Lauren Rosen is currently the director of the University of Wisconsin System Collaborative Language Program. For over twenty years she has been integrating technology into her language courses and working closely with K-16 language educators in developing engaging collaborative approaches to technology integration into a variety of learning environments including both traditional and distance courses. She has also designed and taught online courses for educators on the integration of web-based technology in language learning. She has published numerous articles on the integration of Internet technology for learning world languages and successful approaches to blended learning for language courses. She is a regular presenter at state and national conferences on topics related to developing 21st Century Skills in the World Language classroom. Her current area of research is the design of blended and distance learning models that promote greater levels of language proficiency. She received the 2014 ACTFL/Cengage Learning Faculty Development Programs Award for Excellence in Foreign Language Instruction Using Technology with IALLT (Postsecondary).