Opened Practices Users Named: John

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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.

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I recently rejoined the team that manages Teaching & Learning tools at the University of Michigan. Previously I served as the Senior Academic Technology Specialist at the UM College of Pharmacy. Prior to that I was the support coordinator (the first one anywhere :) for Sakai (Ctools) at UM.

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