2002-2005 News & Happenings

Keep up to date with recent news and happenings -- my interests range from web design to instructional technology.

2005 News:

November 2005 - Attended the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) National Advisory Board Articulation meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

November 2005 - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) listed my website E-Commerce Business Ethics Case Study in the Business/E-Commece, Information Technology/E-Commerce, and Business/Management Information Systems categories.

Fall 2005 - Awarded William Rainey Harper College Department of Instructional Technology Fellowship to develop multimedia E-Commerce Business Ethics Case Studies.

Appointed to the 2005-2006 World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) Advisory Board.

Attended Illinois Working Connections Information Technology Faculty Development Institute in Springfield in June 2005.

Web Developer Foundations: Using XHTML, 2nd Edition

Addison-Wesley Higher Education is the publisher for the 2nd edition of my textbook, Web Developer Foundations: Using XHTML.

What's new in the second editon?
Additional Case Studies, New Checkpoint Feature, Expanded XHTML Table Coverage, Expanded CSS Formatting Coverage, New Chapter on CSS Page Layout, Expanded Web Design Chapter, Expanded Web Development Chapter, New Online Chapter Review Crossword Puzzles,

Expanded "Web Developer Handbook" on textbook companion CD with XHTML Reference, File Management Tutorial, Using FTP Tutorial, Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Tutorials, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Tutorials, Comparison of XHTML and HTML, and CSS Reference. More information...

Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Ninth Edition 2004-2005
One of my students who was listed in an honor publication nominated me as the teacher who has been most influential during her academic career.

April 2005 - Presented "Using Classroom Assessment Techniques in Online Courses" at the 2005 TCC - Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference.

February 2005 - Presented "Cheating and Plagiarism in the Information Age" at the 2005 IOC - Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning in February 2005. (Presentation Links)

January 2005 - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) listed my learning object Working in Teams in the Education/Teaching and Technology/Best Teaching Practices/Cooperative Learning Category.

Topics include Teams, Virtual Teams, Team Roles, Productive Teams, Resolving Conflicts, First Meeting, and Student Success Stories. Student reflection activities are provided.

2004 News