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Current Projects

SHANTI (Sciences, Humanities and Arts Network of Technological Initiatives).

Professional Collaborations

Academic Village 2.0 Community

CLU (Centers and Labs Union) Community

University and Community Action for Racial Equality (UCARE)

Publication Proposal

Other Recent Work

TTI & TTSP Programs..

Digital Services Committee--Statement of Purpose.

Diversity Roundtable Executive Summary

Impact of TTI (word doc. 12/16/04)

For more on the TTI program, please follow this link.

Research and Writing

"Toward an Understanding of Scalability, Innovation and Academic Culture". International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. Vol. 4, No. 3, 2008.

"Underground Hip Hop: Conflict Honored, Jewels Kicked and Hope Elevated." Manuscript submitted for publication. Available here (Word format).

"Feedom's Darker Face" Manuscript submitted for publication. Available here (Word format)

Toward an Understanding of On-line Teaching and Learning, Addictions and the Longing for Balance. Published @ my blog: Idumea247B.

Toward an Understanding of On-line Teaching and Learning; the Doughnut and the Hole. (word doc) MS submitted for publication.

Face Value; the Brilliance, Adaptability and Tenacity of Higher Education. Manuscript.

Face Value. Introduction.

Personal Interests

Rivanna River Shape Note Singing .

Local Food. "Leveraging and Leavening." (In Support of the Local Food Hub.)2/4/9

Press Clippings

"Out of Hiding." Letter to the editor, co-authored with Tim Tolson and Faculty Sustained Dialogue. Cavalier Daily. 4/26/10)

"NowComment.com offers improved text analysis tools." (Cavalier Daily. 11/13/9)

"SHANTI Software Tools and Support Take Digital Scholarship Mainstream." UVaToday. 10/5/9)

"Initiative hopes to better digital technology usage." (Cavalier Daily. 3/16/9.)

"E-volving from professor with chalk to computer jock" (Cavalier Daily. 10/27/08.)

"UVa Faculty Forming Sustained Dialogue Group." (Top News Daily and Inside UVa. 10/29/04.)

"Employees Adopt Forum for Dialogue." (Cavalier Daily. 10/29/04.)

"A Digital Classroom." (Cavalier Daily Feature. 11/01/04.)

"Giving Voice to Trauma and Listening Closely." (Inside UVa. 5/3/4)

Current Courses/Teaching Materials

Teaching Portfolio--Philosophy Statement

Underground Hip-Hop @ Hereford. Spring '09. Flyer.

Forthcoming Course (Developed in the Course Design Institute, 6/08)

MUSI 207. Underground Hip Hop and Outsider Hip Hop

Courses Proposed

Underground Hip Hop; Fresh Perspective on American Culture
Graphic Novels Comment on American Culture; Outsider Perspectives

Recent Courses

COMM 215--Essentials of College Writing (for UOP). [word doc]
SLFK 204. Story and Healing. Spring 2006. [Note: Course was featured in Top News Daily.]
Underground Hip Hop. Spring 2005. Jointly authored with Joe Berhan.
Teamwork. Fall 2004 [for STS101]
Worksheet [word doc]
Randy Pausch's Tips for Working in Groups [word doc]
Story and Healing and Martin Prechtel. Spring 2004.
Today's Business Technical Environment--Skills and Expectations. Fall 2002.
Hot Button Issues for Technical Managers. Spring 2002.
Communications and Team Development
Project Management in a Technology Environment
Presentations
"Waiting for the VET." A presentation for the U21 Conference. 9/26/8.
"A Lever, A Fulcrum and Other Not so Simple Tools." A Presentation for the ACCS Conference. 3/9/8. For the PowerPoint slides, click here.
"VET (Virtual Exhibition Tool) Case Study; Multi-Year, Open Source Software Development Project at the University of Virginia." [for U21 Conference]. 2/21--23/08. For Word doc, click here. For tif of poster, click here
Toward an Understanding of Scalability, Innovation and Academic Culture. [for U21 Conference] 11/06.
Toward an Understanding of Scalability, Innovation and Academic Culture. [slides for talk]
UVa's TTSP Program: TAship with a Twist. [Presented at the LSP Conference.]
Amplifying and Leveraging the "Excellence in Diversity" Report. [Presented to the Faculty Senate for Discussion.]
News from Virginia [for Shock of the Old 4] [PowerPoint slides]
News from Virginia [outline] [word doc]
News from Virginia[Reports and Articles, etc] [for Shock of the Old 4]
Overview of IT @ UVa [for College Technology Interns at UVa]
Demo of Prototype: E-Folio [for LSP Conference]
Faculty Development Opportunities [for new faculty at UVa]
Avoiding Pitfalls and Enjoying Pratfalls [for Faculty Technology Open House]
NAME Presentation. Lead author, Rachel Saury.
Integrating Technology into Your Teaching[for Laptop Program at UVa]
Examples of Integrating Technology into Teaching[for Laptop Program at UVa]
Hands across the Water; The Illusions and Elucidations of Metaphor [for Shock of the Old 2 Conference]
Raising Awareness at Your Institution [for Herding Tigers Conference]
Instructional Technology at UVa [for Higher Education Programs Australian Delegation]
UVa IRC doc
Prototype Tools
efolio. Design and Programming done by Yitna Firdyiwek.
e-class. Design and Programming done by Bryan Wright.
easy pieces. Design and Programming done by Will Rourk.
case comparison. Design and Programming done by Will Rourk.
case comparison. Design and Programming done by Will Rourk.
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