J Scott Christianson, owner of Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing, has been awarded the 2009 Distance Learning Leadership Award by the Missouri Distance Learning Association. This honor recognizes outstanding leadership in the field of distance learning. Scott started his work in this field as the technical coordinator for a distance-education consortium in 1993. Over the years Scott has continued to be a leader in Missouri’s distance learning efforts, serving on numerous distance learning boards, task forces, and grant review committees, co-authoring a book about distance education and making more than 23 presentations at regional and national education conferences, sharing his experience and knowledge with others in the education community.