Caroline M. Crawford, Ed.D., is a Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas, United States of America. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, United States of America, in 1998, with specialization areas in Instructional Technology and Curriculum Theory, and began her tenure at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) the same year. At this point in Dr. Crawford's professional career, her main areas of interest focus upon communities of learning and the appropriate and successful integration of technologies into the learning environment; the learning environment may be envisioned as face-to-face, blended and online (virtual or text-driven) environments, as well as microlearning deliverables.
Melissa A. Simons is a learning and development organizational advisor and lead and has achieved a twenty-five-year career in the oil and gas industry, within the realms of adult workplace learning and talent development. She has leveraged expertise in communication design within learning and development theoretical methodologies, to deliver global instructor-led, blended hybrid learning, eLearning, and just-in-time microlearning product solutions. Her deliverables result in the application of embedded human performance principles and workforce competencies with visual literacy concepts that outline, influence, direct, or aid each project phase decision, individual or project team decision, or outcome.