User:Kstone

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= My profile =

Greetings! My name is Kathleen Stone. I am a Coordinator of Curriculum and Instructional Design at SUNY Empire State College's Center for Distance Learning. I primarily work with the Science, Math, and Technology area of study on course revisions and new course development. I participate on the Learning Resources taskforce at the college. As part of the taskforce I am currently taking David Wiley's "Introduction to Openness in Education" open course. I also teach adjunct in the side. Currently I am teaching Geology and the Environment online. Just so that I ensure I have no free time, I am a doctoral student working on my Ed.D in Higher Education and Adult Learning.

Professional background
I am fairly new at SUNY Empire State College. I started in September 2011. Prior to coming to Empire I spent 8 years at a Clinton Community Collge (CCC), another SUNY institution. At CCC I held a variety of positions over the 8 years. I started as a tutor for math and science and moved on to teaching math and earth science courses as an adjunct. During that time I was able to develop and teach Geology and Meteorology as hybrid courses using the ANGEL platform. In total I have taught 10 courses at CCC including:


 * Arithmetic
 * Pre-algebra
 * Introductory Algebra
 * Math Functions
 * Technical Math 1
 * Precalculus
 * Physical Geology
 * Meteorology
 * Science Inquiry: Earth and Physical Science
 * Library Research Skills

After completing my Masters degree in Adult Education I was lucky to get into the continuing education office at CCC full-time where I worked as a Coordinator of Community and Workforce Development. I coordinated community workshops, professional certification programs, and some workforce contract training. During this time I completed my certification through LERN (Learning Resource Network) to become a Certified Program Planner (CPP). I have also taught geology labs as an adjunct at Plattsburgh State University and worked as a consultant for Cambridge Educational Services on the math portions of their SAT and GRE test prep courses.

Education
I am currently a doctoral student working towards my Ed.D. in Higher Education and Adult Learning at Walden University.I began my education as an adult student at a community college when I was 25 years old and earned my Associates of Science degree in Math/Science at Clinton Community College. I then transfered to Plattsburgh State University where I completed my Bachelors of Science degree in Geology. There I completed original research on Apatite Fission track dating and presented at the annual GSA conference. I completed my Masters of Science degree in Adult Education at Buffalo State University where I focused on using inquiry based teaching methods in geology courses.

Professional
I am interested in adult learning theories and how they apply to online learning and instructional design. I tend to be drawn to social-constructivism and transformative learning. I also have a growing desire to understand the relationship between open education and adult learning.

Adult Learning Resources
My Booklist

Adult Learning Handout

My wiki projects

 * ESC OER Taskforce
 * I registered for eL4C52, a Learning4Content workshop to learn wiki skills.

Feedback and notes from my WikiNeighbours

 * Congratulations on your first wiki certification :-) - Wayne Mackintosh 22:12, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your first wiki certification --Ravi limaye 12:39, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, there! Thanks for your note! I'd love to work on some OER projects with you! And, congratulations o your first wiki certification! --BettyHD 23:54, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Betty! --Kstone 00:14, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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