Barry Dahl
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Brief Bio
Hello! As of May 9, 2012, I have the pleasure of serving as the Sr. Community Manager at Desire2Learn, Ltd. For more information, read my post titled: Desire2Work @ Desire2Learn. For 16 months previous to that date, I was an independent contractor and consultant with a focus on e-Learning and educational technology. I have many years of experiences with speaking engagements, conference planning and hosting, e-Learning quality improvement, strategic planning for e-Learning growth and e-Services development, student surveys related to satisfaction and engagement, as well as on-campus and online workshops.
After obtaining a B.S. degree and a Masters in Accounting from Arizona State University, I served as an accounting faculty member for a total of 17 years in total, including 11 years of appointments at ASU, Florida Atlantic University, University of Minnesota Duluth, and then six years at Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth, MN. In 2001, I resigned my faculty tenure (oops) to become the senior administrator in charge of online learning at LSC. As Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the college, I had primary responsibility for the Computer Services department, Web and Information Services, and the e-Campus known as Lake Superior Connect.
I was a proud member of the Board of Directors for the Instructional Technology Council from 2007 to 2011. The board concentrates on providing useful services to members schools (over 300) and holding the annual e-Learning conference at different sites around the U.S.
During my time as an LSC employee within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), I also served a two-year role on the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Online Council serving the first year (’05-06) as Chair-Elect and the second year (’06-07) as Chair. During 2002-2003, I also chaired the IMS of the Future selection process for MnSCU.
Barry, Great Bio. Thanks for your contributions in educational technology. I definitely appreciate your comments about the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn patent lawsuit. I think Bb is backing themselves into a corner (of bad public relations in the education field). How poorly they perceive how the academic community views monopolistic bullies.
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Barry, I am so glad to have met you. The information you write about has been so inspirational in my own learning about Educational technology and E-Learning. It is because of you and others like you, that I have been so interested in online learning. I work with many instructors helping them get their courses up and running online, and I have taken many examples of online excellence from you. Keep up the great work and I look forward to reading more.
Yours in Technology,
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