peaker: Dave Wedaman

As Director for Research and Instruction Services at Brandeis University, David helps lead a team of reference librarians and instructional technologists providing a broad range of services and programs supporting teaching, learning, and scholarship.

David's background is in higher education, instructional technology, and library-I.T. collaboration. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brandeis, an M.A. in Humanities from Indiana State University, and has taught numerous French, Writing, and Humanities courses. In his years in I.T. at Brandeis, David worked in various capacities related to the support of instructional technology and user services, including managing the Language Media Center, Instructional Technology Resource Center, and Media Services group, as well as contributing to the management of key services-the course management system, model teaching and learning projects, classroom technology support, and public computing services. More recently, David's interests focus on integrating library and I.T. resources in instruction and research and exploring new areas of collaboration between faculty, students, and I.T. and library staff in teaching and learning. David sits on the SIG Masters Committee and the Program Committee, has hosted recent SIGs on videoconferencing and pedagogy, and has presented at the NERCOMP annual conference and at SIGs on student management and course management systems.


Speaker: Colleen Wheeler

Colleen is the Assistant Director for Web Strategy at Wheaton College (www.wheatoncollege.edu) in Norton, Massachusetts. Her responsibilities at Wheaton have included strategic technology advancement, technology communications and outreach, and organizational and professional development. Her team focuses on using the web to present the college effectively to external audiences; supporting students, faculty, and staff in their learning, teaching and work; and building a stronger community with clear internal communication-while ensuring that Wheaton's web site and services are sustainable.

Colleen served on the Board of Trustees for the NorthEast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP). She co-founded, and serves on the Advisory Board for, the Susan Vogt Leadership Fellows Program to connect and develop emerging leaders in higher education. Colleen is a Fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute at Emory University and a Fellow of the Klingenstein Summer Institute for Independent School Leadership at Columbia University, Teachers College. Colleen has represented Wheaton College in The Boston Consortium, The Ocean State Higher Education Economic Development and Administrative Network (OSHEAN), and the Editorial Board for Academic Commons' LoLa. Colleen has presented extensively about technology, collaboration, and professional development including at EDUCAUSE's national, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast conferences; NERCOMP's annual conferences and SIG events, TechLearn, CUPA-HR, and an Internet2 member meeting. Her writing has appeared in 'EDUCAUSE Quarterly' and in 'Teaching With Technology' a new book published by Chandos Publishing (Oxford). Prior to her arrival at Wheaton, Colleen was a fulltime music teacher, trombonist, conductor, composer-and early adopter of technology in musical settings. At Wheaton, she has partnered with many institutions, including OSHEAN, Internet2, the Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology (RINET), and the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE), to create educational events for K-20 musicians including performances, coaching sessions, and lectures. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. She is a committee chair for the International Trombone Association and performs in an all-female jazz band.