University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Dr. Manning teaches Instructional Design for Online Learning and Instructional Strategies and Assessment Methods and Using Games for Learning and Assessment.

Professionally, Susan Manning is best known as a teacher’s teacher, that is developing faculty and preparing them to teach online.  She teaches courses in online learning, technology tools, the synchronous classroom and instructional design.  She also delivers workshops on adapting curriculum for online delivery, podcasting and selecting the right technology tools. She has taught hundreds of faculty, mostly from the Midwest, but occasionally drawing from Saudi Arabia, Denmark and Russia.

Susan is co-author of The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching and Online Education for Dummies.

Susan is also recognized as one of the early voices in educational podcasting. Currently, Susan is co-host of the Learning Times Green Room podcast that explores themes in learning and technology. Susan’s online career began more than 10 years ago when she was asked to investigate the possibility of training literacy volunteers online.  Knowing that she needed additional training and skills development, Susan became an online student and earned her certification as Master Online Teacher from the University of Illinois.  Additionally, she holds a Doctorate in Adult Education from Ball State University (1991), a Masters in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University (1983) and a Bachelors in Communications from Truman State University (1981).

Susan lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two daughters.

Email your comments or questions to Susan at mannings@uwstout.edu