Denzil Edge, Ph.D. - President and Founder

Dr. Edge is the President and Founder of The Learning House, Inc. (www.learninghouse.com), a comprehensive online education solutions partner that helps colleges and universities offer and manage their online degree programs.

Dr. Edge is an internationally known educator with extensive experience in distance education and distance learning technologies. He has been extremely active in the field of higher education in Kentucky, Florida, Alaska, Scotland, Germany, and Australia as a teacher and academic contributor. He pioneered the development of distance learning television and Internet programs in the fields of special education and teacher education. He has taught more than 40 distance learning courses using a variety of distance learning technologies, and he has built more than 50 online campuses.

Dr. Edge served as Professor and Director of Distance Education Programs in Special Education at the University of Louisville. He is a recipient of the University of Louisville's Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Teaching and Support of Graduate and Undergraduate Education. Additional honors for his distance learning programs include three awards from the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) in the category of "Best Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education." He is a founding member and served as President of the Kentucky Distance Learning Association (KyDLA). He is a Board Member of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) and served as Co-Executive Editor of USDLA Publications.

Dr. Edge has extensive experience in grant writing and development, online program development, and virtual campus strategic management. He has written and managed numerous federal, state and foundation grants in the areas of undergraduate and graduate education employing distance learning technologies. In addition, he has consulted with a wide range of businesses and educational institutions on the development of international education programs and the building of online and CD/DVD courses. At Learning House, Dr. Edge and his team have developed more than 300 distance learning courses (Online, CD/DVD, compressed video, etc.).

Dr. Edge is the author of more than 90 articles, books and reports and has delivered over 175 presentations, keynotes and workshops on distance learning, parent/family education, and the education of children with special needs. Several of his most recent presentations and publications on distance learning and distance learning technologies are available online in the resources section of this site.

Dr. Edge holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in the areas of Learning and Behavioral Theory and Computer and Information Systems.