SU professor receives international award in online education

Moustapha Diack, (left) associate professor, Department of Science/Mathematics Education and Department of Chemistry, Southern University, Baton Rouge, was honored by the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) organization during the group's International Conference, August 7-10, in Minnesota. At right is Gerry Hanley, executive director of MERLOT

Moustapha Diack, associate professor, Department of Science/Mathematics Education and Department of Chemistry, Southern University, Baton Rouge received an International Award from the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) organization during the group's International Conference, August 7-10, in Minnesota.

The annual MERLOT International Conference is designed to foster learning, innovation and practice in the use of information, instruction, and communications technologies in higher education. It is the venue for educators, administrators, and technologists who have interests and expertise in technology-enabled teaching and learning and who recognize the need to remain current in this rapidly advancing field of educational practice and theory.

MERLOT is based on the premise of discipline-based communities of practice in which common interests in specific fields of knowledge, methods of teaching and especially in the development of technology-based teaching materials are shared. At the same time, the strength of the conference is the broad appeal across all disciplines in the use of educational technologies and the new and exciting ideas that come from exchanges among all domains of knowledge.