Isabelle Savard is a Full Professor and Director of the Educational Technology and Distance Education programs at TÉLUQ University. She has 25 years of experience in instructional design. She received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Informatics from TÉLUQ-UQAM and held a Postdoctoral Position in Educational Technology at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). Her work deals primarily with instructional design, the study of cultural and contextual variables, techno-pedagogical innovation, health sciences pedagogy, competence development and distance learning/education.