Day 1 Speakers
SUNY Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor, Tod A. Laursen
Tod A. Laursen is the Senior Vice Chancellor and Provost of the State University of New York (SUNY).
Presentation: The Transformational Nature of SUNY’s Online Education Initiatives
Kim Scalzo, Director of Open SUNY and Interim Exec Director of Academic Technologies & Innovation
Kim Scalzo is the Director of Open SUNY and Interim Exec Director of Academic Technologies & Innovation. For the five years preceding the launch of Open SUNY, Scalzo served as Director for SUNY Center for Professional Development. Prior to joining SUNY, Scalzo was an administrator at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where she started as the Director of Professional and Distance Education Program, and moved on to serve as the Director of Distributed Education and Multimedia before a four year term as the Director of Outreach Programs.
Chuck Spuches is a provost fellow working on the SUNY Online project for the State University of New York. He is the former Associate Provost for Outreach at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), Dean of the ESF Open Academy, and an adjunct associate professor in the Syracuse University graduate program in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation. In addition to his administrative duties at ESF, Spuches taught traditional classroom and online courses on educational project management, planned change and innovation, college teaching, and university outreach.
Presentation: Open SUNY to SUNY Online
Larry Dugan, Provost Fellow, SUNY Online Enrollment Management & Student Success
Dr. Larry Dugan is a provost fellow working on the SUNY Online project for the State University of New York. His primary responsibilities include the areas of enrollment management and student success. As such, he leads a team of dedicated student support specialist who have the primarily responsibility of helping students navigate the sometimes complex world of higher ed enrollment and subsequent challenges our students face every day. Prior to working at SUNY, Larry was the Director of Elearning at Monroe Community College, Director of Online Learning at Finger Lakes Community College and served as the chair of the Open SUNY advisory council for many years. He has served as President of Rochester Area College Continuing Education group as well as the board of the National University Technology Network. Before his foray in to administration, Larry was a professor of computer science and business. Over the past few years, he has been an adjunct instructor at numerous SUNY institutions as well as private institutions across NY.
Michele Forte, Project Manager, Open SUNY Student Supports/Success & ESC Associate Professor/Mentor Human Services
Dr. Michele Forte is the Open SUNY Student Supports/Success Project Manager, and is an Associate Professor and Mentor in Community and Human Services at Empire State College.
Molly Mott, Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Support Services & Instructional Technologies, SUNY Canton
Molly A. Mott, Ph.D., is the Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Support Services and Instructional Technologies at SUNY Canton. She provides leadership and vision to the College’s enrollment efforts and online enterprise. With extensive experience in student and academic affairs, Dr. Mott has overseen the expansion of services for online students and enhanced the College’s reputation as a leader in supporting student success in both virtual and traditional environments. She has presented at regional, state, national, and international conferences on distance learning and leads efforts across the university system to promote student access and completion.
Lynn Ann Hinds McCoy, SUNY Online Student Success Coach
Lynn Ann Hinds McCoy is a native of New York State and lifelong learner. After many years of pursuing her college degree through multiple modalities as an adult, non-traditional student, Lynn Ann completed a BS in Business Management and Economics at SUNY Empire State College. The unique experience at ESC ignited her desire to facilitate other adult students to successfully complete their academic goals and Lynn Ann enrolled in the Masters’ Program, earning her MA in Adult Learning. With a passion for student retention and success, Lynn Ann is an outspoken advocate for the adult student, and the unique needs of this demographic. With a background in nursing and entrepreneurial business ventures, Lynn Ann is currently serving as a SUNY Online Student Success Coach for the Health Care Management program at SUNY Canton.
Tamika Maise, ESC SUNY Online Graduate Student, and enthusiastic mom of 2
Tamika Maise is an enthusiastic mother of two boys, a two-year-old and a three-month-old. She is currently a Program Assistant at a nonprofit where she provides administrative support for various programs. She is a recent Jamaican immigrant who studied History at the Undergraduate Level and is hoping to transition in the field of HR. She is resuming her studies after graduating from the University of the West Indies in 2007. She is currently enrolled in the MBA program with a concentration in HR. She enjoys visiting new places and assisting with charity events.
Panel Presentation: Leveraging Innovation to Meet the Needs of Post-Traditional Online Students
Harry Cargile, Open SUNY Manager of Application Services
Harry Cargile, PMP, is the Open SUNY Application Services Manager. He provides leadership to a team administering and providing Tier 2 support for 37 production Blackboard Learn environments with extended responsibilities for Tier 3 coordination, project management, and other areas of training and support. Harry has worked for SUNY for 20 years in the academic technology field and has a great appreciation for being in a positive team-oriented working environment. Prior to joining SUNY, he worked in both technology and accounting.
Karen Geduldig, SUNY Associate Chief Information Officer
Mike Walker, Open SUNY Support Services HelpDesk Manager
Mike Walker is the Support Services HelpDesk Manager for Open SUNY. As the HelpDesk Manager, Mike manages a customer service and technical helpdesk staff primarily responsible for online course support for more than half of the colleges that are part of the State University of New York. Mike has been in a supervisor or managerial contact center role for over two decades. He is also the current UUP System Administration Chapter President and the NERCOMP Institutional Representative for System Administration.
Panel Presentation: SUNY Online Technology: Reaching the Next Generation of Learners
Moderator: Kim Scalzo, Director of Open SUNY & Interim Exec Director of Academic Technologies & Innovation
Panelists:
Terry Keys, Associate Vice President Instructional Services SUNY Monroe Community College
Terry Keys, Associate Vice President, Instructional Services, SUNY Monroe Community College
Danyelle O’Brien, Director Of Online Learning. SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
Danyelle O’Brien, the director of online learning at the SUNY College of Technology at Alfred. As Director of Online Learning, she specializes in online education and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research. She connects and works closely with faculty who are teaching online and using web-enhanced tools in the classroom. Through her work, she has become a stakeholder who advocates for online faculty and students in meetings while assisting the institution in its goals to increase online enrollments though partnerships with Western New York institutions, participation in national compacts such as SARA, and advocating for online learning at the state level.
Jill Pippin, Dean of Extended Learning SUNY Oswego
Jill Pippin is the dean of Extended Learning, SUNY Oswego, responsible for providing leadership for the University’s continuing education programs and a growing portfolio of undergraduate and graduate online degree programs. Jill works collaboratively with college and school Deans to develop opportunities to extend the University’s academic programs, certificate programs and expertise in workforce development. This includes design, marketing, sales, and implementation of new programs that meet the needs of external constituencies. The Dean works with college Deans to develop and offer innovative programs delivered in non-traditional formats such as blended or fully online courses.
Panel Presentation: Campus Approaches to Resource Allocation for Scaling Online Learning
Larry Dugan, Provost Fellow, SUNY Online Enrollment Management & Student Success
Dr. Larry Dugan is a provost fellow working on the SUNY Online project for the State University of New York. His primary responsibilities include the areas of enrollment management and student success. As such, he leads a team of dedicated student support specialist who have the primarily responsibility of helping students navigate the sometimes complex world of higher ed enrollment and subsequent challenges our students face every day. Prior to working at SUNY, Larry was the Director of Elearning at Monroe Community College, Director of Online Learning at Finger Lakes Community College and served as the chair of the Open SUNY advisory council for many years. He has served as President of Rochester Area College Continuing Education group as well as the board of the National University Technology Network. Before his foray in to administration, Larry was a professor of computer science and business. Over the past few years, he has been an adjunct instructor at numerous SUNY institutions as well as private institutions across NY.
Presentation: “Let’s get them in the VIRTUAL seats!” – Lessons learned from SUNY’s foray into marketing for enrollment at scale.
Day 2 Speakers
Danyelle O’Brien, Director Of Online Learning. SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
Danyelle O’Brien is the director of online learning at the SUNY College of Technology at Alfred. As Director of Online Learning, she specializes in online education and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research. She connects and works closely with faculty who are teaching online and using web-enhanced tools in the classroom. Through her work, she has become a stakeholder who advocates for online faculty and students in meetings while assisting the institution in its goals to increase online enrollments though partnerships with Western New York institutions, participation in national compacts such as SARA, and advocating for online learning at the state level.
Presentation: Gaining Perspectives
Session Sponsored by DOODLE
Maria Anderson, CEO/Cofounder, Coursetune
Dr. Maria Anderson has spent most of her career teaching at the college level and developing digital products for learning. For ten years she taught full-time at Muskegon Community College. She has built iPad games to teach algebra, launched the Canvas Network MOOC platform, designed adaptive learning platforms used by McGraw Hill, and worked as the Director of Learning Design for WGU (a fully-online CBE institution). Currently Maria is the CEO of Coursetune, a software platform that helps educational institutions to design and manage their curriculum. Maria is a professor, a software designer, and a learning futurist. She holds degrees in Math, Chemistry, Biology, Business Administration, and Higher Education Leadership.
Presentation: Facing the Future of Technology and Learning
Presentation category: Innovations in Online Program Design
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Marie A. Cini, President, The Council for Adult & Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Dr. Marie A. Cini is currently the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Her academic career spans more than 25 years, and she has extensive experience as a C-level academic administrator in universities that predominantly serve adults. In addition to her work at CAEL, she serves on the Board of Directors at Bryant & Stratton College. Dr. Cini was inducted into the International Adult Continuing Education Hall of Fame in 2016.
At CAEL, Dr. Cini is committed to helping colleges, universities, employers and workforce agencies find points of collaboration and connection. She believes that a robust 21st-century economy depends on the lifelong ability of adults to learn new skills that connect them to evolving job opportunities. At the same time, workforce development entities and employers stand to benefit greatly when they provide workers with opportunities to upskill and advance toward openings in high-skill occupations. Dr. Cini’s work advocates a shift in perspective that places adult learners directly in the center of these connections.
Presentation: Online Learning: The On-Ramp to Innovative Learning Models for New York’s New Majority Learners
Presentation category: Adult and experiential learning
Sharon Wavle, Associate Director, Decision Support & Reporting
Sharon Wavle serves as Associate Director of Decision Support & Reporting for the Office of Online Education at Indiana University. She is responsible for university-wide reporting and analysis of online education data and coordinates the university’s approval processes for online programs. Sharon also manages the technical implementation of collaborative online degrees and sharing of online coursework across the university. Sharon has presented her research on the impact of online education on student success at the OLC International Conference, the national AIR Forum, and the UPCEA Summit for Online Leadership. Sharon received a B.S. in Economics from SUNY Geneseo, an M.S. in Computer Science from Syracuse University, and is completing an Ed.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.
Presentation: Finding Common Ground: Online Education Definitions and Data across the Big 10
Presentation category: Metrics/Establishing Common National Online Education Definitions and Data
Open SUNY Effective Practices Recognition and Panel
Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors Recognition
Day 3 Speakers
Reflection guided by DOODLE Representative TBD
Special Guest: SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson
Matthea Marquart, MSSW, Director of Administration & Lecturer, Online Campus at Columbia University’s School of Social Work
Matthea Marquart is a social worker, leader, educator, and online education expert. She is the Director of Administration for the Online Campus at Columbia University’s School of Social Work (CSSW), where she leads a team responsible for implementing Columbia’s online Master’s of Science in Social Work program. A CSSW alumna, instructor, and administrator, she has supported the School’s online MSSW program from initial course pilots and instructor training through program launch and expansion. She teaches in CSSW’s management program, preparing a new wave of nonprofit and human services leader; courses taught include Workers and the Workplace, Macro Community Practice, Motivational Interviewing Skills-Based Lab,Human Behavior in the Social Environment B: Racial Identity Development, and Staff Development, Training, and Mentoring.
Ms. Marquart created and co-facilitates CSSW’s intensive Institute on Pedagogy and Technology for Online Courses, which has provided over 250 graduates with a foundation of skills and knowledge for quality online instruction, and which has been recognized with awards from the United States Distance Learning Association, the University Professional Continuing Education Association, and the International E-Learning Association.
Elisabeth Counselman Carpenter, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University
Elisabeth Counselman Carpenter, PhD, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Southern Connecticut State University. Her research interests include understanding the role and use of technology to decrease barriers to service provision in social work settings particularly with the LGBTQIA+ community& post-traumatic growth. She is on the editorial review board of the Journal of Social Work Education and has served as a clinical consultant to O Magazine, 20/20 and Sesame Street. She is the co-author of the recently published text: Working with Grief and Traumatic Loss: Theory, Practice, Personal Reflection and Self-Care and her next textbook, due for publication in 2020 is Decolonizing HBSE: a reader for an anti-oppressive approach.
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Presentation: Engaging Adult Learners by Creating Inclusive Online Classroom Communities
Presentation category: Building online community/inclusion among adult learners
Ginger Bidell, Manager, Business College Development Team, WGU
Ginger Bidell is the manager of a development team in the Business College at Western Governors University. Previous roles at WGU include Curriculum Program Manager and Instructional Designer. Ginger has also worked as an Instructional Designer at the State University of New York College at Buffalo and a for profit online college. She has experience designing and developing competency-based and traditional online courses and supporting faculty in the development and design of online, blended, and face-to-face courses using the principles of Universal Design for Learning, accessibility best practices, and Open Educational Resources. Ginger holds a B.S in Elementary Education and Social Studies Education, a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, a M.S. in Management and Leadership and an MBA.
Cali M.K. Morrison Associate Dean, Alternative Learning, APUS
Dr. Cali M.K. Morrison is the Associate Dean of Alternative Learning at American Public University System (APUS) where she is building competency-based learning opportunities, microcredentials, and the prior learning assessment program. She earned an Ed.D. in higher education administration and M.Ed. in student affairs at Montana State University and a graduate certificate in women’s studies and a B.A. in public relations at Western Kentucky University. Previously Cali was assistant director, communications and analysis at the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) and project director of Transparency by Design, where she became interested in studying adult learners and accountability. In 2012 she also ran the WCET Games + Badging initiative at WCET “You’ve got CLASS.” Cali spent over seven years at Montana State University managing Extension Service grants, conducting assessment and managing the Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program, as well as serving as the Greek advisor. Current research interests include competency-based education and the future of credentials. Cali has presented at various conferences on the future of credentials, competency-based education, and accountability in higher education. Cali lives in Belgrade, Montana with her husband, two daughters, and dogs where she is active in the community, especially with the Girls for a Change and CAP mentoring programs.
Jaymes Walker-Myers, Associate Vice President of Learning Science & Assessment, SNHU
Jaymes Walker-Myers serves as the Associate Vice President of Learning Science and Assessment for Southern New Hampshire University. Walker-Myers has been with SNHU since 2013, serving in early roles focused on academic quality and program design prior to his current work. As AVP, he leads the central curriculum and instructional design, development, and continuous improvement efforts for SNHU’s online course-based and competency-based learning experiences. Prior to SNHU, Walker-Myers served in various administrative and teaching roles for competency-based and online learning at Western Governors University and the University of Utah. Walker-Myers holds a Master’s of Science in Communication from University of Utah.
Panel Presentation: Competency-Based Education: Implementing Quality Frameworks for an Engaged Faculty & Learner Experience
Presentation category: Quality Frameworks/Program Innovation