Introduction- Peggy Ericson

I'm in my 4th year as the director for the K-12 California Technology Assistance Project for region 1 www.ctap1.org (serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties). The region is the most rural in California and I have been expanding professional development by using distance learning tools. We are now moving in the direction of wanting to offer online courses to high school students from necessary small and small districts who are not able to offer courses students need for the University of California admission requirements. So it is important for me to complete the certificate and be able to support the development of these courses. I took e-learning essentials this past quarter and really enjoyed completing the case studies. I participate on the California Virtual campus state committee. I have never developed an online course.

I am married to an Organic Chemist who currently teaches at a Community College. I have two children; Vivian who is at Stanford in her second year of graduate work in the Molecular Cellular Physiology department and my son William just completed his 3rd semester at our local Community College and has been doing research with UC Davis and with the Solano Land trust in the field of entomology.

I enjoy gourmet food, mountaineering, scuba diving, reading and art.