EMPLOYMENT

University of Oregon, American English Institute (541) 346-3945
Ms. Cynthia Kieffer, Director, Email: ckieffer@uoregon.edu

1996-Present:	Technology Coordinator and Senior Instructor
1995-Present, and 1988-1991:	English as a Second Language Instructor

Additional employment experience with adults in private institutions and community college, and with children in private settings and in public middle and elementary schools in Oregon. Overseas teaching experience in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Additional references available on request.

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EDUCATION

2007	Ph.D. from Department of Educational Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Characteristics of Successful E-Partnering in an Online Distance Education Course for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Educators. [PDF, 4.6MB] Dissertation advisor: Dr. Diane Dunlap, ddunlap@uoregon.edu
1989	M. A. in Applied Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Morphology and Syntax of Sunwari Non-Finite Verbs [CALL Number: PL3801.S81 O69 1989]. Thesis advisor: Dr. Scott Delancey, delancey@uoregon.edu
1979	B.A. in Linguistics and in French, Minor in Japanese, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Participant in numerous UO and other local, statewide and national workshops, teleconferences and pilot software programs on Information Technology issues, methodology, and tools. Participant in offerings through UO's Information Technology Center, Teaching Effective Program and other departments on ics related to teaching with technology, software, and distance education. Regularly attend training events for e-learning, servers, software, and hardware.

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PROGRAM and COURSE DEVELOPMENT

Following are some samples of recent coursework and program development.

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PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND GRANTS: PRINT AND ONLINE

2008, April	TESOL convention, New York: Pre-Conference Institute "Tools and Tips for Online Teaching" (listed in the Advance Program), and paper.
2008, February	Workshop leader for 2 weeks of EFL teacher training in Korea. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2008, January	Workshop leader for 3 weeks of EFL teacher training in Vietnam, Laos, and a featured speaker for ThaiTESOL in Thailand. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2007, November	Workshop leader for 2 weeks of EFL teacher training at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2007, August	Workshop leader for 2 weeks of EFL teacher training at the Academy of Graduate Studies in Tripoli, Libya. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2007, March	TESOL convention, Seattle, Washington: Pre-Conference Institute "E-learning Options for ESOL" and various presentations in the Electronic Village.
2007, January	2007 regional launch of the new "Shaping the Way We Teach English" video-based EFL teacher training materials, in Cairo, Egypt as materials author and workshop leader for secondary, and post-secondary educators from 17 countries throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Followed by 10 days of workshops in Yemen at universities and teacher training sites in Sana'a and Hadramaut. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2006, December	"2006 Saudi English Supervisor Program: Shaping the Way Forward" workshop leader for secondary, and post-secondary educators in the Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2006, May	Plenary speaker and IT workshop leader for secondary, and post-secondary educators at the national English teachers conference at Middle Eastern Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Followed by workshops at Çukurova University in Adana, and at the Ministry of Education in Ankara. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2006, April	Plenary speaker and video-based training materials workshop leader for secondary, and post-secondary educators at the CDELT SYmposium conference at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Also conducted workshops at the American Center in Alexandria, Egypt, at Helwan and Mansoura Universities, and with the Ministry of Education in Cairo. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program): http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2006, March	TESOL Convention, Tampa, Florida: Pre-Conference Institute “E-Learning Options for ESL and EFL“ and face-to-face and webcast presentations in the Electronic Village, Internet Fair.
2006, February	IT workshops for EFL educators in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaoshiung, Taiwan as part of the Oh America! Fairs.
2005, November	Plenary speaker and IT workshop leader for primary, secondary, and post-secondary educators at National Teachers Conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program; and, by Instituto Guatemalteco American (IGA): http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2005-2006 2004-2005	Thai Videoconferencing EFL teacher training project with funding from US Embassy Bangkok and the Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation: http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu
2004-2005	Grant from Office of English Language Programs (OELP), U.S. Department of State to develop and produce 14 video-based modules for an EFL Teacher Training video.
2004-2005	IT Fellows award from University of Oregon to develop learning object in tandem with OELP EFL Teacher Training video production.
2005, Spring	TESOL's Essential Teacher publication, Compleat Links, article “Give Yourself Credit for Broadband Learning” http://www.tesol.org
2005, March	Plenary speaker and IT workshop leader primary, secondary, post-secondary educators at Ukraine TESOL in Kiev, Ukraine. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program. http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2005, March	TESOL Convention, San Antonio, Texas: Pre-Conference Institute “E-Learning Options for ESL and EFL“ and presentations in the Electronic Village, Internet Fair.
2005, January	Plenary speaker, IT workshop leader for primary, secondary, post-secondary educators, and round table speaker at National Conference for English Teachers (NCTE) in San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented IT session at English Language Fellows conference. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program. http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2004, December	Plenary speaker and IT workshop leader for primary and secondary level educators at EgypTESOL in Cairo, Egypt.
2004, October	IT workshop leader for secondary level educators and administrators in the Ministry of Education in Manama, Bahrain. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist program. http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/rpts/
2004, September	Plenary speaker and IT workshop leader at IATEFL-Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2003 Winter- 2004 Winter	TESOL's Essential Teacher publication, Compleat Links Editor: http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/et.html
2004	Opp-Beckman, L. and Kieffer, C. (2004). A Collaborative Model for Online Instruction in the Teaching of Language and Culture. In Fotos, S. and Browne, C. (Eds.), The English language teacher in the 21 Century. Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2004, May	Videoconference presentation for SEAMEO-UNESCO Education Conference and Congress with educators and administrators. Sponsored through Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation: http://www.seameo-unesco.org/ http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/thailand/
2004, March	TESOL Convention, Long Beach, California: Pre-Conference Institute, Online Learning Environments for ESL/EFL.
2004, March	Office of English Language Programs (OELP), U.S. Department of State: OELP Online English Language Center portal developer and content provider: http://oelp.uoregon.edu
2004, February	Invited speaker and workshop leader on the subject of English language instruction in online environments for GautengOnline, South Africa, U.S. Department of State, Global Technology Corps.
2003, November	Invited speaker and workshop leader on the subject of technology in education for the Costa Rica Ministry of Education, U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp1103.htm
2003, October	Thailand, American University Alumni (AUA) Language Center Seminar; ThaiTESOL; Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation (DLF), Ministry of Education; and, Prince Songkla University. English Language Specialist grant from U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp0903.htm
2003, October	Invited consultant on distance education for the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), Washington, D.C.
2003, September	Videoconference pilot with EFL instructors through Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation and the US Embassy, Bangkok. http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/thailand/
2003, July	World Conference of the World Federation of Modern Language Associations / Federation Internationale des Professeurs des Langues Vivantes (FIPLV), Johannesburg, South Africa: Workshop leader and plenary speaker on Online Distance Education in English Language Teaching. English Language Specialist grant from U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp0603.htm
2003, March	TESOL Convention, Baltimore, Maryland: Pre-Conference Institute Web-based Tools for English Language Teaching.
2003, March	TESOL Convention, Baltimore, Maryland: Pre-Conference Institute Identifying Web Sites for English Language Teachers of Middle and Secondary School Learners.
2003, March	TESOL Convention, Baltimore, Maryland: CALL Interest Section Academic Session "Constructing Meaning with Computers.
2003, March	TESOL Convention, Baltimore, Maryland: Demonstration  "Surfing or Drowning on the Web?
2003	EgypTESOL Conference, Cairo, Egypt: VIP Workshop Adapting Real Language Resources for Young Learners.
2003	IELP II Workshops for the Ministry of Education, Cairo, Egypt: http://www.uoregon.edu/~ielp/
2002	IATEFL Conference, Veszprem, Hungary: Plenary and Workshops related to the Web and CALL. U.S. State Department, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist grant: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp1002.htm
2002	SAALT Conference, Durban, South Africa: Plenary and Workshop on CALL with online resources compiled on accompanying CD-ROM's. U.S. State Department, Office of English Language Programs, English Language Specialist grant: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp0702.htm
2002	TESOL Academy, Orlando, Florida: "Using Web-Based Tools in English Language Teaching" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2002	TESOL Journal Constructing Meaning With Computers (Special Issue, Autumn 2002) Feature article: "Africa Online, an English Language Teaching Course Combining Web Resources and Content-Based Materials" http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/tj/toc11-03.html
2002	TESOL, Salt Lake City, Utah: "Web-based Tools for English Language Teaching" (Pre-Convention Institute).
2002	University of Oregon, Linguistics Department Workshop, Eugene, Oregon: "Introduction to CALL Resources for K-12 Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers."
2002	University of Oregon, College of Education Workshop, Eugene, Oregon: "Introduction to CALL Resources for Middle and Secondary Pre-Service Teachers."
2002	TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah: "Free Resources for Teaching on the Web" (paper): http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/OppBeckman_TESOL2002.doc
2002	TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah: "Africa Online" (demonstration): http://aei.uoregon.edu/safrica/
2002	TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah: "PIZZAZ, Creative Writing Activities for ESOL" (demonstration): http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
2002	Kuwait Institute of English, Kuwait City, Kuwait: "Global Trends in Education: Building Bridges across the Digital Divide" (plenary) and Workshops on CALL with online resources compiled on an accompanying CD-ROM. U.S. Dept. of State report: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/opp0302.htm
2001	University of Oregon, Teaching Effectiveness Program, Eugene, Oregon: "Women in the Classroom" (guest panelist).
2001	WebNet Conference, Orlando, Florida: "Combining Wireless Computers with Effective Language Learning" (paper).
2001	COFLT Workshop, Eugene, Oregon: "Teaching with the Web."
2001	Consulting and contract writing of Teacher Guides for Longman's pilot online English courses.
2001	Northwest Indian Languages Institute, Eugene, Oregon: Guest Speaker on Computer-based Language Resources.
2001	TESOL Academy, Denver, Colorado: "Creating Effective Web-Based Materials" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2001	TESOL Academy, Chicago, Illinois: "Using Web-Based Tools in English Language Teaching" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2001	TESOL Academy, San Diego, California: "Using Web-Based Tools in English Language Teaching" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2001	TESOL Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: "Combining Wireless Computers with Effective Language Learning" [MS Word doc]: http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/OppBeckman_TESOL2001.doc
2000	TESOL Academy, San Antonio, Texas: "Creating Effective Web-Based Materials for ESOL" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2000	TESOL Academy, Boston, Massachusetts: "Creating Effective Web-Based Materials for ESOL" http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/academy/
2000	TESOL Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Intersection Session, "Redesigning Teacher Education: Technology in Cross-institutional Discourse"
2000	University of Oregon Technology Fair, Computer-Enhanced Learning Demonstrations (event organizer and presenter).
2000	USAID / Integrated English Language Program-II, Summer 2001 Workshop, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon: http://www.uoregon.edu/~ielp/
2000	USAID / Integrated English language Program-II, CALL Workshops and Consulting, Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt: http://www.uoregon.edu/~ielp/
2000	International students in the world of U.S. technology. In Brown, D.G. (Ed.), Interactive learning: Vignettes from America's most wired campuses (pp.175-177). Massachusetts: Anker.
2000	Classroom practice: Authentic audience on the Internet. In Egbert, J. and Hanson-Smith, E., (Eds.), CALL environments: Research, practice and critical issues (pp.79-100). Virginia:TESOL.
1999-2002	Wireless mobile computer lab. Funded through a grant from UO Educational technology funds.
1999	Yamada Language Center, Computer-Enhanced Language Learning (event organizer and presenter).
1999	WebNet Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii: "Collaborative Online Instruction for the Teaching of Internet, Language and Culture Skills from a Distance" (demonstration).
1999	Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute, Internet Resources Workshop.
1999	University of Oregon Technology Fair (paper).
1999	USAID / Integrated English Language Program-II, CALL Workshops and Consulting, Egypt: http://www.uoregon.edu/~ielp/
1999	Cairo Conference, Cairo, Egypt (opening plenary).
1999	Cairo Conference, Cairo, Egypt: Computer Fair, Electronic Oasis.
1999	TESOL Conference, New York, New York: Pre-Conference Institute "Great CALL Activities for Every Classroom."
1999	Internet Fair presentation "CALL Interest Section" web site.
1999	Internet resources. In Healey, D. and Johnson, N. (Eds.), 1999 TESOL CALL Interest Section software list (pp. xi-xv). Virginia:TESOL.
1998	NAFSA Conference, Washington, D.C.: National Pre-Conference Institute on CALL for Administrators.
1998	ORTESOL Conference, Portland, Oregon: "TECH-NIQUES, Ready-To-Use Activities for Language and Internet Technology."
1998	"Information Technology and Language Learning", Guest Speaker at UO Teaching Effectiveness Summer Course.
1998	TESOL Conference, Seattle, Washington: Internet-Based Projects for Business, "Networking" (demonstration): http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/
1998	TESOL Conference, Seattle, Washington: "What Constitutes Content in an ESOL Website?" (Discussion Group).
1997-2005	Webmaster for TESOL CALL-IS website: http://www.uoregon.edu/~call/
1997-98	Co-Webmaster of TESOL CALL-IS Web Fair .
1997	New Ways in Teaching with Computers TESOL Pub., ed. Tim Boswood, seven activities contributed.
1997	Internet resources. In Healey, D. and Johnson, N. (Eds.), 1997 TESOL CALL Interest Section software list (pp. ix-xii). Virginia:TESOL.
1997	TESOL Conference, Orlando, Florida: "Thematic Webpages in a Content-Based Curriculum" (paper).
1997	TESOL Conference, Orlando, Florida: "Keeping the LL in CALL" (paper).
1997	TESOL Conference, Orlando, Florida: Pre-Conference All-Day Internet Workshop.
1997	ORTESOL conference, Oregon: "Considerations in Piloting a Distance Education Project."
1997	PIZZAZ, Creative Writing Activities (NBNews Editor's Choice Award): http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
1996-present	Webmaster for University of Oregon AEI website: http://aei.uoregon.edu/
1996-present	"Information Technology Resources in Second Language Acquisition". Workshops each term for upper division and graduate level UO Linguistics students.
1996-present	Conduct teaching workshops and provide handouts/materials every term for UO AEI faculty and staff on topics such as: departmental and campus-wide servers, production software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint), web publishing (Claris HomePage, Fetch, NCSA Telnet, SoundMachine, graphics, design, copyright), images (digital camera, scanners, GraphicConverter).
1996-2000	1996-98, Webmaster for ORTESOL website; 1998-2000, advisor.
1996	ORTESOL: Editor for statewide ESOL publication of K-adult student writings "Heart of Oregon."
1996	Computers and Writing Conference, Logan, Utah: "Writing with a Creative Twist" (workshop).
1996	International Journal for Teachers of English Writing, ed. Fairy Hayes-Scott, article: "Bag of Tricks: Quick Creative Writing Activities for Reticent Writers".
1996	ORTESOL conference, Oregon: "Putting the Language Learning Back into CALL" (paper).
1996	ORTESOL conference, Oregon: "Heart of Oregon" (demonstration).
1996	TESOL HIV-AIDS Education (Magellan Award-Winning Page, MERLOT feature learning object): http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/CALL9.html

1995-1996	Recipient of $1,500 Schafer Endowment/Continuing Education grant for the development of an ESP "pilot" class incorporating sewing skills, small business skills and related English skills with native and non-native English speakers combined.
1994-1995	Recipient of $5,000 Schafer Endowment/Continuing Education grant for the development of an ESL Learning Center/multi-purpose classroom that includes computer stations, listening center(s), library resources and AV support (VCR, TV, etc.) .
1994	ORTESOL conference, Oregon: "The Enchanted Classroom: Using Folk and Fairy Tales in an ESL/EFL Course."
1993-1994	Participant in the Project Synergy grant out of Miami-Dade Community College for the review of ESL software.