Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, andBeth Perry teach in the Faculty of Health Disciplinesat Athabasca University. Melrose has published widely on educatinghealth professionals and is a winner of the Canadian Association ofSchools of Nursing Award for Excellence in Nursing Education. Parkdeveloped her first online nursing course for the University ofManitoba in 1997 and has subsequently developed and taught many coursesfor Athabasca University. Perry is currently principal investigator ofa SSHRC-funded study that explores how artistic pedagogicaltechnologies influence interaction, social presence, and community inthe online post-secondary classroom.