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INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS

NEW THESIS AND DISSERATION

GUIDELINES

Graduate College Guidelines for Preparing Theses and Dissertations now allows submission of electronic dissertation forms. Please refer to the instruction technology graduate program community under doctoral forms to excess these forms. Additionally, guide-lines can be found on the office of graduate studies page: http://www.towson.edu/provost/provost/graduatestudies/studentresources.asp

ISTC Welcome By Dr. Liyan Song, ISTC Master’s Program Director Greetings from the ISTC graduate program directors! We hope everyone is having a great semester. There are many exciting events taking place within our community: awards, new jobs, recognitions, etc. Our programs continue to be successful in providing our students with authentic and meaning-ful learning experiences. Our students and faculty have received awards and recognitions for their excellent work and scholarship. In this issue of the newsletter, we have also included some im-portant updates regarding the graduate programs. Here are a few highlights about those changes: · New thesis and dissertation guidelines · Permission now required for some courses · Continuous enrollment policy · Capstone and HRD course permission information · News about our students/alumni: Where are they working now? Please don’t forget to check out the announcements for faculty and student awards and recognitions! Other useful information found in this edition include course schedules for Spring 2016 and Summer 2016. As always, please keep us informed of your exciting news and accomplishments and know that we are al-ways open to your questions and comments about the programs.

Bill Sadera, Doctoral Program Director David Robinson, Master’s Program Director School Library Media Liyan Song, Master’s Program Director Instructional Design & Educational Technology Tracks

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Important University Dates……………..…

Spotlight: Part-Time Faculty Members…..

SLM News……………………………….….

Recent Scholarship…………………….….

Good News from Doctoral Program……...

Upcoming Conferences ……………….…..

Announcements………………….…….......

Master’s Graduates……………………….

Where Are They Now……………………...

Fall Course Offerings……………………...

Faculty and Staff Information………….….

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Instructional Technology Community on Blackboard

Please make sure to visit the ISTC Community on Blackboard (https://blackboard.towson.edu) for

up-to-date news about Instructional Technology, employment opportunities, important events scholarship op-

portunities, conferences, and electronic copies of program forms.

IMPORTANT UNIVERSITY DATES

November 4

Last day to withdraw from full se-mester courses with a grade of “W” Last day to change to pass/fail op-tion or audit options

November

25-29

Thanksgiving Holiday

No classes

December 9 Last day of classes

December 10 Final exams begin

December 16 Last day of exams & end of term

December 18 College of Education Winter Commencement

January 4 Minimester 2016 classes begin

January 4-5 Change of schedule period

January 15 Last day to withdraw

January 18 Martin Luther King Day No classes

January 22 Minimester classes end

January 25 Spring 2016 classes begin

March 13-20 Spring Break

May 10 Last day of classes

May 11 Final exams begin

May 17 Last day of exams & end of

semester

SPOTLIGHT ON OUR PART TIME FACULTY MEMBERS

Joel McGuire

Mr. McGuire earned his B.S. in Mass Communications and M.S. in Instruc-tional Technology from TU. He was a graduate assistant in the College of Education while I earning his masters. From 1999-2012, he taught almost every semester as an adjunct in the COE. Mr. McGuire returned in sum-mer and fall 2015 to once again enjoy interacting with adult learners. Mr. McGuire has 17 years of experience as a Library Media Spe-cialist. For the last 3 years, he has been the Technology Coordi-nator for Thomas Stone Elementary in Prince George's County. He enjoys finding ways to improve our school's technology, read-ing, music, and the outdoors.

Tim Swann

Tim Swann has been working as an

adjunct instructor for Towson Univer-

sity for the past eight years. He is a

graduate of Towson University's Ele-

mentary Education program. After

graduating from Towson University,

he received a Master's degree from

Johns Hopkins in Educational Tech-

nology. Mr. Swann had additional

training at Towson University to become certified as a library me-

dia specialist. After a stint working in Baltimore City Public

Schools as a grade 4/5 teacher, Swann moved to Anne Arundel

County Schools and has worked as a school librarian in both

elementary and secondary levels. Currently, he is the school li-

brarian at the recently renovated Northeast High School in Pasa-

dena, MD. His background includes serving as the past presi-

dent for the library media professional organization as well as

mentoring new school librarians within the county. Swann has

received recent awards including the 2011 MSET Technology

Educator Award for Anne Arundel County and the North Arundel

Chamber of Commerce Educational Excellence Award. He is

married with two sons, who attend Johns Hopkins University and

Davidson College. In his spare time, Swann likes to read, walk

and do a bit of tech tinkering to use in his new library mak-

erspace.

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SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA NEWS

School Library Media Digital Portfolio The purpose of this digital assessment is to have candidates reflect on the artifacts in the Digital Portfolio in order to evaluate whether they have, through their coursework, met the standards of our professional organization and to glean information about how candidates' plan to ap-ply what they have learned in the School Library Media Program. The portfolio is formally introduced to candidates in ISTC 653, the Organization of Knowledge. Web design skills necessary in completing the portfolio are introduced in ISTC 541, Foundations of Instructional Technology. To pro-vide guidance to students in completing the portfolio, an online component of the Practicum Experience, ISTC 789, is dedicated to largely completing the school library media digital portfolio. Components of this online experience include: 1. Online discussion of each AASL standard and the relationship of each standard to the school library media pro-gram and experiences as school library media specialists, teachers or other school based positions. 2. Following the discussion of each standard, candidates write (or refine a statement already begun) a reflection statement based on that standard. The instructor will then provide feedback on the reflection. 3. This process will occur over the course of a designated practicum. The most important planning consideration for portfolio is to archive electronic copies of your key assess-ments from the school library media program. Candidates should also consider keeping copies of any out-standing artifacts (lesson plans, instructional materials etc.) used in the course of daily teaching experiences that related to the AASL standards. If you have any questions regarding the portfolio, please e-mail David Robinson at: derobins@towson.edu. The portfolio assessment documents and related materials can be found accessed via: http://pages.towson.edu/derobins

Referral for a Rewarding Career If you know someone who would enjoy the rewards and challenges of being a School Library Media Specialist, encourage them to contact David Robinson via phone 410-704-6301 or via e-mail derobins@towson.edu).

Practicum Updates Candidates who intend to complete a practicum experience in the spring 2016

semesters should contact David Robinson (derobins@towson.edu) to begin the appli-

cation process. The following candidates are completing practicum experiences in the

Fall 2015 semester:

A special thanks to the mentor library media specialists!

Kishanna Harley

Abegail Prado

Helen Riff

Sarah Breslaw

Megan Cooper

Ashley Gerke

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GOOD NEWS FROM THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM:

Congratulations to doctoral students, Tamara Burton, Jessica Stansbury, and Zhou Wang for

successfully defending their comprehensive exams! These students are now admitted to

candidacy and are ready to begin work on their dissertation proposal.

Successful Dissertation Proposals!

Congratulations to doctoral students, Alexandra Greenwood, Marie Health, and Chip Boling

for successfully completing their dissertation proposals. These students are now working on

their dissertation research.

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

Ahlstrom, C.(2015). Academic administrator perceptions of teacher leadership at private, not-for-profit, two-year colleges. Journal of Higher Education Management, 30 (1).

Cavanaugh, A., & Song, L. (2015). Audio and written comments in an online undergraduate composition class: Student and instructor approaches and preferences. American Journal of Distance Educa tion, 29(4). Frazier, L. & Sadera, W. (2015). Teacher candidate technology integration: What transfers from the univer sity classroom into the internship experience. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Lohnes Watulak, S. (in press). Reflection in action: Using inquiry groups to explore critical digital literacy with pre-service teachers. Educational Action Research. doi: 10.1080/09650792.2015.1106957

Luther, F.D. (2015). Preparing for CCSS implementation: Determining the state of Web 2.0 technology. The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 81(2), 47-55.

Luther, F. D. & Pickering, J.(2015). Using Web 2.0 learning environments to address diversity: A diversity education example. The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 81(3), 28-34.

Martin, A.C & Yerrid, B.(2015) The flexible classroom: A love story. Presentation at UB Tech Conference, Orlando, FL June 2015.

Murphy, L. & Lawson, S.(in press). Orthopedic conditions: Hip fractures and hip, knee and shoulder re placements. n Pendleton, H. M., & Schultz-Krohn, W. (Eds.) Pedretti’s occupational therapy: Practice skills for physical dysfunction (8

thed.). St. Louis: Elsevier.

Pautz, S. & Sadera, B.(2015, June). Leading change: A phenomenological study of principals’ experiences in leading 1:1 computing. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Stansbury, J. A., Munro, G.D. & Earnest, D.R. (2016) Instructors or Students? Who is really responsible for student learning? Participant Idea Exchange delivered at National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Thomas-Fuller, Mila. “NCTE’s Approach to Strategic Government.” Structural Kindness: Essays on Literacy Education in Honor of Kent D. Williamson. Ed. Darren Cambridge and Patricia Lambert Stock. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 2015.

Successful Comprehensive Exam Defenses!

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UPCOMING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES Below is a list of the upcoming conferences of which we are aware. We apologize if a conference that you are looking for

is not listed. If you know of other conferences that are not included, please feel free to post them on Blackboard.

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference When: June 26-29, 2016 Where: Denver, Colorado Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2015

Maryland Society for Educational Tech-nology (MSET) Conference When: April 28-29, 2016 Where: Ocean City, MD

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference When: March 21-25, 2016 Where: Savannah, Georgia Proposal Deadline: October 21, 2015

World Conference on Educational Me-dia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunica-tions (ED-MEDIA) When: June 27-30, 2016 Where: Vancouver, Canada Proposal Deadline: December 16, 2015

Opportunity to Present

If you are interested in presenting at a conference, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) allots a

portion of the GSA budget to be used specifically for funding student research and professional development. This

includes but is not limited to presentations of a paper or project, research and original work, and attendance at a

conference. The grant award for presenting is often in the amount of $500, and smaller amounts may be awarded

for attending a conference, research, and original work. The ISTC department may also have resources available

to support your work. Please contact your program director for more information. If you are interested in taking ad-

vantage of the GSA opportunity or for more information about the GSA Award and application process, please visit

http://grad.towson.edu/gsc/gsa/awards.asp.

American Educational Research Asso-ciation (AERA) When: April 8-12 2016 Where: Washington, DC Proposal Deadline: July 22, 2015

Association for Educational Communi-cations & Technology (AECT) When: November 3-7, 2015 Where: Indianapolis, Indiana Proposal Deadline: February 2, 2015

Eastern Educational Research Associ-ation (EERA) Conference When: February 17-20, 2016 Where: Hilton Head Island, SC Proposal Deadline: November 6, 2015

E-Learn Conference When: October 19-22, 2015 Where: Kona, Hawaii Proposal Deadline: - - -

International Association of School Li-brarianship (IASL) Conference When: August 22-26, 2016 Where: Tokyo, Japan Proposal Deadline: September 25, 2015

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Chris Alhstrom: Fellowship The Consortium Research Fellow is awarded by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro Area for serving as a research fellow with the Army Research Institute at Fort Belvoir within the Attitude and Opinions Research Unit. Chris will work with a team of researchers on developing surveys and asso-ciated data analysis.

Dr. Kelly Keane: New Position Dr. Kelly Keane accepted a job with Loyola University as assistant professor.

Dr. Elmendorf: New Position Dr. Elmendorf is the new principal at Hillcrest Elementary School.

Amy Martin: New Position Amy Martin was appointed Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Media at Howard Community College.

Dr. Song: Accepted into the Service-Learning Program Dr. Song will implement Service-Learning activities into her Spring 2016 ISTC301.

Tamara Burton: Daughter invited to the White House Tamara Burton’s daughter, Tyler has been invited to the White House for their Champion Of Change Event.

Lynne Murphy: Presentations Accepted Lynne Murphy has been accepted for two presentations at the Maryland Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, to be held 11/6/15. They are “Bringing Fieldwork Educators to the Classroom via Information Technolo-gy” and “Interprofessional Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities in a Community-Based Program.”

Marie Heath: Scholarship Burton, Dietz, Jones, and Rosecrans Graduate Fellowship in IT is awarded to individuals who are pursuing studies in Instructional Technology at Towson University.

Dean Whitfield, Stefani Pautz, and Andrea Parrish: Scholarship The Louise Lippy McHahan Memorial Scholarship is awarded to students with high academic standing who currently teach, or plan to teach in Maryland.

Lynne Murphy and Stefani Pautz: EDTL Dissertation Support Grant The purpose of this award is to recognize promising scholarship and support the student’s dissertation research.

Dr. Lohnes-Watulak: Selected to Participate Dr. Lohnes-Watulak was selected to participate in the 2016 President's Associate Professor Leadership class.

Dr. Lohnes-Watulak: Professional Organization Position Dr. Lohnes Watulak was elected as the American Educational Research Association special interest group instruction-al technology chair elect

Dr. Lohnes-Watulak: Invited Discussant Dr. Lohnes-Watulak is an invited discussant for Johnson, E., Schmier, S., & DeJaynes, T. (2016). “Inside” Innova-tion...“It’s Not Pretty”: Embodied Responses to Discourses of Technological Advancement and Accountability. Sympo-sium presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.

Andrea Parrish: New Position Andrea Parrish was recently named the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Special Education at Tow-son University.

Jessica Stansbury: Towson University Service-Learning Grant Towson University Service-Learning Grant for the design and implementation of service-learning in research methods in psychology course with The Seed School in Baltimore, MD

Dr. Mila Fuller: Professional Organization Position Dr. Mila Fuller was elected as Treasurer on the International Society for Technology in Education Board of Directors.

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Samantha Heringer Knight

M.S., Instructional Technology, Instructional Design

& Development (2012)

Samantha is an Instructional Designer at University of Phoe-

nix. Her job responsibilities include working with subject mat-

ter experts (SMEs) to develop course content for the College

of Information Systems & Technology. Samantha designs

engaging course assignments for adult learners through vari-

ous software and writing tools. On the side, Samantha is a

volunteer board member of the North American Simulation

and Gaming Association (NASAGA). She

welcomes all ISTC students who are inter-

ested in using games for learning to reach

out for some great networking and learning

opportunities.

David Kaus

M.S., Instructional Technology, Instructional Design

& Development (2012)

David is a Senior Manager of Training & Talent Development

at Catalyst DevWorks. David works at a software development

company based out of Baltimore, MD and Portland, OR. His

job is to manage the company's training and professional de-

velopment opportunities. David works with several subject

matter experts to design curriculum and optimize their training

and continuing education results. Addition-

ally, he helps ensure that they are applying

sound adult educational and pedagogical

principles to their learning experiences,

mentor/manage their trainers, and meas-

ure the results of their training efforts.

Maia Jole Delogu

MS, Instructional Technology– School Library Media (2016)

Maia works as a Media Specialist at Mary Ann Winterling Ele-

mentary School #150 Baltimore City Public Schools. As a me-

dia specialist, she plans and conducts the morning announce-

ments with three different students from each class every two

weeks; plans and implements developmentally

appropriate information literacy lessons using

different technologies; introduces different au-

thors and illustrators monthly to expose stu-

dents to a variety of writing styles and artwork

and uses a myriad of strategies to demonstrate

how to find information using resources in the

library such as the Dewey Decimal System and

OPAC.

Arkifkhan Pathan

MS, Instructional Technology– School Library Media (2015)

Arkifkhan is a Media Specialist at Cool Spring Elementary

School in Prince George’s County. His job responsibilities

include teaching research and literacy skills using online da-

tabases, incorporating common core standards in the library

curriculum, maintaining the library collection, managing the

book check-in and check-out program, helping teachers find

materials for lessons, and providing pro-

fessional development resources for

teachers.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

These students put the instructional technology skills they learned to use at their current position!

School Library Media

Roxanne Anderson

Kristen Davis

Jessica Jeffries

Kristine Nellenbach

Arifkhan Pathan

Donna Werner

Educational Technology

Benjamin Appel

Michelle Russell

Amanda Rooney

Shealyn Abbott

Instructional Design &

Development

Gregory Hall

Molly Fern

MASTER’S PROGRAM GRADUATES:

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UPCOMING COURSE OFFERINGS Please note that the course schedule is subject to change and students should refer to the online schedule of classes for the most current information.

Attention Master’s Students! Students in the Educational Technology and Instructional Design and Development tracks who are planning to take

the ITSC 787 Capstone course must contact Dr. Song (lsong@towson.edu). Please note that this course should

only be taken during the final semester of your program of study.

Students in the Instructional Design and Development track who are planning to take a Human Resources (HRD)

course must contact Dr. Song (lsong@towson.edu) to gain permission to enroll in the course. ISTC students will not

be able to enroll in HRD courses unless they notify Dr. Song.

Class Title Day Time Room Instructor

ISTC 541.450 Foundations of Instructional Technology W 4:30-7:00 HH 209

Hybrid Li

ISTC 601.101 School Library Media Administration W 5:00-7:40 HH 207 Bailey

ISTC 653.101 Organization of Knowledge T 5:00-7:40 HH 207 Luther

ISTC 655.101 Multimedia Design T 4:30-7:00 HH 219 Li

ISTC 667.900 Instructional Development — — Online Sadera

ISTC 651.101 Information Literacy & Access Th 5:00-7:00 HH 207 Luther

ISTC 685.180 Research in ISTC W 5:00-7:40 HH 219 McNary

ISTC 702.450 Educational Leadership & Technology Th 5:00-7:40 HH 207

Hybrid Caples

ISTC 707.101 Learning Environments in Digital Age T 5:00-7:40 HH 206 Song

ISTC 729.450 Digital Game Based Learning M 5:00-7:40 HH 206

Hybrid Li

ISTC 787.101 ISTC Capstone W 7:00-9:40 HH 206 Sadera

ISTC 787.001 Practicum in School Library Media TBA TBA TBA Robinson

ISTC 787.101 Practicum in School Library Media TBA TBA TBA Robinson

ISTC 787.102 Practicum in School Library Media TBA TBA TBA Robinson

EDUC 670.101 Special Topics in Education: Research Meth-

ods & Design Th 5:00-7:40 HH206 McNary

EDUC 605.450 Research and Information Technology T 4:30-7:00 HH 209

Hybrid Shargel

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Jen Matlack, Doctoral Program

HH 222

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jmatla1@students. towson.edu

Sarah Breslaw, Master’s Program HH 211 ---- sbresl3@students.towson.edu

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

MAIN OFFICE

MAIN OFFICE—FAX 410-704-4227 HH 216

DR. DAVID WIZER, Chairperson 410-704-6268 HH 216A

MRS. RUTH HIPKINS, Administrative Assistant 410-704-2576 HH 216

DR. GAIL BAILEY, Visiting Assistant Professor 410-704-2135 HH 107P

MS. BONNIE MARAS BROWN, Lecturer 410-704-3293 HH 102G

DR. ROBERT CAPLES, Visiting Assistant Professor 410-704-2579 HH 107P

MS. DEBORAH FULLER, Director, Education Technology Center 410-704-2542 HH 210D

DR. JEFF KENTON, Assistant Dean 410-704-4226 HH 304

DR. QING LI, Professor 410-704-4631 HH 404C

DR. SARAH LOHNES WATULAK, Associate Professor 410-704-2545 HH 221

DR. FRAN LUTHER, Assistant Professor 401-704-4537 HH 315

DR. SCOT MCNARY, Associate Professor 410-704-4835 HH 102F

MRS. SUZANNE OBENSHAIN, Lecturer 410-704-3144 HH 211

DR. DAVID ROBINSON, Clinical Asst. Professor, School Library Media

Program Director 410-704-6301 HH 204A

DR. WILLIAM SADERA, Associate Professor, Doctoral Program Director 410-704-2731 HH 222

DR. REBECCA SHARGEL, Associate Professor 410-704-2617 HH 413F

DR. LIYAN SONG, Associate Professor, Master’s Program Director 410-704-5751 HH 102D

MS. LISA TWISS, Lecturer 410-704-3473 HH 203

MS. CHERYL WOOD, Lecturer 410-704-2687 HH 211

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE FACULTY & STAFF INFORMATION

Notice: Continuous Enrollment Policy The following policy is currently in effect. As stated in the Graduate Catalog, Towson University expects post-bachelor’s stu-

dents to register for courses on a regular basis (Graduate Catalog 2012-2013, p. 13). In accordance with this policy, the Instruc-

tional Technology graduate programs will require students to maintain continuous enrollment status. All students will be ex-

pected to enroll in at least one credit for each spring and fall semester until graduation. If clarification is needed or there are

concerns about this policy, please contact your program director.

Permission Now Required for Some Courses Due to increased enrollment and program growth, some core ISTC courses may require permission to enroll. If you are expe-

riencing issues enrolling in an ISTC course, please contact your program advisor or director to request permission to enroll.

Enrollment will become open to all students a few weeks before the course begins. Students are reminded that to guarantee

a seat in a course they should register as early as possible. Also, doctoral students are urged to enroll in core courses for the

semester in which they are first offered during your program of study as these courses are only offered every few semesters.