Peg Ertmer is Professor Emerita of Learning Design and Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University. Dr. Ertmer earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Purdue University, a master's degree in Special Education-Learning Disabilities from Cardinal Stritch College and a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the University of Denver. Her research focuses on the impact of student-centered instructional approaches and strategies on learning, including the impact of case-based instruction on higher-order thinking skills; the effectiveness of a student-centered, problem-based learning approach to technology integration and STEM education; and strategies for facilitating higher-order thinking and self-regulated learning in online learning environments. Dr. Ertmer is also known for her work related to helping students become expert instructional designers through the use of case- and problem-based learning methods. She is the founding editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal and is co-editor of four editions of THE ID CASEBOOK: CASE STUDIES IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN. Dr. Ertmer served as a content expert for a series of videos (http://www.edutopia.org/video/five-keys-rigorous-project-based-learning) about project-based learning for Edutopia, a George Lucas Educational Foundation. She has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and has been cited over 25,000 times on Google Scholar. In 2014, she received the David H. Jonassen Excellence in Research Award from AECT and was selected to join the 2015 Class of AERA Fellows.
