Judith V. Boettcher, Ph.D.
Executive Director, CREN
Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
https://www.cren.net
jboettch@cren.net
Biography
Judith is the Executive Director of CREN, the Corporation for Research and
Educational Networking. CREN's mission is to provide products and tools to support institutions who are moving quickly
to the new teaching, learning, and research environments. CREN is just now launching Virtual Seminars on core topics such as Campus Communication Strategies and Untangling the Web.� The Virtual Seminar, "Creating Internet2" is available on the web site at Syllabus magazine.�
Before coming to Florida, Dr. Boettcher served as the Director of Education
Technology Services at Penn State
University in State College. The Education Technology Services unit
supported faculty in the integration of technology into instruction. While
at Penn State, she also chaired the university-wide Technology Classroom
program that designed and developed over 50 technology classrooms.
She earned her Ph.D. in education and cognitive psychology at the University
of Minnesota and her Master's degree in English from Marquette University
in Milwaukee, WI. She also served as the project leader for the Educational
Uses of Information Technology (EUIT/EDUCOM)
Joe Wyatt Challenge, 1990-1992.
Interested in the transformation of education through the use of information-age
instructional technology tools and processes, Dr. Boettcher knows that
faculty and students, empowered by technology, will revolutionize the content
and the processes of teaching and learning.
The change process, the future, trends and new paradigms, and the diffusion
of innovation are of deep interest to her. She admits with alarcrity to
being a "Trekker" in the past. While she also loves technology, she would
like her own personal technology valet.
Family
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Spouse: Gilbert W. Boettcher
- Daughter: Eileen M. Boettcher, who works at MITRE in Washington D. C.
- Daughter: Katherine J. Boettcher at the University of Maine
- Daughter: Diane C. Boettcher, a webmaster for Phoenix Health Systems
A beautiful, talented and creative woman, who, as my webmaster, has an inordinate amount of control over what you see here.
- Son: Raymond F. Boettcher living and working in Minneapolis
Syllabus Seminars
Syllabus Distance Learning Seminars:� Resources�
As a Syllabus Scholar, Dr. Boettcher teaches seminars in Issues in
Distance Learning and authors columns on distance learning
in the Syllabus magazine. Here are some of the columns and some of the
resources used in the seminars. [The publishing date is in brackets.]
Presentations
Writings
- Exploring Distance Learning Formats—"CREN's
TechTalks"
Boettcher, Judith (1999)
- Supporting Information Technology Professionals Virtually
Boettcher, Judith & Cabot, Linda (1998)
- Distance Learning: Looking into the Crystal Ball
Boettcher, Judith (1996)
- Launching interactive distance learning programs at
Florida State University: Leading the way
Boettcher, Judith & Fell, Susan (1996) Presented at the FSU/AECT Conference
on Distance Learning.
- Designing
and Supporting Courses on the Web
Boettcher, Judith & Cartwright, Philip (1997) Change Magazine.
- Frequently Asked Questions by the
Florida State University Faculty about Interactive Distance Learning
Boettcher, Judith (1997)
- Distance
Learning: A Faculty FAQ
Boettcher, Judith & Rita Marie Conrad
Other Recommended Writings
Education
- Ph.D., Secondary Education and Cognitive Psychology - University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN
- Master's work at Rollins College, Maitland, FL
- M.A., English and Reading - Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI,
- B.A., English, Spanish, Secondary Education - Marquette University, Milwaukee,
WI
- Various courses in management and business while at Control Data
Resources
- Distance Learning resources
- Distance Learning course presentations from class
- Other recommended sites
Interests
- Integration of technology into the instructional processes of teaching
and learning
- Distance learning and distance learning partnerships
- Cognitive psychology
- The change process within higher education institutions
Recent Activities
- Faculty member and Director of interactive Distance Learning at Florida
State University. One of the courses I taught in 1997 was a graduate course
in Introduction to Distance Leaning. The course website site includes
a listing of Distance Learning resources.
- Instrumental in the launching of Master's Degree in Information Studies
in the School of Library and Information Science, while Director of Interactive
Distance Learning at Florida State
- Design and deliver one-two day seminars in distance learning as a Syllabus
Scholar
- Do presentations and consulting in infrastructure design and development
to support integration of technology into teaching and learning in higher
education.
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Judith V. Boettcher
Designed and coded by Diane Boettcher boettcher@usa.com
Revised October 29, 2000
jboettch@cren.net