Curriculum Vita

Education

Present		Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Anticipated Degree: Ph.D., Instructional Systems Technology (Minor in Human-Computer Interaction Design)
2009		Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY M.S., Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation
2004		International Teacher of English as a Foreign Language Certificate
1998		Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY B.S., Information Technology

Experience

2010 — Present	Option Six [Bloomington, IN] Instructional Designer Overall design of courses for clients. Determine the most effective pedagogical strategies. Coordinate development of media. Design of assessments. Occaisional voice acting.
2010 — 2012	Indiana University [Bloomington, IN] Associate Instructor F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes. R341: Multimedia in Instructional Technology: a three-credit course on using modern multimedia capabilities to facilitate instruction. W220: Technology Issues in Computer-based Education: a three-credit course preparing pre-service teachers with limited programming experience to teach the topic to their own students.
2006 — 2009	Red Hat [Global] Lead Curriculum Manager (JBoss) Re-designed, developed, QA’d and maintained courseware portfolio Delivered courses one week each month. Specification and testing of customized course delivery environment. Designed and prepared courses for online virtual delivery. Presentation of new curriculum strategy to internal and external audiences. Management of internal team and external contractors. Global customer relations. Solutions Architect (JBoss) Technical Sales Support Conference Presentations (Java One) User Community Activity
2005 — 2006	Minjok Sakwon Educational Institute [Jeonju, South Korea] English Teacher Designed and implemented English language curriculum Selected and employed learning materials Developed and delivered evaluative examinations for my students
2004 — 2005	GnB English Institute [Jeonju, South Korea] English Teacher Designed and implemented English language curriculum Selected and employed learning materials
2003	TopCoder Software [Glastonbury, CT] Product Manager Formulated and tested a new software design/development strategy Managed a transient team of geographically distributed software developers
2002	Camp Tel Yehudah [Port Jervis, NY] Challenge Course Director Managed a staff of seven Implemented staff development Scheduled and maintained the safe daily operations of a 40ft. high ropes course
1999 — 2002	Tallan [Glastonbury, CT] Technical Lead Developer Designed and implemented enterprise software systems Researched emerging technologies
1998 — 1999	Meta4 [Hoboken, NJ] Software Developer Designed and implemented a database for Year 2000 compliance checking Implemented features in the company’s flagship inventory management software
1997 — 19988	Interactive Digital Communications [Rochester, NY] Software Developer (coop) Built websites and multimedia presentations for clients Worked with early static and dynamic web technologies

Teaching

2010 — 2012	Indiana University [Bloomington, IN] Associate Instructor F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes. R341: Multimedia in Instructional Technology: a three-credit course on using modern multimedia capabilities to facilitate instruction. W220: Technology Issues in Computer-based Education: a three-credit course preparing pre-service teachers with limited programming experience to teach the topic to their own students.
2009 — 2010	Indiana University [Bloomington, IN] Assistant Instructor F401: Survey of Serious Games: a three credit course focusing on understanding and designing games for educational purposes. R547: Computer Mediated Learning: a three credit course in which students apply their instructional design skills to development of an online course.
2007 — 2008	Red Hat [Global] Curriculum Manager One week face-to-face courses on middleware development and administration targeting adult professionals. Two week online virtual training courses on middleware development and administration targeting adult professionals.
2006	Corean4Life Podcast [http://web.mac.com/micah_gideon] Author and Presenter English language podcast for learners of the Korean language.
2005 — 2006	Minjok Sakwon Educational Institute [Jeonju, South Korea] English Teacher English as a Foreign Language for elementary and middle school-aged children.
2004 — 2005	GnB English Institute [Jeonju, South Korea] English Teacher English as a Foreign Language for elementary school-aged children.
1998	Kids on Campus [Rochester, NY] Teacher Myst Maker: A course for fifth- and sixth-graders in game programming and multimedia development. Title Unknown: A course for fifth- and sixth-graders in the digital video editing.

Scholarship

Refereed Publications
	Modell, M. (2013). Iterating over a method and tool to facilitate equitable assessment of group work. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 4(1), 39-53. Modell, M., Gray, C. (2011). Searching for Personal Territory in an HCI Design Studio. Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 6(2), 54-78.
Refereed Presentations
	Boling, E., Altuwaijiri, A., Modell, M., Jung, J., Howard, C. (April 2013). Images for instruction: The concerns of designers and the focus of learners at AERA 2013, San Francisco, CA. Boling, E., Altuwaijiri, A., Jung, J., Gray, C., Yildirim, C., Modell, M., Howard, C., Ergulec, F., Demiral, M. (November 2012). Learners’ Strategies for Interpreting Instructional Images at AECT 2012, Louisville, KY. Modell, M.(November 2012). Designing a self- and peer-assessment method to equitably grade and reduce social loafing in groups at AECT 2012, Louisville, KY. Myers, R., Modell, M. (November 2011). Gamifying the Conference Experience: A Design Case at AECT 2011, Jacksonville, FL. Jung, J., Gray, C., Howard, C., Kwon, S., Modell, M., Boling, E., (November 2011). R&T Preparation of Visual Materials to Study How EFL Learners Use Images in the Learning Process at AECT 2011, Jacksonville, FL. Modell, M. (February 25, 2011). Continuous Assessment Design Case. Design Showcase at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN. Kwon, S., Lara, M., Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 26, 2011). Using Digital Games and Simulations for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN. Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 25, 2011). Gamifying the Conference Experience: A Design Case. Design Showcase at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN. Boling, E., Howard, C., Altuwaijiri, A., Caldwell, K., Gray, C., Jung, J., Kwon, S., Modell, M., Whiting, J., Wu, T., Yildrim, C., (February 25, 2011). Visuals for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2011, Bloomington, IN. Modell, M., Myers, R. (October 2010). Exploring the Role of Identity in the Design of A Serious Game. Poster to be presented at Meaningful Play 2010, East Lansing, MI. Kwon, S., Lara, M., Myers, R., Modell, M. (February 26, 2010). Using Digital Games and Simulations for Learning. Round Table Discussion at IST Conference 2010, Bloomington, IN.
Invited Presentations
	Modell, M. (February 2004). Enterprise Software Development. Computer Science House Lecture Series, Rochester, NY. Modell, M. (1997). Mac OS Internals. Computer Science House OS Internals Lecture Series. Rochester, NY.

Professional Service [TOC]
	Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2011] Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2011 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN] Mendeley Advisor [www.mendeley.com] Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2010] Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2010 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN] (Student) Research Proposal Reviewer for Association for Educational Communications Technology Conference 2011 Volunteer at the Association for Educational Communications Technology 2009 [Louisville, KY]
Professional Affiliations [TOC]
	Association for Educational Communications and Technology Computer Science House [Rochester Institute of Technology]

Awards [TOC]
	School of Education Fellow [Indiana University]
Other Projects [TOC]
	Continuous Assessment: Software to enable educators to collect and monitor regular peer assessment data to facilitate group work [https://www.indiana.edu/~teachlab/ca/]. Reference Timeline: Web application that plots a collection of references on a timeline to visualize how they relate temporally [http://www.martymodell.com/mendeley_utils/]. JavaBean Tester: Open source software development tool for assisting with development and debugging of enterprise software [http://JavaBeanTester.SouceForge.net].

Service

Professional Service
	Technology Director, Bloomington Montessori School 2013-2014 Chief Openness Officer, AECT 2013-2014 Research Proposal Reviewer for the Association for Educational Communications Technology Conference 2011, 2012 and 2013 Research Proposal Reviewer for The IST Conference 2012 Mendeley Advisor [www.mendeley.com] Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2011 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2010] Co-Chairman of The IST Conference 2010 [Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Volunteer at the Association for Educational Communications Technology [Louisville, KY] Co-Chairman of the Jeonju English Teacher’s Association effort to raise funds for victims of the Tsunami in Southeast Asia [Jeonju, South Korea]
Professional Affiliations
	Association for Educational Communications and Technology American Educational Research Association International Society for Performance Improvement American Society for Training and Development Academy of Management Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Computer Science House
Honors and Awards
	Judge of AECT's Multimedia Production Division's Immersive Learning Awards [2010] School of Education Fellow [Indiana University]
Other Projects
	Self- and Peer-Assessment: Web application to enable educators to collect and monitor regular peer assessment data to facilitate group work. JavaBean Tester: Open source software development tool for assisting with development and debugging of enterprise software.

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