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Etudes Team
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Management |
 Vivie Sinou,
Executive Director
Vivie leads,
manages, and supports the Etudes community and organization. She is responsible
for the strategic planning and vision of Etudes, as well as product management and development of
the Etudes-NG (Next Generation) software. Vivie formed the ETUDES
Consortium in 2002 and extended Course Management System (CMS)
services and support to distance learning programs to over 25 community colleges in California. In 2004,
Vivie led the adoption of the
Sakai
platform for Etudes, and was a
founding member of the
Sakai Board, representing community college needs.
In May of 2008, Vivie founded Etudes, Inc., a
non-profit organization that leads open source development and offers e-learning services to higher education
institutions.
Vivie also spear-headed the
Sofia initiative for undergraduate education, and is
helping shape the vision of both open source and open education
resources.
Vivie was the recipient of the 2002
Technology Leadership Award from the California
Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. "She was chosen for the
prestigious statewide award for her prominence within the arena
of higher educational technological resources management,
exemplary organizational management and leadership qualities,
advocacy of effective use of technology in supporting
institutional goals, and contributions to growth of the
profession as a whole," as per the selection committee.
Vivie
was also selected for the
League Innovator of the Year Award for Foothill De
Anza Community College District (2002). |
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 Marlene Wilkendorf,
Program Coordinator
Marlene
joined the Etudes team in 2001, bringing over ten
years of administrative experience to the department's ambitious
technology projects and support services. Marlene earned a Database Systems and Concepts Certificate
from University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, and a Web
Development Certificate from San Jose State University Extension. She
enjoys taking online courses and is our resident “student” expert. |
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Software
Development |
 Glenn
R. Golden, Chief Architect
Glenn is responsible for the current and future technical success of
Etudes; the Etudes software platform, Etudes developed applications,
and the Etudes production architecture. He comes to Etudes after 10
years at the University of Michigan, where he was an architect,
designer and technical lead for Sakai, the framework currently used by
Etudes, and was instrumental in Sakai's creation and success. Glenn
also partnered with Vivie Sinou in a Michigan / Etudes collaboration
to design and develop Mneme / Test Center (a.k.a. Tasks, Tests &
Surveys), and is continuing this work now as part of Etudes.
Glenn has been leading the design and development of computer software
products and systems in commercial, entertainment, scientific and
educational areas since 1980, specializing in complex system
architecture and design, and Java server / browser client software
systems. He works out of the mid-west office of Etudes in his home in
Ann Arbor. Work, three children, rooting for Michigan Wolverine
football and the Detroit Tigers, and a few hours of sleep pretty much
fills up Glenn's time. He would like to become a passable player of
guitar and piano, but that may have to wait for retirement. |
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 Murthy Tanniru,
Senior Learning Systems Developer
Murthy is a senior software developer and architect and has worked
extensively in the industry as an IT consultant on internet
technologies. He holds bachelor in Engineering and a Diploma in
advance computing. |
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 Rashmi Maheshwari,
Learning Systems Developer
Rashmi has worked as a software consultant for start-ups and high-tech
companies on several E-Business projects. She is quite versatile and
can work on any end like GUI/server side development and in any phase
of software development - from requirement analysis to development.
She holds a Masters in Computer Engineering from San Jose State
University. |
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 Mallika Thoppay,
Learning Systems Developer
Mallika is a systems developer and comes from a background of having
worked as a management consultant with a big five consulting firm. Her
work primarily involved implementing E-Business solutions for several
clients in the high-tech industry. On these projects, she has worn
several hats by working both as a business analyst as well as a
software developer. She has a Masters in Computer Science from Kansas
State University. Outside work, she enjoys traveling. |
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Etudes Training Facilitators |
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 Kathy Fransham,
Training Coordinator
Kathy has served as a technology trainer at
Foothill College since 1989. Kathy coordinates, offers, and supports training courses
and events, writes training and user documentation, and provides user
support to faculty in the Consortium. Additionally, Kathy assists the Etudes development team with
Quality Assurance testing, especially on the Mac, and a major
contributor in the design of support documents, user guides, and
training materials. Kathy has a Master's degree in Instructional
Technology from San Jose State University.
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 Wendy
Bass, Training Facilitator
Wendy is an associate professor at East Los Angeles College in the
field of child development and education. Along with being the
Distance Education Coordinator for ELAC, Wendy also teaches child
development courses online. She earned her BA in Psychology from
University of Arizona, MA in Special Education from Cal State
Northridge and Ph.D. in Education from UCLA. When Wendy is not on the
computer or teaching, she is busy being a mom to her three boys (2, 5
and 9 :) and helping her husband with his online web publication.
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 Suzanne Floyd,
Training Facilitator
Suzanne is
assistant
professor at West Los Angeles College, has been
teaching writing and literature for over a decade. She is a
professional writer and editor and has written for a variety of
publications including a New York City-based trade journal and a
Caribbean daily newspaper. Suzanne received her M.A. in
English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from San
Diego State University, and taught at community colleges in New
Jersey, Napa Valley and Los Angeles. In her
spare time Suzanne enjoys troubleshooting computer problems and
helping online instructors and students. |
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 Marion
Heyn, Training Facilitator
Marion Heyn (rhymes with "nine"), Professor of
English at Los Angeles Valley College, teaches writing, not
literature. She has been teaching the art and craft of writing for
nearly 20 years, always with the computer in the picture. At first it
was merely showing students how to use word processing programs to do
their assignments. Soon she developed Kung Fu English, which involved
her comp classes in a Web-based international negotiation simulation,
and that led her to learn more about how IT could energize learning.
After 13 courses at the doctoral level and a 5-year stint as the first
director of Virtual Valley, LAVC's online program, Marion now teaches
totally online, seeing this mode as the perfect vehicle for teaching
reading and writing. |
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 Norah Glover,
Training Facilitator
Norah
has been teaching
anthropology courses in the
California Community College system
for 8 years and is presently teaching online courses for both the
College of the Siskiyous and Foothill College. She has been
using Etudes for both her online courses and as a learning enhancement
for her face-to-face courses. A veteran online teacher,
Norah is one of the first few instructors who went live with a
fully-online class with Etudes-NG. Norah has a Master’s
Degree in Anthropology from CSU- Fullerton, and Education, with an
Option in Online Teaching and Learning from CSU-Hayward. |
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 Jim
Marteney, Training Facilitator
Jim
has been a Professor of Speech Communication at Los
Angeles Valley College for over thirty years. After receiving his
Masters degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara he
taught at a variety of facilities including a three year stint at the
California Youth Authority where he taught youth offenders the fine
art of public speaking. In addition to his teaching duties he is the
Distance Learning Trainer at Valley College which allows him to work
with instructors in developing their online teaching skills. Jim has
more time now because his two children are away at college. He is torn
between enjoying the new found freedom of the empty nest and missing
his children. In his free time Jim listens and plays music on the
guitar and works out including keeping up his black belt in karate. |
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 Dave
Megill, Training Facilitator
Dave longtime music instructor at Mira Costa College, is a
published author, online instructor, and musician. He is a skilled
programmer and key developer of the rich multimedia and interactive
components in their music online classes. Dave and Don have received
numerous awards for their online courses, including an "honorable mention"
at the CVC Online Learning Site Award and the "Best Professor Web Site" in
Prentice Hall's "Afternoon of Innovation." Their sites are located at
www.eMegill.com. Take a look at their "Music Fundamentals," "Music
Theory," "Musicianship," "Music Appreciation" and "Intro to Jazz History."
The courses are interactive and incorporate listening experiences. The
music-teaching brothers also have published supporting materials. They are
inspiring teachers, passionate about teaching and learning!
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Don
Megill, Training Facilitator
Don, longtime
Music Theory, Music History, Music Technology, Commercial Arts Ensemble,
Mira Costa College, is also a published author and musician, has developed
and teaches several online courses that are adopted by many other schools.
Don is an experienced facilitator, giving workshops and presentations with
his brother Dave, around the state in online learning and Etudes (the
learning management system of their choice). He and Dave are
reviewers of learning objects in the Merlot Project (http://www.merlot.org)
and anchors for the music academic community with the CVC Professional
Development Center (http://pdc.cvc.edu)
They are seasoned teachers of traditional classes and are fascinated by
the pedagogical intersection between all that we have been doing and all
the potential of the new teaching and learning tools.
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 Trish
Nelson, Training Facilitator
Trish is an Adjunct English Instructor at College of Alameda,
where she will begin teaching online sections of transfer-level
English courses in the Fall of 2006. While completing her MA in
English at Holy Names University, Trish worked as College Technology
Trainer for College of Alameda and Laney College, which is when she
began her relationship with Etudes. Trish looks forward to beginning a
Doctoral program at University of San Francisco, where she will focus
on developing online education programs for international and
multi-cultural students. |
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 Karl Peter,
Training Facilitator
KP
is the Program Director of the Foothill College Veterinary Technology
Program, has taught at the community college Level since 1992 and has
a special interest in the effective integration and use of technology
in education. He uses Etudes for four web-enhanced courses and has
launched a successful Online Veterinary Assisting Certificate Program.
He has been an Etudes user and involved with Foothill Global Access
for since 2001, assisted in the redesign of Etudes-NG, facilitates
Etudes 101 online and on-site and is a Cyber Teachers' Institute
facilitator for CTI 102. KP enjoys teaching and learning online and
regularly enrolls in online courses in a variety of subjects. |
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 Sarah
Phinney, Training Facilitator
Sarah is the Educational Media Design Specialist at Porterville
College. She has been involved with adult education for 14 years, of
which, eight of those years have been in distance education. She has
been working in the California Community College system for four years
and just recently began her new position at Porterville College, where
she assists faculty with building online courses and helps them
develop technology mediated content for their traditional campus based
courses. Sarah earned her M.Ed. in educational technology from Lesley
University's online degree program in 2000, and was trained as a CVC
certified Etudes trainer in 2003. In her spare time Sarah can be found
tending her vegetable garden, playing tennis or hiking in the Sierras. |
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 Riba
Taylor, Training Facilitator
Riba earned an MA in English (with a creative writing emphasis)
from Sonoma State and is an adjunct member of the English departments
at Foothill College, Santa Rosa Junior College, Mendocino College and
College of the Siskiyous (beginning Spring 2007). She is also
developing a course to introduce community college students to Etudes
NG and strategies for success in online learning. Riba gets lit up
talking about teaching and learning and believes being an online
student is one of the best ways to become an effective online
instructor. The Etudes NG project is important to her, and being part
of the training team to help support faculty in their introduction to
these online learning tools is one of her favorite hats. |
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 Vivian
Varela, Training Facilitator
Vivian earned her MA in Sociology at CSU, Bakersfield and MS in
Education-Online Teaching and Learning at CSU, Hayward. She is
currently the Director of Distance Education at Mendocino College and
an adjunct instructor (Sociology) online at Mendocino College, Taft
College and College of Alameda. Before starting her new job at
Mendocino College in August 2007, Vivian provided tech support for the
distance learning program at Taft College along with writing &
maintaining the distance learning website. She enjoys web searching
for supporting materials for her classes, reading, especially books
that combine technology and society, and sewing in her spare time. |
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 Margie
White, Training Facilitator
Margie has been a Business and Technical adjunct instructor at the
College of the Siskiyous since 1995 and was selected as Adjunct
Faculty of the Year for 2001/2002. She has taught over 20 classes
using Etudes and currently teaches all her classes online. She has an
M.B.A. from U.C. - Irvine and also provides consulting services to
small businesses. She loves living in the mountains of rural Siskiyou
County and spends her spare time hiking, playing golf, and cross
country skiing. |
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Our Team of Educators
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