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Dr. Jessica Somers
University System of Georgia Board of Regents
Executive Director of Academic Innovation
Advanced Learning Technologies Unit
Ph.D. University of Georgia 1995
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Work History
• Personnel Coordinator, Sun Products Corporation
• Research Coordinator, Budget and Research Services
• Assistant Director, Placement and Co-op Department
• Education Instruction Specialist, IBM Corporation
• Graduate Assistant, Developmental Studies Div, UGA
• Temp Instructor, Intro to CPU-Based Ed, IT Dept, UGA
• Technology Environment Coordinator and Assistant Director, Center for Educational Technology, COE, UGA
• Associate Dir., Distance Ed and Academic Innovation
• Director, Academic Innovation
• Executive Director, Academic Innovation
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Job Duties
• Responsible for System-wide faculty development activities focused on incorporating technology into instruction
• Contract with external entities to develop scalable and sustainable training solutions
• Serve as liaison for collaboratively developed online degree programs
• Represent ALT in Regents’ activities
• Conference Program Chair—MERLOT International Conference, 2001
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• Repository of instructional Resources developed by USG faculty, designers and programmers
• Focuses on collaborative development and delivery of online coursework
• Preview of other course work
• USG Faculty have opportunity to adopt existing course materials
• Courses offered for credit through five institutions
SCOUT
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MERLOT
• Open Collection of Resources created by faculty nationwide
• Appropriate resources for education are immediately accessible
• Learning modules span the academic spectrum, both in terms of discipline and approach
• Searchable by keyword or subject hierarchy
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Site Content
• Reference Materials
• Virtual Tours
• Animations
• Interactive Instructions
• Simulations
• Sample Lesson Plans
• Links to Other Individuals in Discipline
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Peer Evaluations
• All material reviewed by subject matter experts and instructional designers
• Reviewers evaluate quality of content, effectiveness of material for teaching, and ease of use
• Reviews are by peers using composite averages of all reviewers
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Partners
•22 higher learning institutes are partners
•Lending their talents for the good of the whole
•Promotes more serious discussions of materials as well as implementation of technology in classrooms
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Somers / MERLOT
• Represents USG as Project Director for MERLOT
• Provides leadership for MERLOT projects
• Supports peer review of Web-based learning materials by USG faculty
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About This Presentation
SCOUT Website: http://alt.usg.edu/scout
MERLOT Website: http://www.merlot.org
Other Websites:http://www.codeconnoisseur.org/it/edit6100/task2
Dr. Somers’ Image: http://www.celt.lsu.edu/cfd
Background Image: http://www.deviantART.com
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Publications
MERLOT for web-based learning and teaching. UCNS Computer Review, UGA, 2001
A process for initiating change: Developing technology goals for a college of education. Journal of Teacher Education, 1996
What's in a game? A study of games as an instructional method in an adult education class. Innovative Higher Education, 1993
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Education
•Ph.D. University of Georgia 1995
•M.B.A. West Georgia College 1981
•B.B.A. West Georgia College 1977