Dr. Robbie K. Melton, 1st Appologist – Education IOE Mobile Emerging Technology & Workforce Consultant

Robbie K. Melton, Ph.D. is a tenured full professor at Tennessee State University. Melton formally served for twenty years as the chief administrator for the Tennessee Board of Regents’ (6th largest system for higher education in USA, 2016) for overseeing the vision, mission, and initiatives for the Strategic Planning for Emerging Mobile Smart “The Internet of Everything” (IOE) Technologies for Global Education”.

Melton is a renown international presenter, researcher, and technology evaluator regarding the transformation of smart mobile devices, wearable technologies, and mixed reality technologies of virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and holograms (HR) technologies for immersive learning. She has presented internationally at such conferences as UNESCO Mobile Conference (Paris), eAfrica MERLOT Learning (Senegal), Canada’s Lambton Mobile Learning Summit (Toronto), Education Innovation Conference in Buenos Aires – Argentina, and keynoter at the University of the West of Scotland Learning and Teaching conference. Melton has acquired a new distinction as an “App-ologist” due to her study of the pedagogy teaching with mobile apps, and her curation of mobile apps for all spectrum of education.

Melton is the winner of numerous international technology awards; the latest being the 2016 MERLOT Technology Distinguished Leadership Award, CDE Top 30- 2014 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers Award, 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator, WCET 2012 Technology WOW Teaching Award, coordinating educational professional development and training with HP, Microsoft, Dell, Samsung, Apple, Google, Verizon Wireless, ATT, etc. and championing her organization to be recognized as the 2017 ‘100 Outstanding Organizational Leaders in Educational Technology. Her mission is for digital equity!