Contributors E-Learning Concepts and Techniques

Contributors

Schelly B. Homan

Schelly is a graduate student in Bloomsburg University's Instructional Technology program. She works full time at Bucknell University in the Information, Services and Resources department where she is the Technology Support Specialist.

Julie M. Meyer

Julie, MSIT is an instructional designer at the Great Valley Campus of Pennsylvania State University. She is a graduate of the Master of Science Program in Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University. She works with faculty introducing them to instructional design and trends in technology while making sure a high quality learning environment is established. When not at work Julie can be found on a dance floor line dancing.

Eric Milks

Eric is an instructional designer and developer at the Institute for Interactive Technologies at Bloomsburg University. He has worked on various eLearning projects such as ToysRUs, Merck Pharmaceuticals, The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, and Black & Decker. Mr. Milks has a Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology (MSIT) as well as two undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Studio Art from Bloomsburg University. In his space time, he enjoys creating sculpture and working with digital photography/video.

Mary Nicholson

Mary, a Ph.D., Texas A&M University, is a professor for the Department of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Her professional interests include instructional design, digital imagery, multimedia technologies, and eLearning.

Rebecca Ohl

Rebecca is an Instructional Designer/Instructional Technologist with 8 years of experience in the Instructional Systems Design process. She has worked on paper-based, CD-ROM, and web-based delivery and is now delving into synchronous online delivery - but her motto still is - it's not the tool, it's the content and the audience. The content itself has included systems training, standards, customer service, analysis, system integration, and even problem solving. She has some experience in creating game-like scenarios for learners and is currently a member of the International Game Developer's Association (IGDA), which allows her to gain the perspective of future tools for instruction, as well as, her changing audience. She is also helping pilot a Mentor's program at her company, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). In her spare time, Rebecca is usually reading, playing the latest RPG game, gardening, playing with her dogs, or discussing ISD with whoever will listen.

T. V. Raman

T. V. Raman is an accomplished Computer Scientist with over 11 years of industry experience in advanced technology development and now works at Google Research. He has authored 3 books and filed over 25 patents; his work on auditory interfaces was profiled in the September 1996 issue of Scientific American. He has leading edge expertise in Web standards, auditory interfaces and scripting languages. He participates in numerous W3C working groups and authored Aural CSS (ACSS); in 1996 he wrote the first ACSS implementation. He has led the definition of XML specifications for the next generation WWW including XForms, XML Events, and Compound Document Formats such as X+V, which enables the creation of multimodal Web content by integrating XHTML and VoiceXML. In his spare time, he works on EMACspeak, a fully functional audio desktop that provides complete eyes-free access to all major 32 and 64 bit operating environments and is now voluntarily bundled with all major Linux distributions.

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