Curriculum Vitae

June 24th, 2011

For copies of recent publications please see: http://usu.academia.edu/TomCaswell

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ed.S., Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences, Utah State University (2011)

  • Emphasis on Open Education and Open Policy

M.A., Educational Technology, Cal State San Bernardino (2004)

  • M.A. Project: designing online computer support forums

B.A., French Teaching, Brigham Young University (1999)

  • Language and Computers Minor

WORK EXPERIENCE

Open Education Policy Associate, WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (Summer 2011 – Present)

  • Develop Open Education policy for SBCTC
  • Oversee Phase 2 of the Open Course Library (a Gates Foundation-funded project to design and openly license 81 high enrollment college courses)

Open & Distance Learning Consultant, Dynamic E-Learning Strategies, Inc. (Summer 2009 – Present)

  • Assist the Open University of Catalonia in expanding MyWay accessibility project
  • Conduct external evaluation of Creative Commons Student Journalism 2.0 project

Open Education Program Manager, WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (Fall 2010 – Spring 2011)

  • Develop Open Education programs for SBCTC
  • Manage Phase 1 of the Open Course Library

Strategic Outreach Manager, OCW Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Fall 2009 – Fall 2010)

  • Led accessibility and Community College outreach efforts

Project Manager, OCW Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Fall 2008 – Summer 2009)

  • Transition eduCommons into a successful community source project
  • Coordinate OCW Consortium software development needs with Executive Director and ICT Strategic Planning Committee
  • Recruit participants for development, testing, and internationalization

Project Manager, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University (Fall 2007 – Summer 2008)

  • Managed the eduCommons development lifecycle
  • Conducted eduCommons presentations and trainings worldwide

Support Engineer, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University (Spring 2006 – Fall 2007)

  • Developed, supported, and tested eduCommons (OpenCourseWare software)

Technology Consultant/Trainer (Fall 2002 – Spring 2005)

  • Conducted technology trainings for Redlands Unified School District

Computer Science Instructor, Redlands High School (Fall 2000 – Summer 2005)

  • Taught Computer Programming (Visual Basic, C++, and Java)
  • Faculty Consultant/Reader for AP Computer Science

French Instructor, Fontana High School (Fall 1999 – Spring 2000)

  • Applied DVD technology to foreign language learning
  • Contributed to successful Digital High School Grant ($1.1 million)

PUBLICATIONS

Lee, V. R., Shelton, B. E., Walker, A., Caswell, T., & Jensen, M. (to appear). ReTweeting History: Exploring the intersection of microblogging and problem-based learning for historical reenactments. In K. Seo, D. Pellegrino & C. Engelhard (Eds.), Designing Problem-Driven Instruction Using Online Social Media: Information Age Publishing.

Shelton, B. E., Satwicz, T., & Caswell, T. (to appear). Historical Perspectives on Games and Education from the Learning Sciences. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning.

Caswell, T. & Kozak, A. (2010). Student Journalism 2.0: Testing Models for Participatory Learning in the Digital Age. In Open Ed 2010 Proceedings. Barcelona: UOC, OU, BYU. Retrieved February 8, 2011 from http://hdl.handle.net/10609/5161.

Caswell, T., Jensen, M., Lee, V., and Shelton, B. E. (2010). From Gettysburg to the Cuban Missile Crisis: Designing Twitter updates into class activities for experiencing historical events [poster]. In: ICLS ’10: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.

Caswell, T., Henson, S., Jensen, M., & Wiley, D. (2008). Open Content and Open Educational Resources: Enabling universal education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning , (9)1, http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/469/1001.

PRESENTATIONS

Caswell, T. & Kozak, A. (2010, November). Student Journalism 2.0: Testing Models for Participatory Learning in the Digital Age. 2010 Open Education Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Muramatsu, B., Caswell, T., & McMartin, F. (2010, November). Plagiarism is Good: Moving from Access to Use as Metrics for OCW/OER Use and Reuse. Presentation at Open Education 2010 Conference: Barcelona, Spain.

Jensen, M., Caswell, T., Ball, J., & Duffin, J. (2010, November). TwHistory: Sharing History Using Twitter. 2010 Open Education Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Barton, R., Caswell, T., Federman, C., & Jensen, M. (2010, October). TwHistory: Tweeting from the Titanic. 2010 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Caswell, T. (2010, May). Using eduCommons to Produce OCW. Open CourseWare Consortium Global Meeting 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Shelton, B. E., Scoresby, J., Parlin, M., Jensen, M., Caswell, T. (2010, May). The Historical Pathways of the West: American West Heritage Through Location-Based Games. 2010 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Caswell, T. & Thomas, J. (2010, April). Twitter for Teaching and Cognitive Apprenticeships. Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium, Logan, UT. (Slides)

Caswell, T. & Jensen, M. (2010, March). TwHistory: Tweeting History in the Classroom. 2010 NMC Symposium on New Media & Learning, Hackone, Second Life. (Summary | Slides | YouTube)

Barton, R., Caswell, T., & Jensen, M. (2010, February). TwHistory: Retweeting Historical Events in the Classroom. Utah Coalition for Educational Technology 2010 Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. (Slides)

Caswell, T., & Jensen, M. (2009, November). TwHistory: Historical Reenactments with Twitter. International Seminar on Open Social Learning (OSL), Barcelona, Spain. (Slides)

Caswell, T. and Lambert, B. (2009, August). Sustainability Happens. 2009 Open Education Conference, Vancouver, BC. (Slides)

Blakesley, C., Caswell, T., Gagnon, D., Jensen, M., Klopfer, K., Scoresby, J., et al. (2009, June). Mobile Games and education: Current Projects and State of the Practice. Games, Learning and Society 5.0 Conference, Madison, WI.

Caswell, T., & Jensen, M. (2009, June). Location-based Games: A Case Study. Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange 2009 Conference, Provo, UT. (Slides)

Caswell, T. (2009, April). Building eduCommons Sustainability Through Social Sourcing. OCWC Global 2009, Monterrey, MX. (Slides)

Caswell, T. and Johnson, C. (2009, February). A Model for the Social Sourcing of eduCommons. Connexions 2009 Conference, Houston, TX. (Slides)

Caswell, T. & Johnson, S. (2008, November). Web 2.0 for Teaching and Learning. Workshop given at the AECT 2008 Convention: On the Horizon… Rays of Change, Orlando, FL. (Slides)

Almirall, M., Bays, T., Caswell, T., & Rivera, J. (2008, September). OCW4ALL: Automatic Accessible Learning Materials. Open Education Conference 2008, Logan, UT.

Bays, T., Caswell, T., & Hwang, M. (2008, April). OCWC Newcomer’s Breakfast. Open Education Conference 2008, Dalian, China. (Slides)

Caswell, T. and Sharrif, A. (2007, September). eduCommons in any language. Demonstration presented at the Open Education Conference 2007: Localizing and Learning, Logan, UT.

Caswell, T., Muramatsu, B., & Henson, S. (2007, June). OpenCourseWare: It’s not just MIT anymore. Poster presented at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Indianapolis, IN. (Poster)

Caswell, T., Jensen, M., & Henson, S.L. (2007, April). USU OpenCourseWare: A Case Study. Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium, Logan, UT.

Caswell, T. (2007, March). The Value of OpenCourseWare. Seminar given at the University of Houston, Houston, TX (Slides)

MEDIA MENTIONS

Richards, M. (2010, April 5). Follow the 1847 pioneers on Twitter. KSL News (Salt Lake City, UT). Retrieved April 5, 2010 from http://www.ksl.com/?nid=576&sid=10276414

Stuart, E. (2010, April 5). Mormons’ pioneer trek hitting the Twitosphere. The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), pp. A1, A6. Retrieved April 5, 2010 from http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700022086/Pioneer-trek-hitting-the-Twitosphere.html

Chaturvedi, N. (2010, January). Open-up with Technology. EDUTECH, 1, 28-32. Retrieved March 4, 2010 from http://issuu.com/eduindia/docs/january_2010/31?viewMode=magazine

Kirk, A. (2010, January 13). Tweeting History. The Herald Journal. Retrieved March 4, 2010 from http://news.hjnews.com/news/article_82e18eda-2b7e-56b8-9f0d-b31cb9acd272.html

Young, J. (2009, December 2). What Lincoln Would Have Tweeted. Wired Campus Blog of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved March 4, 2010 from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/What- Lincoln-Would-Have/9056/

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • International Society for the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
  • Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

  • Dr. Victor Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University
  • Dr. David Wiley, Professor, Brigham Young University
  • Terri Bays, Special Projects Manager, OpenCourseWare Consortium
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