Curriculum Vitae

March 5th, 2010

Download my CV in PDF format here.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

PhD Student, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences, Utah State University (Fall 2006 – Present)

  • Expected Graduation: April 2011
  • Emphasis on Open Social Learning and Open Content
  • Other interests include mobile learning, instructional games, and OpenCourseWare

MA, Educational Technology, Cal State San Bernardino (2004)

  • MA Project: designing online computer support forums

BA, French Teaching, Brigham Young University  (1999)

  • Language and Computers Minor

WORK EXPERIENCE

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

  • Lead Francophone and Community College outreach efforts

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 ccLearn Student Journalism 2.0 project

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

      Caswell, T., Jensen, M., Lee, V., and Shelton, B. (to appear). 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

      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.

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

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

      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.

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

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

      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.

      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.

      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.

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

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

      MEDIA MENTIONS

      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. Brett Shelton, Assistant Professor, Instructional Tech & Learning Sciences, Utah State University
      • Dr. David Wiley, Professor, Brigham Young University
      • Terri Bays, Special Projects Manager, OpenCourseWare Consortium
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