Thomas J. Tobin

Learning design, development and innovation
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Thomas J. Tobin is the Program Area Director for Distance Teaching and Learning on the Learning Design, Development, and Innovation (LDDI) team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Tom is an internationally recognised speaker and author on quality in technology-mediated education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning (UDL).

Tom holds a Ph.D. in English literature, a second master’s degree in information science, a professional project management certification, a master online teacher certification, Quality Matters certification, and recently completed his Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification.

Named in Ed Tech Magazine’s 2020 “Dean’s List” of Educational Technology Influencers, Tom serves on the editorial boards of InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching and the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.

His books include: