Thanks so much for visiting my wiki! As you can probably tell, I love technology and I especially enjoy helping others find just the right tech tool to support their teaching style and learning objectives. I'm always open to starting conversations with new people so feel free to take advantage of any the following communication channels to reach me!
For the past 10 years, I've been fortunate enough to work with hundreds of educators in K12 and higher education settings. During that time, I've explored, researched, and practiced teaching with technology in f2f and online settings with high school students, k12 teachers, and graduate students. I have had meaningful and engaging encounters with so many dedicated professionals and students - encounters that have profoundly shaped my understanding of the impact of technology in educational settings.
If you're interested in more about me, here's some things I've done in the past. I've only included the highlights of my life as an educator. I had a previous life as a Navy girl, but those stories aren't suitable for this venue! LOL.
Course and Curriculum Design and Development Projects
I've designed/developed many workshops, courses, and programs over the years while working for RETA at NMSU. Here are just a few.
Educational Podcasting: Create Your First Podcast (pre-conference workshop)
Technology Enhanced Strategies to Increase Learner Engagement (presentation, winner of best presentation award)
Teaching and Learning in Second Life (presentation)
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International conference (SITE) '03
Web-based Professional Development for Teachers: A Process Approach (presentation)
Publications and Proceedings
Sims, R., & Bovard, B. (2007). Teaching and learning online: How elaborations of online presence can foster critical thinking and reflection. In R. Ganesan & M. Spector (Eds), Finding your online voice: Stories told by experienced online teachers. Hershey, PA: IDEA Group.
Bovard, B., Gonzales, C., Parra, J., & Bussmann, S. (2007). Teaching the teachers. In R. Sharma & S. Mishra (Eds), Cases on Global E-Learning Practices: Successes and pitfalls. Hershey PA: IDEA Group
Sims, R., & Bovard, B. (2004). Interacting with online learners: How new elaborations of online presence can foster critical thinking and reflection. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) conference 2004.
Gonzales, C., Bovard, B., & Bussmann, S. (2003). Web-based professional development for teachers: A process approach. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International conference (SITE), Vol. 2003, (1).
Gonzales, C., Bovard, B., Parra, J., & Holsombach-Ebner, C. (2003). Facilitating online teaching and learning using Centra and WebCT. Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), Vol. 2003, (1).
Education
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy: Education, Capella University, ABD (for a little while longer! LOL)
Program: Instructional Design for Online Learning
Master of Arts: New Mexico State University, 2003.
Major: Secondary Education – Foreign Languages
Bachelor of Arts: New Mexico State University, 1998.
Major: Languages and Linguistics – Spanish
Supplementary Major: Latin American Studies
Professional Service
2008-2009 - Sloan-C International Symposium '09 on Emerging Technologies: Track Chair and Tech Planning
2007-2008 - Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technologies: Steering Committee and Track Chair
Formal and Informal Professional Development
Various courses on designing courses with WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle, 1998-2009
Various webinars on everything from online assessment to synchronous online teaching strategies, 2002-2008
Certificate, Instructional Design for Online Learning: Capella University, 2004
Design Strategies for Producing Higher Interactive eLearning: eLearning Guild, 2004.
Writing for the Web: International Web Masters Association & HTML Writers Guild, 2003.
Certificate in Mac OSX System Administration: Apple Training Center, 2002.
Certificate, 3D Animation, Stanford Academy for New Media, 2001.
Comments (1)
Susana Rios said
at 11:13 pm on Aug 27, 2009
Bethany,
I found your vitae quite impressive. I am looking forward to learn from you and the rest of our colleagues in CEL 570.
Susana R.
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