Disciplinary Interests: teaching
Regina L. Garza Mitchell
Dr. Ludmila Smirnova
Ludmila Smirnova is Associate Professor of Education at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. Prior to coming to the U.S., she was professor of education at Volgograd State Pedagogical University, Russia, where she also served as Dean of the School of Foreign Languages. During her 25-year Russian career, Dr. Smirnova was known for her work in innovative approaches to teaching. She played a key role in creating a model Ecological Gymnasium and other experimental “charter schools” in Southern part of Russia. A number of her Ph.D. students and scores of Masters students worked with her to produce comparative studies of successful innovative efforts in education. Dr. Smirnova has been a Montessori trainer, and has run seminars and training programs for Montessori teachers in Russia, Holland and the U.S.
Moving to the U.S. in 2000, she brought this focus on innovation into the realm of emerging Web technology, where she quickly became recognized for her leadership in Web applications to education. She has used her own teaching to drive her learning, regularly offering such courses as Curricular Planning, Methods of Teaching, Nature of Schools and Society and Teaching with Technology.
Jeremy W. Donald
Jeremy Donald is a reference/instruction and GIS/Government Documents librarian at the Trinity University Coates library in San Antonio, TX. He serves as the library liaison to the departments of Communication, Political Science, Economics, and Urban Studies.
Aaron Prevots
American Association of Teachers of French, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, American Literary Translators Association, Conseil International d'Études Francophones, Modern Language Association, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, South Central Modern Language Association, Women in French
Aaron Prevots is Assistant Professor of French at Southwestern University. In addition to French through Songs and Singing, his current projects include studies of contemporary French poetry and numerous translations, in particular the full-length bilingual poetry volume Retour au calme / Return to Calm (Jacques Réa, trans. Aaron Prevots, Austin: Host Publications, September 2007).
Dr. Linda E Kvamme
The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development., The College Art Association (CAA) promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art., The Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote the visual arts in higher education.
MUSE Conference: The Measuring Unique Studies Effectively conference, or MUSE, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, is designed to build a community of art and design professionals who share an intellectual curiosity about student learning and are committed to facilitating continuous improvement at the program, classroom and institutional levels., Critical and Creative Thinking, A Collaboration, Chair: Kristie Bruzenak, Savannah College of Art and Design, Dr. Linda Kvamme, Savannah College of Art and Design, Defining Art and Design Education: Creative and Critical Thinking, Joel Varland, Savannah College of Art and Design, Creativity: Alternating Modes of Perception and Location Within the Body, Cheri Jacobs and Nancy Emmeluth, Savannah College of Art and Design, What Relationships Exist Between Critical and Creative Thinking?, Laura Ng, Savannah College of Art and Design, Measuring Creative Thinking – The Roles of the Critic the Critique and Context, Mary Lou Davis, Savannah College of Art and Design, The Challenge of Developing Creativity
John Ottenhoff
John Ottenhoff is Vice President of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, a consortium of 14 independent liberal arts colleges located in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
David Green
College Art Association, Visual Resources Association, Museum Computer Network, American Association of Museums
Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning, Website for International Foundation for Art Research, Digital Rights Management and Ecommerce in Museums, KnowledgeCulture.com
David Green is Principal in Knowledge Culture, a consultancy offering research services and resources for cultural heritage professionals.
John Immerwahr
John Immerwahr is a professor of Philosophy at Villanova University and the director of www.teachphilosophy101.org
Paula Vincini
Instructional Design Blog, Knowledgebase wiki, OSP Eportfolios, Classroom Response Systems, Faculty Development for Teaching and Learning with Technology, Teaching and Learning Art History with Digital Images
Paula Vincini is the Instructional Design Specialist for Academic Technology in the University Information Technology (UIT)Department at Tufts University. She received her Ed.S. from the Instructional Systems Technology program at Indiana University.
M C Smith
American Educational Research Association, International Reading Association, National Reading Conference
M Cecil Smith is a professor of educational psychology at Northern Illinois University.
Liz Evans
Liz Evans is the Academic Computing Coordinator for the Natural Sciences at Swarthmore College.
Gary Wells
Gary Wells is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History at Ithaca College.
Phillip Butler
Pamela Vaughn
Professional and Organizational Development Network, American Philological Association, Association of Ancient Historians
EnACT grant campus partner (Department of Education), FIPSE campus participant (MERLOT/ELIXR case story development), CSU Transforming Course Design Initiative
Pamela Vaughn is Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Director of the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development at San Francisco State University. She is also a Professor of Classics.
Erick Groot
Erick Groot is a professor in the Biology Department with a cross appointment in the Fisheries & Aquaculture Dept. at Malaspina University-College on the west coast of Canada. He teaches a variety of courses including introductory biology, animal physiology, human anatomy & physiology, and aquatic ecology at both the junior and senior undergraduate levels.
Mark Trowbridge
Meg E. Stewart
Meg Stewart is the Academic Computing Consultant for GIS in the Computing and Information Services department at Vassar College. She manages and maintains a desktop GIS lab and a mobile computing tablet PC "lab." Meg helps faculty and students use mapping technologies in their classes and research projects to answer geospatial questions.
D. Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson is Director of the Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma and an Asst. Professor of Adult and Higher Education.
Paula Lackie
Outreach to data librarians in developing economies for IASSIST (social science data archives, delivery and support), Educational outreach for professional development for IASSIST members, ICPSR executive council member, Moodle implementation, ...
Paula Lackie is a long time social science data advocate and social science and humanities technologist at Carleton College.
wallen@astate.edu
Editorial Board of Educause Quarterly, mastering and teaching PhotoShop, research in Ottoman photography, creative project tentatively call "found people."
b. Tuscaloosa, AL; BA U of Alabama, masters and doctorate Johns Hopkins, at Arkansas State University once served as chair of art department and as dean of the college of fine arts; created center to assist faculty with new technologies, a project that continues
