Opened Practices Users from usa
27578 S Buffalo Gap Rd
For the last three years Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer has served Chadron State College, an open-enrollment institution located in the northwestern corner of Nebraska, as Academic Support Center Coordinator, Director of Transitional Studies, and Instructor in college success and literacy courses. The student population she works with are most at-risk; thus, one of her critical roles is bridging higher education academics with student services. Of Chadron's annual Entering Freshmen, over 40% are deficient in core subject areas of reading, writing, and/or math and over 67% are first-generation/low income status.
In May 2011, she was afforded the opportunity to participate in the Kaleidoscope Project, funded by a Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave One grant. This project's focus was developing a consortium of institutions to collaborate in designing general studies courses utilizing existing Open Education Resources (OER). The experience gained in this project dramatically affected the direction of Chadron's Transitional Studies Program embracing more consistent, creative, and dynamic courses without a dependency on expensive textbooks.
When she isn't "working at work," Ronda, her husband, Keith, and their two young children, Sheldon and Aubrey, are working on the family's Red Angus cattle ranch in Oral, South Dakota.
601 University Drive
I am a long time video/media producer, an educator and currently a resource for faculty at Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas. The implementation of Sakai (TRACS) at Texas State is one of several projects with which I am involved. I have completed work on my PhD degree and will graduate in December 2011 with a PhD in Adult and Community Education. My dissertation research focused on how online instructors create a sense of social presence with students in virtual worlds like Second Life.
In my other life, I produce educational videos and short-form video documentaries. I am passionate about organic gardening and have an organic gardening web site at www.gardentoad.com.
3459 NW 115th avenue
Member of the Sakai Board of Directors. Currently consulting with educational institutions and some commercial partners with a focus on open source software and open education resources for enhancing teaching and learning in both K-12 and Higher Education. Over 35 years of educational experience both in teaching and administration ranging from K-12 to Community Colleges and Universities. Previous higher education experience includes: Chief Technology Officer, Dean of Distance Education, Director of Center for Academic Excellence, Faculty member in Education. Particular interests lie at the intersection of Open Software Development and Open Education Initiatives particularly as the relate to web-based delivery.
2230A Torgersen Hall
Dr. Teggin Summers is Assistant Director for Virginia Tech’s ePortfolio Initiatives. Before coming to Virginia Tech, she taught writing online and participated in the widescale adoption of electronic portfolios across the University of Georgia's First-Year Writing program. She is dedicated to seeing the use of ePortfolios grow and contribute to the learning environment at Virginia Tech. Her interests include teaching and learning, eLearning tools, ePortfolios, and rhetorical and pedagogical theory.
Teggin Summers received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2008, specializing in rhetoric and composition, theory, and humanities computing. Having taught writing, including online courses, over the past eight years, she has a breadth of experience with learning technologies and electronic portfolios, including the wide-scale adoption of ePortfolios across the University of Georgia's First-Year Composition program. Dr. Summers currently serves as the Assistant Director for ePortfolio Initiatives at Virginia Tech. In this role, she contributes to the development of ePortfolio-related curriculum for learning, assessment, and professional development, as well as faculty development and training. Her current research interests include the use the ePortfolios to facilitate learning and assessment in the 21st century.
535 W. Michigan Street
IT 221
As the faculty liaison for Learning Technologies at Indiana University, John is responsible for supporting faculty across all disciplines in their interest in technology-enhanced pedagogies, through initial consultation and direction to campus teaching centers. Additionally, John serves as project coordinator for large, high-profile technology initiatives sponsored by the central IT organization (University Information Technology Services) that focus on teaching and learning. In addition to this role, he is also a lecturer in American Studies on the Indianapolis campus of IU where he develops and teaches courses in both traditional classroom and online formats.
John's publishing history in the information technology arena is extensive, as he's authored over a dozen titles on a variety of IT-related topics for various levels of reader expertise, including ASP Programming for the Absolute Beginner (Course PTR, 2002), Beyond Reality: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming (Course PTR, 2005), HTML Professional Projects (Course PTR, 2003) and Web-Enabled Your Small Business in a Weekend (Prima Tech, 2000). In addition, John has authored a 150-page market forecast report, "Artificial Intelligence: Burgeoning Applications in Industry" (Business Communication Corporation, 2003) and has served as development/technical editor for over thirty IT-related titles, from professional certification test preparation guides to titles focusing on programming and commercial software applications.
I teach business statistics and quantitative methods courses for undergraduate and graduate business students.
535 West Michigan Street
IT 342H
As an Instructional Development Specialist, I work with center for teaching and learning staff and faculty on many instructional technology issues.
I am Instructional Development Specialist for Indiana University’s Learning Technology Division, University Information Technology Services. My work has included involvement with the Carnegie CASTL program exploring active learning pedagogies and several grant projects funded by: Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Department of Education (DOE). Presently, as a member of Cohort VI of the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research, I am exploring the use and best practices in portfolio learning. I am also participating in the FIPSE project: "Connect to Learning: ePortfolio, Engagement, and Student Success," a nationwide educational innovation project focused on exploring and strengthening best practices in ePortfolio pedagogy.
113E Burruss Hall (0168)
I am an A/P faculty member working in the Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships. As part of this role, I coordinate a small living-learning community focused on civic engagement and instruct a section of the associated LDRS 1015-1016 Exploring Citizen Leadership course series.
1318 W. Featherwood Dr.
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology (2012). 15+ years experience in teaching and technologies. Instructional Design and Technology / Educational Technology. Higher Education pedagogy. Faculty Development. Learning Management Systems / Collaborative Learning Environments. Web 2.0 / Social Media. Undergraduate College teaching. Conducting and publishing research. Anything that has me working with people and/or participating in inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Specialties
Sakai, Blackboard, Moodle, and various Web 2.0 applications. Performance analysis, non-training solutions, training solutions, ISD, IT, HPT, and diffusion of innovations and technology adoption.
1204 Laurel Avenue
Janice A. Smith, Ph.D. has worked with the Open Source Portfolio (OSP) since its inception at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the mid 1990s. After three decades in faculty and TA development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, she served as a Senior Education Consultant for The rSmart Group, and now works with her own organization Three Canoes, providing Sakai and OSP services for a broad array of K-12 and higher education institutions.
Janice A. Smith, Ph.D. has worked with the Open Source Portfolio since its inception at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the mid 1990s. After three decades in faculty and TA development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, she served as a Senior Education Consultant for The rSmart Group, providing OSP services for a broad array of K-12 and higher education institutions. She has presented on OSP, assessment, and teaching and learning, at national and international conferences including numerous Sakai Conferences, CIT and Innovations (League for Innovation), NLII (Educause), the Professional Organizational Development Network (POD), the AAHE Assessment Conference, the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, Syllabus (Campus Technology), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
At the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Janice taught graduate courses to prepare future faculty, administered multiple programs to enhance teaching and learning, and was invited to speak and consult at numerous universities. Through her association with The rSmart Group, she conducted site assessments and project planning, customized ePortfolio software for specific institutional purposes, and offered train-the-trainer sessions for colleges and universities in the process of implementing the Open Source Portfolio.
As a member of Three Canoes, Janice offers:
* Consultation on the assessment of learning
* Documentation of OSP functional requirements
* Customization of OSP data structures
* Sakai/OSP functional training
* Development of Sakai/OSP materials and documentation
Faculty, School of Arts and Sciences, NYU
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Unit 2
Serve as an instructor and education coordinator at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions (SHP) in Houston, Texas. I teach medical dosimetry which is a specialized branch of allied health radiation physics.
3700 w. 103rd
Associate professor of Communication, former Director of Faculty Development
13005 Angel Springs Dr.
I entered nursing two years ago in the Alternate Entry program, received my RN last October and I working toward a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree.
1000 Morris Ave
manager in the School of General Studies
Wells Library 305 West Tower
1320 East 10th Street
Kate Ellis is a Learning Technologies Consultant at the Teaching and Learning Technologies Center at Indiana University Bloomington.
Kate Ellis is a Learning Technologies Consultant at the Teaching and Learning Technologies Center at Indiana University Bloomington. She works with faculty in incorporating instructional technology into their courses as well as developing and implementing programing initiatives. She is an active member of the international Sakai open-source community and supports Oncourse CL, the IU implementation of Sakai. Her areas of interest include blended learning environments, podcasting for instruction, user-centered web design and visual literacy.
Kate received a Master of Fine Arts in graphic design and new media from the School of Fine Arts, Indiana University Bloomington in 2002 (terminal degree), and a BFA in Fine Arts from IUB in 1977. She has worked as the Webmaster for a newspaper in the Knight Ridder network, Assistant Curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and co-director of Artlink Artspace. She has taught classes and workshops at Artlink and the Bloomington John Waldron Art Center. As a graduate student at IUB, she received the Glaubinger Fellowship and did graphic design and web development for the Indiana University Art Museum.
Educator and Learning Sciences Research in CSCL.
415 St. Mark Court
As the Director of the Center for Student Success, I work as an advocate for the student's learning of a wide variety of course material. My center offers assistance with both core coursework, as well as upper division nursing curriculum.
