Speaker this week

Here's the bio on the speaker this week. She will be speaking about issues of law in Second Life:

Ida M. Jones is currently a Professor in the Craig School of Business at CSU Fresno. In 2006, Professor Jones received the Provost’s Technology in Education Award, awarded by the Provost at California State University, Fresno. Ida earned her J.D. from New York University and is a member of the California and New York Bars. She has been teaching in Fresno since 1987 and teaches a variety of business law courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Professor Jones has authored/coauthored instructor's manuals for business law textbooks, prepared internet exercises for textbook publishers and published articles in a variety of journals, including the Journal of Legal Studies Education. In 2004 and 2005, Professor Jones received distinguished paper awards for presentations made at international conferences.

In 2004, Professor Jones successfully completed the coursework for the Certificate in Online Learning from UCLA. That program is an intensive program designed to prepare instructors for the rigors of teaching online. Ida serves as a campus Teaching, Learning and Technology Fellow. In addition, in her role as Digital Campus Fellow to the University from the Craig School of Business Ida provides assistance to faculty in the university and the school who want to deliver online courses. Professor Jones was the first recipient of the Verna Mae Brooks and Wayne D. Brooks Professorship in Business Law from 1996-1999. In addition to research, Professor Jones presents seminars to local businesses on a variety of employment law and ethics related topics.