Paul Birevu Muyinda, is a Professor of Open, Distance and eLearning (ODeL) and the Director of the Institute of Open, Distance and eLearning at Makerere University. He is a certified blended learning developer and online instructional designer. He has research interest in digital pedagogy and andragogy where he has worked with different education and training institutions to champion this cause. He led a team of online capacity developers to scaffolded Makerere University and other universities in Uganda to remain afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Prof. Muyinda is the author of more than 100 research articles in open, distance and e-learning. He has recently consulted for COL and other agencies on policy and strategy for open distance learning. He is the Principal Investigator of a number of internationally funded research grants, including: NORHED II, Mastercard Foundation e-Learning Initiative, KOICA distance education enhancement project, just to mention but a few. As per Bob Little’s 2018 ranking of online pedagogy gurus, Prof. Muyinda was ranked among the top 100 movers and shakers of online corporate education in Africa.