Category: Personnel

Congratulations to Karen Skibba, Instructional Design Specialist, LTC, who recently received a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education with an Adult and Continuing Education Specialization from UW-Milwaukee.  The title of Karen’s  dissertation is: “An Investigation of How Faculty Members Learn to Teach Adult Students in Blended Programs.”

Her study found that experienced faculty members needed to learn anew and rethink pedagogical strategies when designing and teaching new course delivery formats.  Faculty members learning to teach are also adult learners who learn through experience and by conducting experiments.    This study confirmed that faculty members who teach in a blended program need guidance on how to use technology and also seek pedagogical strategies to increase both student and faculty success.

Karen was recently notified that her research will be published in 2012 book titled “Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices.”  Her chapter will be titled “Adult Learning Influence on Faculty Learning Cycle: Individual and Shared Reflections While Learning to Teach Online Lead to Pedagogical Transformations.”

Way to go, Dr. Karen!

 

Daniel Weiss, Web Applications Developer, has announced his resignation from iCIT.  His last day will be this Friday, Oct. 21. 

Daniel helped to improve the quality, quantity and oversight for our .NET applications and that Daniels tasks and project work will be transitioning to Brad Westness for the foreseeable future.

Daniel joined iCIT in 2010.  During that time, he has been responsibile for development of web applications to serve the student and administrative needs of UW-Whitewater, including rolling out an online curriculum system,  Duties include application development, testing, deployment, support and maintenance.

Daniel will be taking a new job with  Mortgagebot in Mequon, WI as a .NET Software Developer.   We thank Daniel for his service to iCIT, and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

iCIT is seeking a Network Cabling Technician to install, maintain and repair low voltage A/V and network cabling infrastructure to support audio, video and data networks on campus.  Advertising for the position will begin this weekend in local media outlets.

Working under the direction of the Facilities Technologist, the person in this position will perform duties relating to network cabling and classroom technology.  The position requires knowledge of network cabling systems including, but not limited to, twisted-pair, CAT3, CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6, and fiber optics as well as knowledge of telecommunications cabling standards such as TIA-568.  General knowledge of computer networks and networked systems is necessary.  To view the complete position description  please visit the UW-Whitewater website at: http://www.uww.edu/employment/jobs/5842.html

 Interested candidates should submit a letter of application addressing qualifications, a resume, and three current references addressed to Tom Jordan, Network Operations Manager, at icit-office@uww.edu; or iCIT, 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI  53190.  For questions, call 262-472-7790.  Thank you!

Sara Deschner, an IT instructor in the College of Business and Economics, has joined iCIT as Assistant Director of Instructional Facilities.  Sara has been working in iCIT this summer on an interim basis managing the General Access labs and instructional facilities summer projects. 

Prior to UW-Whitewater, Sara worked as an IT manager at Pentair, Inc. (formerly Sta-Rite Industries), where she provided strategic and technical direction to operations, LAN/WAN and Web groups.   Since joining UW-Whitewater as a lecturer in 2006, she also has worked for iCIT during summers and during the academic year on special projects related to labs and technology infrastructure. 

As Assistant Director of Instructional Facilities, Sara will be responsible for state-of-the-art design, engineering and daily operation of teaching and learning facilities at UW-Whitewater.   Her primary responsibilities will include coordinating classroom facilities design and department computer lab technology deployment, as well as planning and management of the GA computing labs.  Sara will supervise the GA student lab manager, and will manage staff who support the A/V of high-tech classrooms and computing labs.  She will report to Elena Pokot, CIO.

In addition to these responsibilities, Sara is leading the second phase of the desktop virtualization project, to make lab software readily accessible to students outside of lab facilities.  Sara will continue to teach her Learning Community, Technically Speaking, this year, and will continue to support the CyberGirlz camp as needed during her transition. 

Sara’s new office is in the iCIT Administrative suite, L2009.  Please join us in welcoming Sara to the iCIT team!

Ray Stanek has announced he will be leaving iCIT to pursue another career opportunity in the private sector.  During his short time in our department, Ray helped several ImageNow project goals progress favorably, and his contributions are appreciated.  Ray’s last day is today, Friday, July 22.  We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.