Baynard Bailey, Vassar College, Senior Academic Computing Consultant

Baynard has a Master’s degree in Education with a focus on Instructional Technology. He taught for 16 years before coming to Vassar. He loves helping to develop multimedia projects in support of learning and teaching. He organizes and leads numerous workshops throughout the year on topics such as Digital Storytelling, Video & Audio Editing, Poster Creation and Websites for classes.

 

Ben Harwood, Skidmore College, Learning Experience Designer

Ben is interested in current and emergent technologies as well as traditional and experimental approaches to teaching, collaboration and research. Since 2007, he’s worked as an instructional designer at Skidmore College. Prior to that, he was an instructional designer at the TLT Center at Seton Hall University. Ben also worked as a research technologist and web designer in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University. He received a B.A. in French Language and Literature and a M.Ed. in Instructional Systems Design from Penn State University. https://harwoodben.com

 

Nicole H. Scalessa, Vassar College, Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services

Nicole is Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services at Vassar College Libraries (July 2019-Present) and was previously Chief Information Officer at The Library Company of Philadelphia where she worked for twenty-two years. She has a BA in History from Elmira College, an MBA in IT Management from Western Governors University, and certification in Digital Arts for Print and the Web from Moore College of Art.

Nicole is a member of the Vassar College Committee on Academic Technologies, Vassar College Digital Scholarship Services Collaboration, Fedora Governance, Islandora Foundation LAC-GLAM Interest Group co-coordinator, Digital Library Federation Forum Program and Planning Committees, and DLF Born Digital Access Working Group co-coordinator.