TELS Community Post-Doctoral Scholars
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Elizabeth GerardUniversity of California, BerkeleyLibby was a TELS Fellow from 2003-2008. She completed her PhD from Mills College in 2008 and is now a post-doctoral scholar with the TELS Community. She studies learning communities as an approach to professional development of school leaders and works with a variety of teacher and principal professional development approaches including online, teleconferences, summer institutes, and sustained inquiry based communities. Libby also helps develop and researches principals' instructional leadership in supporting teachers to integrate technology-enhanced science instruction.TELSMODELSCLEARVISUAL -
Kevin McElhaneyUC BerkeleyVISUAL -
Kelly (Kihyun) RyooUniversity of California, BerkeleyCLEARVISUAL -
Vanessa SvihlaUniversity of California, BerkeleyCLEARVISUAL
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Tamar Ronen FuhrmannThe Technion: Israel Institute of TechnologyTamar received her PhD in Technology and Science education from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and was a TELS fellow until 2008. Her research interests include investigating how people learn to design educational technology materials and assessing the role of design principles in the design process.TELS -
Jacqueline MadhokUniversity of California, BerkeleyJacquie received her PhD from the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education at UC Berkeley in 2006. She works on assessment and evaluation of TELS instructional materials. Jacquie studies the interaction of students' beliefs about science and science learning and their achievement, as well as diversity, including gender equity.TELSCLEAR
Alumnae
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Jeffrey HolmesUniversity of California, BerkeleyJeff received his PhD in Educational Technology from Vanderbilt University. As a postdoctoral researcher with TELS, Jeff lead the development of two new biology units, co-taught the TELS course on metacognition, and worked with the educational technology design team to develop the next generation WISE/SAIL learning environment. His research focused on how learning can be affected by computer-based tools designed to make the learning process more visible to teachers and students. After TELS, Jeff became Director of Instructional Design at Discovery Education. He currently works on the Learning and Education Team at the Encyclopedia of Life.TELS -
Stephanie CorlissUniversity of California, BerkeleyStephanie received her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She worked with the MODELS project examining the impact of professional development and technology-enhanced science instruction. Stephanie helped design and implement professional development materials and activities, including teacher workshops, online teacher tools, and assessments. She also examined student and teacher regulation of learning and inquiry processes during technology-enhanced science instruction. Stephanie currently works as an Instructional Technology Evaluation Specialist at the University of Texas at Austin.TELSMODELS -
Keisha VarmaUniversity of California, BerkeleyKeisha received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Vanderbilt University. As a post-doctoral researcher with TELS, she studied teacher learning and development, focusing on teachers' knowledge of student learning, teaching practices, and technology. Keisha provided professional development support to encourge an integrated understanding of these ideas. She also studied support of scientific reasoning and experimentation for Middle School students, focusing on the relationship between students' interactions with visualizations and their subsequent learning gains and the nature of students' representations of complex systems. Keisha is now a TELS Community research partner and an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota.TELSMODELS -
Ji ShenUniversity of California, BerkeleyJi Shen received his PhD in Physics Education from Washington University in St. Louis. He revised and developed the TELS high school electrostatics project. Ji is interested in the use of web-based technology in enhancing students' integrated understanding of physics concepts in everyday phenomena. He also collaborated with Mills College on policy studies that focus on scaling up technology-enhanced science curriculum. Ji is currently a TELS Community research partner and an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia.TELS -
Hsin-Yi ChangUniversity of California, BerkeleyAs a TELS post-doctoral scholar, Hsin-Yi explored the use of computer-based dynamic visualizations to support students in learning science and examined how dynamic visualizations can affect student learning and understanding of science concepts. She designed instructional practices to incorporate learning technologies into science curricula.TELS -
Hee-Sun LeeUniversity of California, BerkeleyHee-Sun received her PhD in Science Education from the Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Hee-Sun conceptualized, implemented, and analyzed assessments that measure inquiry-based learning of subjects that students have explored using information technology. Her work combines knowledge integration theory as a cognitive foundation, cutting-edge psychometric techniques, and inquiry-promoting pedagogy. She generated information that TELS researchers and teachers are using to modify instruction and revise curricular materials. Hee-Sun is now a TELS Community research partner and an Assistant Professor of Science Education at Tufts University.TELSMODELS -
Dalit LevyConcord ConsortiumDalit received her PhD in Computer Science Education from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. At the Concord Consortium, she lead the development of the chemistry unit on phase change, integrated curricular developers' needs with new information technology developed by the Concord Consortium, and worked with the partner schools in Massachusetts to test and run TELS projects.TELS -
Michelle WilliamsUniversity of California, BerkeleyMichelle received her PhD in Education from UC Berkeley in 2004 and was originally a TELS fellow. She directed professional development efforts in North Carolina and Virginia for TELS. Michelle organized and lead development activities, including mentoring middle and high school science teachers, designing and maintaining online teacher communities, and implementing teacher training workshops. She investigated students' learning outcomes and studied the impact of information technology on middle and high school science teachers' practices. Michelle is currently a TELS Community research partner and an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.TELS
