Curricula Vitae

CURRICULUM VITA

  1. Name

    1. Jacques du Plessis

  2. General Information

    1. Formal Education

      1. PhD Instructional Technology. Utah State University. (June 2002). Dissertation “An Introduction to the FIT-C Model: A Triadic Model as a Taxonomical Framework of Context in Education.”

      2. MA Linguistics. Brigham Young University. (1992). Thesis “Computer-assisted Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison of Paired-associate Computer Drills and Idiosyncratic Learning.”

      3. BA Linguistics. Brigham Young University. (1989). Major: Computers and Languages; Minor: French.

    2. Continuing Education

      1. Trained as a schools of character evaluator for Wisconsin by character.org, 2015.

      2. Trained as a Facilitator in difficult conversation by the Zeidler Center for Public Discussion, 2013.

      3. Training in PCI Compliance and Information Security, 2012.

      4. ACTFL/ILR OPI Tester Recertification as an oral proficiency tester for Afrikaans. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages conducted the U.S Government’s Inter-Agency Language Round table (ILR) oral proficiency interview training, 2011.

      5. Scholarship of Teaching Three-day workshop by UW-System sponsored Faculty College in Richland Center, WI, 2009.

      6. Wood Badge Training – The most advanced training available for Boy Scout Leaders, 2009.

      7. Academic Impressions Online Education Seminar Park City, UT, 2008.

      8. American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages/ Interagency Language Roundtable Oral Proficiency Interview Tester – Qualified as an oral proficiency tester for Afrikaans, 2007.

      9. Three-day seminar at UWM. Theme: Difficult Dialogues. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation. This seminar focused on how to conduct difficult dialogues in the classroom, among faculty and within the community, 2006.

      10. Scholarship of Teaching three-day workshop by UW-System sponsored Faculty College in Richland Center, WI, 2005.

    3. Academic and professional positions held (chronologically)

      1. Faculty Chair, School of Information Studies, UWM (2015 – 2017)

      2. Faculty Chair, Zilber School of Public Health, UWM (2015)

      3. President, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2014 – 2016)

      4. Associate Vice-Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (Interim) at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. (2012 – 2014)

      5. Member of the Advisory Board of the Undergraduate Program of the University of South Carolina. (2012 – present)

      6. Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. (2012 – present)

      7. Elected Member of the South African Academy of Science and Arts. (2012 – present)

      8. Vice-President, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages. (2012 – 2014)

      9. Director of the Undergraduate Program of the School of Information Studies. UWM. (2010 – 2012)

      10. Executive Board Member of the National Council for the Teaching of Less Commonly Taught Languages. (2010 – 2016)

      11. Board Member of the Wisconsin Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. (2009 – present)

      12. Associate Professor in the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Responsibilities include teaching, research, service, student advising, with oversight responsibility for the computing services at SOIS, and other duties and responsibilities normally expected of the faculty. (2009 – present)

      13. Education Advisory Board member of TechSmith, a leading producer of Multimedia software for Education and the Industry. (2008 – 2012)

      14. Advisory Board Member or the National African Languages Resource Center, Indiana University. (2008 – 2016)

      15. Supervisor of Information Technology Services for the School of Information Studies. (2004 – 2010)

      16. Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Responsibilities include teaching, research, student advising, service, and other duties and responsibilities normally expected of the faculty. (2002 – 2009)

      17. Research Assistant, Department of Instructional Technology, Utah State University. (2001 – 2002)

      18. Research Assistant, Center for Online Education, USU, Logan, UT. (2001)

      19. Marketing Specialist & Instructional Designer, USU Research Foundation. (2000)

      20. Instructor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (1985 – 2001)

      21. LinguaServe, Provo Utah. Owner of a translations services company. (1998 – 2000)

      22. Localization Engineer Corel Corporation, Orem Utah. Localized the WordPefect Office Suite to Dutch and German and closely worked with the translation teams. (1997 – 1998)

      23. Software Quality Assurance Manager COMPanion Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT. Alexandria Library Systems. (1986)

      24. Linguist at INSO Corporation, Boston, MA. Worked on writing tools for Afrikaans. (1995)

      25. Linguist at WordPerfect, Orem, UT; Antwerp, Belgium, and Albuquerque, NM. Linguist – Worked on writing tools for European Languages and Afrikaans. (1990 – 1994)

      26. On-call Translator for Berlitz International, Los Angeles, CA. and MultiLing, Provo, UT. (1986 – 1997)

      27. Software Developer Flexitutor. Developed a flashcard system for learning foreign languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Afrikaans) (1985 – 2010)

  3. Research, Scholarship, and Professional Activities
    Articles and papers published or accepted for publication in academic and professional print and electronic journals (*) refereed or (**) invited.

    1. Articles and papers published or accepted for publication in academic and professional print and electronic journals (indicate method of selection – e.g., invited or refereed).

      1. * Xiangming, M., Jordan, J., Jeong, W. & Du Plessis, J. (2009) Towards a Combined Approach to Metadata in Corporate Knowledge Management: A Case Study of GE Healthcare. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 8(3), 189-200.

      2. * Du Plessis J.C. (2009) From Instructional objectives: the journey versus the destiny perspective. Perspectives in Education, Volume 27(3), 258-66.

      3. * Du Plessis J.C. (2008) “From Food Silos to Community Kitchens” – Retooling African Libraries. The International Information and Library Review, 40(1), 43-51.

      4. ** Du Plessis, J.C. (2007) The Spirit of Open Access to Information as a Key Pillar to the African Renaissance. African Information Ethics Conference Report. International Review of Information Ethics, 7(01).

      5. * Du Plessis, J.C. & Koohang, A. (2007) Securing Learning in Learning Objects. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 4(2), 197-208.

      6. * Du Plessis, J.C., Britz J.J., & Davel R. (2006) Slave or sibling: a moral reframing the corporate knowledge sharing community. Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Journal of Information Management, 8(2). Retrieved December 3, 2006 from http://general.rau.ac.za/infosci/raujournal/default.asp?to=peervol8nr2.

      7. * Du Plessis, J.C. (2005) Learning Objects: Using Language Structures to Understand the Transition from Affordance Systems to Intelligent Systems. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 1, 55-66. Retrieved February 26, 2005, from http://ijklo.org/Volume1/v1p055-066duPlessis.pdf.

      8. * Koohang, A., Du Plessis, J., & Britz, J. (2006) Learning objects in learning organizations: A knowledge management perspective. International Journal of Management and Decision Making. 7(1).

      9. * Koohang, A., & Du Plessis, J. (2004). Architecting Usability Properties in the E-Learning Instructional Design Process. International Journal on E-Learning, 3(3), 38-44. Retrieved February 26, 2005, from http://dl.aace.org/16297.

      10. * Eastmond, J. N.; Nickel, T.; du Plessis, J. C.; & Smith, L. (2000). An Incremental Approach to Implementing a Web Course: The High Points and Pitfalls in North America and South Africa. Mankato, MN: TechTrends, 44(3), 40-45.

      11. * Anderson, E.; Du Plessis, J. & Nickel, T. (2001). Distance Ed—The Experience between Border Technikon (Eastern Cape, South Africa) and USU (Utah, USA). Bloomington, IN: Educational Technology Research and Development, 49(3), 118-123.

      12. ** Du Plessis, J. (1987) Sanctions: An Afrikaner perspective. The Journal of International Studies, Vol 1, Spring 1987. Provo, UT: BYU.

    2. Books, monographs, and other publications published

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (1996). A Basic German Vocabulary. Provo, UT.

      2. Jarvis, S. & Du Plessis, J.C. (1989). The Plug-in System–Finnish (1989). Provo, UT.

      3. Du Plessis, J.C. & Schultheis, L. (1989). The Plug-in System–German. Provo, UT.

      4. Du Plessis, J.C. (1988). The Plug-in System–Afrikaans. Provo, UT.

      5. Du Plessis, J.C. (1986). The English Speaker’s ABC to Afrikaans. Provo, UT.

    3. Chapters in books

      1. Du Plessis, J. (2016). Reflection: How Now Shapes the Future – Emerging Trends from the LCTL Trenches. In C. Wang, & L. Winstead (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Foreign Language Education in the Digital Age (pp. 1-8). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0177-0.ch001

      2. Du Plessis, J. C. (2014) Sustainable Innovation in the Knowledge Sector in the 21st Century. In Mbambo-Thata, B., Raubenheimer, J., & Harris T.L. African Library Summit – The Horizon and Beyond, pp.45-58. Knowres Publishing, Randburg, South Africa.

      3. Du Plessis, J. C. (2007) The spirit of open access to information as a key pillar in the African Rennaisance. In Capurro, R., Britz, J.J., Bothma T.J.D., & Bester, B.C. African Reader on Information Ethics, pp.173-178. Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

      4. Du Plessis, J. C. (2007). The Future of Learning Objects. In Koohang, A. & Harman, K. Learning Objects: Theory, Praxis, Issues, and Trends, pp. 585-608. Santa Rosa, California: Informing Science Press.

    4. Training manuals

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2008) Southern Africa – A Cultural Orientation. MultiLingual Solutions, Washington, DC. Training materials prepared for US Navy Africom personnel in preparation of deployment to southern Africa.

    5. Computer software

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2013-present) Web-based Audio – An audio based interface drill and practice program. This program in in the advanced stage of development and will serve the visually impaired learner population, as well as sighted auditory leaders in the online environment (http://www.learnplay.com/).

      2. Du Plessis J.C. and the development team at the Technical University of Upper Austria at Hagenberg (2012) Grammar Generator – An online grammar generator tool for foreign-language learning (http://www.openlanguages.net/grammagen/bin-debug/Main.swf).

      3. Du Plessis J.C. and the development team at the Technical University of Upper Austria at Hagenberg (2011) Digital Dashboard – An interactive flash-based tracking system for student grading and performance in online courses on the Web (integrated into http://www.openlanguages.net/Afrikaans).

      4. Du Plessis J.C. and Rummerstorfer, S. (2011) Flowtion III – An expansion to the second generation design of the initial interactive flash card system for the Web.

      5. Du Plessis J.C. and the development team at the Technical University of Upper Austria at Hagenberg (2010) Flotion II – A second generation design of the initial interactive flash card system for the Web.

      6. Du Plessis J.C. and the development team at the Technical University of Upper Austria at Hagenberg (2009) Flotion I – An innovative interactive flash card system for the Web.

      7. Du Plessis, J.C. & Pichler, A. (2009) Math Flash Game Version 3 of Math Flash Game to learn incrementation by numbers 1 – 10 is the first version is an audio-only educational game. It serves both the general population, as well as blind students.

      8. Du Plessis J.C. and the development team at the Technical University of Upper Austria at Hagenberg (2009) Math Flash Game Version 2 of Flash educational game to learn incrementation by numbers 1 – 10. The software is a Web-based game and developed by a semester-based team of students at the Technical University of Upper Austria. The software will be deployed as a basis tool for mastery of incrementation of all numbers 1 – 10 in early Mathematics education. This tool represents the designed activity for the treatment group to develop the intended skill. At https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jacques/www/papers/mathfuture.html, the research proposal is found that serves as the theoretical basis for the game. The game can be viewed at http://www.sois.uwm.edu/DE_Info/jacques/MathFlashGame/MathFlashGame.html

      9. Du Plessis, J.C. (2008) Flash game to learn incrementation by numbers 1 – 10. The software is a Web-based game and developed by a semester-based team of students at the Technical University of Upper Austria. The software will be deployed as a basis tool for mastery of incrementation of all numbers 1 – 10 in early Mathematics education. This tool represents the designed activity for the treatment group to develop the intended skill. The research proposal, found at https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jacques/www/papers/mathfuture.html, will conclude with quantitative data gathering and will be published upon completion.

      10. Du Plessis, J.C. (2008) Flexitutor for the Web. This software is based on the PC standalone product. It is developed by a semester-based team of graduate students at the Technical University of Upper Austria. The software is to be deployed on the openlanguages.net environment.

      11. Du Plessis, J.C. (1999) Flexitutor for Windows. This software is used at the university level to teach Afrikaans, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

      12. Du Plessis, J.C. (1995) Flexitutor for Mac OS.

      13. Du Plessis, J.C. (1988) Flexitutor for DOS.

    6. Instructional Aids

      1. Co-developed and coordinated the development of instructional materials as part of a service learning initiative in the Milwaukee area. The nonprofits include: St. Anne Center, SER-Jobs for Progress, The Dominican Center, YMCA, Indo-Chinese Center, Journey House, Adoption Resources of Wisconsin, and Enrichment Opportunities.

    7. Psychometric and evaluative instruments

      1. A team approach with Simon Mu and Wooseob Jeong, consulting with GE Medical to develop a knowledge management infrastructure and protocols for several of their product lines. 2006 – 2008.

    8. Research projects conducted and grants received

      1. Undergraduate Research Grant for continued development of EarGear – A browser-based learning environment for the blind (2016) $2100

      2. Center for International Education/Office for undergraduate Research Grant for research in South Africa (2011) $4,000.00

      3. Learning Technology Center Mobile Apps Development Grant (2011) $2000

      4. CIE Materials Development Grant (2009) $3,000

      5. Co PIs Jeong, W., Mu, S. & Du Plessis, J. (2008) GE knowledge Management Project. $85,000.00

      6. 2005 – 2006 Center for International Education Course Development Grant, UWM. $2,000.00

    9. Book reviews, editorials, interviews, and other minor publications.

      1. Invited Published Seminar contribution to the LitNet forum on Digitization of Literature in South Africa (2011) “Die bemiddeling van 21ste-eeuse navorsing in die Afrikaanse letterkunde: Nabetragting van ‘Die digitalisering van NALN se knipselversameling’”

      2. WUWM Public Radio Interview (2008) Interview about the open language network I am building for Afrikaans and other African languages.

      3. Milwaukee Public Television Interview. (2006) “The International Forum” Interview about South Africa under President P.W. Botha.

      4. Book review (2003) “Avenues toward Christianity: Mormonism in Comparative Church History,” by Christian Gellinek. Published by Global Publications at SUNY Binghamton Publications.

    10. Papers and other presentations at academic and professional meetings

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2016) “LCTL Open Courseware — Serving the Blind with an interactive audio interface”, NCOLCTL Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Accepted Paper)

      2. Du Plessis, J.C. (2016) “Online Learning Tools for the Blind”, Center for Excellence in Teaching and learning Symposium, UWM. (Accepted Paper)

      3. Du Plessis, J.C (2015) “Digital Natives 2.0 – Futuristic Strategies for Less Commonly Taught Languages” NASILP Conference, Washington DC. (Accepted Paper)

      4. Du Plessis, J.C (2015) “Less Commonly Taught Languages – Future Strategies and Designs” LEARN2015, Washington DC. (Invited Keynote Address)

      5. Du Plessis, J.C. & Davey-Castillo, M. & Haak, M. (2015) “Why the ‘Big’ Picture Matters in Every Course”. OPID Spring Conference. Green Lake, WI. (Accepted Paper)

      6. Du Plessis, J.C. (2014) “’n Aanpassing van Fundamentele Aannames Rakende die Objektiewe van Onderwys.” (A Shift in Fundamental Assumptions About the Objectives of Education) Formal Paper at the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Pretoria, South Africa. (Refereed, Formal paper)

      7. Du Plessis, J.C. (2014) So, what are the objectives of education? Presentation given at the Future of Education Reform Symposium. RSCON5. (Accepted Paper)

      8. Du Plessis, J.C. (2013) Information Ethics – Mainstreaming the Marginalized Among Us. Paper given at the 14th Annual DIS Conference, University of Zululand, South Africa. (Accepted Paper.)

      9. Du Plessis, J.C. (2013) Reimagining the Future of Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN. (Invited Plenary Speaker)

      10. Du Plessis, J.C. (2013) Sustainable Innovation in the Knowledge Sector in the 21st Century, African Library Summit 2013, Pretoria, South Africa (Invited Plenary Speaker)

      11. Du Plessis, J.C., Barczyk, E. (2013) Disruptive Technologies and the Libraries of the Future: Can Libraries be the Drivers in Shaping the Future of Ebooks? Crimea2013, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine. (Invited Keynote Address)

      12. Du Plessis, J.C. (2012) Information Policy: Mobiles and Teenagers, a Legal and Social Predicament. 3rd ANIE International Conference on Information Ethics and Social Media. Pretoria, South Africa.

      13. Du Plessis, J.C. (2012) Open Courseware and LCTLs – Its Time has Come. 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Madison, WI. (Round Table, Notes)

      14. Du Plessis, J.C. (2012) Openlanguages.net – A Global Vision for Less Commonly Taught Languages. International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (Peer Reviewed)

      15. Du Plessis, J.C. (2011) Technology and the Library of the Future. Wisconsin Library Association Conference 2011, Milwaukee, WI. (Invited, Practitioners, notes)

      16. Du Plessis, J.C. (2011) Designing for Open Education. Paper give at the OpenEd2011 conference in Park City, UT (Invited, Educators, notes)

      17. Britz, J.J., King, P., Maas, B., Du Plessis, J.C. (2011). Planning for a Digital Future. Paper given at the annual conference of the Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, Ill. (Peer Reviewed, Education Administrators, Notes)

      18. Du Plessis, J.C. (2011) Foreign Language Teaching – It is time to move. Paper given at the 14th annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly-taught languages (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI. (Refereed, Educators, paper)

      19. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010) Openlanguages.net – a global resource for Open Learning on the Web. Paper given at the Third African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference, Gaborone, Botswana (peer reviewed, educators and practitioners, Notes)

      20. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010) Perspectives on Digitization of Literature. The Workshop on Digitization of Afrikaans and African Literatures. Pretoria, South Africa. (Invited, Practitioners, Notes)

      21. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010) The Cultural and Political Complexities of Southern Africa. Paper given at the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.

      22. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010) Active Librarianship, International Conference on Digital Scholarship and Emerging Technologies, Gaborone, Botswana (peer reviewed, educators and practitioners, Notes)

      23. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010) Asynchronous Language Learning: Meaningful Interactivity. Paper given at the 13th annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly-taught languages (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI. (Refereed, Educators, paper)

      24. Du Plessis, J.C. (2009) Best Practices and Innovation with Screen Capturing for Language Learning. Presentation at Educause, Denver, CO. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      25. Du Plessis, J.C. (2009) Addressing Peace in the K-12 Curriculum. Paper given at the 7th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. (not refereed, Educators, paper)

      26. Du Plessis, J.C. (2009) Language learning with Web 2.0 – linking faculty and students. Paper given at the 12th annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly-taught languages (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI. (Refereed, Educators, paper)

      27. Du Plessis, J.C., Britz, J.J. (2008) Ethical Challenges Facing African Public Libraries. Paper given that the LIBCOM 2008 Conference in Svenigorod, Russia (peer reviewed, educators and practitioners, Notes)

      28. Du Plessis J.C. (2008) African Languages – Asynchronous Digital Instruction. Presentation given at the yearly National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP) Conference, Washington DC. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      29. Du Plessis J.C. (2008) Building a Tool Kit for Systemic Peacebuilding and Effective Coordination. Presentation to the Peacebuilding Experts Meeting, UWM. (Invited, Special Interest Group, Notes)

      30. Du Plessis J.C. (2008) The Future of Education. Presentation to the Milwaukee chapter of the Word Future Society at UWM. (Invited, Special Interest Group, Notes)

      31. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) Teaching Foreign Language Pronunciation Online Asynchronously. Paper accepted for the OpenEd 2007 Conference, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (Refereed, Educators, paper)

      32. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) Instructional Technology for foreign language teachers. Presentation at the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) workshops at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. (Invited, Fullbright scholars, Notes)

      33. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) Best Practices from Camtasia Studio Classrooms. 2007 TechEd Conference, Ontario, CA. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      34. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) Putting the Genie back in the Bottle : Selecting and E-Mail/Calendaring Solution. Educause, Midwest. Chicago, Illinois. (Invited, Educators, Paper)

      35. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) The Spirit of Open Access to Information as a Key Pillar to the African Renaissance. International Information Policy Colloquium by the Center for Information Policy Research, UWM, Wisconsin. (Invited, Educators, Paper)

      36. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) Learning Online? Ok, what about foreign language pronunciation? … Why do we have to make a mental shift in the expectations of learning outcome? The E-Learning Update 2007 – A one-day symposium at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      37. Du Plessis J.C. (2007) The Spirit of Open Access to Information as a Key Pillar to the African Renaissance. 1st Conference on Information Ethics in Africa. Pretoria, South Africa. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      38. Du Plessis, J.C. and Stein, T. (2006) Podcasts and Screencast with Camtasia Studio. Presentation given at the Conference on Information Technology, Charlotte, NC. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      39. Du Plessis, J.C. (2006) Teaching foreign languages online: Facilitating creative solutions. Presentation given at the Conference on Information Technology, Charlotte, NC. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      40. Du Plessis, J.C. (2006) Open Learning Environments: Building an International Team to Distribute Development & Provide Instructional Support. Paper given at the OpenEd Conference, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      41. Du Plessis J.C., Britz J.J., & Lor P.J. (Summer, 2006) “From Food Silos to Community Kitchens” – Retooling African Libraries. Paper given at the Standing Conference for Eastern, Central, and Southern African Libraries, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      42. Du Plessis, J.C. (2006) Developing a Model for Open Learning of Less Commonly Taught Languages. Paper given at the 2006 Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, in Orlando, FL. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      43. Koohang, A., Harman, K. Du Plessis, J. & Britz, J. (2006) Knowledge management within the framework of informing science. Proceedings of Knowledge Acquisition and Management Conference, 14. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      44. Du Plessis, J.C. (2005) World Languages: A Viable Offering of a Less-commonly Taught Language. Paper given at the Meeting Global Challenges 2005 Conference, at Lake Geneva WI. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      45. Britz, J.J., Du Plessis, J.C., and Johnson, C. (2005). Study Abroad Programs: A Reflection on the Educational Experience. Paper given at the Meeting Global Challenges 2005 Conference, at Lake Geneva, WI. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      46. Davel, R., Britz J.J. & Du Plessis J.C. (2005). Slave or Sibling: Reframing the Corporate Knowledge Sharing Community. Paper given at the Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century Conference, at the University of Memphis, TN. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      47. Du Plessis, J.C. (2005) Open Learning: A Web-based Model for Self-directed Foreign-language Instruction. Paper given at the OpenEd Conference, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      48. Du Plessis, J. & Koohang, A. (2005) Learning Object: From Conceptualization to Utilization. Proceedings of Knowledge Acquisition and Management Conference, 13, 38-46. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      49. Du Plessis, J.C. & Koohang. A. (2005) Underlying Open Learning Development—Reflections on Elements of Success in Open Sourcing. Paper given at the OpenEd Conference, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      50. Du Plessis, J.C. (2005) Learning Afrikaans Online – What is Possible? Lecture given at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. (Invited, Educators, Paper)

      51. Du Plessis, J.C. (2005) How Communication Theory informs Instructional Design. Lecture given at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      52. Koohang, A., Du Plessis, J.C. and Britz, J.J. (2005) Informing Science & Information Technology Education Conference. “Panel Discussion: Learning Object Definitions, Metadata, Instructional Design, and Repositories.” Flagstaff, Arizona, 2005. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      53. Du Plessis, J.C. Koohang A. (2005) Building Learning Objects: From Conceptualization to Completion. 13th International Conference of Knowledge Acquisition & Management Conference. Wroclaw, Poland. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      54. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) Social Contrasts in South Africa. Lecture as part of the Culture Café Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      55. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) South Africa Today: Looking at Language. Lecture given at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      56. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) The Function of Granularity within Architecture and language as Analogous Environments to Learning Objects. Paper presented at the Instructional Technology Summer Institute, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      57. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) A Descriptive Theoretical Framework of Education – Implications for Instructional Design. Lecture given to the Instructional Technology Graduate Students at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      58. Du Plessis, J.C. and Moitse-Nzeku, M. (2004) Cultural Mediation of Aids-prevention Information. Second African Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research. Cape Town, South Africa. (Refereed, Educators, Notes)

      59. Du Plessis, J.C. and Moitse-Nzeku, M. (2004) The Aids-V Symbol – A New Strategy for the Prevention of HIV infection. Second African Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research. Cape Town, South Africa. (Refereed, Health Care Professionals, Poster Presentation)

      60. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) The Message Is Heard, But Not Felt: Perspectives on the Persistence of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Southern Africa. Global Studies Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. (Invited, Educators, Notes)

      61. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004) The Core Components of Instruction. University of Pretoria, South Africa. (Invited, Educators, Paper)

      62. Du Plessis, J.C. (2001) Online Education at USU—What Works and Why? A Survey of Successes in Online Education at Utah State. South African Online Users Group (SAOUG) Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      63. Eastmond, N., Nickel, T., Du Plessis, J.C. and Smith, L. (2000) An Incremental Approach to Implementing a Web Course: The High Points and Pitfalls in North America and South Africa. Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Long Beach, California. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      64. Recker, M., Olsen, D., Rogers, J., and Du Plessis, J.C. (2000) Communities of Practice: A Thinking Practices Framework for Instructional Technology. AERA Conference. Louisiana. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      65. Jarvis, S. & du Plessis, J.C. (1990) Language methodology and text design: What Finnish has taught us. Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the Deseret Language and Linguistics Society, 16, 173-182. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

      66. Du Plessis, J.C. (1989) Innovative Approaches to Textbook Design. Joint conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) and the International Conference on Computers and the Humanities (ICCH). Toronto, Canada. (Refereed, Educators, Paper)

    11. Editorials, reviews, and interviews of one’s research by others.

      1. African Languages Teachers Association Newsletter (2008) about www.openlanguages.net

      2. Radio Interview (2008). “UWM Today” Interview about teaching Afrikaans and other African languages online.

      3. Du Plessis, J.C. & Ricigliano, R. (2007). Now free, South Africa still faces many challenges. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial. Available online at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=575434.

      4. Die Burger (2006). South African Press on www.afrikaans.us.

      5. Downes, S. (2004). Blog review of paper on Learning Objects. Online www.downes.ca/post/27 Accessed Aug29, 2008. (also referenced in www.downes.ca/post/7804)

      6. My research about open learning was published in a CIE publication, and it was the campus highlight on the UWM website on Wednesday, 8 March, 2006.

      7. Radio Interview. (2005). “At Ten” Interview about Service Learning in Milwaukee.

    12. Video and audio productions

      1. A list of video tutorials accessible at https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jacques/www/tutorials/index.html
        (Self published online as an open resource to students and the public)

    13. Projects or other professional work

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2004 – 2015). Open learning development for foreign language learning at www.openlanguages.net – The site is dedicated to learning a less commonly-taught language via the Web as an open non-credit asynchronous course. The site has between five and six thousand visits per month, and has been recognized by several major South African newspapers. Many top South African performers and notable poets have donated their creative works to augment the offering. (Exhibited on the Web, publicly available, open access). Languages currently under development: Afrikaans, Korean.

    14. List research or professional awards, ranking in competitions, etc.

      1. Stoddard Graduate Scholarship, 2000.

      2. National Graduate Student Honor Roll, 2000, 2001.

    15. Other significant research, scholarship, and professional activities, completed or in progress

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2016) Die Doelstellings van Onderwys: ‘n Holistiese Raamwerk.” (The Objectives of Education: A Holistic Framework) Submitted for publication to the Journal of Humanitiies (South African Academy of Science and Arts).

      2. Du Plessis, J.C. (due 20163). Afrikaans Learners’ Reference Grammar. To be published by the National African Languages Resource Center Press, Madison, WI.

      3. Du Plessis J.C. (due 2016). Afrikaans Internasionaal. The textbook will integrate with the Openlanguages.net environment as either an ebook and paper book.

      4. Du Plessis, J.C. and Doppelbauer, C. (Dec 2013) The Course Digital Dashboard – Phase II. An interactive environment for students to track progress.

      5. Du Plessis, J.C. and a Senior Class Team at the Technical University of Upper Austria (2011). Phase one of the interactive graph of student accomplishment (Digital Dashboard). (due November, 2011) This is an interactive tool to help keep online students on task, especially in online courses.

      6. Du Plessis, J.C. and a Senior Class Team at the Technical University of Upper Austria (2010). Flowtion II. A refined rework of the original Flowtion I design. Currently final post development designs are being implemented, due Nov 2011.

      7. Du Plessis, J.C. and a Senior Class Team at the Technical University of Upper Austria (2009). Flowtion I. A design to provide online interactivity to factual memorization tasks.

      8. Du Plessis, J.C. and a Senior Class Team at the Technical University of Upper Austria (2008). Open Navigation. A Web-based design to gain information and navigate a physical space via an audio-interface. The future iterations of this will enable those who are blind to explore new physical spaces via the Web.

      9. Du Plessis, J.C. and a Senior Class Team at the Technical University of Upper Austria (2008). Math by Incrementation. A design to teach automation of incrementation beyond counting to expand Math capabilities in young learners. Three versions of this game-based design have been developed, based on the design as outlined here: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jacques/www/papers/mathfuture.html.

      10. http://mfg2dot0.lima-city.de/MathFlashGame.html. The game was then redesigned with the next version to improve on some of the intrinsic weaknesses to this initial prototype.

      11. https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/jacques/www/mathflash/index.html. Then the idea was expanded to include blind pupils, and in fact, it was found that the follow-up prototype, has significant benefits in enhancing concentration even for sighted students.

    16. Unfunded Grant Proposals

      1. Du Plessis, J.C. (2012) UWM Foundation Grant. “Flight Plan: A Comprehensive Courses and Major Advisement Tool.”

      2. Stevens, P., Banda, A., Mkandawire-Valmu, L. Du Plessis, J.C., Galvao, L. RGI Grant (2010). Piloting a Participatory, Peer-Based Longitudinal Intervention in Support of Rural HIV-Infected Women in Two East African Countries.

      3. Stevens, P., Banda, A., Mkandawire-Valmu, L. Du Plessis, J.C. (2010). Gates Foundation Grant. “Low-Cost Cell Phone–mediated Community-based Group Case Management for HIV-Infected Women: Maximizing Social Networking to foster Selfcare-management, Improve Health Outcomes, and Revolutionize Front-line HIV Care in Rural Kenya.”

      4. Ricigliano, R., Du Plessis, J.C. (2008). RGI Grant. “Peacebuilding Virtual Collaboration Environment – Co-author of and RGI grant proposal to develop and implement a virtual collaboration environment for vertical and horizontal collaboration in peacebuilding efforts in the international and regional arenas.”

      5. Du Plessis J. and Adams S. (2007). Fromkin Grant Proposal. “The Residual Effect of Service Learning on Continued Civic Engagement.”

      6. Du Plessis J. (2006). Title VI Grant Proposal with the Department of Education – Open Learning on the Web: Afrikaans. This is an ongoing research and development project to develop an open web-based learning environment for the learning of a foreign language. (http://www.openlanguages.net/afrikaans)

      7. Du Plessis J. and Adams S. (2006). Fromkin Grant Proposal – Research on the longevity of change toward volunteerism in students that have participated in Service Learning courses.

      8. Milwaukee e-Health Index – Co-author of an RGI grant proposal to develop an e-health index.

      9. Du Plessis J. (2004) ACADILI – Indexed Academic Public Domain Image Library. Internal SOIS round for a Microsoft grant.

  4. Teaching

    1. Course Instruction

      1. List of Courses Taught

        Semester Course name Class Size Level & Credits Eval
        Sp03 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 17 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp03 670 Instructional Technologies 14 (G) 3cr
        Su03 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 15 (U/G) 3cr
        Su03 891 Multimedia Technologies 36 (G) 3cr
        Fa03 430 Multimedia Application Development 37 (U) 3cr
        Fa03 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 21 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp04 430 Multimedia Application Development 16 (U) 3cr
        Sp04 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 24 (U/G) 3cr
        Su04 670 Instructional Technologies 08 (G) 3cr
        Su04 891 Multimedia Technologies 13 (G) 3cr
        Fa04 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 16 (U/G) 3cr
        Fa04 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 13 (U/G) 3cr
        Fa04 430 Multimedia Application Development 35 (U) 3cr
        Wi05 691 Study Abroad (South Africa) 14 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp05 670 Instructional Technologies 10 (G) 3cr
        Sp05 430 Multimedia Application Development 17 (U) 3cr
        Su05 670 Instructional Technologies 06 (G) 3cr
        Su05 891 Multimedia Technologies 21 (G) 3cr
        Fa05 430 Multimedia Application Development 23 (U) 3cr
        Fa05 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 41 (U/G) 3cr
        Fa05 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 13 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp06 430 Multimedia Application Development 13 (U) 3cr
        Su06 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 08 (U/G) 3cr
        Su06 891 Multimedia Technologies 15 (G) 3cr
        Fa06 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 19 (U/G) 3cr
        Fa06 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 35 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp07 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 25 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp07 670 Instructional Technologies 19 (G) 3cr
        Sp07 670 Instructional Technologies 11 (G) 3cr
        Su07 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 11 (U/G) 3cr
        Su07 891 Multimedia 13 (G) 3cr
        Fa07 430 Multimedia Product Development 24 (U) 3cr
        Fa07 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 09 (U/G) 3cr
        Wi08 691 Study Abroad (South Africa) 06 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp08 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 25 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp08 430 Multimedia Product Development 25 (U) 3cr
        Su08 891 Multimedia 13 (G) 3cr
        Su08 891 Multimedia 05 (G) 3cr
        Fa08 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 12 (U/G) 3cr
        Fa08 430 Multimedia Product Development 12 (U) 3cr
        Fa08 430 Multimedia Product Development 15 (U) 3cr
        Wi09 497 Study Abroad – South Africa 8 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp09 670 Instructional Technologies 12 (G) 3cr
        Sp09 670 Instructional Technologies 18 (G) 3cr
        Su09 891 Multimedia 09 (G) 3cr
        Su09 891 Multimedia 02 (G) 3cr
        Fa09 430 Multimedia Product Development 21 (U) 3cr
        Fa09 430 Multimedia Product Development 13 (U) 3cr
        Fa09 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 19 (U/G) 3cr
        Wi10 497 Study Abroad – South Africa 6 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp10 670 Instructional Technologies 25 (G) 3cr
        Su10 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 16 (U/G) 3cr
        Su10 678 Multimedia 18 (G) 3cr
        Fa10 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 24 (U) 3cr
        Fa10 430 Multimedia Product Development 19 (U) 3cr
        Fa10 430 Multimedia Product Development 14 (U) 3cr
        Fa10 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 12 (U/G) 3cr
        Wi11 497 Study Abroad – South Africa 8 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp11 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 13 (U) 3cr
        Su11 632 Microcomputer for Info. Resources Management 15 (U/G) 3cr
        Su11 786 Multimedia 17 (G) 3cr
        Fa11 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 11 (U) 3cr
        Fa11 430 Multimedia Product Development 27 (U) 3cr
        Wi12 497 Study Abroad – South Africa 6 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp12 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 8 (U) 3cr
        Sp12 291 Special Topics 15 (U) 3cr
        Su12 786 Multimedia 23 (G) 3cr
        Fa12 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 9 (U) 3cr
        Sp13 299 Global Studies (Afrikaans) 4 (U) 3cr
        Su14 786 Multimedia 24 (G) 3cr
        Fa14 430 Multimedia Product Development 14 (U) 3cr
        Fa14 670 Instructional Technologies 24 (G) 3cr
        Wi15 497 Study Abroad – South Africa 7 (U/G) 3cr
        Sp15 670 Instructional Technologies 7 (G) 3cr
        Fa15 430 Multimedia Product Development 20 (U) 3cr
        Sp16 670 Instructional Technologies 7 (G) 3cr
        Su16 583 Survey of Information Security 15 (G) 3cr

    2. Student Supervision

      1. Supervised internships, independent study, fieldwork, Doctoral Thesis Committee and independent research (2003 – 2015)

    3. Program Development, Implementation, and Management

      1. Study Abroad: South Africa “HIV Prevention – The Information Campaign in the context of culture, socio-economic and gender factors”. Offered in Winterim-2005, Winterim-2007, Winterim-2008, Winterim-2010, Winterim-2011, and Winterim-2015.

      2. Organizing colloquia, institutes, workshops, or other programs.

      3. BA in Global Studies: Communications – Collaborating with the Center for International Education to integrate SOIS courses into this track.

      4. Digital Archiving Explorations – I visited with the digital archiving programs at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Ancestry.com and IArchives to understand the current methods used in the field to archive and digitize content.

      5. SOIS-College of Health Sciences Collaboration. On the SOIS team to work out collaboration between Health Sciences and Information Studies. 2006

      6. SOIS Delegation to SLIS-Madison. Participated in the collaboration talks with the SLIS program at UW-Madison.

    4. Teaching Activities of Note

      1. Introduced the first Service Learning course in the School of Information Studies (2002). This has meant some extra work and time spent with nonprofits in the community to ensure the success of this program. The results have been very satisfying. Numerous multimedia products (including websites, movies, presentations, and instructional software) have been developed for the following institutions: St. Anne Center, SER-Jobs for Progress, The Dominican Center, YMCA, the Indo-Chinese Center, Journey House, and Enrichment Opportunities.

      2. Implemented the first podcasting components as part of teaching at the School of Information Studies, UWM (2003).

      3. Developed the first-ever Study Abroad program at the School of Information Studies, UWM (2005).

      4. Provided culture training for the US Navy – Africa Command (2008).

      5. Trainer of two cohorts of Fullbright Scholars to the US (2009 – 2010)

      6. Taught the first ever fully online Foreign Language course at UWM, 2010.

  5. Service

    1. Membership or leadership in department, school, college, division, university, or system committees and/or task forces.

      1. SOIS Committee – Chair: Computer Policy Committee 2002 – 2003

      2. SOIS Committee (ad hoc) – Member & Chair: Search Committee for Staff Positions

      3. SOIS Committee (ad hoc) – Member: Search Committee for Assistant Dean Position

      4. SOIS Committee (ad hoc) – Member: Search Committee for IR faculty positions

      5. SOIS Committee – Member: Graduate Admissions Committee 2005 – 2007

      6. SOIS Committee – Chair: Undergraduate Program Committee 2009 – 2010

      7. UWM Committee – Member: PantherFile (Xythos) Implementation Team 2004 – 2005

      8. UWM Committee – Member: Campus-wide Content Management Evaluation Team 2004 – 2005

      9. UWM Committee – Member: Campus Technology Advisory Committee 2004 – 2005

      10. UWM Committee (ad hoc) – Member: Racio-Ethnic Committee 2003 – 2005

      11. UWM Committee (ad hoc) – Member: Black and Gold Committee 2003 – 2004

      12. UWM Committee (ad hoc) – Member and Chair: Black and Gold Action Team: PantherProf 2003 – 2005

      13. UWM Committee – Unit Technology Representative – A campus-wide committee to determine and structure IT decisions for UWM, 2003.

      14. UWM Committee – Chair: Workshop for ICT for Africa – Fall 2005

      15. UWM Committee (ad hoc) – Member of the Pantherfile implementation team (2004)

      16. UWM Committee – Member of the Educational Advisory Committee (2004)

      17. UWM Committee – Member of the advisory committee for the Center for Cultural Diversity and Global Health (Since 2005).

      18. UWM Committee – Global Studies Advisory Committee (2006 – present).

      19. UWM Committee – Chair of the Email/Calendar Procurement Team. (2006) – Did a successful RFP to replace the current campus email/calendaring solution.

      20. UWM Committee – Member of the Information Policy Technology Committee (2006 – 2009)

      21. UWM Committee – Member of the UWM Online Program Council (2006 – 2014)

      22. UWM Search Committee (ad hoc) for Vice-Chancellor for Development (2008)

      23. UWM Internationalization Committee (Ad Hoc)

      24. UWM Athletics Committee (2010)

      25. UWM Audit team member, E-mail Degradation Investigation (2009)

      26. UWM Budget Model Working Group (2012 – 2016)

      27. UWM Enterprise Risk Management Working group (2012 – 2013)

      28. UWM Digital Future Initiative (Co-chair for teaching and learning committee) (2010 – 2012)

      29. UWM Emerging Technologies Committee (2012 – 2013)

      30. UWM Digital Future Initiative (Directing the initiative 2013 – 2014)

      31. UWM Lead the 2013 IT Summit

      32. Committee member of a PhD Doctoral Dissertation Committee – Computer Science (2014)

      33. Committee member of a PhD Doctoral Dissertation Committee – Education (2015)

      34. UWM Faculty Senate (2014 – 2017)

      35. SOIS Masters of Information Science and Technology Chair (2014 – 2015)

      36. Zilber School of Public Health Faculty Chair and Executive Committee Chair (2015)

      37. SOIS Executive Committee – Chair (2015 – 2016)

      38. UWM Faculty Rules and Regulations Committee (2014 – 2015; 2016-17)

      39. UWM Umbuds Council (2015 – 2016)

      40. UWM Libraries Committee (2015 – 2016)

      41. UWM Public Relations Committee (2016-2018)

    2. Major responsibility for coordination of programs, departments, or centers.

      1. SOIS coordinator for the MLIS – MAFL degree program (2005 – 2012).

      2. SOIS Director of Undergraduate Program, BS of Information Science and Technology (2011 – 2012)

      3. UWM Curriculum Review Committee (2012)

      4. Faculty Chair and Executive Committee Chair: Zilber School of Public health (2015)

      5. Executive Committee Chair: School of Information Studies (2015 – 2016)

    3. Involvement in student activities

      1. Attended SOIS Student Orientation, Fall 2004

      2. Participated in the Study-Abroad Fair, Fall 2004

      3. Attended SOIS Student Orientation, Fall, 2005

      4. Attended SOIS Student Orientation, Fall 2006

      5. Attended SOIS Student Orientation, Fall 2007

      6. Invited Speaker at the General Student Orientation, Summer 2008

      7. Invited Speaker at the General Student Orientation, Summer 2010

      8. Invited Speaker at the General Student Orientation, Summer 2011

      9. Invited Speaker at the General Student Orientation, Summer 2014

    4. Service and or membership and office, or other position of leadership, held in a professional organization

      1. Conducted a workshop, Library Council, May 26, 2005, Hales Corners, WI.

      2. Reviewer for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects.

      3. External Examiner for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

      4. External Reviewer for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

      5. Guest Editor, 2002, International Review of Distance Learning.

      6. Member of NCOLCTL, The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2007)

      7. Member of ALTA, The African Languages Teacher’s Association (2007)

      8. Board Member of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (2009 – present)

      9. Delegate Assembly Member, The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2009 – 2011)

      10. Member of the Executive Board, The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2011 – 2012)

      11. Vice-President, The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2012 – 2014)

      12. President, The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2014 – 2016)

      13. Governance Board Member, eAchieve Academy Wisconsin (2014 – present)

      14. Wisconsin: Mediator as part of the Mediation Team for the Zeidler Center for Public Discussion

    5. Special assignments for professional organizations, and/or participation at professional meetings

      1. Chair of a session at the 2008 conference of the National Council on the Teaching of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Madison, WI.

      2. Guest Editor. International Review Section of Educational Technology Research and Development, 2001 49(3), 106-125.

      3. BadgerNet Meeting, 2005 Green Lake, WI.

      4. Chaired a panel discussion of the InSITE 2005 Conference in Flagstaff, AZ.

      5. Faculty College at UWC-Richland Center WI, 2005.

      6. Lecture at teacher training workshop of the Sheboygan School District, 2005.

      7. UWM representative at a faculty development conference in Houston, TX. 2006.

      8. Trainer (2007) at two workshops for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants.

      9. Trainer (2008) at the workshop for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants.

      10. Trainer (2009) NALRC Workshop for Technology in Foreign Language Teaching

      11. Trainer (2010) NALRC Workshop for Technology in Foreign Language Teaching

      12. Co-Chair of the Teaching and Learning Group of the Digital Future Initiative at UWM (2010 – present)

      13. Global Studies Advisory Committee (2010 – present)

      14. Trainer (2011) NCOLCTL Workshop for Technology in Foreign Language Teaching

      15. Trainer (2011) NALRC Workshop for Technology in Foreign Language Teaching

      16. Conference co-organizer (2013) The yearly Peacebuilding Conference, hosted at UWM.