Introductions (optional)

[rayschroeder]

Hi!

This is our optional introductions thread.  Please fee free to enter info about yourself and get to know others in the eduMOOC!

-ray

[rayschroeder]

Hi!  

I am a Professor Emeritus of Communication, and founding director of the Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at the University of Illinois Springfield. I have taught for the past 40 years at the Springfield or Urbana campus.   I have published the popular Online Learning Update and Educational Technology blogs for the past decade. And the inaugural 2010 recipient of the Sloan Consortium's highest Individual award - the A. Frank Mayadas Leadership Award. Schroeder is an inaugural Sloan Consortium Fellow.  

I live in a tiny town on the prairie outside of Springfield, IL.  My hobbies include photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayschroeder/ and tending to my recently acquired few acres in the country (harder work than I imagined!).  

I have the grand fortune to work with the best professionals anywhere at the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service, University of Illinois Springfield. They patiently tolerated me when I said - "let's make a MOOC!" a few weeks ago.  To them I am always indebted for all they do for UIS, online, and to make me look good.  

Thank you!

-ray

[Jenni]

Hi Ray (and others),

I am an instructional designer at Ryerson University's Chang School of
Continuing Education in Toronto, Canada. I am also an MDE student at
Athabasca University (online) working at thesis stage. In my daily
work I manage approximately ten courses per term working
collaboratively with subject matter experts (our instructors) to
develop fully online, instructor-led asynchronous courses. I look
forward to participating in this course and learning about others.
There's a lot going on in online learning!

Cheers,
Jenni

On Jun 20, 1:28 pm, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!  
>
> I am a Professor Emeritus of Communication, and founding director of the
> Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at the University of
> Illinois Springfield. I have taught for the past 40 years at the Springfield

> or Urbana campus.   I have published the popular *Online Learning Update*<http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html>
>  and *Educational Technology* <http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html>

>  blogs for the past decade. And the inaugural 2010 recipient of the Sloan
> Consortium's highest Individual award - the A. Frank Mayadas Leadership
> Award. Schroeder is an inaugural Sloan Consortium Fellow.  
>
> I live in a tiny town on the prairie outside of Springfield, IL.  My hobbies

> include photographyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rayschroeder/and tending

> to my recently acquired few acres in the country (harder work than I
> imagined!).  
>
> I have the grand fortune to work with the best professionals anywhere at

> the Center for Online Learning, Research and Servic<http://www.uis.edu/colrs/about/staff.html>
> e <http://www.uis.edu/colrs/about/staff.html>, University of Illinois
> Springfield <http://www.uis.edu/>. They patiently tolerated me when I said -

[laura...@oregonstate.edu]

Hi folks!

I am an instructional design specialist at Oregon State University.
Prior to this, I was a high school Spanish teacher.

Things I like: Traveling to México, learning about Mexican culture,
reading untranslated Latino/a literature, sewing, being crafty and
cooking.

I'm excited to be a part of my very first MOOC and learning all I can
about online education.

Laura

[cydwright...@juno.com]

Hi Yall!
I'm just beginning work on my Masters in Instructional Technology and Design at Walden. My ultimate goal is to design and teach an online American History course that is heavily based on folk music. It will include LOTS of songwriting and collaboration w/ real songwriters. this course will be for high school, college and homeschool kids. Many of my friends from the Kerrville Folk Festival are very much interested in participating :)
Cyd Wright

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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT)

Hi folks!

I am an instructional design specialist at Oregon State University.
Prior to this, I was a high school Spanish teacher.

Things I like: Traveling to M&#65533;xico, learning about Mexican culture,

reading untranslated Latino/a literature, sewing, being crafty and
cooking.

I'm excited to be a part of my very first MOOC and learning all I can
about online education.

Laura

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[Terence Armentano]

Hi Ray and everyone else that reads this,

Thanks for setting up this MOOC.  I look forward to learning with everyone and expanding my professional network.  I thought this would be a cool learning exercise to explore. As you can see from my Google Profile my name is Terence Armentano (twitter name: terenceonline, Linked In ). I am the Assistant Director at the Center for Online and Blended Learning at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). I am thankful to work with such amazing colleagues at BGSU. We really enjoy what we do. I provide leadership in the coordination and oversight of the design, development and implementation of new online programs at BGSU. I also manage faculty training in online technologies and pedagogies, provide leadership in the research of new technologies related to distance education, and serve as a lead instructional designer in online course and program development.  I developed and implemented the Blog, Podcast, and Showcase Portfolio System at BGSU (http://blogs.bgsu.edu) which is has been very successful as faculty, staff, and student from all over the University use the system in a variety of creative ways. 

I love being a husband and dad of 4 children (1 girl and 3 boys) with 1 on the way. We're so excited :-)  My wife and I are also foster parents and really appreciate the opportunity to care for kids in need. It's a wild adventure and something I would being willing to talk to anyone about as it's very dear to my heart. I like dates with my wife, playing with the kids, riding my motorcycle, playing guitar, deep conversations, fishing, reading, and playing with new gadgets. I recently re-designed our church website which I think looks pretty neat too. OK, that's enough about me. I look forward to learning with you all!

Thanks

Terence

[Mike]

Hello everyone!

I work for the University of Colorado Denver as an Academic Technology Coordinator. In the past I worked as an Instructional Designer at Rhodes State College and taught online and blended courses at Bowling Green State University in Visual Communications Technology and Africana Studies.

Here at UCD I have the privilege to work for CU Online where we get to host fantastic events like Winter Web Camp and an annual Spring Symposium. We also host an inter-institutional Faculty Learning Community which meets virtually on Fridays in Adobe Connect to discuss

In my spare time I write and record music, as well as perform it live in my band Genetic Engines. You can listen and/or download the album I spent 2010 working on for "free" (name your own price) at my BandCamp page: http://michaeledwards.bandcamp.com.

I'm excited to be involved in this MOOC and to meet everyone else!

Best,

~Mike

[Zylka, Stephanie]

Hello!

I currently work at an online university in Student Services, I previously worked in Academic Services at a large public institution. I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge base within the online education realm.

I enjoy learning about higher education and national trends. I like to keep up to date on the latest technology being utilized throughout higher education.

In my spare time I enjoy traveling, going to different cultural and music festivals, and gardening.

I hope y'all have a wonderful day!

Stephanie Zylka, M.S.



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[Ari]

Hi to all co-learners!

I am Ari, a lifelong learner and game master. I love organizing gaming
events that make learning a side-effect. My main project is creating a
Role Playing Game layer over our daily lives via The Game Called Real
Life http://bit.ly/GameStarter

My main concern is finding a good research topic for a PhD. An area of
interest is figuring out the most important skills and socio-cultural
factors/barriers that affect learning specific to online courses and
hybrid/blended learning.

Credentials:
1. Dean of Academic Affairs, St. Dominic Institute (Philippines)
2. Instructor, Information Technology courses at St. Dominic Institute
3. Student, UP Open University (upou.edu.ph) taking Professional
Teaching Certification
4. Master of Technology Management, University of the Philippines
[focused on knowledge management]

I'm also trudging through the Connectivism course (5th week) at
http://cck11.mooc.ca/

Game on!

Ari

[Sandra Franklin]

My name is Sandra Franklin, and I am the director of eLearning for the
University of Central Oklahoma. I am so excited to join this group!
I met Ray Schroeder through IELOL, so I know this is going to be an
excellent experience.

[Michael Edwards]

Hey Terence, nice to see some familiar faces on here!

[Apostolos K.]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Apostolos but most (non-Greeks :-) ) call me AK.
I am an Instructional Designer at the University of Massachusetts
Boston focusing mostly on Web 2.0 (aka collaborative) technologies,
but I still have a hand in more traditional LMS management when it's
required. I have a varied academic background having completed but
most recently I finished an MEd in instructional design and an MA in
Applied Linguistics.

My free time is spent playing video games, or going out for walks
(love the summer, heat n' all!) but I am still "academic" having not
wound down after graduation. I am always looking for opportunities to
collaborate in research and publishing. Here is a link to a google doc
with ideas and a signup idea sheet for collaborative research if
anyone is interested:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_a_wFE-utlRWHimZcNYzl1CyJqF3n5FYGtv0J_7AsOQ/edit?authkey=CJOp3ZYJ&hl=en_US&pli=1
I've got my hands full for now with a couple of articles in prep (one
of them on the idea sheet above), but after those are done I am
interested in working on other projects as well :-)

Beyond that, I love travel, but costs are prohibitive, so for
vacations I sit on my balcony and read a good book or listen to
music ;-)

You can find more about me (and connect!) on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/koutropoulos

Looking forward to eduMOOC!

AK

[Will]

Hello Ray and all,

I am a faculty member at UIS and chair of the public administration
department. Our department has a fully online MPA program.

Many of you who have posted thus far seem to be technology people.
While I am a geek, I am not a trained geek. So I hope to learn a lot
from you all.

I look forward to the discussions.

On Jun 20, 11:57 am, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Asha Kinney]

Hi Everyone- I am the soon-to-be Assistant Director for Technology for Teaching and Learning at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. We may, at some point, dip our toe in the water of online learning so I thought I'd see what the current thoughts and trends are! 

I'm also working on my Masters in Educational Technology at Marlboro College in VT. And any spare time goes to my four-year-old son!

Looking forward to connecting with other EdTech folks!!!

-Asha

http://twitter.com/ashakinney

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/asha-kinney/32/3a8/556
http://blog.hampshire.edu/hamp-it/

[Terry Morris]

Hi Everyone!

I'm a faculty member at Harper College located in the suburban Chicago, Illinois area.  I've been developing and teaching online courses in the field of computer information systems and web development for many years. My personal website is http://terrymorris.net. I'm an author of several web development textbooks -- the most recent is Basics of Web Design: HTML5 & CSS3 

I'm always looking for professional development opportunities and am  looking forward to participating in this MOOC. 

Cheers!
Terry

Terry Morris, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Harper College

[Nicole]

Hello!

I'm the Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Virginia Beach Public
Library.

There are many areas where online learning could take place for both
our patrons and our staff. Our strategic plan specifically highlights
the importance of information fluency and the associated skills, so we
have a huge canvas for topics to work with.

I'm eager to learn more about strategies and tools for developing
effective online learning experiences in the hopes of integrating
these into our strategic work locally.

Thanks!
Nicole

[Heidi Jung (SIU)]

I’m Heidi Jung. I am an Instructional Designer at Southern Illinois
University. I’ve been providing instructional support for faculty at
SIU for over 15 years to improve teaching and learning. My focus is
in addressing pedagogical issues and incorporating best practices in
online instruction. I hold a Master of Science in Education with a
specialization in Instructional Development and am currently in the
Doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction, Instructional
Technology.

I’m excited to participate in this MOOC. --Heidi

[csim...@umich.edu]

Hello Everyone:

I look forward to the group's discourse over the next eight weeks.

My research focuses on distance education, policy, and faculty issues.
I am especially interested in how online courses benefit continuing
education and lifelong learning.

Best regards, Cheryl Simpson, PhD., MBA, MA

[rayschroeder]

Maggie Ricci


I work in the newly formed (spawned) Center for Innovative Teaching
and Learning at Indiana University, Bloomington. I'm an Instructional
Technology Specialist, which means I don't specialize in anything.
I've been very involved in getting online learning up and running at
a
large residential R1 university. It's a journey.
My academic interests wander around from the learning sciences to
gaming to collaborative technologies to mobile devices (had to drag
me
kicking and screaming into this one, but I can't ignore it anymore).
I
think one of the things that concerns me greatly is the fact that the
things we are learning about learning are not penetrating the day-to-
day practices of nearly enough university faculty members. The
greatest thing about corralling a bunch of faculty members and
getting
them to redesign a course to take it online is that they learn so
much
about teaching in general. They often say, "I'm going to use some of
these techniques in my f2f teaching, too." I am interested in finding
out how other people are tackling the challenges of online learning
and educating faculty.
When I'm not trying to change the face of education, I'm running or
swimming or gardening or playing tennis with one of my 3 sons or
hiking or kayaking or playing music (we've got a band, too). I really
hope I keep up with this. A quick look at some of the resources
posted
for the course has already been tremendously helpful.
Thanks,
maggie

[rayschroeder]

Carmen Morrison

Jun 21, 10:42 am
My name is Carmen Morrison, and I'm already excited about this new
group after reading the few introductions! My background is in
Computer Information Systems; I served as a Programmer Analyst,
Database Administrator, and now I teach at North Central State
College
(Mansfield, Ohio). I started teaching online courses in 2000 with
free
hotmail e-mail accounts, a basic website, no course management
system,
and little institutional support. Oh how we've changed these last 10
years! Hybrid is 'hot', online is growing, and we can barely keep up
with the changing technology! I look forward to this new format --
how
cool! I'm sure I'll learn a lot from you! Thank you for this
opportunity!
Carmen Morrison

[Mitch]

Hi everyone. I'm Steve Mitchell, but most folks call me Mitch. I am
currently a computer programmer for Instructional Support Services
here at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. We are in the
process of developing a new department called Center for Teaching
Excellence. I will be in on the ground floor of this and I am looking
forward to it! I currently hold bachelor's degrees in Information
Systems Technology and Zoology (figure THAT one out!). I am very much
looking forward to this MOOC and learning some new ideas about
technology in the education environment.

On the lighter side I am a huge baseball fan(St Louis Cardinals), I
like to play golf, cook and read, not necessarily in that order, and I
have a 7 year old daughter who keeps me running all the time.

[aball]

Hi all.

I'm an instructional designer with a software company that works with
k-12 schools, but my background (six years in K-12 ed as a high school
social studies teacher) and my masters degree (instructional systems
technology from Indiana University) which was 100% online are what
brought me into this online class-- call it feeding the inner
curiosity.

Looking forward to the next eight weeks.

[ksw...@uis.edu]

Hello,

I am Karen Swan and I am a professor of education at University of
Illinois Springfield and I work with Ray and Will in COLRS. I will be
leading the week 2 discussions on online learning research as it is my
current prime focus. For more about me professionally please see
http://springfield.academia.edu/KarenSwan

Personally, I live in Chicago with my husband Marco (Mitrani) and two
dogs and three cats (all of whom adopted us) where we moved to be near
our grown children (who for some reason all ended up in the Chicago
area). We are the proud grandparents of Case Shazaam (5), Zack Flash
(3), and Cora Bean (10 mos) who take up a lot of our free time.

I like mystery novels, thunderstorms, and long walks in the woods.
Being in the midwest, I really miss the mountains and the ocean (and
no the Lake isn't just like it!) but Marco and I are planning a trip
east in the fall.

I look forward to talking with you.

Karen

[Terry]

Hi Everyone,

I am Terry Herman, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator for
the Learning Design, M.Ed. program (fully online) at Bowling Green
State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. My areas of specialization are
adaptive hypermedia and immersive learning design; multimedia,
instructional, and courseware design; digital game-based learning;
digital learning theories; and web mashups.

On a personal note... I live outside of Bowling Green nestled between
two interesting little towns, Grand Rapids and Tontogany. My husband
and I have two sons and two wonderful daughters-in-law -- and the
light of our lives are our four grandchildren. We visit Fort Myers, FL
and Dublin, OH as often as possible to hang out with them! We also
have one very precocious cat, Dutch (inherited from our sons). We're
pretty sure he doesn't know he's a cat -- he acts more like a two year
old child.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction/fantasy books and movies. If I'm not
working... there's nothing I like better than going to the zoo (our
Toledo Zoo is awesome!), walking in one of our many parks, or baking.

I look forward to learning with you all!

--Terry

On Jun 20, 12:57 pm, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Terence Armentano]

Hey Mike, good to see you here as well! Thanks for sharing your album online. Good stuff!

[Michael Edwards]

Hey Terry, how have you been? Nice to "bump into you" here in this eduMOOC!

[Terence Armentano]

Hi Terry!  I agree! The Toledo Zoo is awesome :-)  We have a family pass and try to go whenever we can. 

[george.b...@gmail.com]

Hi everybody,

I'm George Bekiaridis from Athens Greece and I work as Instructional
Designer and e-learning consultand running my own company. My bachelor
degree is software engineering and I have masters is Open and
Distance Learning.

I'll be in Paros island for next couple of months and I am very much
looking forward to this MOOC during my vacations.

George

[Bonner, Christina]

Hi, everyone!

I currently work as Head of Library Reference and Instruction Services at Ohio Dominican University Library in Columbus, Ohio. I'm interested in online learning and teaching, especially in hopes of expanding our services to online students. I'm looking forward to learning together with you!

Christina

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[Laura Cheng]

Hi,

This is Laura Cheng. I'm the Learning Resource Center Manager of the
Fortis College, Columbus, OH. I'm also adjunct faculty of the library
schools of the Drexel University and the San Jose State University. I
teach all of my courses online. This is the main reason why I'm hear.
I would like to learn more about online learning. I was an assistant
professor of the Kent State University. I enjoy my current job much
more!


I LOVE animals. I have 3 dogs (shih-tzu, havanese, and chihuahua mix)
and a cat (American domastic short hair). My boyfriend has 2 St.
Bernards and 2 parrots (African Gray). Together, we have a zoo! I
also
love gardening. I landscaped my own yard.


It was nice to meet you virtually!


Laura Cheng

[Dave]

Hello!

I am Dave Malicke and I am an Open Education Specialist from
open.umich.edu at the University of
Michigan. I am excited to learn from you all to participate in my very
first MOOC.

- Dave

[cmkraut]

Hi, Terry! When are you going to bring one of your amazing cheesecakes
over to COBL? ;)

[Ann]

Dear Co-Learners,

I am Annie Saint-Jacques, a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Technology
at Laval University, Quebec. I hold a graduate diploma in multimedia
instructional design, a master’s degree in distance education, and I
have been an instructional designer for a number of years. Prior to
this, I taught online at the undergraduate level.

My thesis is about effective teaching practices in virtual graduate
seminars. My research interests include accessibility in higher
education, borderless education, communities of inquiry, and efficient
online teaching and learning practices in synchronous mode. More
specifically, I am interested in exploring the sustainability of
communities of inquiry implemented in synchronous online learning.

I'd love to connect with people interested in real time online
learning in higher education!

All the best,

Annie

[rayschroeder]

Don Posson

More options Jun 21, 2:22 pm
Hello all,
I am currently the lead faculty for National University's online
Associate of Science in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling. I've
been
teaching undergrad and grad online courses for National University
for
several years, but only recently have gotten involved in developing
online courses. I'm currently developing two, Intro to Substance
Abuse Counseling and Personal and Professional Development for the
AS
program which begins in September.
I'm also enrolled in an online Ph.D program through Northcentral
University, working through my dissertation.
I am looking forward to drawing from the depth and breadth of the
edumooc to enhance the delivery of our online program.
Be well,
Don Posson, Ph.C.

[jpd...@siu.edu]

Hello everyone,

I'm JP Dunn, Learning Management System Administrator at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale. I have worked for SIUC since November
1995 and have administered the LMS (Learning Management System) since
it's inception in 1998. We started with WebCT and progressed to the
Blackboard brand when Blackboard purchased their leading competitor in
2006. I work very closely with faculty and students to assist with any
of the challenges they face using our LMS. I hold a Master of Science
Degree in Education specializing in Instructional Technology. (It was
called Computer Based Education a long time ago.) My interests are
social media and mobile technologies.

~ JP

[rayschroeder]

Mary Payne
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More options Jun 21, 4:19 pm
Hello, my name is Mary Payne. I am an online instructor for Kaplan
University and a higher education consultant in areas of accreditation
compliance, strategic planning, and outcomes assessment. I am always
looking for ways to improve my online teaching. I am really excited
about this collaborative learning opportunity.
Mary
Mary E. Payne, Ed.D.
Faculty, Higher Education and Adult Learning
School of Graduate Education
Kaplan University
Mpa...@kaplan.edu<mailto:Mpa...@kaplan.edu>

[rayschroeder]

Mark Dannenberg
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More options Jun 21, 4:23 pm
Hello Ray and everyone,
I am the lead faculty for the School of Business Management for
National University's Redding, California campus. I am also starting
my dissertation phase of my doctorate (Online) from Northcentral
University. I am the course lead for five graduate classes for
National University. Currently, approximately 60 % of our courses are
online. I have been teaching online for four years. I look forward to
learning from all of you.
Mark Dannenberg
National University
Faculty School of Business and Marketing
Redding Campus
530-226-4005

[Lisa Kidder]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Lisa Kidder and I'm a Senior Instructional Technologist at
Idaho State University. I absolutely love teaching and learning and
technology. Thus my position in working with faculty on how to
integrate technology.

I have taught in K-12, adult education and in higher ed. I am a self-
taught techie, but mostly I consider myself a translator. I translate
tech into teach and teach into tech ;-) I have degrees in French,
Chemistry, Educational Technology and I am working on a PhD in
Instructional Design.

I'm excited to try another MOOC. I almost made it through PLENK10 and
learned a lot doing so.

Lisa

http://lkidder.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/lkidder

[Kathryn]

This is Kathryn Propst from the Innovative Center for Teaching and
Learning at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. I'm just checking
out the MOOC format. I haven't used Google Groups in a while and I can
figure out how to post a message in this discussion so I'm replying to
a message to see if that works.

Not sure if I was supposed to start a new discussion (which seem to be
the topics) or a reply....

[Kathryn]

Well, I guess that sort of worked. Sorry....I'm with the Center for
Innovative Teaching and Learning, not the Innovative Center for
Teaching and Learning....

[Michael Edwards]

Kathryn, in Google Groups each post has a "Post Reply" button below it and also in the top right of a post which you can use to respond to someone else.

You can click on "Expand All" or "Collapse All" in the top right to quickly show or hide everyone's posts.

[Katy]

Hi, y'all -

I'm a retired academic/corporate/school librarian, have taught online
as Adjunct Professor for the University of North Texas College of
Information in Library Science. When I got my Masters of Library
Science at UNT in '79, we had very small blocks of time available on
the UNT mainframe computer to experiment with cataloging protocols -
how very far we've come!

As part of the GiggleIT Project (free online middle-grades student
writing project) of the International Association of School
Librarianship, I'm interested in how "distance delivery" of education
and learning (not the same thing) works for younger students as well
as for professional development.

I'm also an independent book reviewer for www.abookandahug.com (the
best books for babies, kids, tweens, and teens) and recommend Young
Adult books beyond the bestsellers on my blog http://BooksYALove.blogspot.com.

Looking forward to the MOOC as we bring so many different viewpoints
from around the world,

Katy Manck
Librarian-at-Large
Gilmer, Texas, and Davenport, Florida, USA
Treasurer, International Association of School Librarianship
http://www.iasl-online.org
IASL: The GiggleIT Project for children's writing http://www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT
Recommending great YA books at http://www.abookandahug.com/
Blogging YA books beyond the bestsellers at http://BooksYALove.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter @BooksYALove

[Jill_urb...@ivcc.edu]

Hello
I am Jill an alum of UIS
I am currently an Ed psych professor at Illinois Valley Community
College.
I am looking forward to enhance my online teaching skills.

[Mel]

Hello Everyone,

I am Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies of
the University of the Philippines Open University. I've been handling
and developing online courses for the graduate programs in development
communication and distance education and for our undergraduate program
Multimedia Studies. I am also into research specially on the
effective use of various technologies for online teaching and
learning. My other interest is on developing learner support services
for open and distance e-learning.

Cheers!
Mel

On Jun 21, 1:28 am, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!  
>

> I am a Professor Emeritus of Communication, and founding director of the
> Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at the University of
> Illinois Springfield. I have taught for the past 40 years at the Springfield
> or Urbana campus.   I have published the popular *Online Learning Update*<http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html>
>  and *Educational Technology* <http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html>
>  blogs for the past decade. And the inaugural 2010 recipient of the Sloan
> Consortium's highest Individual award - the A. Frank Mayadas Leadership
> Award. Schroeder is an inaugural Sloan Consortium Fellow.  
>
> I live in a tiny town on the prairie outside of Springfield, IL.  My hobbies
> include photographyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rayschroeder/and tending
> to my recently acquired few acres in the country (harder work than I
> imagined!).  
>
> I have the grand fortune to work with the best professionals anywhere at
> the Center for Online Learning, Research and Servic<http://www.uis.edu/colrs/about/staff.html>
> e <http://www.uis.edu/colrs/about/staff.html>, University of Illinois
> Springfield <http://www.uis.edu/>. They patiently tolerated me when I said -
> "let's make a MOOC!" a few weeks ago.  To them I am always indebted for all
> they do for UIS, online, and to make me look good.  
>
> Thank you!
>
> -ray

[dholden74]

Hi. Thank you Ray and UIS for the good work to set up this MOOC.

I am Dean of Professional Studies at Greenville College at Greenville,
Illinois. Some of my responsibilities include new program development
and serving as liaison to the Higher Learning Commission. This MOOC
will broaden my knowledge of online learning and contribute to guiding
us as we design our degree and certificate programs. (I work with your
former UIS colleague Dr. Vickie Cook who serves as our Dean of
Education and Director of Online Learning and does a great job of
guiding us.)

Contact information:

Twitter: dholden74
Phone: 618-664-6750 office / 618-334-1586 cell / text

Dave

[Que Jinn]

Hello,

Nice to meet everyone! I'm an instructional designer/student success coordinator for an online learning department at a community college in Colorado. My interests are online learning, collaboration, immersion, role-play, virtual environments and games. I absolutely want to be involved in a collaboration concerning online learning as it is today and what innovation is possible for the future.

Also, social network knowledge creation (which I consider this course) interests me because I see so much learning that is happening outside of formal learning environments. I believe that ignoring learning from distributed social and professional networks limits our students and our instructors' futures. 

(Oh, did I mention, I have a tendency to be a bit intense about education!)

I collaborate with an exceptional group of online educators (exceptional because of them - not me) at Center4EduPunx www.center4edupunx.com and VWBPE www.vwbpe.org. I'm also involved with the Virtual Worlds Graduate UnSymposium www.vw.unsymposium.org October 21-23, 2011.

See you online!

Kae Novak
twitter @zenovka
www.center4edupunx.com

P.S. I am going to ISTE - so looks for lots of tweets with #iste11 hashtag

[Curt]

Hey there.

There sure is a lot of people signing up already. Wow. My old pal Ray
is one connected guy.

This is Curt Bonk here in lovely Bloomington, Indiana; home of Indiana
University. I will be one of the so-called experts in the last week of
the eduMOOC that Ray has wonderfully put together. I think that is
because Ray is hoping that I become an expert at something useful
between now and then. Waiting until the end Ray...humm...he should
realize over there in the flatlands of Illinois, that the corn may
grow so tall by then that I may not get a decent Internet connection.
He should also realize that I am flying on Delta earlier in the week
and who knows where they will take me or if I will return at all
(those wanting to understand that joke, need only read my most recent
blog post at TravelinEdMan on my most recent 12 trips/flights:
http://travelinedman.blogspot.com/).

For those in need of a heavy bout of boredom or escape from their
significant other or their kids, more info on me is at my homepage
(http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/). From there, you can find a link to 27
short 9-10 minutes videos I created last year related to teaching
online that my dean's office has made free to the world to do with
them as you like. There is also a link to my "World is Open with Web
Technology" syllabus...a 52 page monster wherein everything is a
hotlink. Stay sane: don't touch that link!

Yes, Ray is the connected one. We should annoint him as such. And
perhaps we should we rename the ol' Alice Cooper song, "Elected," to
"Connected" in honor of Ray. Whatcha say Ray?


"Connected" hypothetically sung by Ray Schroeder

I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your Google search choice
I wanna be connected
I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be connected
Kids want a savior, don't need a fake
I wanna be connected
We're gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be connected, connected, connected
I never lied to you, I've always been cool
I wanna be connected
I gotta get the vote, and I told you about school
I wanna be connected, connected, connected
Hallelujah, I wanna be connected
Everyone in the United States of Facebook
We're gonna win this one, take the world by storm
We're gonna be connected
You and me together, young and strong
We're gonna be connected, connected, connected
Respected, selected, call collected
I wanna be connected, connected

[JoniDunlap]

Hello, everyone, I'm Joni Dunlap...also known as ViperPal (2nd string
superhero). My superhero powers include work avoidance, mass email
deleting, stirring two bowls of hot soup at the same time, knowledge
of every pop song from the 1970s, squirrel-chatter translation, and x-
ray vision. My favorite color is purple. When I am not engaged in
superhero activities (the meetings are so tedious!), I am an associate
professor in the School of Education and Human Development and the
Assistant Director for Teaching Effectiveness in the Center for
Faculty Development at the University of Colorado Denver. My scholarly
interests focus on postsecondary teaching and learning (with much
recent attention on teaching and learning in digitally-enhanced, non-
bounded environments). I am looking forward to learning from everyone
who participating in this experience. What a great opportunity!

[Glen Gatin]

Glen Gatin from Manitoba, Canada. Doctorate from Fielding Graduate University, Media Studies in Education.

Hat 1- Teaching online and lab based ICT classes for Brandon University School of Education and Graduate Studies.

I will be teaching an undergraduate IT class in a mobile lab for pre-service teachers a northern First Nations community in the month of July but I hope to be able to follow along with this MOOC. I am knowledge mobilization consultant for a 5-year research project looking for indicators of success for aboriginal youth.

Hat 2 - Lead mentor for an online university (NCU) in a eLearning doctoral program. Currently revising curriculum for a number of e-Learning courses and hoping to come away from this MOOC with some current thinking about online pedagogy and practice. 

My general subject area interest is media studies in education and my research specialization is classic grounded theory method. More specifically, my interest is in the possibilities of technology mediated education for under-served populations in rural and remote communities.

I am very pleased to be breathing the same digital air as the many accomplished people in this group.

[David Green]

Hi Everyone,

Dave Green from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) here. I
look forward to participating in this MOOC.

I am a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer
Engineering.

Dave

[TinkerGeek Teacher]

Hello All,

I am Katherine Bennett, a faculty trainer in higher education. I
started out with a strong computer science and engineering background,
got into training, went back to school to study instructional design
and now I'm encouraging instructors and faculty to use technology,
social media and gaming in online and hybrid classes. I am working on
several projects including an Online Teaching certificate program,
online course accessibility program, and social media and social
networking in the classroom training courses. I am excited about this
MOOC and eager to learn and share with others!

Katherine

[Jason Rhode]

Hi everyone,

My name is Jason Rhode. I'm looking forward to participating in the
MOOC and to being one of the panelist for the week 6 virtual session
on personal learning networks.

I'm the Assistant Director of the Faculty Development and
Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University where I am
responsible for developing and offering training programs and support
for faculty and staff on teaching with technology and related topics,
providing leadership on technology-related issues, and performing
supervisory functions at the Center. I've been in the field of online
learning for over a decade, having served in roles spanning from
instructor, instructional designer, course developer, and program
director. I currently also freelance as an online adjunct and design
and teach online and blended courses in instructional design and
educational technology and I enjoy sharing my experience designing and
teaching online and blended courses with others.

My wife and I and our 2 daughters (age 3 and 7 mos) enjoy spending
every spare minute we can during the summers at our cottage in Central
Wisconsin.

I tweet @jrhode and you can find links to the rest of my online
networks at http://www.niu.edu/jrhode

~ Jason

[Burks Oakley]

Hi everyone! My name is Burks Oakley and I'm a Scholar in Residence
at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). I'm also a
Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering on the Urbana
campus of the University of Illinois. From 1997 until 2007, I served
as the Director of the University of Illinois Online initiative. I
retired from this position in 2007 and now I am teaching an online
class at UIS each fall and spring semester.

I am interested in the entire area of online learning, and I serve on
the Board of Directors of the Sloan Consortium (http://
www.sloanconsortium.org/), which is an organization of institutions
committed to quality online education.

My hobbies include golf and cooking.

I'm looking forward to our interactions in this MOOC. Kudos to Prof.
Ray Schroeder and his colleagues at the University of Illinois at
Springfield for taking the initiative to organize this open learning
event!

-- Burks

[scottmerrick]

Hey, all,

As of August 2, 2010, I am Online Learning Specialist for Metro
Nashville (TN) Public Schools. I started out as Virtual Learning
Curriculum Specialist, then was deemed Virtual Learning Specialist,
then since both of those seemed too limited to describe what I
actually do, here I am. In this role I am helping craft into being a
wide range of online learning options for our ~78,000 students and
~7,000 teachers here in Nashville, Tennessee. I also am a Core
Volunteer (their designation) for the International Society for
Technology in Education, ISTE, and in that role I chair the Special
Interest Group for Virtual Environments and co-facilitate the
organization's conference Virtual Environments Playground, this year
coming up next week in Philadelphia, PA. I've posted my schedule for
that event (a moving target, at best) at my blog at http://scottmerrick.net,
so if you're going to be there please feel free to track me down for a
free hug.

I'm happy to be here and though my initial participation may be light
due to ISTE11, I will hopefully learn and be of some use to the
group.

I should add that I am the lucky husband of a beautiful independent
school arts coordinator and the proud father of two beautiful and
talented kids, one a senior at Belmont University and one a sophomore
at Nashville School of the Arts (HS).

There's a bit more if you google me :)

Scott

[John Sener]

Hi all,

I'm John Sener, currently vacationing on the Outer Banks in Corolla,
NC; reside in the MD suburbs within sight of DC. As Founder/CKO of
Sener Knowledge LLC and Director of Special Initiatives for Sloan-C,
I've been one of the "accidental pioneers" in online learning (17+
years) and continue to be amazed at how my passion for the field has
persisted -- although yes, I will be going to the beach shortly after
finishing this.

For the past 18+ months, I've been writing a book about the seven
futures of American education, which describes how we got to our
current situation, what will happen next, and how to use the
cyberization of education to improve it. My typical response to
openness is to test limits, so I'll be shamelessly throwing in a bunch
of book-related resources into this mix and seeing if anyone finds
them useful, and maybe also trying to go off in random directions just
to see what happens. Always great to see a mix of familiar folks and
new ones.

Thanks to Ray and his co-conspirators for putting this together - I'm
curious to see how the mix of openness and structure will work and
what will emerge from this gathering.

[Bill Weber]

Hey,

I'm Bill Weber. I'm an Instructional Technologist at Montana State
University Billings. My primary responsibilities revolve around
Online Learning and our LMS -- covering everything from instructional
design to technical support. I am also an adjunct instructor in the
education department. My Masters is in Educational Technology with an
emphasis in Online Teaching and Learning. Since things are slowing
down this summer and I didn't find a class that interested me, I've
been jumping on opportunities to participate in MOOCs. I'm looking
forward to exploring the "next big ideas" in Online/Distance Education.

[Terence Armentano]

I agree with John's statement,  " I'm 

curious to see how the mix of openness and structure will work and 
what will emerge from this gathering."

Also, I think it would be a good idea for an organization to set up accredited MOOC's using KHAN Academy as well as Open Courseware materials. Who want's to explore this endeavor with me?

ps. I wish Google groups allowed us to edit our post's after submitting instead of having to delete it and repost.

Terence

[M C Morgan]

M C Morgan, Bemidji State University, northern Minnesota - where it's been raining for the last week. I teach social media, new media in academic writing, tech writing, digital rhetoric, comp theory. Former Director of Composition, former Director of the Writing Resource Center, current non-director of anything. This is my third or fourth MOOC - CCK2010, and PLENK2010 with Stephen Downes and George Siemens, and I lurked on the recent mobiMOOC. All good. Looking forward to having time to jump into this one this summer. I have some trials to run on using mobile devices for participating, and some thinking to do about RSS aggregators.

As a result of PLENK2010, I introduced MOOC and PLE methods into our junior-level Weblogs and Wikis course last spring, and am bringing them into a sophomore-level Argument & Exposition course this fall. 

I'm anti-LMS (D2L, Blackboard) and have made it my personal crusade to undermine the walled gardens at every turn.

Interesting to see BGSU people in attendance. I did a Rhet/Comp PhD there back in the day. 

[Kathleen Kinney]

Hello!
I teach digital media design at a two-year technical college and am a
self-professed technology nerd. I love everything digital! I am in the
last week of my
Master's degree program in e-learning technology and design for adult
learners. I am passionate about online learning and everything that
goes with it. I have developed and currently teach several online
courses in addition to teaching in the f2f environment. My objective
for participating in this MOOC is to develop training for the faculty
at my college on how to teach online and hybrid courses. I am also
keenly interested in all up-to-the-minute developments, methods, and
tools to improve online learning.
Thanks Ray for putting this together!
Kathleen

[Amanda]

Hi all,

I am a visiting assistant professor and instructional services
librarian at University of Illinois Springfield. I have taught two
semesters of an online course at UIS, and have provided online library
tours and research workshops. We at the library are always trying to
develop better ways to reach and serve our online students, and
hopefully this course will provide me with some great ideas.

Thanks to Ray and everyone in COLRS for creating this unique learning
opportunity! I am looking forward to learning from all of the
participants.

Amanda

http://twitter.com/ahbinder
http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandabinder

[Shari McCurdy Smith]

Heidi, just wanted to say hi and say how glad I was to see your name among the members of the MOOC.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Heidi Jung (SIU) <hj...@siu.edu> wrote:

I’m Heidi Jung. I am an Instructional Designer at Southern Illinois
University. I’ve been providing instructional support for faculty at
SIU for over 15 years to improve teaching and learning.  My focus is
in addressing pedagogical issues and incorporating best practices in
online instruction.  I hold a Master of Science in Education with a
specialization in Instructional Development and am currently in the
Doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction, Instructional
Technology.

I’m excited to participate in this MOOC. --Heidi

[Mitch]

Hi - My name is Mitch and I'm an Assistant Professor at an online
university...I have been in the academic field now since I attended
law school at the U of IL campus - where I taught Business & Technical
Writing for 3 years to put myself through law school. I litigated for
15 years before returning to the classroom, full-time, and have gone
through the ranks of adjunct online professor, to New Faculty Training
Manager, to Manager of new faculty training, to Director of Faculty
Management, to Associate Dean of the College of Business & Management,
to my newest and best role of full-time faculty. I teach law, human
resources, and ethics to undergraduate and graduate students - with a
typical course load of 90 students/ 8-week session (3 courses, 5
sessions/year.) I also write online courses.

My educational background is that I have a BA ('88) and JD ('91) from
University of IL - Champaign/Urbana; a Master's in Technical
Communication from Texas Tech University ('08), and a Master's
Certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University
('11). I attended TTU and Villanova both entirely online. My BA and JD
were traditional "F2F". I also earned the SPHR status from the Human
Resource Certification Institute this past year.

It's great to be here - I look forward to learning and seeing how this
MOOC is going to work!
Thanks for sharing this opportunity with the "world."

Mitch P.

On Jun 22, 12:23 pm, Shari McCurdy Smith <sharimccurdysm...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Crystal Gasell]

Hi all,

I recently joined the CU Online team at the University of Colorado -
Denver as an Academic Technology Coordinator. I am fortunate to have
the opportunity to provide support, guidance and inspiration to
faculty and I am grateful to move into higher education. Previously, I
worked in K12 as a middle school English teacher and Integration Tech
Coach, as well as taught online classes for eNetColorado in
conjunction with the Colorado Department of Education. My experiences
and education drive my passion for providing high quality
instruction.

In my spare time, I try to take advantage of everything Colorado has
to offer. In the summer, I rock climb, bike and hike. In the winter, I
ski and ice climb. My husband is my partner in crime, so our garage is
filled with bikes and packs and parts and gear. If the season doesn't
bring epic snow or dry summer days, we pack up our bags and head to
somewhere where the conditions prove more favorable. You'll never see
us on the typical tourist track as we prefer the less beaten or more
likely the untracked path.

I look forward to learning with all of you.

[Anne Marie Moor]

Hello everyone!
I am looking forward to this MOOC on online learning and teaching and
sharing and discussion ideas with all of you. I have been a professor
of English as a foreign language and of Applied Linguistics since the
80's at the Federal University of Pelotas in the South of Brazil. For
the last ten years I have been working with CALL and online teaching
and learning.

This experience sounds very good. Good discussions to us all!

Anne

On Jun 21, 2:56 pm, Terry <herm...@bgsu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am Terry Herman, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator for
> the Learning Design, M.Ed. program (fully online) at Bowling Green
> State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. My areas of specialization are
> adaptive hypermedia and immersive learning design; multimedia,
> instructional, and courseware design; digital game-based learning;
> digital learning theories; and web mashups.
>
> On a personal note... I live outside of Bowling Green nestled between
> two interesting little towns, Grand Rapids and Tontogany. My husband
> and I have two sons and two wonderful daughters-in-law -- and the
> light of our lives are our four grandchildren. We visit Fort Myers, FL
> and Dublin, OH as often as possible to hang out with them! We also
> have one very precocious cat, Dutch (inherited from our sons). We're
> pretty sure he doesn't know he's a cat -- he acts more like a two year
> old child.
>
> I'm a huge fan of science fiction/fantasy books and movies. If I'm not
> working... there's nothing I like better than going to the zoo (our
> Toledo Zoo is awesome!), walking in one of our many parks, or baking.
>
> I look forward to learning with you all!
> --Terry
>
> On Jun 20, 12:57 pm, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi!
>
> > This is our optional introductions thread.  Please fee free to enter info
> > about yourself and get to know others in the eduMOOC!
>
> > -ray

[Al]

Hey!

Al Lind from the Kentucky Virtual Campus here.

Let's get this party started.

Al


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Allen Lind
Vice President for Technology and eLearning
Council On Postsecondary Education
502-573-1555 x305
kyvc.org kyvl.org cpe.ky.gov
kyron.ky.gov kylearningdepot.org

To learn more about Stronger by Degrees, Kentucky’s
2011-2015 Strategic Agenda for Postsecondary and Adult Education,
visit www.cpe.ky.gov/strongerbydegrees

[Corey Halaychik]

Hello all,

My name is Corey Halaychik and I'm a librarian at Three Rivers College
in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. I’m also a graduate of UIS and excited to
be a participant in this MOOC.

I am interested in identifying how advances in technology and training
techniques can be used by librarians to help our users become more
information literate.

Corey

[Heidi Morris]

Hi all!

I'm Heidi Morris, Web Site Administrator for the Office of Distance
Learning at Old Dominion University.

I've been a web designer my whole career, but I've only been in
distance learning for about seven months. I'm excited about distance
learning/e-learning/m-learning because it is so empowering. I'm here
at this MOOC to soak up information to inform my own job as well as to
share with my colleagues.

** Quick plug for ODU: We just finished a major redesign of http://dl.odu.edu.
Check it out -- and if you like it, cast a vote for us at eduStyle:
http://www.edustyle.net/site.php?site=5308. Thanks! **

About me:
ODU is also my alma mater where I earned my B.A. in English-Creative
and Professional Writing with a minor in Graphic Design. I usually
introduce myself as a half-geek. I can hand-code HTML/CSS and tweak
PHP, but I am also a big-picture thinker. I am comfortable in
Photoshop and Illustrator, but I use a PC because I like the ability
to open it up and fix or upgrade the hardware. I like being a
translator between the strictly technical and the lay person. Finally,
I am servant to one large tabby cat.

Shout out to Nicole from the VA Beach Public Library!

~ Heidi

http://dl.odu.edu
http://www.facebook.com/ODUDL
http://twitter.com/#!/ODU_DL

[Michelle Fisher]

Hi,

I'm Michelle Fisher - Coordinator of Online Learning for the College
of Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that
I served as an Instructional Designer @ Fresno State in their Digital
Campus working with faculty who were preparing to teach online. I have
an M.S. in Educational Technology with focus on Instructional Design
and Development from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA and most of a
graduate certificate in eLearning Design and Development from
University of Colorado, Denver's online program. I have been working
in online learning in higher education for nine years now and
eLearning in the private sector for one year (between universities).

In my spare time, my husband and I chase around our three children.

-Michelle

[Michelle Fisher]

Hi Joni,

It's good to see you here. I don't know if you remember me but I was
in the eLearning Design and Development certificate program in 2007/8.

-Michelle Fisher (was at Fresno State, now at West Chester University)

[Kate Derrick]

Hi everyone-

I'm a Master's student in Higher Education Administration at
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. I'm a former project manager
in the tech world in Silicon Valley and I'm interested in how online
learning is shaping the structures of higher education, specifically
campus communities and networks. I've also been interested in looking
at the impact that online learning has had in rural areas,
specifically Appalachia, and how decreasing the digital divide can
continue to improve access to education.

Looking forward to this experience!

Best,
Kate
http://www.linkedin.com/in/katederrick

[Lisa]

Greetings,

I am a PhD candidate at Arizona State University (ASU) in Educational
technology and working on my dissertation. I teach technology
integration to pre-service teachers enrolled in the MLF Teacher's
College at ASU. I also work on several projects as an instructional
design expert consultant and evaluator. My research interests have
been mostly focused in online learning. I am currently looking at
using rubrics to support students' critical thinking skill
demonstration in asynchronous discussion boards through a 2x2 quasi-
experimental research design.

I love to hike the wilderness, cook, try new foods, and experience the
fine arts. I look forward to exploring the future of online learning
with you.

Thanks,
Lisa

On Jun 22, 10:13 am, Kate Derrick <kate.derr...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone-
>
> I'm a Master's student in Higher Education Administration at
> Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. I'm a former project manager
> in the tech world in Silicon Valley and I'm interested in how online
> learning is shaping the structures of higher education, specifically
> campus communities and networks. I've also been interested in looking
> at the impact that online learning has had in rural areas,
> specifically Appalachia, and how decreasing the digital divide can
> continue to improve access to education.
>
> Looking forward to this experience!
>
> Best,

> Katehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/katederrick

[rayschroeder]

Curt (and all)-

HI! Sorry it has taken so long to respond... I have been trying to
keep up with the registrations! As of this minute we have 1,113
registered. I am trying to find a larger online web conferencing room
for our synchronous sessions so that more of us can meet for the panel
discussions.

I like the title "Connected!" And, your rendition of Alice Cooper's
"Elected" is grand! Just wonderful! The only problem is that you
have not heard me sing (as no one will). So, I'll leave the singing
to you or others so talented.

In just these few seconds we have increased to 1,116. So I have to
get back to tending the "registration" table so-to-speak.

Thanks to you and all the panelists for participating.

I encourage us all to carefully read the http://sites.google.com/site/edumooc/
page and begin to dig into some of the hundreds of resources that are
linked for the weeks (the richest source of links is Curt Bonk's
Syllabus in the final week).

ray


>
> Yes, Ray is the connected one. We should annoint him as such. And
> perhaps we should we rename the ol' Alice Cooper song, "Elected," to
> "Connected" in honor of Ray. Whatcha say Ray?
>
> "Connected" hypothetically sung by Ray Schroeder
>
> I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your Google search choice
> I wanna be connected
> I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
> I wanna be connected
> Kids want a savior, don't need a fake
> I wanna be connected
> We're gonna rock to the rules that I make
> I wanna be connected, connected, connected
> I never lied to you, I've always been cool
> I wanna be connected
> I gotta get the vote, and I told you about school
> I wanna be connected, connected, connected
> Hallelujah, I wanna be connected
> Everyone in the United States of Facebook
> We're gonna win this one, take the world by storm
> We're gonna be connected
> You and me together, young and strong
> We're gonna be connected, connected, connected
> Respected, selected, call collected
> I wanna be connected, connected

[Dave Braunschweig]

Hi everyone!

I'm Dave Braunschweig, Associate Professor of Computer Information
Systems at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. I teach a wide
variety of database, networking, and programming courses, usually in
an online format with Blackboard as the course management system.

I'm always looking for ways to improve my courses and look forward to
our discussions over the next eight weeks, and perhaps beyond.

Dave

-----

Dave Braunschweig
Associate Professor
Computer Information Systems
Harper College
Email: dbra...@harpercollege.edu
Messages: 847-925-6817
Web Site: http://www.harpercollege.edu/cis/

[Elizabeth Delacruz]

Hi Ray & everyone (all 825 of you, and counting),

I'm Elizabeth Delacruz. I've been teaching in the art education
division at the University of Illinois since 1988 and recently started
teaching for the University of Florida Online Masters Degree program.
I look forward to learning more about online teaching in this course.
http://bit.ly/delacruz

Thanks!

[Alex Halavais]

Hi, all,

A thousand self-introductions is a scary beast, but I'm game...

I am Alex Halavais, I teach in an all-online and a hybrid graduate
program in interactive communication at Quinnipiac University. I've
been teaching hybrid courses for more than a decade, mostly in the
open, and enjoy experimenting with new approaches. The largest of my
online courses had over two hundred people keeping personal blogs, and
that experience made me realize that once you hit a fairly low
threshold, you have to design for scalability and open interaction.

I'm more recently interested in alternative forms of assessment, both
in traditional and less traditional learning environments.

Looking forward to learning more with all of you.

Best,

Alex

[Nicole]

Hi Heidi!! Small world! Go VB!! ;)

On Jun 22, 1:04 pm, Heidi Morris <hmor...@odu.edu> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'm Heidi Morris, Web Site Administrator for the Office of Distance
> Learning at Old Dominion University.
>
> I've been a web designer my whole career, but I've only been in
> distance learning for about seven months. I'm excited about distance
> learning/e-learning/m-learning because it is so empowering. I'm here
> at this MOOC to soak up information to inform my own job as well as to
> share with my colleagues.
>

> ** Quick plug for ODU: We just finished a major redesign ofhttp://dl.odu.edu.

> Check it out -- and if you like it, cast a vote for us at eduStyle:http://www.edustyle.net/site.php?site=5308. Thanks! **
>
> About me:
> ODU is also my alma mater where I earned my B.A. in English-Creative
> and Professional Writing with a minor in Graphic Design. I usually
> introduce myself as a half-geek. I can hand-code HTML/CSS and tweak
> PHP, but I am also a big-picture thinker. I am comfortable in
> Photoshop and Illustrator, but I use a PC because I like the ability
> to open it up and fix or upgrade the hardware. I like being a
> translator between the strictly technical and the lay person. Finally,
> I am servant to one large tabby cat.
>
> Shout out to Nicole from the VA Beach Public Library!
>
> ~ Heidi
>

> http://dl.odu.eduhttp://www.facebook.com/ODUDLhttp://twitter.com/#!/ODU_DL

>
> On Jun 20, 12:57 pm, rayschroeder <rayschroe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi!
>
> > This is our optional introductions thread.  Please fee free to enter info
> > about yourself and get to know others in the eduMOOC!
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[Penny Kuckkahn]

Hi,

 

I am the instructional technology/faculty development coordinator at NIcolet College in Northern Wisconsin.  I started in education over 20 years ago as a K-12 Japanese teacher via an ITFS system and have been working in postsecondary curriculum for about 8 years now.

 

In my spare time I love to sew and garden, but most often you can find me sitting in an ice arena watching my daughter's figure skating lessons/attending board meetings/sewing competition dresses or helping out with curriuclum at my sons Charter school where I serve on the governance council.

 

This is my first experience with a MOOC and I am looking forward to it.

 

Penny

[Diana]

Hello everybody:-)
Hi Ray and thanks for helping me today:-)

My name is Diana Gellci and I am an Anthropology instructor at Wayne
State University in Detroit. I have a special interested on Learning
Technologies. I am certified on Online Teaching and I have designed
quite a few Anthro courses online as well as taught several hundred
students. I am very excited about this experience.

Best wishes to all,
Diana

[Mark Notess]

Hello eduMOOCers,

I am the manager of teaching & learning software development in the
Digital Library Program at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
I finished a doctorate in Instructional Systems Technology here at IU
a few years ago. I am also on the advisory board for ACM's eLearn
Magazine (http://www.elearnmag.org) and do consulting as http://www.verythere.com
. My particular interests are in the user experience of learning and
teaching, course management systems, and online learning. My
professional experience includes a long stint doing UX work in the
high tech industry and working for an online higher ed startup.

For more about me, see http://www.marknotess.com

I mostly enjoy being a husband, father, and grandparent, but I also
read classics, hike, play guitar, and make my own fruitcake. Recently,
I've been trying to get my church more engaged in online learning and
social media.

Mark

[Laura Pedrick]

All,

I'm Laura Pedrick, Special Assistant to the Provost at UW-Milwaukee. I
oversee UWM Online (www.online.uwm.edu), and I am very interested in
this MOOC. At UWM we are in the midst of a strategic visioning process
centered on the challenges and opportunities of technology in higher
education. We are producing a Digital Future action plan--see
http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/digitalfuture/ for a glimpse of our work
in progress. Some of our working group recommendations address open
learning, which I hope to experience in this course.

Best,
Laura

[James Moore]

Hello!

My name is James Moore, and I am the Director of Online Learning for
DePaul University's College of Commerce.

The short bio I typically use in these situations is:

James Moore is the Director of Online Learning for DePaul University’s
College of Commerce. He teaches Internet Marketing classes in fully
online, blended and face-to-face formats. He attempts to balance his
love of technology and gadgets with the knowledge that quick and
simple solutions are best. Unfortunately, creating quick and simple
solutions often involves a long and complex process.

Looking forward to learning more. I can be found online at:

http://wwww.depaul.edu/~jmoore/

and

http://twitter.com/dunsurfin

[dam...@psu.edu]

I would speak, but I am sitting here in awe...

I appreciate the opportunity to learn from these discussions, even
though I am only a graduate student. I had no idea that online classes
existed when I returned to my local community college with the
intention of finishing a degree I had pushed aside 20 years earlier.
Four years and four degrees later and I cannot contain my enthusiasm
for learning or for helping others along their journey.

This is why I now find myself - a middle-aged mom and full-time
business administrator - in a graduate program studying distance
education and adult education. I want to make a difference and I am
trying to be patient while I puzzle out the details of how.

My research interests center around building online learning
communities and, more specifically, their potential to become support
resources for increasing learner engagement. I am excited to see
people discussing Community of Inquiry as I have studied that model as
well as Communities of Practice with fervor. As an undergraduate
majoring in psychology, I was a founding member and president of the
first online student organization at Penn State.

Again, thank you for this learning opportunity. I can't wait to get
started!

Debbie Mynar

[Elena]

Howdy everyone.
I work at Suffolk University in downtown Boston as the Academic
Learning Technologist. At this point I am working specifically with
our Business School faculty to help them integrate technology. This
ranges from answering questions about why they can't copy a course in
Blackboard (9.1) to what kind of social media to choose for a town-
gown collaborative site, to designing the online teaching and learning
guidelines and courses for our faculty. I registered for the first
George Siemens and Stephen Downes Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC)
called, Connectivism and Connected Knowledge. I got so overwhelmed I
didn't finish it, but it was a heck of an experience.

I live in a great part of Boston that is commutable to work via public
transportation, has lots of green space, and has a variety of diverse
neighborhoods. I hope to bike to work this summer, get out to do some
kayaking, of course walk my labradoodle, Gilmore, and join some
drumming circles.

[rayschroeder]

Nancy
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I am very interested in participating in this group. I teach online
mathematics at the community college and also teach in the master's
program at Walden University.My disseration dealt with interactions
that occur in online developmental mathematics classes at community
colleges. My objective for participating is this groups is to learn
what others are doing and to learn new ideas and strategies to
improve
online learning. I look forward to hearing what is happening across
the world.

[rayschroeder]

JHorgan
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Hi!
I earned my B.A. in history and political science at Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, M.A. in history at Marquette
University and Doctor of Arts in Modern World History at St. John’s
University in New York, New York. In addition to my service at CUW, I
taught history at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Suffolk County
Community College (New York) and the New School for Social Research
(New York).
At Concordia I teach courses in Western and American civilization,
the
Non-Western World, Modern Europe, France, Germany, America, and
Africa
while serving as the History Department’s webmaster. In 2004 I
presented a paper to the American Historical Association’s annual
meeting in Washington, D.C. on economic sanctions, American churches
and South Africa. In 2007 my articles on French perspectives of the
United States and international perspectives of U.S. environmental
policy were published in Global Perspectives on the United States
(Berkshire Publishing). In 2009, I contibuted an article on natural
and man-made disasters in Chinese history to the Encyclopedia on
China
(Berkshire Publishing). My on-going reading, teaching and research
interests include civilian relief during World War I, plagues and
diseases in world history and food history.

[rayschroeder]

From: Lark <lark.birds...@deltak-innovation.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:37:06 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jun 22 2011 12:37 pm
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Hello to Everyone,
My name is Lark and I am a life long "classer" as my daughter
described me when she was younger. I have worked in institutions of
higher education (University of Iowa and Denver University) and have
three master's degrees; a master's in education from the University
of
North Carolina-Greensboro; a MBA in finance and accounting from Regis
University and a Master in Library and Information Science from the
University of Washington.
Currently, I work as Director of Market Strategy for Deltak. Deltak
is
focused on extending the mission, programs and reach of academic
partners to a broader geographic and diverse population of learners
through online degree programs. Leveraging our experience, knowledge,
and advancing technology we connect learners seeking online degree
programs with prominent institutions that possess a reputation for
academic integrity and rigor.
Thanks to all for the work on setting up this MOOC and for those
participating.
Lark Birdsong
lark.birds...@deltak-innovation.com
303-316-2230

[rayschroeder]

From: "Apostolos K." <a.koutropou...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:50:39 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jun 22 2011 3:50 pm
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So there is a name for the affliction! lol
In my case I started off with completing an MBA program (Human
Resources and IT concentrations), then completing an MS in IT, then
an
MEd in Instructional Design and finally an MA in Applied Linguistics.
I guess a PhD will be next ;-)
AK
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From: Jenny Ankenbauer <jennyankenbau...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:08:52 +0300
Local: Wed, Jun 22 2011 3:08 pm
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Günaydın
My name is Jenny Ankenbauer and I live in Ankara Turkey. I am an
adult
educator and teach ELL classes for a Turkish NGO. I have several
years
experience as a certified teacher in US public schools and a few more
as
a community college instructor. From reading the intros I seem to be
in the
minority as an educator whose primary job is not IT or ID. So I'll
be approaching the discussions from a different angle than most of
our
community members, and responding off kilter as well.
My primary goal is to learn innovative ways to maximize student
interactivity with content thus reducing dependency on text-based
knowledge
delivery. Be it F2F, hybrid or online, collaborative learning planned
around
a high degree of interactivity and student ownership, followed up with
a
healthy dose of genuine mentored feedback, is central to
transformative
learning. I am interested in learning how other instructors have met
this
challenge. It will also be great to exchange views on two other less
concrete, but equally essential elements of learning; self-regulated
learning and teacher epistemology.
I am happy to be amongst so many online instructional experts. I look
forward to the next few weeks of doing my part to stir the stew. It
promises to be a real banquet!
Jenny

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Davina M. DeVries
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Hello From Florida

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My name is Davina DeVries. I am currently the Staff Assistant at The
University of South Florida's Campus Recreation Department. I
completed my M. Ed. in Instructional Technology in May 2010, and will
begin teaching classes at USF this summer. I truly enjoy creating
educational content and love widgets. Being able to sign up for this
MOOC is the highlight of my summer. I am a self proclaimed Life Long
Learner and will begin Ph. D. classes in Instructional Technology
this
fall.
My objectives for participating in this MOOC are twofold. First, I
want to continue developing my skills in creating online learning and
second I would like to create a community of online educators to
share
ideas, content, examples, and success stories of online learning.
Social collaboration is the key to developing successful eLearning.
In
addition, I hope to take away some great ideas to add to the training
program I am currently creating for the Campus Recreation Department.
I plan to create weekly posts on the topics discussed. For now I will
be adding these posts to my Google site: https://sites.google.com/site/davinamdevries/home.
Thank you to all the facilitators,
Davina

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evin Moquin
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From: Kevin Moquin <kevin.moq...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:54:45 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi. I'm Kevin Moquin. I have to say I'm a bit overwhelmed by the wide
and deep expertise of the participants in this MOOC. I come to this
as
a complete newbie who is no longer even teaching. I previously taught
in a local college for over 10 years, teaching courses in history,
political science, the humanities, philosophy, critical thinking, and
paralegal studies. I'm a lawyer by trade and a lifelong learner by
avocation. My current interest is in the potential of the Web for
motivated, self-directed learners to work collaboratively to futher
lifelong learning and self-directed scholarly work. I recently began
blogging on this subject and am intrigued by the potentials of DIY
learning and the EduPunk movement. I am also a Scholar in Residence
at
my house.

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Salela, Pamela
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:10:44 +0000
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Hi,
I am Pamela Salela, librarian & faculty member at the University of
Illinois at Springfield. From a historical standpoint, it's been
interesting to watch the evolution of online learning since my time as
a graduate student in the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science at UIUC (1997-1999). I was a teaching assistant for an online
course in 1997, long before tools like Blackboard, WebCT, etc. ever
existed.
Though I have taught a course online many times in the past several
years at UIS, I still have MUCH to learn!
Pamela

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Daniel Lynds
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From: Daniel Lynds <dly...@upei.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:46:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello all:
I'm excited to get to know some of you and go through what will most
likely be a whirlwind of an 8 weeks.
I currently work at the Webster Centre at UPEI in Canada as an E-
Learning Instructional Designer.
I'm twittering @daniellynds
Looking forward,
Daniel

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mcgre...@uif.uillinois.edu
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From: mcgre...@uif.uillinois.edu
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:11:58 -0700 (PDT)
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Greetings, Everyone!
I’m a newbie to the MOOC concept, and I love to learn new stuff!
My name is Janet McGreevy, and I'm a senior communications specialist
at the University of Illinois Foundation. I don't have a Google
profile set up yet, but I do have a profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/janetmcgreevy.
I have a master's degree from Eastern Illinois University in human
resource development and technology, and I earned a Master Online
Teacher (MOT) certification from the Illinois Online Network at the
University of Illinois last December. Although I’ve been working in
marketing/communications for the past few years, I’m working toward a
transition back to training/teaching—I've started to really miss that
type of work and learner engagement, and want to make a career
change.
Earlier in my career, I developed and conducted training for a
variety
of learners.
I follow Ray Schroeder regularly, and if he’s involved in something,
it’s sure to be interesting as well as a great learning opportunity!
I’m really looking forward to seeing how all this works, how we learn
together, and from one another, with this type of approach.
Cheers,
Janet
Janet L. McGreevy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (campus)
Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Barb Perlewitz
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From: Barb Perlewitz <barb_p...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:21:55 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Barb Perlewitz and I and the director of the Graduate
Teacher Certification program (Secondary Education) and the
Curriculum
and Instruction Master's program at Concordia University NE. I have
been teaching online for nearly five years, but I'm always looking
for
ways to improve my own instruction and provide support and guidance
for my adjuncts. I'm usually the first to try new and innovative
things and share my experiences (successes and failures) with my
colleagues.
I am new to MOOCs, and think this will be a great learning/growing
experience once I get it all figured out. I am looking forward to
getting to know many of you, and as the intro video said to get
networks started (or added to). My areas of interest are, but not
limited to, instructional design, and online teaching tools.

[rayschroeder]

Phil Auter
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:25:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello All:
I'm Phil Auter, an associate professor of communication at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Although my wife (who also
teaches communication in our department are teaching a total of six
classes this summer, we are spending the summer with our family at
the
beach in Florida. All six of our classes are 100% online using
primarily Moodle, but also other tools such as Elluminate. I hope
that my freshmen level intro to mass comm class will become one of
the
first at ULL to pass Quality Matters standards.
I've been teaching online and hybrid for 5-7 years now and including
class websites for over 10 years. I look forward to the discussions
and the learning experiences from this MOOC and hope they will make
us
all better online and traditional educators.
Phil Auter
__________________________________________________
Philip J. Auter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Hubert Bourgeois Endowed Professor in Communication
Executive Director, American Communication Association
www.americancomm.org
Co-Director, USAID Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Grant
University of Louisiana / Qatar University
Partnership for Excellence in Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Communication
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 135
P.O. Box 43650
Lafayette, LA 70504
Phone: (337) 482-6106
Fax: (337) 482-6104
Email: au...@louisiana.edu
Web: www.auter.tv
_________________________

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George Siemens
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:12:02 -0600
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Subject: hello from Athabasca University

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Hi all,
I'm looking forward to participating in this open course - from the
site, it looks like there are almost 600 of us involved. Thanks to
Ray
and others for pulling together a great summer time learning
experience!
I'm with the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at
Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. My research areas include
learning analytics, social networks for learning, openness in
education, and emerging technologies in higher education. (I'm
teaching two courses in the SCIS and MDE masters programs at AU in
fall on learning analytics and openness in education).
I blog here: http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/
I'm gsiemens on twitter.
George