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OEB speaker Leslie Kennedy

Leslie Kennedy

Director, Affordable Learning Solutions, California State University, USA

Leslie Kennedy, Ed.D.is the Director of Affordable Learning Solutions in the Academic Technology Services department at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor. She provides strategic planning,and project and vendor management in support of the Affordable Learning Solutions initiative and leads a number of campus and system-wide collaborations. Previously, Dr. Kennedy served for eight years as the director of instructional technology support services at CSU Long Beach. She coordinated the user community and implementations at WebCT for five years, and previous to that she was tenured at Fullerton College. Dr. Kennedy has an MA in Linguistics and a second Masters in Online Leaming and Teaching. Her doctorate is in educational leadership in higher education with a research focus on the need for faculty support when enhancing their instruction with instructional technologies. Dr. Kennedy's work background includes a unique combination of relevant vendor experience, project management of diverse academic technology projects and teams, and first-hand experience as a faculty member which enables her to provide vision and guidance to Academic Technology Services.

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