Curriculum Vita

Education

Present

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D., Instructional Systems Technology
(Minor in Human-Computer Interaction Design)

2009

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
M.S., Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation

2004

International Teacher of English as a Foreign Language Certificate

1998

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
B.S., Information Technology

Experience

2010 — Present

Option Six [Bloomington, IN]
Instructional Designer

  • Overall design of courses for clients.
  • Determine the most effective pedagogical strategies.
  • Coordinate development of media.
  • Design of assessments.
  • Occaisional voice acting.

2010 — 2012

Indiana University [Bloomington, IN]
Associate Instructor

  • F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes.
  • R341: Multimedia in Instructional Technology: a three-credit course on using modern multimedia capabilities to facilitate instruction.
  • W220: Technology Issues in Computer-based Education: a three-credit course preparing pre-service teachers with limited programming experience to teach the topic to their own students.

2006 — 2009

Red Hat [Global]
Lead Curriculum Manager (JBoss)

  • Re-designed, developed, QA’d and maintained courseware portfolio
  • Delivered courses one week each month.
  • Specification and testing of customized course delivery environment.
  • Designed and prepared courses for online virtual delivery.
  • Presentation of new curriculum strategy to internal and external audiences.
  • Management of internal team and external contractors.
  • Global customer relations.

Solutions Architect (JBoss)

  • Technical Sales Support
  • Conference Presentations (Java One)
  • User Community Activity

2005 — 2006

Minjok Sakwon Educational Institute [Jeonju, South Korea]
English Teacher

  • Designed and implemented English language curriculum
  • Selected and employed learning materials
  • Developed and delivered evaluative examinations for my students

2004 — 2005

GnB English Institute [Jeonju, South Korea]
English Teacher

  • Designed and implemented English language curriculum
  • Selected and employed learning materials

2003

TopCoder Software [Glastonbury, CT]
Product Manager

  • Formulated and tested a new software design/development strategy
  • Managed a transient team of geographically distributed software developers

2002

Camp Tel Yehudah [Port Jervis, NY]
Challenge Course Director

  • Managed a staff of seven
  • Implemented staff development
  • Scheduled and maintained the safe daily operations of a 40ft. high ropes course

1999 — 2002

Tallan [Glastonbury, CT]
Technical Lead Developer

  • Designed and implemented enterprise software systems
  • Researched emerging technologies

1998 — 1999

Meta4 [Hoboken, NJ]
Software Developer

  • Designed and implemented a database for Year 2000 compliance checking
  • Implemented features in the company’s flagship inventory management software

1997 — 19988

Interactive Digital Communications [Rochester, NY]
Software Developer (coop)

  • Built websites and multimedia presentations for clients
  • Worked with early static and dynamic web technologies

Teaching

2010 — 2012

Indiana University [Bloomington, IN]
Associate Instructor

  • F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes.
  • R341: Multimedia in Instructional Technology: a three-credit course on using modern multimedia capabilities to facilitate instruction.
  • W220: Technology Issues in Computer-based Education: a three-credit course preparing pre-service teachers with limited programming experience to teach the topic to their own students.

2009 — 2010

Indiana University [Bloomington, IN]
Assistant Instructor

  • F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes.
  • R547: Computer Mediated Learning: a three credit course in which students apply their instructional design skills to development of an online course.

2007 — 2008

Red Hat [Global]
Curriculum Manager

  • One week face-to-face courses on middleware development and administration targeting adult professionals.
  • Two week online virtual training courses on middleware development and administration targeting adult professionals.

2006

Corean4Life Podcast [http://web.mac.com/micah_gideon]
Author and Presenter

  • English language podcast for learners of the Korean language.

2005 — 2006

Minjok Sakwon Educational Institute [Jeonju, South Korea]
English Teacher

  • English as a Foreign Language for elementary and middle school-aged children.

2004 — 2005

GnB English Institute [Jeonju, South Korea]
English Teacher

  • English as a Foreign Language for elementary school-aged children.

1998

Kids on Campus [Rochester, NY]
Teacher

  • Myst Maker: A course for fifth- and sixth-graders in game programming and multimedia development.
  • Title Unknown: A course for fifth- and sixth-graders in the digital video editing.

Scholarship

Refereed Publications

 

Refereed Presentations

 

  • Boling, E., Altuwaijiri, A., Modell, M., Jung, J., Howard, C. (April 2013). Images for instruction: The concerns of designers and the focus of learners at AERA 2013, San Francisco, CA.
  • Boling, E., Altuwaijiri, A., Jung, J., Gray, C., Yildirim, C., Modell, M., Howard, C., Ergulec, F., Demiral, M. (November 2012). Learners’ Strategies for Interpreting Instructional Images at AECT 2012, Louisville, KY.
  • Modell, M.(November 2012). Designing a self- and peer-assessment method to equitably grade and reduce social loafing in groups at AECT 2012, Louisville, KY.
  • Myers, R., Modell, M. (November 2011). Gamifying the Conference Experience: A Design Case at AECT 2011, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Jung, J., Gray, C., Howard, C., Kwon, S., Modell, M., Boling, E., (November 2011). R&T Preparation of Visual Materials to Study How EFL Learners Use Images in the Learning Process at AECT 2011, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Modell, M. (February 25, 2011). Continuous Assessment Design Case. Design Showcase at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN.
  • Kwon, S., Lara, M., Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 26, 2011). Using Digital Games and Simulations for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN.
  • Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 25, 2011). Gamifying the Conference Experience: A Design Case. Design Showcase at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN.
  • Boling, E., Howard, C., Altuwaijiri, A., Caldwell, K., Gray, C., Jung, J., Kwon, S., Modell, M., Whiting, J., Wu, T., Yildrim, C., (February 25, 2011). Visuals for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN.
  • Modell, M., Myers, R. (October 2010). Exploring the Role of Identity in the Design of A Serious Game. Poster to be presented at Meaningful Play 2010, East Lansing, MI.
  • Kwon, S., Lara, M., Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 26, 2010). Using Digital Games and Simulations for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2010, Bloomington, IN.

Invited Presentations

 

  • Modell, M. (February 2004). Enterprise Software Development. Computer Science House Lecture Series, Rochester, NY.
  • Modell, M. (1997). Mac OS Internals. Computer Science House OS Internals Lecture Series. Rochester, NY.

Professional Service

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Professional Affiliations

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Awards

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  • School of Education Fellow [Indiana University]

Other Projects

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  • Continuous Assessment: Software to enable educators to collect and monitor regular peer assessment data to facilitate group work [https://www.indiana.edu/~teachlab/ca/].
  • Reference Timeline: Web application that plots a collection of references on a timeline to visualize how they relate temporally [http://www.martymodell.com/mendeley_utils/].
  • JavaBean Tester: Open source software development tool for assisting with development and debugging of enterprise software [http://JavaBeanTester.SouceForge.net].

Service

Professional Service

 

  • Technology Director, Bloomington Montessori School 2013-2014
  • Chief Openness Officer, AECT 2013-2014
  • Research Proposal Reviewer for the Association for Educational
  • Communications Technology Conference 2011, 2012 and 2013
  • Research Proposal Reviewer for The IST Conference 2012
  • Mendeley Advisor [www.mendeley.com]
  • Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2011 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2010]
  • Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2010 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Volunteer at the Association for Educational Communications Technology [Louisville, KY]
  • Co-Chairman of the Jeonju English Teacher’s Association effort to raise funds for victims of the Tsunami in Southeast Asia [Jeonju, South Korea]

Professional Affiliations

 

Honors and Awards

 

  • Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2010]
  • School of Education Fellow [Indiana University]

Other Projects

 

  • Self- and Peer-Assessment: Web application to enable educators to collect and monitor regular peer assessment data to facilitate group work.
  • JavaBean Tester: Open source software development tool for assisting with development and debugging of enterprise software.
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