Faculty Development

Teaching and Learning Paradigms. 3-day Faculty Development Workshop at Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore, India. May, 2012

Online Discussion for Student Interaction. Presentation at theCenter for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. February, 2012

Why Online Learning? Presentation at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. February, 2012

'Lehrende bei der Einführung und Nutzung von e-Learning unterstützen.' Workshop at the E-learning Centre of the Hochschule München/University of the Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany. January, 2012

‘Wikis and Social Bookmarking for Teaching and Learning.’ Workshop for faculty at the Center for
Latin American Studies, University of Florida. March, 2011.

‘Distance Learning: Opportunities and Affordances.’ Presentation at Medical Education Week,
College of Medicine, University of Florida. February, 2011.

‘Introduction to Social Media.’ Workshop for faculty at the Center for Latin American Studies,
University of Florida. February, 2011.

Professional Development for faculty technology integration into on-campus courses at School of Education, Boston University (2007-2009). Workshops and best practice sharing sessions in technology use for instruction and research:

  • Designing and facilitating online, blended, and web-enhanced instruction
  • Web-based synchronous and asynchronous communication tools
  • Web 2.0 tools for teaching and collaboration (Wikis, blogs, podcasts, Google sites)
  • Social networking and bookmarking tools for research and teaching
  • Online tools and software for research (e.g. EndNote, RefWorks)
  • Qualitative research software (e.g. Atlas, NVivo)

Educational Technologist on the PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's teachers for Technology Grant) at School of Education, Boston University (2001-2005).

  • Assisted faculty in the development of media and integration of technology into their online and on-campus courses.
  • Contributed to professional development for faculty in computer-based applications (Blackboard, IMovie, Dreamweaver, Photoshop). Developed documentation for their use of computer-based applications.
  • Developed a technology needs survey instrument for faculty and MAT students at the School of Education, Boston University. Collected pre-training and post-training data from students of faculty participating in the PT3 grant using the developed survey instrument.