2010 Distinguished Service Award

Laura Franklin - Professor - Northern Virginia Community College

Pictured - Gerry Hanley presenting the award to Laura at the Emerging Technologies Symposium - July 21, 2010 in San Jose, California

Laura has worked on MERLOT since the year 2000.  She has been a great champion of MERLOT, serving as Editor of the World Languages Editorial Boards.  She has also been responsible for developing MERLOT 101, a course that has been used to integrate MERLOT into all campuses within her system.  She has worked on the MERLOT MAN project (MERLOT Africa Network) and attended the e-Learning conferences in Africa.