Richard Karel’s 15 years of experience as an e-Learning systems designer/developer include employment with Sea Ray Boats, the Brunswick Boat Group, his own consulting firm, and the University of Tennessee. His accomplishments involve building and deploying online learning systems, such as a sales and product training certification system for MasterCraft Boats and creating the University of Tennessee’s Extension Online Learning (extOL). Richard has been a regular contributor to the popular press and has an M.S. in Instructional Technology and Educational Studies from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he currently works in the Office of Information Technology.