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EDUCATION
Courses in Cataloging, Reference, Digital Libraries and Archives (1999-2001)
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction (1993)
Specializations in Educational Computing, Instructional Design
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
M.S. Curriculum and Instruction (1989)
Specializations in Educational Psychology, Evaluation and Research Methods, Gifted and Talented
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
B.A. English and Education, Concentration Psychology (1985)
School of Humanities, Social Science and Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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EXPERIENCE
President, Knowledge Foundry: The Knowledge Construction Company (2006-Present)
K-Foundry.com, Cambridge, MA
Run a small consulting firm to support individuals and groups interested
in establishing virtual spaces within Linden Lab's SecondLife.
The primary accomplishment has been to sponsor and build a series
of strategically located public spaces that significantly improve the experience
of users by providing a user-friendly visual interface to the highest
quality content available in the system. This work culminated in the
establishment of a "knowledge capital" named Knowledge Palace
within a larger development called "Knowledgeland" located in the
heart of the SecondLife mainland and the additional five region "Knowledge Kingdom" named
Knowledge Paradise.
Senior Lecturer, DM 6145: Information Technology and Creative Practices (2006-Present)
Digital Media Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Designed and continue to teach a core course introducing students to the foundations
of digital media and the processes needed to carry out cutting edge digital media
projects and products.
Director, Instructional Design Graduate Program (2007-2008)
Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Held overall responsibility for a masters level graduate program in Instructional Design.
Duties ranged from supervision of day-to-day program administration to program development.
Hired, supervised and evaluated all adjunct faculty, two half-time academic staff, one part-time administrative assistant and two graduate assistants.
Supervised course scheduling and instructor assignments. Managed student recruitment, admissions, enrollment and advising.
Directed revision and new development of the program for delivery in face-to-face, hybrid and online formats.
Taught two courses per semester and performed other academic duties as requested.
Also supported the purchase and setup of a space in SecondLife so that all faculty across the university could experiment with using it for online courses.
Assistant Professor, Technology in Education (2003-2006)
School of Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Served as core campus faculty member for a Master's degree program offered in an intensive face-to-face weekend format to 45 cohorts of teachers in 15 states.
Primary duties include supervision of 40+ adjunct faculty, curriculum development, student advising, and personally teaching 5 or more intensive weekend courses per year.
Completed the research project Online Communities for Faculty Support at Lesley University supported by the Center for Academic Technology Faculty Fellowship 2004-2005. This was primarily an ethnographic study designed to explore the role that online communities might play in faculty support activities across the range of programs at Lesley University.
The most important result of this research was a framework for describing how a range of communication strategies in general, and Blackboard online communities specifically, might be used for the full spectrum of faculty support activities.
Served as course mentor for the required course ECOMP 6016: Teaching and Learning with Digital Media.
Supervised 35 adjunct faculty who taught the course to over 400 students each year.
Managed the combination of the required course ECOMP 5016: Teaching and Learning with Multimedia and the elective course ECOMP 6010: Educational Uses of Video into a new single intensive required course.
Lead all course specific sessions for adjunct faculty who came from across the country to attend a Faculty Development Seminar on the Lesley University campus in July, 2005.
Served as course mentor for the popular elective ECOMP 5018: Introduction to Educational Robotics.
Supervised 15 adjunct faculty who taught the course to over 300 students across the country each year.
Primary responsibilities included revising course curriculum content and materials, communicating changes to adjunct faculty around the country, managing a large distributed collection of robotics equipment held by adjunct faculty, making decisions about purchasing and distributing expanded course equipment collections and guiding the creation of an online version of the course.
Created and served as mentor for new elective ECOMP 6011: Database Management Systems in Education.
Also taught the required course ECOMP 7100: Fundamentals of Computer Structure and the elective course
ECOMP 6009: Weaving the World Wide Web.
Intern, Institute Archives and Special Collections (Fall, 2000)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Completed an internship for credit arranged in cooperation with Simmons College's Archival Science Program.
Researched, processed and wrote finding aid for 5 boxes (4.3 cu. ft.) of records from
American Institute of Planners, 1925-1940 (MC 556).
The collection contained records of the American City Planning Institute (ACPI, 1917- 1938)
and its successor, the American Institute of Planners (AIP, 1939-1978).
This organization joined with the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) in 1978
to form the American Planning Association (APA).
The records include information about the central role the organization played during the early period
in the planning profession, correspondence of key figures in the field,
communications and works of Frederick Law Olmstead Jr. and the production history of the renowned film
The City that was shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Postdoctoral Associate, Comparative Media Studies (1998-2000)
School of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Served as Managing Editor of Media-in-Transition, a joint project of the MIT Communications Forum,
the Comparative Media Studies Program, and the Markle Foundation. This was the flagship project of the newly formed Comparative Media Studies Masters Program at MIT. The project was designed to generate a corpus of appropriate curriculum materials for the new program.
Coordinated work on the project with outside contractors, undergraduate research assistants and graduate students. Performed web master duties that included site programming, editing and posting as well as systems administration for the Communications Forum and Media-in-Transition web servers.
Co-organized the first Media-in-Transition International Conference.
Complied the majority of summaries for project events which were posted on the web site.
Also assisted with 21L.015 Introduction to Media Studies, an introductory course that utilized Media-in-Transition content as an evolving curriculum.
Visiting Scientist, Center for Educational Computing Initiatives (1996-1998)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Compiled the final report about Networked Multimedia Information Services, the main project of a research consortium co-funded by NSF, IBM and Turner Learning. Collected information using ethnographic interviews, created documentation and produced print and electronic versions for distribution to all project constituencies. Also participated in writing further proposals to funding agencies and corporations, including NIST, IBM Watson Research, Turner Learning and NSF.
Served as editor for the last edition of documentation for AthenaMuse 2,an experimental "java-like" authoring language originally intended to serve as multimedia extensions to X-Windows. Interviewed participants, analyzed and compared existing code and documentation to determine needs, and generated print and electronic versions of the documentation.
Owner and Manager, Studio-E (1994-1998)
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Owned and managed a popular commercial computer service and consulting company. Held sole responsibility for all financial, technical and human resource aspects of the business. Provided instruction, production and consulting services for individuals, academic organizations and businesses in the Boston/Cambridge area. Worked with many independent professionals and artists as well as faculty and students from local area universities. Supported the writing of proposals to funding agencies and corporations.
Provided project management, interface design and development for a number of early prototype web projects. Assisted Robert W. Lawler on various projects including a web version of his book Learning and Computing (1997). Created a prototype web version of Marvin Minsky's Society of Mind (1998). Supported Elmer Hawkes' projects in a variety of capacities including promotional activities, technical computing support, the layout for two CD's (The Songs of Elmer Hawkes and The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- A Stage Musical) and the first web version of the Works of Elmer Hawkes (1995-1998).
Designed and offered a personalized intensive computer training service for professionals called Jump-Start in Personal Computing and a children's computer workshop called Infonauts.
Project Manager, Engineering Specific Career-planning
and Problem-solving Environment (1989-1993)
Engineering Research and Information Systems, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Served as primary project manager and developer of an engineering career information system directed by Dr. William K. LeBold. The system was organized around major engineering disciplines and included information on specific careers, plans of study available at Purdue University (including all engineering course descriptions), as well as descriptions of key organizations and publications. A unique aspect of the system was the inclusion of sample problem-solving exercises to help users to differentiate and understand the nature of specific fields of engineering.
Supported the implementation of the system within the context of ENGR 195C: Engineering Career Development, a special experimental section of a engineering career development and guidance course required for all freshman engineering majors at Purdue University. Received 1992 Magoon Award for Teaching in Engineering in recognition of the highly successful implementation of this project.
Managed the successful conversion of the HyperCard version of the project into a networked version viewable in HyperNews or a Mosaic browser.
Assisted with project evaluation regarding both the experimental course and the role of the system within that course over three years. Also assisted in writing a number of successful proposals to internal groups and external funding agencies including the National Science Foundation.
Researcher and Project Manager, Apple-Head Start Logo Word World's Project (1989-1993)
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Participated in an Apple funded research directed by Dr. Robert W. Lawler.
Held primary responsibility for analysis and reporting of data from a pilot study designed to demonstrate the
feasibility of using Logo micro-worlds for introducing pre-reading to children at Lafayette Head Start.
Coordinated tutoring and data collection of graduate students working on the project.
Lead aspect of the project concerned with producing software based emulations of the Apple hardware based
TI 99 Sprite-Logo System. Demonstrations were made in Macromind Director, HyperCard and Object Logo.
Personally programmed HyperCard version. Also wrote the report delivered to Apple at the conclusion of the project.
Instructor, EDCI 562:Educational Applications of Logo (1993)
Educational Computing and Instructional Design, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Taught a graduate level course for teachers.
Guided student's participation in lab exercises that provided hands-on experience with various versions of the Logo language and Lego/Logo materials.
Instructor, EDCI 460: Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning (1990-1992)
Educational Computing and Instructional Design, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Taught the lab component of an introductory course about the appraisal, utilization, and evaluation of software and hardware in education.
Completed an extensive revision of the lab manual.
Co-Instructor, ED 524: Classroom Tests and Measurements (1988-1989)
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Assisted Kathryn Linden with instruction in an advanced graduate course about developing, analyzing, and interpreting measures of educational achievement.
Presented lectures, directed labs and graded examinations.
Course Coordinator, ED 285: Educational Psychology (1986-1989)
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Assisted the course director, Dr. Kathryn Linden, with managing instruction and evaluation for a required multi-section undergraduate course which employed 10 graduate instructors and served approximately 350 students each semester.
Coordinated the construction of three norm-referenced tests made by course instructors under the supervision of the course director.
Compiled an extensive test item data bank with 10 years of detailed item analysis data.
The resulting tests were very similar to the ETS's National Teaching Exam.
Taught one or two sections of the course per semester.
Oversaw course labs structured around extensive small group problem solving exercises.
Supervised two or three undergraduate course assistants each semester.
Program Coordinator, Super Saturday/Summer (1987-1989)
Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Served a number of roles within an organization that provided special 18 hour courses to
gifted and talented youth with IQ 115+ or achievement above the 90th percentile. Assisted the program director with teacher supervision and evaluation. Produced a resource manual for use by future coordinators of the Super Saturday/Summer program.
Designed, taught and evaluated the three-hour Super Saturday Teaching Training Workshop on creating differentiated units for gifted and talented students. Participation in the workshop was required of all instructors.
Designed, taught and evaluated Creative Thinking for Grades K-2 and Inventions for Grades K-2. These classes were intended to serve as demonstration courses as well as permanent additions to the regular offerings of the program. Also taught Preparation for the SAT for Grades 7-12, Astronomy for Grades 3-6, and Young Astronauts for Grades K-2.
Assistant Editor, Purdue Creative Thinking Program, Third Edition (1987-1988)
Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Managed revision of materials distributed with an audio program by Dr. John F. Feldhusen that was designed to encourage the development of Torrence's creative thinking skills of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. Directed proofreading and re-editing of scripts, exercises, lesson summaries, directions, bibliographies and reference materials distributed with the audio tapes. Completed biographical research, script writing, and editing of two lessons in the series (George Washington Carver and Wilma Rudolph).
Coordinator, Purdue Mentor Program (1986-1987)
Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Administered mentor program for exceptionally gifted and talented students. Planned and directed orientation sessions for 20 mentors and 90 participants. Complied a program evaluation report.
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PUBLICATIONS
Hopper, M. E. (2004) Methods for studying educational computing projects:
Challenges and opportunities. In J. Impagliazzo and J. Lee (Ed.).
History of Computers in Education. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Hopper, M. E. (2001). Wisdom from MIT’s Athena:
A paradigm for precognition. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Comparative Media Studies Program.
Hopper, M. E. (1998).
Assessment in WWW-based learning systems: Opportunities and challenges.
Journal of Universal Computer Science, 4(4), 330-348.
(Special issue on evaluation edited by Patricia Carlson.)
Hopper, M. E. (Ed.) (1997).
Networked Multimedia Information Services: Final report.
Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Center for Educational Computing Initiatives.
Hopper, M. E. and Lawler, R. W. (1997).
A progress report for the Head Start-Apple Logo Project.
In R. W. Lawler (Ed.), Learning and computing: A dual-medium book (pp. 36-40).
UK: Intellect Books.
Hopper, M. E. (Contributor)(1995).
University examples: MIT's Athena Project, Purdue's ESCAPE, organizational issues.
In R. Rada (Ed.), Designing educational hypermedia: Coordination and reuse (pp. 84-91).
Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Hopper, M. E. (1994).
Usable software in advanced educational computing projects.
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, 28(1), 46-48.
Hopper, M. E. (1993).
Educational courseware production in advanced computing environments.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Hopper, M. E., LeBold, W. K., Feghali, A. A. (1991).
A hypermedia-based problem solving approach to engineering, learning, working, and playing.
Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, 73-78.
PRESENTATIONS
Hopper, M. E. (2009, April). COSMA, Constructing a Kingdom of Knowledge.
Media in Transition 6 Conference: Stone and Papyrus, Storage and Transmission, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2008, December).
Using Virtual Worlds for Computer Science Education and Research.
Computer Science Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2008, May).
Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds, UMass Boston’s Information Technology and Healey Library Educational Technology Conference, Boston, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2008, May). Ok, now what? Ideas from Havok to the Holodeck.
Sloan-C International Symposium, Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning, Carefree, AZ.
Hopper, M. E. (2008, April).
SecondLife: Powerful Places for Teaching and Learning.
UMass IT Conference: The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Making "IT" Matter, Boxborough, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2007, April). The Knowledge Gates to SecondLife.
Media in Transition 5 Conference: Creativity, Ownership and Collaboration in the Digital Age, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2005, July). Getting Started with Robotics: Clubs, Competitions and Communities [Birds of a Feather Session]. National Educational Computing Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Hopper, M.E. (2005, May). Supporting Course Mentoring Needs Through Online Environments [Workshop].
Center for Academic Technology Faculty Development Day, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2005, January).
Supporting course mentoring needs across Lesley University through 0nline Environments [Workshop].
9th Annual Academic Technology Institute, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2004, August). Methods for studying educational computing projects:
Challenges and opportunities. Presentation at History of Computers in Education SIG, IFIP World Computer Congress Conference, Toulouse, France.
Hopper, M.E. & LaFountain, D. (2004, June). Robotics in the Classroom [Birds of a Feather Session]. National Educational Computing Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Hopper, M. E. & Summer, R. B. (2001, February). Where's the media?
Models for creating and distributing teacher and student made digital media [Abstract].
Presentation at Second Wiring the Classroom Conference. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (2000, January). Knowledge systems 101:
From Alexandria to Hitchhiker's Guide [Short course, 4 sessions, 2-hours each]. Independent Activity Period (IAP),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M. E. (1998, October). Hypertext in historical context: Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson revisited.
Presentation for the Media-in-Transition Project / Communications Forum,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Hopper, M.E. (1997, March). The role of learners in the construction of successful courseware
projects in distributed academic computing environments [Abstract].
Round-table presentation, Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association,
Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG-ATL), Chicago, IL.
Hopper, M. E. (1993). Expert's views about courseware development in advanced computing environments [Abstract]. In H. Maurer (Ed.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 93 - Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia,
607.
Hopper, M. E. and Lawler, R. W. (1991, August).
Pre-Readers' Word Worlds: Results of experiences with young children and new directions.
Poster session at the thirteenth annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Evanston, IL.
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TEACHING CREDENTIALS (Valid 1985-1998)
Indiana Teacher's License for Secondary English (9-12)
Indiana Teacher's License for Junior High/Middle School Language Arts (5-9)
Gifted and Talented Endorsement (K-12)
Computer Education Endorsement (K-12)
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM)
Phi Delta Kappa, Harvard University Chapter (PDK)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
HONORS
Center for Academic Technology Faculty Fellowship (2004)
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Magoon Award for Graduate Teaching in Engineering (1992)
Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
David Ross Fellow, Doctoral Research (1992)
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN
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