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Shelleylyn’s portfolio
Academic Background
PhD Instructional Technology, Utah State University. Research area: Engagement in informal social learning around online open educational resources using Web2.0 technologies. Projected completion: Summer 2008.
Masters of Education in Curriculum & Instruction, Weber State University, May 2004. Thesis title: Fostering Continuous Learning for University Staff through Communities of Practice. Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi for strong grades and exceptional scholarly work.
Bachelors of Science in Recreation Management and Youth Leadership, emphasis in Youth Agency Administration, Brigham Young University, June 1996
Experience
VP Training and Instructional Design, The Aegenis Group, 2008-present
Design and develop engaging e-learning materials levering emerging technologies. Develop certification programs including conducting research on content domains and viability of certification. Engage Subject Matter Experts in rapidly and collaboratively developing learning materials both face-to-face and online. Provide instructional design and community expertise in the development of online communities.
Research Scientist, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University, 2006-2008
Design, plan, coordinate, research for the Folksemantic project (software to support informal learning online based on emerging Web2.0 technologies such as RSS, RDF, and folksonomic data generation and filtering). Write and publish for a variety of publication venues. Consult with the Folksemantic team on design and development of Web 2.0 software projects based on my background with social software environments.
Assistant Director of Outreach, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University 2005-2006
Promote participation in open learning initiatives via conference presentations, site visits, and online forums. Coordinate conference receptions, activities, and collateral. Develop and maintain documentation on open-source educational software
Research Associate, Utah State University, 2004-Present
Conduct research regarding open learning communities and software. Assist with the development if educational software. Conduct a review of relevant literature.
Adjunct Faculty, Weber State University, 2003-2004
Design and develop curriculum based on student needs. Teach diverse students a variety of course offerings including: technology skills, organizational development, personal effectiveness, conflict management, knowledge transfer, diversity training, and customer service. Design curriculum, teach both classroom and online courses.
Organizational Development & Training Coordinator, Weber State University, 2001-2004
Assess organizational development & training needs. Cesign, develop, implement, and evaluate training materials, programs, and assessments. Facilitate interactive, educational leadership workshops for campus community
Coordinate strategic planning and policy development. Collaborate with division managers to improve organizational culture.
Trainer/Facilitator, Ultimate Adventures, Inc., 1997-2001
Design, develop, facilitate, and evaluate team-building and leadership experiences on high adventure ropes course. Sequenced for effective flow of events to maximize learning transfer.
Therapeutic Recreation Services Director, Island View RTC (a private school), 1996-2000
Design, develop, teach, and evaluate leadership/team-building/life skills/problem-solving programs for adolescents with behavioral disorders. Design curriculum. Hire and train staff. Develop programs for families, students, and staff.
Instructor and Program Director, Rec. Mgmt. and Youth Leadership 400, Brigham Young University, 1994-1996
Instruct university students on leadership principles. Trained and supervised student teachers.
Research/Scholarly Activities
Journal Articles
Henson, S.L., Shelton, B. & Wiley, D.A. (December 2007/January 2008). Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational Games the Wiki Way. Innovate Journal of Online Education. http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=423&action=synopsis
Johnson, S.L. & Kirschner, P. (in progress). Web 2.0: Illuminating the social subtext of formal learning environments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
Caswell, T., Henson, S., Jensen, M., Wiley, D. (in press). Open Content and Open Educational Resources: Enabling Universal Education. International Review of Open and Distance Learning.
Henson, S. L. & Hanson, K.M. (in press). An investigation into the use of emergent technologies in virtual case study development for community dental health education. Journal of American Dental Hygienists Association.
White Papers
Johnson, S.L. & Duffin, J. (in progress). OER Recommender: A recommendation system for open educational resources and the National Science Digital Library. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Johnson, S.L. & Duffin, J. (in progress). OCW Finder: Locate, tag, and share OpenCourseWare Materials. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.Henson, S. L. (2007). Comparative analysis of learning resources shared in a discussion board versus Ozmozr. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Henson, S. L. (2007). Content Licensing, an RDF metadata product for Plone. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Henson, S. L. (2007). Relstore/Scrumdidilyumptiou.us: Approaching the Semantic Web using Folksonomies. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Henson, S. L. (2007). Send2Wiki: Enabling derivative works of openly licensed web content. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Henson, S. L. (2007). Make a Path: A Web resource sequencing tool. White paper funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Folksemantic.org project.
Conference Proceedings
Johnson, S.L. (in progress). Tag, Annotate, Rate and Share: Activities of daily living on the Web. Paper for the SIRTEL 07 in the CEUR Workshop proceedings.
Johnson, S.L. (in progress). MOCSL - Web 2.0 for teaching and learning. Paper in the 2007 Summer Proceedings, New Media Consortium, Indianapolis, IN.
Henson, S. (May 2007). A comparative analysis of learning resources shared in a discussion board versus an RSS aggregator with a social component. Paper in American Educational Researcher’s Association Annual Meeting 2007 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL.
Henson, S. (October 2006). Resource-sharing in a self-organizing online forum. Paper in Educause 2006 Conference Proceedings, Dallas, TX.
Henson, S.L., Wiley, D.A., and Ball, J. (October 2006). Taking the tools to the content: Learner support for open educational resources. Abstract in the Open Education 2006 Proceedings, Logan, UT.
Jensen, M. & Henson, S.L. (June 2006). Starting an OpenCourseWare project with eduCommons. Abstract in Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, Orem, UT.
Jensen, M. & Henson, S.L. (June 2006). Implementation of an OpenCourseWare project: Lessons learned. Abstract in Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange Proceedings, Orem, UT.
Henson, S. L. (May 2006). OpenCourseWare. Northern Arizona University E-Learn Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
Henson, S. L. (February 2006).Is there an OpenCourseWare in your future? Paper in Educause Southwest Conference Proceedings, Austin, TX.
Henson, S.L. & Wiley, D.A. (May 2006). The genesis of an OpenCourseWare project. Paper in the 2006 American Educational Resources Association Annual Meeting Proceedings, San Francisco, CA.
Henson, S.L. & Wiley, D.A. (July 2006). An initial characterization of engagement in informal social learning around MIT OCW. Paper in the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2006 Proceedings, Bloomington, IN.
Dehlin, J. & Henson, S.L. (December 2005). Is there an OpenCourseWare in your future? Paper in 4th Sakai Conference Proceedings, Austin, TX.
Henson, S.L. & Muramatsu B. (October 2005). Starting an OpenCourseWare using eduCommons. Technical showcase at 2005 E-Learn World Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, BC.
Henson, S.L. (October 2005). The genesis of an OpenCourseWare project. Abstract in 2005 E-Learn World Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, BC.
Henson, S.L. & Sandry, A. (September 2005). Starting an OpenCourseWare project: a case study. Abstract in Advancing the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Open Education Conference Proceedings, Logan, UT.
Papers Presented/Workshops
Henson, S., Muramatsu, B. and Caswel, T. (June 2007). Web 2.0 for Teaching and Learning…Folksemantic Tool Set. New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Caswell, T., Muramatsu, B., and Henson, S. (June 2007). OpenCourseWare: It’s not just MIT anymore. Poster presented at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
McArthur, M., Fisher, M., Wigington, C. & Henson, S. (May 2007). Museums remixed part two: Can we allow users to become participants? Panel session presented at the American Association of Museums, Chicago, IL.
Henson, S. (May 2007). A comparative analysis of learning resources shared in a discussion board versus an RSS aggregator with a social component. Paper presented at American Educational Researcher’s Association Annual Meeting 2007, Chicago, IL.
Henson, S. (October 2006). Resource-sharing in a self-organizing online forum. Paper presented at Educause 2006, Dallas, TX.
Henson, S. (October 2006). Supporting informal learning for OpenCourseWare. Poster presented at Educause 2006, Dallas, TX
Henson, S. & Wiley, D. (October 2006). Open-access education and OpenCourseWare. Paper presented at 2006 American Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Dallas, TX.
Henson, S.L., Wiley, D.A., and Ball, J. (October 2006). Taking the tools to the content: Learner support for open educational resources. Paper presented at the Open Education 2006 conference,
Jensen, M. & Henson, S.L. (June 2006). Starting an OpenCourseWare project with eduCommons. Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, Orem, UT.
Jensen, M. & Henson, S.L. (June 2006). Implementation of an OpenCourseWare project: Lessons learned. Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, Orem, UT.
Henson, S. L. (May 2006). OpenCourseWare. Northern Arizona University E-Learn Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
Henson, S. L. (February 2006).Is there an OpenCourseWare in your future? Educause Southwest Conference, Austin, TX.
Henson, S.L. & Wiley, D.A. (May 2006). The genesis of an OpenCourseWare project. Paper presented at the 2006 American Educational Resources Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Henson, S.L. & Wiley, D.A. (July 2006). An initial characterization of engagement in informal social learning around MIT OCW. Paper to be presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2006, Bloomington, IN.
Dehlin, J. & Henson, S.L. (December 2005). Is there an OpenCourseWare in your future? Concurrent session at 4th Sakai Conference, Austin, TX.
Henson, S.L. (November 2005). Social networks for OpenCourseWare learning support. Pre-conference workshop at Learning Object Repositories Network 2nd Annual Scientific Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Henson, S.L. (October 2005). The genesis of an OpenCourseWare project. Brief paper presentation at 2005 E-Learn World Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Henson, S.L. & Muramatsu B. (October 2005). Starting an OpenCourseWare using eduCommons. Technical showcase at 2005 E-Learn World Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Henson, S.L. (October 2005). Reputation systems in informal online discourse environments. Roundtable session at 2005 Association for Education Communications and Technology International Convention, Orlando, FL.
Henson, S.L. & Hanson, K.M. (October 2005). Blog enabled peer-to-peer learning. Roundtable session for 2005 Association for Education Communications and Technology International Convention, Orlando, FL.
Henson, S.L. & Sandry, A. (September 2005). Starting an OpenCourseWare project: a case study. Concurrent session at the Advancing the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Open Education Conference, Logan, UT.
Henson, S.L. & Hanson, K.M. (June 2005). Blog enabled, transformative peer-to-peer learning in undergraduate community health education. Poster session for 2005 New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Henson, S.L. (November, 2004). E-learning: Current & emerging technologies. Invited presentation for the Association for American Training and Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
McConkie, M., & Henson, S.L. (October 2004). EduCommons and open content in education. Roundtable session at 2004 Association for Education Communications and Technology International Convention, Chicago, IL.
Wiley, D.A., Dehlin, J.P., Wade, D. & Henson, S.L. (October 2004). Social software in support of MIT’s OpenCourseWare. Concurrent Session at 2004 Association for Education Communications and Technology International Convention, Chicago, IL.
Funded Grants
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant, writer and researcher, 2006, awarded $415,000 over 1 year
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant, writer and researcher, 2005, awarded $1.5 million over 3 years
Marriot Research and Professional Growth Fund, writer and researcher, 2004, awarded $1,500 for software
Weber State University Staff Development Grant (2 awards), author and recipient, 2001, awarded $3000 and 2002, awarded $2200
Service Activities
Program Co-Chair, Advancing the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Open Education Conference, 2005- 2007
Committee Member, Social Software Development Group, OpenCourseWare Consortium, ongoing
Secretary/Treasurer, Advanced Technologies for Learning Special Interest Group, AERA, 2004-2007
Secretary/Treasurer, Education, Science, and Technology Special Interest Group, AERA, 2004-2007
Committee Chair, Weber State Higher Education Academy of Leadership Steering Committee, 2002-2003
Elected Representative, Weber State University Professional Staff Advisory Committee, 2002-2003
Committee Member, Island View Indicators of Organizational Performance Committee, 1997-2000
Academic/Research Interests
Research interests include self-organizing learning communities, open content, the hijacking of emergent social networking technology in the service of learning, support of informal learners, and manifestation of self and group identity in online environments.
Affiliations/Memberships
Member, Phi Kappa Phi, National Interdisciplinary Honors Society
Member, Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Member, American Educational Research Association
Member, American Society for Training & Development
Member, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
