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Mary K. Cook-Wallace

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

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Education

Professional Experience

Grants

Papers & Presentations

Publications

Courses taught

Master's Theses Students

Consultantships

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

Memberships in Professional Associations

Offices Held & Honors Awarded in Professional Associations

Selected comments from student evaluations

References

 

I. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
 

A. Present University Department :

B. Office Address:

C. Office Phone:

Department of Workforce Education & Development

475 Clocktower, 215B Pulliam Hall, Mail Code  4605

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL  62901-4605

 (618) 453-1961

Email: mreekat@siu.edu

II.  EDUCATION -top-
 

Doctor of Philosophy, candidate (successfully passed preliminary examination March, 2005; defended dissertation Oct., 2006, commencement is May 12, 2007), Department of Workforce Education and Development Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Dissertation: Perceptions of University Level Distance Education Professionals With Respect to Commitment, Administration, and Technology. Advisor: Dr. Clora Mae Baker

 

Master of Science in Education, Integrating and Revising the Delivery Method of WED 381 A & B through Web-Based, Online Enhancement: Advisor, Dr. Fred Reneau, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, May 2001

 

Bachelor of Science in Vocational Education, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Business Education Certification: 6-12 Business Education, Areas of specialization: Cooperative Vocational Education, Information Processing, and Basic Business, May 1992
 

Associate of Applied Science, John A. Logan College, Major: Executive Secretarial, August 1976

 

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE -top-

 

Instructor/Researcher II, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Workforce Education and Development, 7/1/01 – present. Duties: Use two-way video conferencing to teach and manage courses WED 381a, 381b (training proposal and report writing), 498C (developing your career), and 398 (special problems in the workforce) and teach face-to-face courses WED 503 and 504 (multimedia assets and production); currently teach WED 505 (multimedia delivery of workforce education by distance learning) and WED 401 (authoring computer-based instruction in workforce education). 

           

            Plan and coordinate the initiation of research study protocol; acquire, compile and synthesize data; assist in the development and writing of grant proposals; organize and facilitate meetings associated with research activities; may perform and/or coordinate outreach activities, as appropriate to research objectives; performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Webmaster and develop publications.

 

Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Workforce Education and Development, 9/1/98 – 6/30-01; subject taught: WED 306 - Introduction to Computers

 

Instructor, John A. Logan College, Fall 1993-2000; subjects taught: Introduction to Computers, Computer Applications, Introduction and Advanced Medical Terminology, Business Correspondence, Business Math, Medical Transcription, Business Transcription, Office Machines and Office Procedures, Visual Basic 

 

            Substitute teacher, Carbondale Community High, 1997-98

 

Administrative Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Office Systems Specialist II & III, College of Science, Department of Physics, 9/92-6/95

Office Systems Assistant I, College of Education and Human Services, Department of Physical Education, 9/88-9/92

Secretary IV , College of Liberal Arts,  Department of Political Science, 8/79-7/84

Secretary III, Intramural Sports, 1/77-8/79

Secretary II, School of Technical Careers, 8/76-1/77

 

IV. RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

 

A. Interests and Specialties: -top-

Lure of information technology in academia

Online Education

E-learning infrastructures

E-learning objects

Changing nature of the classroom

B. Current Projects: -top-

 

Self Regulating Money Management Skills with Dr. Terre Eversden

Understanding Conflict in Teamwork in a Technology-Rich Environment with Doug Schneiderheinze

Motivation, Self-Regulation and Cognition through Interactivity with John Duncan

Social Presence in Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance Education with Jennifer Calvin and team

Online learning objects and the organization of learning object repositories

Multimedia for learning in Business Education

 

C. Grants Applied For: -top-

 

Illinois State University, College of Applied Science and Technology, Department of Technology, Award for Innovations: Play Money: Learning Self-Regulating Money Management Skills", Nov. 2005

 

NSF CCLI-ND #03-558 -- WED Emerging Technology Faculty Development 3-Year Initiative, 2003

 

Distance Learning Program Development Grant, Department of Workforce Education and Development, Specialty Courses in Workforce Training Design in Distance Learning and Computer-based Technology: Development and Implementation Plan, 2002

 

Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant, 2000

 

Certificate in Workforce Training Design and E-Learning Systems, 1999

 

D. Grants Received:

A3 WED Faculty and Staff Development Project
, Off-Campus Degree Program

 

Illinois State University, College of Applied Science and Technology, Department of Technology, Award for Innovations: Play Money: Learning Self-Regulating Money Management Skills", Nov. 2005

 

E. Papers and Presentations at Professional Meetings: -top-

 

Roundtable with Dr. Terre Eversden, Learning Self-Regulating Money Management Skills. Connections Conference, St. Charles, IL, March 13 & 14, 2007.

 

Paper presented with Dr. J.R. Duncan, Enhancing Online Student Motivation and Cognitive Strategies with Interactivity, AECT National Convention, Dallas, TX, Oct, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Convention of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology, Volume # 2, pp. 118-130

 

Invited paper, PlayMoney: Using Self-Regulating Money Management Skills, The Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education, 2006 Annual Conference, Peoria, Illinois; June 20, 2006.

 

Roundtable (carousal)  with Dr. Terre Eversden, PlayMoney: Learning Self-Regulatory Money Management Skills for High School Students. Connections Conference, Bloomington, IL, April 11, 2006.

 

Poster presentation, Self-Regulatory Money Management Skills. Third Annual Research Town Meeting, sponsored by  Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Dean, Faculty Senate, Graduate and Professional Student Council, Graduate Council, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, April 4, 2006.

 

Roundtable with Dr. Terre Eversden, Leaning Self-Regulatory Money Management Skills: PlayMoney, Annual Conference of Illinois Council on Family Relations, Building Strong Families in a Supportive Environment, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, March 31, 2006.

 

Poster session, Video Conferencing with Independent Study Courses, 2004 Syllabus Conference, San Francisco, July, 2004.

 

Presentation, Illinois Association of Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference: “What’s New. What’s Next. What Works.”  Paper titled: Accessibility, Usability, and ADA Compliance with Educational Websites, May 2, 2003, Lisle, Illinois, with Dr. Liz Lentz-Hees.

 

Poster session, Running the RFP Maze, Phi Delta Kappa (A Professional Fraternity in Education) Annual Research Day 2003 at Southern Illinois University, March 24, 2003

 

Presentation, WED's Off-Campus Degree Program 2002 Fall Conference: Strategy, Innovation, and Technology, video conferencing – PolyCom setup & function, October, 2002

 

Presentation, League for Innovation in the Community College 2001 Conference on Information Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Assessment and Development of Cyber-Learning and Skills Utilizing Modular Learning Interfaces, November, 2001

 

Presentation, master’s research study at annual Business Education Summer Conference, Integrating and Revising the Delivery Method of WED 381 A & B through Web-Based, Online Enhancement, June, 2001

 

Trainer for Health Education faculty, Advanced Techniques of Microsoft Word, April, 2001

           

            Presentation, League for Innovation in the Community College 2000 Conference on Information Technology, Anaheim, California, Delivery of Online Learning Using Desktop Video Conferencing and Prerequisite Online Performance Skills Test Development, November, 2000

Host, spouse session at the National Speakers Association’s National Convention in Anaheim, CA, August, 1997

Presented at Pi Omega Pi Initiation Annual Meeting, "Take someone else’s idea and just do it better," SIUC, September, 1989
 

V. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS: -top-

 

e-Portfolio http://web.coehs.siu.edu/wed/wallace/Tech_standards_NEW.htm

 

 

A. Articles in Professional Journals

 

Cook-Wallace, M.K. (2007). Online course development: Six steps and three team members. (in progress).

 

Cook-Wallace, M.K. (2005). Online course accessibility: Caveats for business education teachers.  Business Education Forum, 60(1), 50-52.

Duncan, J. & Cook-Wallace, M. K. (2002, winter). Assessing online technology: Edutainment or desktop-
rubbishing? Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 44(1), 25-38.

Cook-Wallace, M. AAUW newsletter editor, http://web.coehs.siu.edu/WED/Wallace/AAUW/AAUW.htm

One of the Best in Illinois Award, 2006.

Cook-Wallace, M. (1990). Accepting gifts.  Here and There, Pi Omega Pi National Newsletter, XLVIII(2), 5.

Creative Contributions

Development of DVDs: Workforce Education and Development Off-Campus Degree Program policies, procedures, and expectations for adjunct faculty and students, FA, 2006

 

Team participant in development of A3 Learning Conference, WED Off-Campus Degree Program, SIUC, Feb. 28, 2004

Independent Course Manager, Off-Campus Degree Program, Workforce Education and Development, FA 2003, SP 2004, & Sum 2004

Video Conferencing with Independent Study, Off-Campus Degree Program, FA 2003 & SP 2004

 

VI. TEACHING EXPERIENCE -top-

 

A. Teaching Interests and Specialties:

 

Computer-based training, multimedia assets and production for online learning, online learning object development, learning object repositories

 

B. Current Graduate Faculty Status:

 

Approved to read Master's Thesis

 

C. Number of Master's Committees on which I have or am serving:

 

 Master's:     4

 

D. Names of Students who have completed Master's Theses/Research Papers/Graduate Projects or Doctoral Dissertations under my Direction: -top-

      

 Master's

  1. Debra Ferdinand - FA 2004

  2. Holly Hill - FA 2004

  3. Joseph L. Pieron - 2005

  4. Salwa Elguzouli - 2005

VII. UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE -top-

 

A. Department Committees: Business Education Committee; Technology Committee; WED Departmental Chair Committee, F05

B. College and University Committees and Councils: Committee member of SIUC Civil Service Educational Assistance Fund, 1983

C. Other: 23 years working in various non-teaching and teaching capacities at SIUC

 

VIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

A. Memberships in Professional Associations:-top-

 

AAUW (American Association of University Women) (corresponding secretary and newsletter editor, August 2002 to present)

ACTE (Association of Career and Technical Education), member of Resolutions Committee representing the Technology Education Division (2004-2006)

Beta Zeta Chapter of Pi Omega Pi, Business Education Honor Society (Past president)

Delta Pi Epsilon, Beta Omicron chapter, national honorary professional graduate society for business leaders (President March 2005 to present) (Vice-President, March 2004-2005)

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Lambda Chapter of Omicron Tau Theta (Treasurer 200

National Business Education Association since 1989

 

B. Offices Held and Honors Awarded in Professional Associations: -top-

 

1. Offices Held:

 

Chair of the Association for Career and Technical Education, Technology Education Division, Legislative & Resolutions Committee, 2004 - 2007

 

Vice President, Delta Pi Epsilon, Sum 2003 to 2004

 

President, Delta Pi Epsilon, Sum 2005 to present

 

Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor, American Association of University Women, Southern Illinois University, 2003 - present

 

            Committee member of SIUC Civil Service Educational Assistance Fund, 1983

 

2. Honors Awarded:

 

One of the Best AAUW Newsletters in Illinois, 2006

 

Nominated Outstanding Teaching Support Award, 2004

 

Ruston James Carter Award, 2003

 

Delta Pi Epsilon Scholarship, 2002

 

American Association of University Women Scholarship, 2001

           

C. Consultantships: -top-

 

Consultant and online course developer, Fast Forward Restart, Marietta, GA, Jan. 2006

 

Developed and implemented training modules, Galatia High School and Carbondale High School, May & June, 2006.

 

Consultant with SIUC's Administrative Information Systems, Training Instances, June, 2004.

 

Guest Lecturer for College of Education and Human Resources, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Adventure in the American Mind program: Accessibility, Usability and ADA Compliance with PowerPoint and FrontPage, March 1, 2003.

 

Trained managers a one-day workshop on business correspondence at Matsushita Universal Media Services LLC of America, Pinckneyville, Illinois, 1990

 

D. Evaluation of Manuscripts for Journals and Book Publishers and of Grant Proposals for Agencies:

 

E. Workshops and Inservice Activities: -top-

 

Teaching Writing in an Online World with Nick Carbone, SIUC, Feb. 5, 2004

 

Assessing Student Learning Workshop, Illinois State University at Bloomington, Normal, Illinois, June 18, 2002

 

VC ADA Workshop, Lake Land College, regional workshop on ADA regulations for websites at Kluthe Center for Higher Education and Technology, 1204 Network Center Dr., Effingham, Illinois, April 22, 2001

 

National Business Education Association annual convention, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1989

 

National Speakers Association, Dallas, 1991; Anaheim, 1994; Philadelphia,1996; and Washington, DC, 1999

 

American College Health Association annual conference, San Antonio, TX, 1991

 

National Business Education Association annual convention, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 1990

  

Pi Omega Pi’s 32nd Biennial Convention, St. Louis, MO, January, 1989.

 

IX. COMMUNITY SERVICE -top-

 

Southern Area Future Business Leaders of American Leadership Conference Judge, Jan. 2005 & 2006

Philanthropic Educational Organization (community-based) 1998-present

Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, IL 1995-2001

Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician, Satellite Station Elkville, IL, 1975-1980

Treasurer of the Elkville Civic Club, 1976-1979

Volunteer for Elkville Civic Club sponsored Coffee House, 1976-1979

 

Selected comments from student evaluations -top-

 

"She made learning fun, calm and energetic. She encouraged everyone." (Multimedia course student comment, 2004)

 

"She knew her topic well." (Group of high school teachers, 2003)

 

"The instructor was very good at making sure we were all where we needed to be, and she didn't talk down to us or over our heads." (Group of high school teachers, 2003)

 

 “Mrs. Wallace is very helpful, she lets us express ourselves and she doesn’t laugh at our mistakes.” (1996)

 

“. . .she is so enthusiastic about her students and has full authority/knowledge of the topic ...”

 

 “Mrs. Wallace is kind and courteous; she is very helpful and has encouraged the class to do well.  She builds self-confidence in the students.”

 

“Extremely adequate, prepared, insightful, diligent and genuinely concerned.”

 

“Exceptionally organized; thorough discussions. ... brought new ideas and concepts that really inspired.”

 

“... was excellent!  Truly cares how we do!”

 

“Mrs. Wallace is a very kind and very professional teacher.  I really enjoyed her teaching methods.”

 

“Class was very informative and ... was a lot of fun (Great teacher).”

 

“Straight subject matter tends to be dull, but ... always tried to enliven subject, i.e. personal and work experiences and articles on recent technology..."

 

"She has a vibrant personality and seems to genuinely care about the advancement of her students.”

 

“She is very friendly, I have enjoyed this class, she made it enjoyable.  This was one of my most difficult classes this semester (a lot of memorizing) but it was fun.”

 

"As a second semester student, I am at the half way point in the WED program.  I would like to take this opportunity to 'Thank You' for your efforts at making me aware of my writing and grammar problems.  I know I may have a way to go before reaching the level that you stress in your course work ..."

 

"As always, your guidance is highly valued by the team..."

 

"It's been nice having you as an instructor because of your concern for the students."

 

"Thank you for your patience, effort and dedication."

 

Courses Taught -top-

  • Multimedia Delivery of Workforce Education by Distance Learning, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) (WED 505)

  • Authoring Computer Based Instruction in Workforce Education, SIUC (WED 401)

  • Multimedia Production Technologies in Workforce Education, SIUC (WED 504)

  • Multimedia Assets Development for Workforce Education, SIUC (WED 503)

  • Readings in Workforce Education and Development, SIUC

  • Training Proposal and Report Writing, SIUC

  • Developing Your Career, SIUC

  • Introduction to Computers, John A. Logan College (JALC)

  • Computer Concepts, JALC

  • Business Correspondence, JALC

  • Medical Terminology, JALC

  • Medical Transcription, JALC

  • Office Procedures, JALC

  • Business Math, JALC

  • Visual Basics, JALC

 

References -top-

 

Dr. Clora-Mae Baker, Associate Professor

Workforce Education and Development

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL  62901

618-453-1975

 

Dr. Barbara Hagler, Lecturer

Workforce Education and Development

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL  62901

618-453-3321

 

Dr. A. R. Putnam

Workforce Education and Development

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL  62901

618-453-1935

 

Dr. Keith Waugh

Workforce Education and Development

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL  62901

618-453-3321