Lynne M. O'Brien

Lynne O’Brien is Director of Instructional Technology at Duke University. She led the creation of Duke’s new Center for Instructional Technology, which provides university-wide leadership and support for using technology in teaching. Dr. O’Brien came to Duke from Brown University where she was a faculty member and manager of instructional computing services. She has organized conferences on academic computing, taught courses in educational software design, planned technology-enhanced classrooms and served on accreditation teams for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. At Duke, she is especially interested in promoting collaboration and information sharing across schools and in helping faculty use technology to support innovative and effective teaching strategies. O’Brien holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Delaware.