Dr. Jessica Somers University System of Georgia Board of Regents Executive Director of Academic Innovation Advanced Learning Technologies Unit Ph. D. University of Georgia 1995
Work History • • Personnel Coordinator, Sun Products Corporation Research Coordinator, Budget and Research Services Assistant Director, Placement and Co-op Department Education Instruction Specialist, IBM Corporation Graduate Assistant, Developmental Studies Div, UGA Temp Instructor, Intro to CPU-Based Ed, IT Dept, UGA Technology Environment Coordinator and Assistant Director, Center for Educational Technology, COE, UGA • Associate Dir. , Distance Ed and Academic Innovation • Director, Academic Innovation • Executive Director, Academic Innovation
Job Duties • Responsible for System-wide faculty development activities focused on incorporating technology into instruction • Contract with external entities to develop scalable and sustainable training solutions • Serve as liaison for collaboratively developed online degree programs • Represent ALT in Regents’ activities • Conference Program Chair—MERLOT International Conference, 2001
SCOUT • Repository of instructional Resources developed by USG faculty, designers and programmers • Focuses on collaborative development and delivery of online coursework • Preview of other course work • USG Faculty have opportunity to adopt existing course materials • Courses offered for credit through five institutions
MERLOT • Open Collection of Resources created by faculty nationwide • Appropriate resources for education are immediately accessible • Learning modules span the academic spectrum, both in terms of discipline and approach • Searchable by keyword or subject hierarchy
Site Content • Reference Materials • Virtual Tours • Animations • Interactive Instructions • Simulations • Sample Lesson Plans • Links to Other Individuals in Discipline
Peer Evaluations • All material reviewed by subject matter experts and instructional designers • Reviewers evaluate quality of content, effectiveness of material for teaching, and ease of use • Reviews are by peers using composite averages of all reviewers
Partners • 22 higher learning institutes are partners • Lending their talents for the good of the whole • Promotes more serious discussions of materials as well as implementation of technology in classrooms
Somers / MERLOT • Represents USG as Project Director for MERLOT • Provides leadership for MERLOT projects • Supports peer review of Web-based learning materials by USG faculty
About This Presentation SCOUT Website: http: //alt. usg. edu/scout MERLOT Website: http: //www. merlot. org Other Websites: http: //www. codeconnoisseur. org/it/edit 6100/task 2 Dr. Somers’ Image: http: //www. celt. lsu. edu/cfd Background Image: http: //www. deviant. ART. com
Publications MERLOT for web-based learning and teaching. UCNS Computer Review, UGA, 2001 A process for initiating change: Developing technology goals for a college of education. Journal of Teacher Education, 1996 What's in a game? A study of games as an instructional method in an adult education class. Innovative Higher Education, 1993
Education • Ph. D. University of Georgia 1995 • M. B. A. West Georgia College 1981 • B. B. A. West Georgia College 1977
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