Davina Pruitt-Mentle (University of Maryland)

Davina Pruitt-Mentle is Director of Educational Technology Policy, Research and Outreach (ET-PRO) within the College of Education at the University of Maryland. She has extensive experience in the research, development, delivery and evaluation of educational media, including computer software, multimedia, distance learning, and educational technology policy. Her research and development interests focus on the role of distance learning in education, particularly cultivating the Internet as an environment in which to conduct professional development opportunities, and on cultural differences towards technology use. She has acted as consultant to a number of technology and education-related organizations. She has authored and presented at numerous national, regional and state conferences and teaches graduate courses to practicing educators on a wide range of technology related topics such as: integrating technology into curricula, cyberethics, technology tools for assessment and digital diversity.