Janet Simons

-investigation of multimedia literacy and its relationship to learniing, -scholarly multimedia communication, -investigation of academic support models at the course level

Film, Science, Art, Education, Learning Theory

Janet Simons is an instructional technologist at Hamilton College supporting the scholarship of teaching and faculty development programs. Janet specializes in tailored course designs that integrate technology and learning theory to achive specific learning goals.

James Williamson

wallen@astate.edu

Editorial Board of Educause Quarterly, mastering and teaching PhotoShop, research in Ottoman photography, creative project tentatively call "found people."

History of photography, history of Byzantine art and architecture, distorting images to clarify composition, teaching online

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

Bryan Alexander

MANE IT leaders network, CET media studies initiative, CET Advanced Student Technology Program, Training workshops on multimedia narrative, project management, wireless pedagogy, Multiple blogs

English, media studies, digital culture

Bryan Alexander is Director for Emerging Technologies at NITLE, where he researches and develops programs on the advanced uses of information technology in liberal arts colleges. His specialties include digital writing, weblogs, copyright and intellectual property, information literacy, wireless culture and teaching, project management, information design, and interdisciplinary collaboration. He maintains and contributes to a series of weblogs, including NITLE Tech News and Smartmobs, when not creating digital learning objects. A PhD graduate of the University of Michigan, he has also taught English and information technology studies at Centenary College.

Layne Nordgren

Alan Levine

Maricopa Learning eXchange, CogDogBlog, Feed2JS, Maricopa ePortfolio, Ocotillo, Spreading the good word on wikis, blogs, RSS, open source tools

Instructional Technology, Web Design, Information / Visual Design

Since 1992, Alan Levine has been an Instructional Technologist in the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction, located at the district office for the Maricopa Community Colleges in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. With degrees in Geology (none in computers!), he is completely a self-taught techie and has managed to teach computer animation classes as well. He coordinates system wide technology task forces, such as "Ocotillo", consults with faculty on integrating technology, and develops special projects in multimedia and web technologies. His projects include on-line tutorials such as "Writing HTML", online application/review systems for internal faculty grants and faculty professional growth programs, web resources such as "Community College Web", "Multimedia Authoring Web", and "Director Web" and innovative projects such as the Maricopa Learning eXchange, Feed2JS, and the "Hero's Journey" storytelling web site. Back in October 1993, Alan launched the first web server in Maricopa running on a humbler Mac Se/30. A more recent project is the Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX), online virtual warehouse of innovation at Maricopa as well as recent experimentation with weblogs, wikis, RSS, podcasting, connecting learning objects with trackback, "rip-mix-learn", "small technologies loosely joined", digital storytelling, and "social" technologies.

Jonathan Finkelstein

Jonathan. Finkelstein is the founder and Executive Producer of LearningTimes.org and the President of the LearningTimes Network. He has been designing and producing online conferences, communities, events and collaborative technologies for education for over ten years. He works closely with a wide range of educational institutions to grow and maintain online learning communities and to foster human interaction live online. Many of his online programs have been recognized with industry awards. Mr. Finkelstein's forthcoming book, Learning in Real Time (Jossey-Bass, 2006), translates his many years of experience facilitating live online learning into a resource guide for educators. Mr. Finkelstein is a Certified Synchronous Training Professional (CSTP), and received his AB degree with honors from Harvard University.

Richard Edwards

Podcasting: "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" http://outofthepast.libsyn.com, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Digital Literacy, Remix Culture and the Moving Image

remix culture, film studies, digital literacy, digital communication, alternative media

Richard L. Edwards received his Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Saint Mary's College of California.

Brian J King

kelly dempsey-little

I am interested in new methods of delivering digital media, information extraction and the general application of cutting-edge, yet useful technologies to the humanities., Human-Computer Interface Design, Integrating technology into teaching

Kelly Dempsey-Little received her B.A. in English and Elementary Education from Norwich University, Northfield, VT in 1988 and her M.A. in Computing and Education from Columbia University's Teacher's College in 2002. Since 2002, she has been the Coordinator of Training and Documentation in the IT Department at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Kelly coordinates college wide technology training for students, faculty and staff, consults with faculty on integrating technology, and develops special projects in multimedia and web technologies.