Faculty & Staff News
Just ahead of its Sunshine State Conference opener on Wednesday, the Nova Southeastern men’s soccer team has seemingly caught the attention of United Soccer Coaches, as the Sharks are now receiving votes in the latest national poll. FULL RELEASE
Michael Simonson, Ph.D., Professor, at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice co -authored the book, Teaching and Learning at a Distance Foundations of Distance Education 7th Edition.
The book is written for introductory distance education courses for preservice or in- service teachers and for training programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distance education systems. Furthermore, it provides readers with the basic information needed to be knowledgeable distance educators and leaders of distance education programs.
In 2016, Dr. Simonson was named to the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Distance Learning Association. He has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing, and instructional media. Additionally, he is the founding editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Distance Learning Journal, and Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers presented at the Annual Conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Dr. Simonson was an external evaluator of South Dakota’s Connecting the Schools and Digital Dakota Network projects, and also for the Washington Center. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Captain.
To learn more about the book or to purchase, please visit:
https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Teaching-and-Learning-at-a-Distance-7th-edition
Chantal Leconte, M.B.A. (’93), is the former chief executive officer at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, a Memorial Healthcare System pediatric facility in Hollywood, Florida. She has more than 40 years of experience in the field, including having served as a nursing manager, giving her a unique perspective as an administrator and practitioner.
Leconte has previously worked as CEO at Memorial Hospital Pembroke; administrator of Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge in Melbourne, Florida; and chief operating officer of Coral Springs Medical Center in Coral Springs, Florida. She also worked for 17 years at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston Florida.
Currently serving as the immediate past-chair of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association Board of Directors, Leconte is a graduate of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class VI and the Leadership Broward Foundation Class XIX. She has volunteered her time with the Women’s Healthcare Executive Network-South Florida, the American Heart Association, the Weston Business Chamber of Commerce-Women Council, the Rockledge Rotary Club, and the City of Rockledge Advisory Board in Central Florida.
Leconte earned her M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from Florida Atlantic University and a nursing degree from Queensboro Community College in Bayside, New York.