Norman D. Vaughan is a professor in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University. He is co-author of Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry, and Blended Learning in Higher Education. In addition, he is the co-founder of the Blended Online Design Network, a founding member of the Community of Inquiry Research Group, and the associate editor of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning.