Teaching	The driving force behind an international education partnership that allows students from around the world to interact and collaborate in a virtual “classroom without borders.”
Michael Gosz, Ph.D.	Illinois Institute of Technology	Administration	Leads one of IIT’s newest signature initiatives: The Idea Shop, a 13,000 square foot facility composed of a rapid prototyping lab, collaborative teaming areas, and formal classroom space.
Richard A. DeMillo	Georgia Institute of Technology	Administration	Leader in defining the next generation of educational practices and technologies for higher education.
Kayvon Beykpour	Blackboard Inc.	Other	Leads the Blackboard Mobile team in San Francisco.
Allison Gage	SOPHIA	Other	Closing the achievement and affordability gap by addressing the urgent social issues of academic disparity.
Jeff Grann	Capella University	Other	Implementing near real-time reporting that contains information on each student’s demonstration of course competencies.
Ryen Borden, Executive Director of the Sanford Inspire Program	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University	Teaching	Creating a series of interactive video games to help novice teachers develop knowledge and skills.
Jon Kolko	MyEdu	Student Life	Focuses on bringing the power of design to social enterprises, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and large-scale industry disruption.
Michael Crosno	MyEdu	Access	Has dedicated himself to improving what he calls the “return on education” for college students of all kinds.
Troy Williams		Publishing	Responsible for managing a portfolio of innovative ed-tech companies that will directly impact students’ learning outcomes and behaviors.
Chip Paucek	2U (formerly 2tor)	Business Models	Co-founded 2U, which has impacted over 6,000 teachers, social workers, nurses, and public administrations.
K. Derek Weber	Raritan Valley Community College	Teaching	Brings his classes to life through the intentional use of technology to incite inquiry based active learning.
Rebecca Joffrey	Tuck School of Business	Administration	Responsible for leading the charge in transforming the way career conversations happen at Tuck School of Business.
Andrew Smith Lewis	Cerego	Business Models	Democratizing adaptive learning platforms by making it possible for anyone to put brain science to use.
Gregory Möller, Ph.D	University of Idaho	Teaching	Works at the bleeding edge of technology in the teaching and learning environment.
Dr. Stephen C-Y Lu	University of Southern California	Teaching	Founder of the Viterbi iPodia Alliance, which allows students from countries across the globe to take the same class at the same time.
Joe Moxley	University of South Florida	Publishing	Made significant arguments for the value of digital theses and dissertations and open source projects.
Sydney Beckman	Lincoln Memorial University	Administration	Using interactive technology in each and every class session (with a very few exceptions).
Sallie Severns	Answer Underground	Other	Helping students learn by connecting them with study groups across the country.
Taskstream	Taskstream	Administration	Manage assessment data in a way that streamlines workflow and improves processes, engagement and utilization of data.
Robert Beichner	North Carolina State University	Teaching	Treating the classroom and its furnishings as technology.
Scott Hines	World Education University (WEU)	Business Models	Co-founded World Education University, the world’s first tuition-free, online, global higher education institution.
The InnovationSpace/Jennifer Sparrow	Virginia Tech	Teaching	Supporting students through a variety of digital fluency trainings.
Sebastian Thrun	Stanford/Udacity	Business Models	Struck a new deal to provide for-credit education on Udacity.
Todd A. Hitchcock, Senior Vice President, Online Solutions & Business Development for Pearson	Pearson Learning Solutions	Access	Driving force in creating student-centered online courseware that provides rich and engaging learning experiences.
Andrew Tonge	Kent State University	Teaching	Using a completely online computer learning model since 2011 for math courses.

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Nominee’s name	Nominee’s institution	Category	The big idea
Ed Cabellon	Bridgewater State University	Student Life	Extraordinary speaker, blogger and tech guru.
Christoph Bregler	New York University	Research and Scholarship	Pioneer in motion capture.
Professor Kris Manjapra	Tufts University	Teaching	Linking two classrooms across the world.
Michael D. Abbiatti	Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network	Other	Executive director of ARE-ON, a high-speed network touching every higher education institution in Arkansas.
Allan Walker	Utah State University	Business Models	Created an interactive Safety map of campus.
Mike Richwalsky	John Carroll University	Publishing	Major proponents of using social media, the cloud and WordPress usage in higher education.
Brian D. Voss	University of Maryland	Administration	Honest and realistic approach to IT problems.
Ronald Yaros	University of Maryland	Teaching	Uses blogger.com for portfolio grades and twitter in his #jour150 class.
Shane Stroup	Inver Hills Community College	Teaching	Making class more accessible with Facebook and recorded lectures on YouTube.
The UGLC Envisioneers	The University of Texas at El Paso	Teaching	Pushing the boundaries from new classroom designs to app development.
David Weinberger	Harvard law school library	Libraries	Heads up the Harvard library innovation lab.
Scott Brandt, Jake Carlson, & MIchael Witt	Purdue University	Libraries	Implemented the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit.
David P. Pursell; Joseph C. Sloop; Richard L. Pennington; Julia B. Paredes; Mai Yin Tsoi; Sonal Dekhane	Georgia Gwinnett College	Teaching	Launched organic chemistry course accessible in its entirety via smartphones.
Nico Cloete	Center for Higher Education Trust, South Africa	Other	Foundational to the burgeoning field of Learning Spaces Research. He has provided solid empirical evidence to support
Mr. Tim Porter	University of the Incarnate Word and AppdictionStudio	Access	Created anti-bullying software for school districts.
James Kenigsberg	2U, Inc.	Access	Built a game-changing delivery system for top-tier universities to deliver high-quality instruction online.
Dr. Najib Manea, PhD	University of New Mexico Valencia Campus	Other	Equipped 60% of classrooms on campus with the ability to capture lectures.
Nish Sonwalkar	United States Distance Learning Association	Teaching	Often referred to as the “Father of Adaptive Learning.”
Anthony Rotolo	iSchool at Syracuse University	Teaching	Taught an innovative course called “Social Media and the 2012 Election”, know as #ElectionClass on twitter.
Nadine Dexter	University of Central Flroida College of Medicine	Libraries	Uses latest technology available for medical students to use with patient care, research and educational activities.
John Fontaine	Blackboard	Other	One of the original developers of Blackboard Learn, the mostly widely adopted LMS in higher educations.
Alison Doubleday	University of Illinois - Chicago	Teaching	Integrating iPads into gross anatomy education.
Ken Elliot	Catawba Valley Community College	Administration	Maintaining an amazingly tech saavy and efficient staff.
Alec Couros	University of Regina	Teaching	Facilitated an open, online graduate course that is now seen as a fundamental influence for the early MOOC movement.
Noah Finkelstein	University of Colorado	Teaching	Revamping the way in which STEM subjects are taught at the University of Colorado.
Lance Merker	OmniUpdate	Other	President of OmniUpdate, a leading content management system (CMS) serving higher education.
Paulinne Saliga	Society of Architectural Historians	Publishing	Launched three online academic resources that have revolutionized the field of architectural history.
D. Christopher Brooks	University of Minnesota	Research and Scholarship	Major reseacher in the burgeoning field of Learning Spaces Research.
Paul Freedman	AltiusEd	Access	Making education accessible to everyone and increase success rates by creating an platform that tailors to student’s interest.
Salman Khan	Khan Academy	Other	Created Khan Academy, a non-profit education site with more than 4,000 micro lectures.
Patricia Hogan	Northern Michigan University	Teaching	Applied Wix technology to promote an active learning model for undergraduate students.
Kyle Peck	Penn State University	Business Models	Pioneering the area of badges in higher education.
Maciej Olpinski	travelmooc.com	Business Models	Founded Travelmooc, enabling students to join experimental learning environments.
Dr. Candis Best	Learningateway	Access	Developing virtual education and support model that targets students with weak academic foundations
Charles Severance	University of Michigan	Teaching	Champion of open licensing, open content and open software standards.
Samantha Adams Becker	New Media Consortium (NMC)	Research and Scholarship	Director of communications for the NMC, and the lead writer/researcher for the Horizon Report series.
Altius Education	Altius Education / Ivy Bridge College	Other	Offers a high-quality, flexible online education that appeals to students of all ages.
Dr.Juan Gilbert	Clemson University	Research and Scholarship	Named by President Obama as one of the top ten STEM mentors in nation.
Harpreet Singh	Academic Room	Research and Scholarship	Co-founder of Academic Room, a social platform connecting industry with academic experts within communities of practice.
Jeannie Crowley	Bank Street College of Education	Teaching	Started an Online Learning Collective Google+ community to bring together professionals to experiment with new forms of online ed.
Jeet Banerjee	StatFuse	Student Life	Co-founded website that helps high school students and their parents with a variety of college-related affairs.
Brian Shaw	Knowledge Elements	Teaching	Behind the innovations released by Knowledge Elements that improve student online learning.
Jason Thatcher, PhD	Clemson University	Research and Scholarship	Catalyzing research on the social web on campus and across the nation.
Dr. Patrick Juola	Duquesne University	Research and Scholarship	Helping to decipher history and improve computer security.
Tracy Fullerton	University of Southern California	Teaching	Creating games that make a measurable difference in attracting and retaining college students.
Dr. Pam Northrup, Dr. Dave Dawson, Vice Admiral Gerry Hoewing, Marc Watson	University of West Florida, The National Flight Academy, TEQGames at Universal Studios	Teaching	Working to change the way we educate children and lead students to choose STEM careers.
eTutoring.org	eTutoring.org	Other	Currently meeting the online tutoring needs of over 120 institutions.
Dr. Macello Medeiros	UNEB / Brazil	Research and Scholarship	Developed a Sound Console Simulator Training (in project), the Virtual Console.
Randy Best	Academic Partnerships	Business Models	Founded three progressive organizations actively advancing the mission of democratizing education.
Hernan Jaramillo	Tareasplus	Other	Founder and CEO of a company specializing in web design, Internet consulting and launching Internet ideas.
Beth Davis	WCET	Other	Helping higher education think about student success in new ways.
Robbie Melton	Tennessee Board of Regents	Other	Exploring the applicability of mobile apps for education.
J.J. Allaire	RStudio	Teaching	Dedicated to providing software, education, and services for the R statistical computing environment.
Ali Jafari	Indiana University	Other	Inventor of On Course, ANGEL Learning, Epsilen, and now Course Networking.
Herminia Din		Teaching	Researches how the use of new technologies offers the potential to transform teaching and learning in art.
Shai Reshef	University of the People	Business Models	Created University of the People, a non-profit, online, tuition-free University.
Philip C. Repp	Ball State University	Administration	Pioneered a student-centered approach to information technology at Ball State University.
Brian Sowards	USEED	Business Models	Creating system that is on the forefront of education theories.
Dr. George Veletsianos	University of Texas at Austin	Research and Scholarship	Studies the design of emerging technologies and pedagogies in online and hybrid education settings.
Bobby Holleman	University of Arkansas	Access	Developing the statewide KENEX Cloud, which re-envisions how colleges and universities in Arkansas work collaboratively to meet technological needs
Gregory McNeal	Pepperdine University School of Law	Teaching	Setting a powerful example of how modern technology can be used to instruct subject matters with even the oldest of roots.
Ryan Fisk	Manhattanville College	Teaching	‘Flipped’ his own classroom, providing instructional videos, screenshots, and step-by-step tutorials on a Google Drive account.
Kane Sarhan	Enstitute	Business Models	Creating a new model of higher education through startup or business apprenticeships.
Magí Almirall	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	Other	Responsible for what has been the first truly interoperable higher ed online campus.
Kiran Kodithala	N2N Services Inc.	Administration	Worked to develop solutions to address technology gaps with Student Information Systems and third-party product for education.
Rifka Cook	Northwestern University	Teaching	Uses “clickers” to engage her students and increase their learning motivation.
Kenneth C. Green	Campus Computing Project	Research and Scholarship	Research on campus IT planning and policy issues has helped to shape, inform, and advance the role of information technology.
Shaila Ittycheria	Enstitute	Business Models	New low-cost model of higher education with an apprenticeship-based “Learn by Doing” approach.
Boundless		Business Models	Revolutionizing textbooks and providing students with free alternatives.
Eric Stortz	Colorado Technical University	Student Life	Sought to motivate and inspire students toward the completion of their academic goals.
Hannah Choi	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Other	Challenges her Instructional Design team to use cutting-edge learning theories and instructional design models.
Ray Henderson	Blackboard Inc.	Other	One of the first in industry to champion open education standards.
Judd Rattner	Intellidemia	Administration	Provides much needed administrative efficiencies and ensures students are receiving the best possible communication.
Kyle Judah	RecoVend	Administration	Focused on helping schools save money.
David K. Moldoff	AcademyOne, Inc.	Access	Developed methods, workflows, and tools that help advance the full spectrum of today’s college learners.
Lev Gonick	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH	Administration	Founded OneCommunity to create a connected community throughout Northeast Ohio through ultra broadband wired and wireless networks.
Prof. Jin Kim Montclare and student Carlo Yuvienco	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	Access	Developed an app for Brooklyn schools that is an educational tool about chemistry.
Mickey Levitan	Courseload	Teaching	Transforming the way students access digital texts and classroom materials.
Prof. Nasir Memon	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	Teaching	Energized and empowered a virtual army of youthful cyber ninjas to address a severe shortage of cybersecurity experts.
Andrew Gossen	Cornell University	Student Life	Insightful leadership in using new technology to engage alumni through their social networks.
Fred Hurst	Northern Arizona University	Business Models	Helps students pursue higher education through alternative learning environments.
Tyce Miller	AirWatch	Access	Helping both students and staff at higher education institutions better use technology.
Mike Sweet	Credo	Business Models	Partners with libraries to improve retention and support transferability of critical thinking and other information literacy skills beyond campus.
Mehdi Maghsoodnia	Rafter, Inc.	Business Models	The driving force behind founding Rafter, which addresses issues around course materials to lower the overall cost of education nationwide.
Jared Ceja	Chaffey College	Business Models	Under his guidance, the Chaffey College Bookstore has seen its market share increase over 50 percent this fall.
Chris Nixon	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	Administration	Produced several innovations this year that enhance services for students and the larger educational community.
Sam Gustman, Chief Technology Officer for ITS Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, Associate Dean, USC Libraries	University of Southern California	Libraries	Created a digital repository that allows the preservation and distribution of testimonials of survivors of the Holocaust and genocides around the world.
Chris Gamst	CCS Presentation Systems	Other	Helps both students and administrations save time and money.
Karen Symms Gallagher	University of Southern California Rossier School of Education	Administration	Launched an online Master of Arts in Teaching degree that has since graduated nearly 1,200 teachers in every state and in 40 countries.
Joseph Cevetello	University of Southern California	Administration	Managing a program to update every learning space on campus and more effectively connect students and faculty with the learning environment best suited to their needs.
Stephen Lu	University of Southern California	Teaching	The driving force behind an international education partnership that allows students from around the world to interact and collaborate in a virtual “classroom without borders.”
Michael Gosz, Ph.D.	Illinois Institute of Technology	Administration	Leads one of IIT’s newest signature initiatives: The Idea Shop, a 13,000 square foot facility composed of a rapid prototyping lab, collaborative teaming areas, and formal classroom space.
Richard A. DeMillo	Georgia Institute of Technology	Administration	Leader in defining the next generation of educational practices and technologies for higher education.
Kayvon Beykpour	Blackboard Inc.	Other	Leads the Blackboard Mobile team in San Francisco.
Allison Gage	SOPHIA	Other	Closing the achievement and affordability gap by addressing the urgent social issues of academic disparity.
Jeff Grann	Capella University	Other	Implementing near real-time reporting that contains information on each student’s demonstration of course competencies.
Ryen Borden, Executive Director of the Sanford Inspire Program	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University	Teaching	Creating a series of interactive video games to help novice teachers develop knowledge and skills.
Jon Kolko	MyEdu	Student Life	Focuses on bringing the power of design to social enterprises, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and large-scale industry disruption.
Michael Crosno	MyEdu	Access	Has dedicated himself to improving what he calls the “return on education” for college students of all kinds.
Troy Williams		Publishing	Responsible for managing a portfolio of innovative ed-tech companies that will directly impact students’ learning outcomes and behaviors.
Chip Paucek	2U (formerly 2tor)	Business Models	Co-founded 2U, which has impacted over 6,000 teachers, social workers, nurses, and public administrations.
K. Derek Weber	Raritan Valley Community College	Teaching	Brings his classes to life through the intentional use of technology to incite inquiry based active learning.
Rebecca Joffrey	Tuck School of Business	Administration	Responsible for leading the charge in transforming the way career conversations happen at Tuck School of Business.
Andrew Smith Lewis	Cerego	Business Models	Democratizing adaptive learning platforms by making it possible for anyone to put brain science to use.
Gregory Möller, Ph.D	University of Idaho	Teaching	Works at the bleeding edge of technology in the teaching and learning environment.
Dr. Stephen C-Y Lu	University of Southern California	Teaching	Founder of the Viterbi iPodia Alliance, which allows students from countries across the globe to take the same class at the same time.
Joe Moxley	University of South Florida	Publishing	Made significant arguments for the value of digital theses and dissertations and open source projects.
Sydney Beckman	Lincoln Memorial University	Administration	Using interactive technology in each and every class session (with a very few exceptions).
Sallie Severns	Answer Underground	Other	Helping students learn by connecting them with study groups across the country.
Taskstream	Taskstream	Administration	Manage assessment data in a way that streamlines workflow and improves processes, engagement and utilization of data.
Robert Beichner	North Carolina State University	Teaching	Treating the classroom and its furnishings as technology.
Scott Hines	World Education University (WEU)	Business Models	Co-founded World Education University, the world’s first tuition-free, online, global higher education institution.
The InnovationSpace/Jennifer Sparrow	Virginia Tech	Teaching	Supporting students through a variety of digital fluency trainings.
Sebastian Thrun	Stanford/Udacity	Business Models	Struck a new deal to provide for-credit education on Udacity.
Todd A. Hitchcock, Senior Vice President, Online Solutions & Business Development for Pearson	Pearson Learning Solutions	Access	Driving force in creating student-centered online courseware that provides rich and engaging learning experiences.
Andrew Tonge	Kent State University	Teaching	Using a completely online computer learning model since 2011 for math courses.