Faculty
The faculty team that has been chosen by Abromitis
Online Learning to teach our courses consists of highly
experienced, well credentialed, classroom teachers who bring
unique characteristics to the classroom.
Sue Bagge
Teaching has become my growing obsession!
I am so excited to be expanding my reach into the on-line
forum. It all started almost 15 years ago when I began teaching
high school biology in an urban setting. I was immediately
in love with the profession. After a few years, I wanted
to expand my teaching to include teacher training. I love
mentoring other teachers and supervising student teachers.
It is so exhilirating to see my colleagues as they start
their careers. I've always felt that working with new teachers
"recharges" my own love of the craft. When I am
not working on new ways to teach biology to "at-risk"
youth, I am often found collaborating with teachers of other
disciplines. I am an outside of the box thinker...and love
to share ideas with colleagues to create new approaches
to old lessons in every subject area.
For the last several years, I have been working part time
at 3 local colleges as and adjunct Anatomy/Physiology and
Biology teacher.
With all of this teaching...it doesn't leave a lot of time
for hobbies! But my two teenagers, and husband of over 20
years will tell you that I have three passions: family,
cooking and the Boston Red Sox! (not necessarily in that
order!)
Cris Clarke
In the fall of 1999 Cris was home with two small children
and needed an outlet. She became one of the first online
students in a doctoral program. As a pioneer student, Cris
had the excitement of connecting with others from around
the world and immersing herself in cutting edge research
in educational theory and practice.
After graduation, Cris began teaching via
interactive video conferencing. She appears “live”
in classrooms all over the state of North Carolina, offering
Honors level classes to rural students who would otherwise
not have the opportunity to learn at this level. The North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is home to this
outreach project and has been Cris’ instructional
home for the past seven years.
Cris’ research interests are diverse.
Her dissertation work centered on using technology with
older adults in leisure learning centers. Her most recent
project involves instructional design using Microtasks.
North Carolina State University has selected Cris’
Leadership and Ethics course as a pilot of the Expertiza
system. Expertiza is a collaborative method of course design
where students determine what small tasks need to be accomplished
in order to “consume” the course material. Students
can pick and choose among instructor or student designed
Microtasks and earn points towards their final grade and
completion. It’s the next step in the constructivist,
collaborative learning environment. It capitalizes on social
networking and economic theory to drive the course forward.
Cris’ research has been featured at
national and state wide conferences including through AECT,
the North Carolina Distance Learning Association, and the
University of North Carolina Teaching, Learning with Technology.
This past year Cris served on the planning committees for
the North Carolina based conferences.
Linda
DiVittorio
I taught my first computer class in 1970 on an IBM 1620
in Tulsa Oklahoma. I just retired after 47 years of teaching
mathematics and Computer Science in public education. I
love cooking, reading, and watching the birds from the deck
on the back of my house on Cape Cod.
My most exciting educational experience was studying computer
graphics with Andy VanDam for four summers at Brown. My
most satisfying educational experience is connecting with
my past students and hearing about their careers in technology
related fields.
I sometimes feel like I started with the
abacus and I am ending with the Moodle. I am looking forward
to teaching and working with the current generation of teachers
and the next level of "Learning and Technology".
Elizabeth A. Evans
Elizabeth A. (Libby) Evans was at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for over 25 years in a
variety of positions including user service, training and
education, instructional technology, and application programming.
In 2007, she started the Games4Learning Initiative at UNC
to help the campus community learn about how games might
be applied to the teaching and learning process, to understand
what research opportunities exist for educational games,
and to help faculty create multidisciplinary partnerships
around games and learning.
She served on numerous committees and is a recipient of
the 2001 Office of the Provost Public Service Award for
service to the university. Her full resume is available
at http://www.unc.edu/~uevans/resume.html.
Kay Lehmann
Dr. Kay Lehmann of Walla Walla, Washington
received her doctoral degree from Walden University in 2007.
She was awarded the Don Ackerman Research Fellowship to
support her research on the formation of cooperative learning
groups. Her Master's degree in Online Teaching and Learning
was earned from California State University/East Bay. Prior
to working as an adjunct online instructor at UW-Stout Kay
taught middle school social studies/reading and was honored
to win the Milken National Educator Award and the Washington
Award for Excellence in Education.
Her award-winning classroom methods utilizing
appropriate technology integration into the classroom curriculum
and hands-on constructivist teaching have been transferred
to her professional development efforts.
Kay is the author of three books:
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Surviving
Inclusion is based on her Inclusion course offered
through University of Wisconsin-Stout.
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With more than eight years of experience
teaching online she is well-versed in how to help all learners
be successful, particularly those new to online courses.
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