Mary Balkun & Mary Zedeck

Dr. Mary Balkun is Associate Professor of English and Chairperson of the English Department at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. She is also a Senior Faculty Fellow with the university's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center and co-chairs the university's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable. She is the recipient of a Curriculum Development Initiative grant for writing-intensive courses, a project that is Blackboard based, and has presented on the use of course management systems for faculty development. Mary completed her Ph.D. in English and American Literature at New York University. She is the author of The American Counterfeit: Authenticity and Identity in American Literature and Culture, as well as Associate Editor of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. She has published articles on Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Dr. Balkun has been a Second Life resident and educator since April of 2007.

Poster Session:

  Second Life - Seton Hall University's initiative to implement the online virtual environment
  Friday, 12:45p - 2:00p, Business Center

Mary Zedeck is an Instructional Designer with the TLTC at Seton Hall University. Mary supports faculty members in the design, integration and assessment of technology resources for courses and programs. Mary is very interested in emerging technologies and has been a Second Life resident and educator since July of 2007.

Poster Sessions:

  Implementing multimedia resources - the creation of digital stories - in the Anthropology/Sociology department     at Seton Hall
  Friday, 12:45p - 2:00p, Business Center

  Assessment, survey research, ePortfolios and rubric development provide actionable data and intelligence for     improved practice and integrative learning
  Thursday, 12:45p - 2:00p, Business Center