Opened Practices Users Working at: University of Delaware

Québécois, LMS Project Leader (Sakai deployment) at the University of Delaware. Instructional Designer, Educational Technologist, Web 2.0 Evangelist, Huge Wiki Geek, 2009 Sakai Fellow.

Willard Hall Education Building
University of Delaware

Fred T. Hofstetter is Professor of Education at the University of Delaware. A specialist in multimedia, he developed the PODIUM multimedia application generator, the GUIDO Ear-Training Lessons, and the Serf Web-based teaching and learning environment. Dr. Hofstetter currently authors four IT textbooks for McGraw-Hill, including Internet Literacy, Multimedia Literacy, Advanced Web Design, and Internet Technologies at Work. Dr. Hofstetter has received many grants and awards and does consulting work for computer firms. He has published widely and has given lectures and workshops on multimedia and Internetworking in many locations in Europe, Africa, Australia, Canada, the United States, and the Pacific Rim. Professor Hofstetter is the winner of a gold CINDY award for his work in multimedia. His Internet Literacy course won the NUCEA credit program of excellence award. He also received the Best Faculty award in the School of Education, in which he coordinates the ed tech master’s and doctoral programs.

User Services
Smith Hall
University of Delaware

Janet R. de Vry is an instructional designer IT
clien Support and Services at the University of Delaware. She is responsible for training and support for faculty in teaching with technology. Her major initiative was serving as the functional lead for the University for the implementation of Sakai. Currently she focuses on best practices for using Sakai.

225 McKinly Laboratory

B.A University of Minnesota, 1959; Ph.D Cornell University, 1966 in Plant Physiology; Postdoctoral Fellow at Brandeis University 1966-1969; Faculty member in Department of Biological Sciences 1969 to present. Teach Introductory Biology two-semester course to first year biology majors (and other majors) at both conventional and honors levels. Author commercially-published laboratory manual for second-semester course.

I am an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Delaware, where I teach Strategic Management in the traditional classroom format as well as through distance learning.

100 Orchard Road

We will be implementing a department wide electronic portfolio in the fall, an outgrowth of our Music Education portfolio commitments.

212 Gore Hall
University of Delaware

Supports all assessment activities at the University of Delaware. As the Office's Associate Director, develops and coordinates UD assessment activities and publishes assessment reports. Developed and implemented training protocols to create and assess measurable learning outcomes and develops metrics to support programmatic assessment. Made several presentations on and off campus to develop a culture of assessment of student learning especially focusing on authentic assessments with electronic portfolios. Serves as a personal consultant to faculty engaged in assessment and in addition, supports grant assessment with the development and implementation of metrics. Manages the Office of Educational Assessment website and implemented a template for programs to upload their educational documents and plans. Prior to assuming the current position, supported accreditation efforts of Middle States Association of Secondary Schools.

Associate Director of Educational Assessment at the University of Delaware. Experienced with regional accreditation requirements. Facilitates faculty workshops to promote a common sense iterative approach to the assessment cycle.

University of Delaware
524 Ewing Hall

My favorite topics to teach involve flavors of numerical analysis, differential equations, calculus and modeling. I believe students learn best when they have strong basic skills, make use of all the available resources, and engage in large scale problem solving drawn from either contemporary issues or current research. I measure my success by how well my students retain what they have learned in the long term.