Brenda Quintanilla

Dr. Brenda Quintanilla has more than 20 years experience working with educational technology in K-12 and higher education. She is past-president of Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) and has presented at national conferences as well as contributed to technology advisory committees. Her expertise includes Instructional Technology integration, Interoperability, Instructional Design, Distance Learning, Cloud Computing, Professional Development, and Personal Device Deployment. She is intrigued by emerging technologies, gravitating to innovative concepts such as Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Augmented Reality. She believes the next 10 years will bring groundbreaking advances in how we teach and learn using these technologies. Quintanilla earned an M.S. in Instructional Technology from the University of Houston–Clear Lake and a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of North Texas. She is currently the Regional Manager of Innovative Instructional Technology and Learning Services (East Region) at Houston Community College in Houston, Texas, and teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Educational Instructional Technology Master of Education Program, College of Education and Professional Studies, at Sul Ross University.