Badrul Huda Khan (Bengali: বদরুল হুদা খান) is an author and educator focused on web-based training and educational technology. Badrul Khan recognized the potential of the World Wide Web for education early in 1996, and was invited to keynote the NAU/web98 conference, sponsored by Northern Arizona University. Khan first coined the phrase "Web-based instruction" in his 1997 book Web-Based Instruction. He contributed to the development of US virtual education policies organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Naval Postgraduate School, the National Educational Technology Plan by the US Department of Education and the Review of Joint Professional Military Education organized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a past president of the International Division of the Association for Educational and Communication Technology (AECT). Khan is a United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Hall of Fame Inductee. Source: Wikipedia (en)