José Ramón Lizárraga is a learning scientist who uses ethnographic, video, and multimodal research methods to investigate the role of social networks, television, and other digital new media in teacher education and the learning of non-dominant populations. Currently, his work examines the collaborative practices of novice teachers and adolescents at the intersection of virtual and in-person terrains of practice. As part of his design-based research, Dr. Lizárraga is a designer and instructor of hybrid/blended (online/in-person) and online undergraduate education courses as well as credential courses.