About Dr. Farhad Saba

Dr. Farhad Saba is professor Emeritus of Educational Technology, San Diego State University (1984-present), where he teaches courses on distance education. A 2010 inductee to the United Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame, he has been involved in the field of distance education since 1973, first as the Managing Director of Educational Radio and Television of Iran (1973-1978), and then as the Director of the Telecommunications Division at the University of Connecticut (1979-1984).

He is also the founder of Distance-Educator.com, which is an online news and information resource for practitioners in the field. His consulting work has included many corporations, and public institutions including Apple Computer Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation (merged with Compaq), Nortel, US Department of Education, Harvard Business School Publishing, Office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut, Office of the Chancellor of the California State University system, the World Bank, and San Diego County Office of Education.

Dr. Saba has presented in professional conferences in many countries including Afghanistan, The People's Republic of China, Great Britain, France, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland (The United Nations), and Turkey. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Distance Education, and the International Review of Distance and Open Learning; and reviews manuscripts for major publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Prentice-Hall, and Wadsworth. Dr. Saba's scholarly publications have been honored by several international awards including the Charles A. Wedemeyer Award (American Journal of Distance Education) and by the Association of Educational Communications and Technology's Educational Technology Research and Development Journal Award.