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ETAP Faculty
Peter
Shea
Assistant Professor
OFFICE
: ED 114A
PHONE
: (518) 442-4009
FAX: (518) 442-5008
EMAIL: pshea@uamail.albany.edu
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Dr. Shea joined the department of Educational Theory
and Practice in Fall 2004 with a joint appointment
with the Department of Informatics in the College
of Computing and Information. Previously he was the
Director of the SUNY Learning Network, the multiple-award
winning, online education system for the State University
of New York. As Director of SLN, Dr. Shea oversaw
daily operations of four functional groups - faculty
development and training, end user technical support,
technology infrastructure development, and program
administration and marketing.
Dr. Shea has also served as manager of the SUNY
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Program and is
Project Director for SUNY's participation in the
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and
Online Teaching (MERLOT), an international collaboration
for peer review of discipline specific online learning
resources. He is also a State University of New
York system representative to the National Learning
Infrastructure Initiative and member of the USNY
Technology Policy Council.
Dr. Shea has served for several years as a visiting
assistant professor in the Department of Educational
Theory and Practice, where he has taught at the
graduate level both online and in the classroom.
His research focuses on the student and faculty
experience in technology-mediated teaching and learning,
most recently on the topics of "teaching presence"
and community in asynchronous learning networks.
He is the author of many articles and several book
chapters on the topic of online learning and co-author
of "The Successful Distance Learning Student".
He is a co-recipient of several awards including
the EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching
and Learning for the State University of New York,
and Sloan Consortium Awards for Excellence in Faculty
Development and Asynchronous Learning Networks Programs.
He is a member of the American Educational Research
Association and the editorial board for the Journal
of Asynchronous Learning Networks.
Fall
2008 Course:
ETAP 638, Class #6293 - Media Literacy
(3 Credits)
Developing an informed and critical understanding
of new communication media, including ways to read
and write electronic texts. Explore implications
of these technologies and their uses in schools,
communities, and workplaces. Focus on practices
involving cutting-edge technologies that hold promise
for the teaching of writing, language and literature.
ETAP 683, Class #6259 - Seminar in Instructional
Technology (3 Credits)
Examination of topical issues and current research
in instructional technology.
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