Bobby Hobgood, Ed.D.

Research & Development/Online Curriculum & Instruction

Bobby Hobgood has been involved with LEARN NC since its beginning in 1996, when he represented Chatham County Schools on LEARN's Central Region Pilot Team. From August 1997 to November 1998 he served as Educator on Loan and was responsible for providing a teacher's perspective to the program. Bobby is now responsible for the content and design of LEARN's professional development programs. He also coordinates teacher training and works to build partnerships with other educational organizations.

A former high school French teacher, Bobby has conducted workshops on the integration of technology into the foreign language classroom. He holds an M.A.T. in French from the School for International Training and an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bobby's dissertation research focused on high school students' perceptions of motivation, enjoyment, and learning from online discussions in online courses.