Announcing the Candidates for the Next C2C Vice-Chair

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 11:47am — admin

Each year, the outgoing chair of C2C is succeeded by the vice-chair, and a new vice-chair is elected. The two candidates for the next C2C vice-chair are Desiree DePriest and Robert Gibson. Information about each of them is available below. (Click the headline above to see the full article.)

C2C members can vote at www.surveymonkey.com/c2c-vicechair through 30 June 2010.

Desiree DePriest, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Park University

Professional Background:

Ph.D., Management and Organization, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
Master of Information Systems Management
Master of Telecommunications Management
BS Psychology, Howard University, Washington, DC

Experience with Education and Distance Learning:

Dr. DePriest has over ten years of teaching experience in accredited physical and online university settings. Dr. DePriest has been an Information Technology Professor at Kaplan University for six years online where she has also served on the Undergraduate Curriculum committee, Student Success Committee and the Critical Thinking Assessment committee. Professor DePriest has developed curriculum for the MSIT graduate program also.

Dr. DePriest is an MIS Instructional Developer for the MBA Program at Park University and a curriculum partnership and PLA consultant for Baker University.Dr. DePriest is a presenter at many physical and online conferences annually including a proposal on online student internships at the TCC Online Conference in Hawaii and group online collaboration tools for the KU Village conference. Dr. DePriest teaches in the MBA/MIS programs at Park as well as in a MSIT at Kaplan.

Dr. DePriest is a health care web designer for The Corridor Group and Health Stream, Inc. using web authoring tools Lectora and Toolbook.

Short message on what you bring to the C2C organization:

I bring a strong understanding of online and distant learning technology and the possibilities on the horizon. This includes robust learning through 3G and 4G mobile technology, cloud computing and the methods involved in development and design projects.

Robert Gibson, Ed.D.
Associate CIO - Academic and User Services
Emporia State University

Professional Background:

Worked in higher education since 1988 at five different universities. Worked at Kansas universities for 18 of those years.
Hold several bachelor’s degrees, a masters degree instructional technology and design, and an Ed.D. in instructional technology and distance education
Currently the Associate CIO for Academic Technology at Emporia State University
Completed the Advanced Online Teaching certification through UCLA
Completed Peer Reviewer certification through Quality Matters
Internet 2 certified
Graduate adjunct faculty (School of Library and Information Systems)
Served on multiple Educause committees and presently serving as an Educause Quarterly peer reviewer
Conducted multiple presentations at the national, regional, and local level

Experience with Education and Distance Learning:

Worked in distance education since 1988
Experienced many forms of distance education over a period of 22 years
Developed the first online class at WSU in 1995 (Nursing Informatics)
Taught several courses online. Currently teach for ESU in the Library and Information Management program, and for Darton Community College (GA)
Completed doctoral degree in a hybrid format (Selected specifically because of the format)
Developed several online courses, including Instructional Design for the Online Course
Recently awarded Blackboard Exemplary Course award

Short message on what you bring to the C2C organization:

I've been associated with C2C (including SIDLIT) since it's inception. In the early days of the organization we had no more than 75 people who attended the summer event. Now, it's grown to become the most important instructional technology and distance education conference of the year in Kansas. The organization has provided me immense professional development and education over the years. I would like to finally give back to the organization by serving as your Vice Chair. I can only hope to fill the enormous shoes of those leaders who shaped and forged this organization into what it's become.