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Faculty, School of Arts and Sciences, NYU

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Lucy Appert is the Director of Educational Technology in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University and the co-chair of NYU's Sakai/ATLAS Working Group, a joint faculty and IT task force formed to develop Sakai OAE at NYU (see the project blog here: http://chartingatlas.blogspot.com/). She is also the organizer of the User Reference Group (URG) for the Sakai OAE Community Project. Within NYU and the larger academic community, she has worked to raise faculty awareness of and support for the new direction in academic technology represented by Sakai OAE.

Dr. Appert holds a PhD in 17th & 18th c. British literature and has 19 years of teaching experience, 10 of them at NYU. She was the recipient, with Liberal Studies Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Bob Squillace, of a 2008 NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant to build the Simonides electronic portfolio tool for Sakai (read the resulting white paper here: http://www.neh.gov/ODH/Default.aspx?tabid=111&id=67). Since 2006, she has worked to find creative instructional technology solutions for Liberal Studies' more than 2000 students and 130 faculty members in New York, London, Paris, Florence, and Shanghai.

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As Director of Academic Technology and eLearning at Marist College, Mr. Baron is responsible for supporting instructional technology initiatives, including distance learning, faculty training, and student support. He plays a leadership role on-campus in the area of strategic planning and is currently serving on the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and holds MS in Educational Technology Leadership from George

As Director of Academic Technology and eLearning at Marist College, Mr. Baron is responsible for supporting a wide range of instructional technology initiatives, including distance learning, faculty professional development, and learner support. He also plays a leadership role in strategic planning for the College in areas of academic and information technology. Mr. Baron was elected to the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors in 2008 and is also a member of the EducationDynamics Advisory Board. Before coming to Marist, Mr. Baron was the associate director of instructional technology at Stevens Institute of Technology. In this capacity, he helped lead a $10 million U.S. Department of Education technology initiative working both at the K-12 and college level. He was also a member for the Stevens WebCampus initiative and developed one of the first Stevens online graduate courses. Mr. Baron has presented at numerous higher education and K-12 conference including EDUCAUSE, NECC, Sloan-C, League of Innovation CIT, and the international Sakai conferences. He has taught students from the Kindergarten to graduate level in face-to-face, blended and fully online formats. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and holds a Master of Arts degree (online) in Educational Technology Leadership form George Washington University.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Education Programs in the Teacher Education Department at Marist College.

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Craig has enjoyed a 20 year career at IBM where he advanced through various Information Systems positions. Craig has served as fourth level manager of a computer center with over 200 employees and became IBM's World Wide IS Audit Manager before joining Marist College.
In 1989 Craig began a career as an Information Systems professor at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. He earned his Ph.D. in Information Science at the University at Albany, New York.
Craig was Program co-Chair, editor, contributor, on the Board of Directors and past President of the Information Quality International Conference held annually at MIT. Craig is co-editor of a book entitled "Information Quality" and is lead author of a textbook entitled "Introduction to Information Quality" published in August 2008.

Previously a Project Manager at the School of Education at Syracuse University. Currently working at Three Canoes.

I received my B.S. in Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2000 and M.S. in Information Management in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in 2008. Following 6 years of service in the U.S. Navy as an electronic equipment maintenance technician and reactor plant operator on a nuclear submarine and 2 years of experience as a computer support technician, I joined the Living SchoolBook as a Science Field Coordinator until 2008. I am a co-founder of "Three Canoes" a consulting group which offers training, support, technical and implementation services for schools interested in deploying Sakai, OSP and other open source technologies.

My current interests include:

• The IT role in Higher Ed and K12 systems.
• Strategic uses of FOSS to achieve institutional objectives.
• The implementation and development of learning management and portfolio systems which provide tools that encourage differentiated instruction and deepen the relationship between teachers and students.

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Mark A. Van Dyke, Ph.D. (B.S., U.S. Naval Academy; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Maryland) is an associate professor of communication at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. His teaching and research interests include public relations, conflict management, and organizational and intercultural communication. His research focuses primarily on strategic management of public relations as a means to manage interorganizational and international conflicts. Prior to embarking on his academic career, he served for 29 years in the U.S. Navy.

Mark A. Van Dyke, Ph.D. (B.S., U.S. Naval Academy; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Maryland) is an associate professor of communication at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. His teaching and research interests include public relations, conflict management, and organizational and intercultural communication. His research focuses primarily on strategic management of public relations as a means to manage interorganizational and international conflicts. Prior to embarking on his academic career, he served for 29 years in the U.S. Navy. He retired in 2000 as Deputy Chief of Information, the second-highest ranking public relations executive in the U.S. Navy. He also served as the Chief of Information for the 60,000-member NATO-led peace implementation force that deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995. He earned NATO’s highest award and the United States military’s second-highest peacetime award for his management of crisis public relations programs during his one-year assignment there. Dr. Van Dyke was named Marist College’s Faculty Member of the Year in 2007 for his commitment to excellence in education and service to the student body. He has lectured throughout the United States and Europe; and he has coauthored a book chapter and several scholarly articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.

Clare is the assistant director of Faculty Support Services for Teaching with Technology within Academic Technology Services & User Support, Cornell Information Technologies. She is responsible for managing academic technology services and programs offered centrally to campus. She directs the implementation of pilot and research projects for new technologies, and manages the services, programs and staff for course technologies, including the Faculty Innovation in Teaching Program, CyberTower and other instructional projects. Clare has expertise in instructional technology development and the evaluation of instructional technology within a learning environment. Clare has experience teaching in both traditional classroom and online formats. Clare has a BA in economics, a MA in Adult Education, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at Cornell University.

Clare is the assistant director of Faculty Support Services for Teaching with Technology within Academic Technology Services & User Support, Cornell Information Technologies. She is responsible for managing academic technology services and programs offered centrally to campus. She directs the implementation of pilot and research projects for new technologies, and manages the services, programs and staff for course technologies, including the Faculty Innovation in Teaching Program, CyberTower and other instructional projects. Clare has expertise in instructional technology development and the evaluation of instructional technology within a learning environment. Clare has experience teaching in both traditional classroom and online formats. Clare has a BA in economics, a MA in Adult Education, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at Cornell University.

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Lochan Chhetri

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I work at the MS & HS level at Minisink Valley Central School District as a Technology Education Specialist. This school year we have started to use SAKAI and it has taken off successfully. We are on the SAKAI users map on sakaiproject.org. You can find us in Orange County, NY and look for the pink bubble. Our school website is www.minisink.com.

I work at the MS & HS level at Minisink Valley Central School District as a Technology Education Specialist. This school year we have started to use SAKAI and it has taken off successfully. We are on the SAKAI users map on sakaiproject.org. You can find us in Orange County, NY and look for the pink bubble. Our school website is www.minisink.com. We have MACs at the elementary level and in key locations in our MS & HS where the creativity of a MAC is useful. Like any institution, we have teachers willing to be on the cutting edge in their classrooms using such technology tools as Smartboards, CPS clickers, flight simulation equipment and video conferencing.

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Dr. Bret Eynon is co-director of the Visible Knowledge Project and Director of LaGuardia's Center for Teaching and Learning. Dr. Eynon came to LaGuardia from CUNY's American Social History where he helped faculty nationwide transform their classrooms.

Dr. Bret Eynon is co-director of the Visible Knowledge Project and Director of LaGuardia's Center for Teaching and Learning. Dr. Eynon came to LaGuardia from CUNY's American Social History where he helped faculty nationwide transform their classrooms.