Projects and Curriculum Development 2011-2012

Fall 2011 & Winter 2011: Redesign my online Calculus I and II courses to be Mathematica-based. Adjust schedule, lessons, and resources to match the new e-text. Preping and teaching a new algebra course at UOP over winter break. Take two Quality Matters workshops to become a certified Quality Matters online course Peer Reviewer.

Spring 2012: I will be on sabbatical. My sabbatical project includes: (1) Creating twelve Just-in-Time algebra lessons, and (2) Developing an online self-paced course to prepare students to take online mathematics or STEM classes including examples of discussion questions and expectations for substantive participation. My personal plans include travel (driving & camping) to the east coast of U.S.A. and Canada with a home-schooling focus on the history and geography of North America.


Conferences, Workshops, and Webinars Attended in 2012

Web Conference: "Follow the Sun Online Learning Futures Festival 2012"
Univ. of Leicester's Beyond Distance Research Alliance 2012/03/27-30
www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance/festival

Conference held in Second Life: "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2012" VWBPE12
Rockcliff University Consortium 2012/03/15-17 www.vwbpe.org

Webcast Conference: "The Distruptive Educational Research Conference" EDGEx2012
Edge Forum, New Dehli, India, 2012/03/12-14 www.edgex.in

Web Conference: Open Education Week 2012
Open Courseware Consortium 2012/03/05-10 openeducationweek.org

Webinar: "Minimizing Your Workload when Teaching Online" (Stephanie Delaney)
NW e-Learn 2012/02/28 nwelearn.org/webinars/workload.asp

Webinar: "Microscope Cleaning & Troubleshooting"
VWR Education 2012/02/28 sciencekit.com/academy

Webinar: "Chemistry In-the-Bag Inquiry Activities"
VWR Education 2012/02/07 sciencekit.com/academy

Webinar: "Laboratory Safety in the Life Sciences Classroom"
VWR Education 2012/02/01 sciencekit.com/academy

Web Workshop: "Quality Matters - Peer Reviewer Certification" (two-week certifying workshop)
Quality Matters 2012/02/01-02/15 qmprogram.org

Webinar: "Open Online Math Homework with Open Textbooks" (David Lippman)
Community College Consortium for OER 2012/01/31 MyOpenMath.com

Book Discussion Group: "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" (Rob Speer)
Informal online discussion group 2012/1/17-7/17 reddit.com/r/GEB

Open Online Course: "Introduction to Openness in Education" IOE12 (David Wiley)
Open Education U.S. 2012/01/02-3/25 openeducation.us

MOOC: “Change – Education, Learning, and Technology” (Downes, Siemens, Cormier)
2011/9/12-2012/5/20 change.mooc.ca (continued from fall 2011)

 

Conferences, Workshops, and Webinars Attended in 2011

Webinar: "Mobile Learning" (Caroline Moore)
IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG 2011/12/18 /ltsig.org.uk/online-events

Webinar: "Negotiating Teaching Presence - Implications for Online Teaching, Course Design, and the Community of Inquiry Framework" (Dr. Tannis Morgan)
CIDER 2011/11/2 cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions/morgant/sessiondetails

Webinar: "Playing with Multivariable Calculus using 3D Glasses"
AMATYC 2011/10/27 web.monroecc.edu/calcNSF/Calc3dWebinar2011

Workshop: "Quality Matters - Applying the QM Rubric" (six-hour certifying workshop)
Clark College, Vancouver WA 2011/10/21, 2011/10/28, 2011/11/4 qmprogram.org

Conference: “Northwest eLearn Conference 2011” elearn.wa
Clark Technical Center, Vancouver WA 2011/10/13-14 elearninginwa.blogspot.com

Web Conference: “Wolfram Mathematica Virtual Conference 2011”
Wolfram Mathematica 2011/9/26-27 seminars.wolfram.com

Web Workshop: “Avoiding Faculty Burnout”
Sloan Consortium 2011/9/14-23 sloanconsortium.org

Graduate Course: "Social Media and Open Education" EC&I-831 (enrolled as non-credit)
University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2011/9/13-2011/12/12 eci831.ca

MOOC: “Change – Education, Learning, and Technology” (Downes, Siemens, Cormier)
2011/9/12-2012/5/20 hange.mooc.ca

MOOC: “Online Learning Today and Tomorrow” eduMOOC
Organized by The Center for Online Learning, Research and Service
2011/6/27-2011/8/19 sites.google.com/site/edumooc

Webinar: “Supporting Faculty Virtually with Tools that Anyone Can Use”
Sloan Consortium 2011/8/2 sloanconsortium.org

Conference: Washington Community College Mathematics Conference 2011  
WCCMC Stevenson WA 2011/4/28-30

Webinar: “SciEthics Interactive - A One-of-a-Kind Virtual Experience for Science Students”
Sloan Consortium 2011/4/20 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “Using Quality Scorecard for Administration of Online Programs”
Sloan Consortium 2011/4/13 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “Community Colleges - Maximizing Your Online Learning Budget”
Sloan Consortium 2011/4/12 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “Game Design and Technology for STEM+ Learning Collaborative”
Sloan Consortium (HP STEM grant #3 of 3) 2011/4/6 sloanconsortium.org

MOOC: “Mobile Learning (mLearning)” MobiMOOC (Traxler, Ignatia de Waard, et al)
2011/4/2-2011/5/14 mobimooc.wikispaces.com

Webinar: “Encouraging Faculty to use MERLOT to Enhance their Classes”
Sloan Consortium 2011/3/30 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “What’s New in Mathematica 8”
Wolfram Mathematica 2011/3/22 seminars.wolfram.com

Webinar: “Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists - How Partnerships Strengthen
Science Ed.” Amgen U.S., Berkeley U., Chron. of Higher Ed. 2011/3/10 event.on24.com

Webinar: “MERLOT an Introduction”
Sloan Consortium 2011/2/23 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “A Homeschoolers Guide to High School Grades, Credits, and Transcripts”
HomeScholar 2011/2/22 thehomescholar.com

Webinar: “Remote Access to Scientific Instrumentation and Online Labs for STEM Education”
Sloan Consortium (HP STEM grant #2 of 3) 2011/2/22 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “WebMathematica”
Wolfram Mathematica 2011/2/16 seminars.wolfram.com

Webinar: “Empowering STEM Faculty for Learner-Centered Environments”
Sloan Consortium (HP STEM grant #1 of 3) 2011/2/9 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “Seeing and Hearing Online Students in an Asynchronous Environment”
Sloan Consortium 2011/2/8 sloanconsortium.org

Webinar: “Tour Through Calculus”
Wolfram Mathematica 2011/2/2 seminars.wolfram.com

Webinar: “Topics in First Year Calculus”
Wolfram Mathematica 2011/1/27 seminars.wolfram.com


Conferences, Workshops, and Webinars Attended in 2010

Webinar: “Got Manipulate”
Wolfram Mathematica 2010/12/7 seminars.wolfram.com 

Web Workshop: “Academic Integrity”
Sloan Consortium 2010/12/1-10 sloanconsortium.org

MOOC: “Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge 2010” PLENK2010
(Downes, Siemens, Cormier, Rita Kop) 2010/9/13-2010/11/20
ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/course/view.php?id=3  

Web Workshop: “MoodleRooms Joule Training - Phase III”
Clark College 2010/8/9-20

Web Workshop: “Audio/Video Tools for Teaching & Learning”
Sloan Consortium 2010/7/7-16 sloanconsortium.org  

MOOC: “Critical Literacies 2010” CL10 (Stephen Downes & Rita Kop)
2010/5/31-2010/7/11 ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/course/view.php?id=2

Conference: “Pacific Northwest MAA Section Meeting”
PNW-MAA Seattle WA 2010/4/9-11 sections.maa.org/pnw
(Note: Received award for 25 year membership in MAA.)

Conference: Washington Community College Mathematics Conference 2010
WCCMC Yakima WA 2010/5/20-22

Webinar: "Nine Shift 2010: The Transition Begins"
LERN 2010/5/19 lern.org

MOOC: “Open Course in Futures Education”
(George Siemens & Dave Cormier) 2010/4/19-2010/6/13 EdFutures.org

Web Conference: “Math 2.0 Doing the Math”
Community of Expertise in Educational Technology (CEET) 2010/2/12-19 elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/groups/1623/math-20/