On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Maryville University hosted an event titled “Maryville Talks Women and Leadership: Lattices and Ladders.” This event was sponsored by Edward Jones and provided a panel of speakers from various areas of the company identifying what it means to be a leader and to succeed in today’s workplace. Moderating the talk…
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Conference on College Composition and Communication Presentation
This afternoon, I co-presented a presentation titled “Incorporating Video Stories from Workplace Professionals into Communication Courses: Mini-Modules Online to Increase Student Motivation and Learning” at the 2013 Conference on College Composition and Communication: The Public Work of Composition. My co-presenters were Jonathan Balzotti, Iowa State University; and Dr. David Russell, Iowa State University. Although the…
How We Perceive the Internet: Destruction or Salvation?
This week during E-Learning and Digital Cultures, we explored the process of interpreting ideas related to the Internet as metaphors to better understand the concept. Rebecca Johnston states, “Metaphors allow individual experiences to make sense in larger cultural systems, and metaphor’s meanings and entailments vary by culture” (2009). How fitting, then, that we study the…
MOOC Mania and Exploration of Technological Determinism
I’m proud to say that this afternoon I became a “student” again as I began the “E-Learning and Digital Cultures” massive open online course (MOOC) by Coursera. A few months ago, I had signed up for two MOOCs. The other, however, proved to be confusing and overwhelming. Ironically, the MOOC was about developing online courses…
Release of “Breaking the Mold: An Educational Perspective on Diffusion of Innovation”
During the Fall, 2012 semester at Iowa State University, I served as a technology support consultant for Dr. Ana-Paula Correia as she taught Curriculum and Instruction (CI) 511: Technology Diffusion, Leadership and Change. During the course, students developed an online textbook on educational perspectives on diffusion and innovation using a platform called Wikibooks. My role…
St. Louis Business Journal Women’s Conference
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to attend the St. Louis Business Journal Women’s Conference in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. I attended the conference with several other female leaders in the School of Adult and Online Education at Maryville University. The conference was an excellent opportunity for me to network with other professionals in the…
New Title: Online Course Developer for Maryville University
I’ve held the title of Online Course Developer for the School of Adult and Online Education at Maryville University for exactly one week now. The week has consisted of learning new software programs (Articulate and Storyline) and getting various accounts set up at the university. Needless to say it’s been very busy! I’ve already jumped…
Maryville University Holiday Party
Last Wednesday, I was invited to attend the Maryville University School of Adult and Online Education holiday party. I met many new coworkers and viewed my new work area, making me even more excited to begin work as an online course developer in January. Maryville University has four locations, and I met representatives from each:…
School of Education Research Symposium
This afternoon I participated in the 8th Annual School of Education Research Symposium at Iowa State University. I created a poster titled “Videos from Industry Leaders to Improve Student Communication” in which I described the design process of my creative component, titled “The Professional Connection.” This was an excellent opportunity for students to practice presenting…
Obstacles in Online Learning
Over the past decade, distance education, particularly in the form of online education, has exploded as an alternative method for learning in higher education. I have witnessed this boom first-hand with my experience at Engineering-LAS Online Learning (ELO) at Iowa State University. I began work at the office, then titled the Center for Distance and…