About Me

Dr. Florence Martin is a Professor in Learning Design and Technology at North Carolina State University. She also serves as the program coordinator for the LDT doctoral concentration of the PhD in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences program. She received her Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Educational Technology from Arizona State University. Prior to her current position, she was a Full Professor at University of North Carolina Charlotte and a tenured Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington. She has worked on instructional design projects for Shooolini University, Viridis Learning, Maricopa Community College District, University of Phoenix, Intel, Cisco Learning Institute, and Arizona State University. She teaches courses in online and blended modalities and has received Quality Matters Certification for eight of her courses. She was the winner of the Crystal Award from the Division of Distance Learning in Association of Educational Communications and Technology in 2015 and 2024 which is given to innovative and outstanding multimedia-based distance learning courses.

Dr. Martin engages in research to create transformative learning experiences through technology innovations. She has researched on online teaching and learning, cybersecurity education, and technology enhanced learning. She has published the results of her research in several leading journals in the field of educational technology and distance education. She has received over 7 million dollars in funding from the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies for her research. Her research has resulted in over 125 publications and 200 presentations. She has received awards for her scholarship from Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Online Learning Consortium, United States Distance Learning Association, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, and Professional, Continuing and Online Education Association .

Dr. Martin served as the President of Multimedia Production Division in 2012-2013 and as the President of the Division of Distance Learning in 2017-2018 for Association for Educational Communications and Technology. She also served as the Vice President for Marketing and Communications with ISPI Charlotte and as Director-at-Large for International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction. She served as the AERA Division C Section Chair for Engineering and Computer Science, and is serving on the board for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools and as a Senior Associate Editor for Online Learning Journal.