Sara G. McNeil

Dr. Sara G. McNeil serves as an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Learning, Design and Technology graduate program at the University of Houston, where she has established herself as a leading expert in instructional design and educational technology. Her excellence in teaching has been recognized through multiple awards, including three University of Houston distinctions for Distinguished Leadership in Teaching, Distance Education Teaching, and Teaching Excellence, as well as a national teaching award from the University Continuing Education Association. As Managing Editor of the Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning Journal, she has significantly influenced the field of educational technology. Her most notable achievement includes the development of Digital History, a comprehensive educational resource featuring over 5,000 primary sources that has been recognized as one of the Top 5 resources in U.S. history and selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities EdSITEment list. She has also created innovative resources for K-16 teachers on Web 2.0 tool selection and implementation. Her research focuses on emerging technologies in educational environments, and she regularly consults with schools on 21st-century learning and technology integration. Through her teaching of graduate courses in instructional design, multimedia development, and visual information representation, she continues to shape the future of educational technology