Dr Helen Crompton is Executive Director of the Research Institute for Digital Innovation in Learning (RIDIL) at ODUGlobal and a professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University (ODU). She is also Director of the Virtual Reality Lab at ODU. She draws from 30 years in education and a PhD in educational technology and mathematics education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is on Stanford’s list of the top two per cent of scientists in the world and has received numerous awards in the US and her home country England for her work in technology integration.