"Glenn was a very positive person that I was always glad to see. He was excited about the use of technology in teaching, and ever willing to listen to my ideas. With his support and enthusiasm, he helped people believe in themselves." -- George Gintowt

• Mark Healy (2000-2001)
  

  Mark Healy was a pioneer in online courses and placing course materials on the Web at Harper College. His GEG 101 World Regional Geography course was the first Internet course offered at Harper College. Mark has been proactive on several college technology committies including the Institutional Tech Plan Committee and the original "Technology Committee" that worked through procedures governing the access to, and use of, technology by college faculty. Mark was instrumental in encouraging other faculty to use technology both by example and as a member of the WebGuides -- a group of technology mentors.
  

• Sunil Koswatta (2001-2002)

  Sunil Koswatta served as the 2000-2002 Department of Instructional Technology Faculty Coordinator for two years. He moderated an online instructors group and helped to develop the Department of Instructional Technology Fellowship program. Sunil has been a member of the Instructional Technology and Technology Planning Committees.

• Terry Morris (2002-2003)

  Terry Morris (formerly Terry Felke) was recognized for helping design the CIS web development program, courses, and course resource web sites that standardized the course for adjuncts and provided students with a central source for course information. She redesigned and maintains the CIS Department web site and created the intranet Curriculum Committee web site. As a DoIT Spring 2002 Fellow, Terry supported the teaching efforts of other faculty and created workshops to help them develop web design skills. Terry effectively uses Blackboard for her online classes and takes advantage of features including course content management, discussion forum and online chat sessions. Terry always strives to bring new technology in the classroom. She participated in an iPAQ Pocket PC pilot project and helped design a new computer lab for advanced classes.

• Deepa Godambe (2003-2004)
  

  Deepa Godambe has pioneered the blended course delivery method. She strongly supports integrating technology in the teaching and learning process. Deepa teaches a blended chemistry course, where all the quizzes, assignments and some labs are performed online and some labs are performed in person. She believes this format integrates the best aspects of face to face and online teaching practices. Deepa has developed interactive review materials for her students including chemistry editions of “Jeopardy” and “Who wants to be a Millionaire” games. She has integrated technology into face to face classes by providing lecture notes to students on CD-ROM as well as on Blackboard. Deepa uses computer simulations to demonstrate concepts that are difficult to visualize and impossible to do in an ordinary chemistry laboratory. Sharing her skills with the Harper community, Deepa served as the 2002 - 2004 Department of Instructional Technology Faculty Coordinator.

• Kenneth Hyde (2004-2005)
  

  Ken has been teaching at the college level for over 20 years. He has continued to challenge himself as he teaches and has recently caught the "bug" for using technology to offer new opportunities for learning to his students. Ken has developed well-organized and effective PowerPoint presentations and incorporated movie clips and DVDs into his courses as well as using Blackboard to extend the learning environment. He as served as a role model for other faculty as he has demonstrated that technology can enhance delivery and student learning.

• Timothy Prentiss (2004-2005)
  

  Timothy Prentiss is an adjunct faculty member in the Web Development area. He emphasizes the voice in delivering distance learning. While working on his Master Online Teacher certificate through the Illinois Online Network, Tim began to create screen animations with narration, combining both into self-contained web pages that students walk through, as they listen and learn. Recently he has written fiction and nonfiction pieces for educational publications and produced interactive learning objects for corporate training.

• Judith Zaplatynsky (2005-2006)
  

• Julie D'Agostino (2006-2007)
  

• Denise Dudzinski (2006-2007)
  

  
  
  
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