Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Mr Mark Lee will spend more than a year in the USA as visiting scholar at the California State University. Mr Lee is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga. He is also a PhD student with CSU's Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE ). During the 16-month visit, Mr Lee will be based in the California State University Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach, California within MERLOT. Established in 1997, MERLOT is a California State University program that provides a free online community and repository of open educational resources (OER), allowing higher educators from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. Mr Lee is currently Editor-in-Chief of MERLOT’s peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT). During his visit, he plans to undertake intensive development of JOLT, and in addition will carry out research in the use of mobile technologies and 3D virtual worlds for learning and teaching, and open educational resources. "I hope that one of the outcomes of my visit will be lasting relationships with researchers and staff across the 23 campuses of the California State University system," Mr Lee said. He left Australia for the USA on Friday 3 May and officially commences his visiting scholarship on Saturday 1 June.