Curriculum Vitae Heather Tillberg Webb PhD Candidate, Instructional Technology Curry School of Education, Ruffner 261 Charlottesville, VA 22903
Education: University of Virginia, Doctoral Candidate in Instructional Technology. University of Massachusetts Boston, M.A. in Applied Linguistics. May 2002 GPA 3.95 Adelphi University Honors College, B.A. in English and History, May 1997 GPA 3.83 Temple University Japan, Tokyo Japan, Semester Abroad, Spring 1996 Research Interests: o Influence of technology on language & communication o Fostering relationships between K-12 institutions and free-choice and informal learning environments (museums, technology centers) o Evaluating learning in informal learning environments o Fostering Community in both traditional and virtual social spaces o Constructivist models of instructional design o Design of cross- and inter-cultural (multi-lingual) virtual space o Application of multicultural frameworks to educational technology o Cultural impact of technology o Social inclusion, digital equity, social justice in education Research Experience: Gendered Attrition in Computer Science Analyzed qualitative data collected from focus group interviews funded by National Science Foundation. Data explored issues of gender representation in Computer Science departments. o Principal Investigator: J. McGrath Cohoon, Research Assistant: HK Tillberg Cultural Attitudes of Tibetan Immigrants to Multimedia Technology Qualitative study of use and interest in radio, television, and the Internet among members of Tibetan community. Series of 3 interviews with each participant explored multimedia technology prior to immigration to US and after. o Principal Investigator: HK Tillberg Instructional Design in Museum Context Conducted qualitative interviews with small, community museum (per exhibit budget less than $3000) exhibit designers. Collected & analyzed data used to describe exhibit design process in community museums and make suggestions that could strengthen museums’ process. o Principal Investigator: John Bunch, Sub investigator: HK Tillberg
Dissertation: Mentoring the Mentor: Facilitating the development of higher order thinking processes through scaffolded mentoring at free-choice technology program for low-income youth This study explores and evaluates the learning at an afterschool technology program housed in a community technology center. In this program, middle and high school students work oneon-one with a volunteer adult mentor on a project using some form of multimedia technology (i.e., a website, video, PowerPoint). Data include individual interviews with students, where they “think aloud” through several problem-solving scenarios; observations of student and mentor working together; and mentor study group sessions facilitated by the researcher. The mentor study groups are constructed with a cultural historical activity theory framework to build a community working towards a common goal, which emerges through the group discussions. Through this intensive view into the technology-mediated student-mentor relationship, case study and cross-case analysis can: inform changes to the community technology center’s program, evaluate what (if any) changes occur to student’s problemsolving abilities, and what (if any) learning occurs for the mentor, and if and how the mentorstudent relationship meets expectations for the participants.
Teaching Experience: Graduate Teaching Assistant– University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA (9/02-present) Teaching Assistant for: Instructional Photography (EDLF 564) – Fall 2003, Fall 2004 Advanced Photography (EDLF 565)- Spring 2004, Spring 2005 Museums in Education (EDLF 586) – Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005 Instructional Technology Seminar (EDLF 702) – Fall 2004 o Primary Instructor: Dr. John Bunch (for all of above) o Prepare lecture materials for class, support online course content of IT Seminar, post instructional materials online, answer student emails and questions, prepare lecture materials & PowerPoint presentations, recommend appropriate technology integration, coordinate field site visits, co-author papers with professor, collaborate on academic conference presentations. Publications: Peer-Reviewed Tillberg, HK and JM Cohoon. Attracting Women to the CS Major. Gender and Information Technology Special Issue of Frontiers (In Press). Conference Proceedings KX Warren and Tillberg, HK. Striving for Digital Equity with Culturally Relevant Content.Proceedings of SITE 2005- 16th International Conference. Phoenix, AZ. Tillberg, HK. Cultural Attitudes of Tibetan Immigrants to Multimedia Technology. Proceedings of EDMEDIA 2004 - World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Lugano, Switzerland.
Nutting, Eliza and HK Tillberg. “Reviews: Grammar Links 1-3: A Theme-Based Course for Reference and Practice.” Matsol Currents, Vol. 29, No. 1,Spring, 2003. In Preparation: Cohoon, J McGrath and HK Tillberg. Choosing a CS Program: What Attracts Women to Certain Programs in a Male-Dominated Field. (In Revision). Tillberg, HK. Constructivist Instructional Design Model: Exhibit Design in Museums. (In Preparation). Presentations: Cohoon, J McGrath, Lord H and HK Tillberg. Women's Entry to Graduate Study in PostSecondary CSE. Crossing Cultures, Changing Lives: Integrating Research on Girls’ Choices of IT Careers. An International Conference on the Integration of Research about Gender and IT Choice. August 1, 2005. Mansfield College, Oxford, England. Tillberg, HK. Mentoring the Mentor to Impact Digital Literacy at a Community Technology Center. V CONGRÉS MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIU: Els reptes educatius de la societat digital. June 29, 2005. Barcelona, Spain. Tillberg, HK. Mentoring the Mentor to Impact Digital Literacy at a Community Technology Center Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Institute of Education, University of London Summer Doctoral Conference. June 25, 2005. London, England. Bunch, J, Davis, W and HK Tillberg- Teaching your Staff To Design Learning Programs. Virginia Association of Museums (VAM). March 12, 2005. Portsmouth, VA Tillberg, HK and KX Warren– Striving for Digital Equity with Culturally Relevant Content. Society for Informational Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). March 2, 2005. Phoenix, AZ. Kirkpatrick, TM and HK Tillberg. How 9/11 Redefined Terrorism: Applying a semiotic framework to political rhetoric. American Society of Criminology (ASC). November 18, 2004. Nashville, TN. Tillberg, HK and JM Cohoon. Attracting Women to the Computer Science Major: Departmental Characteristics. Curry School of Education Speaker Series. October 15, 2004. University of VA. Tillberg, HK and KX Warren. Digital Equity: Effective Use and Content Production (poster). Patterson Research Conference. September 26, 2004. Washington, DC. Tillberg, HK. Cultural Attitudes toward Multimedia Technology in Tibetan Community. Ed Media 2004 (AACE). June 25, 2004. Lugano, Switzerland
Cohoon, JM and HK Tillberg. Attracting Women to the Computer Science Major. Association for Institutional Research (AIR). June 3, 2004. Boston, MA. Tillberg, HK, Ortiz-Rodriguez M, Hewit J, and A Bowser-Brown.Teaching and Learning: OUR digital worlds. International Leadership in Educational Technology Summer Institute (ILET). May 21, 2004. Gainesville, FL. Bunch, J, Davis, W, and HK Tillberg. Teaching Your Staff How to Design Learning Programs. Virginia Association of Museums (VAM). March 21, 2004. Tysons Corner, VA. Tillberg, HK. How Hollywood Shaped the Vietnam War (Honors Thesis). National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR). May 1997. Austin, TX.
Upcoming Presentations: Kim, SJ, Polly, D, Subramoney, D, Strobel, J and HK Tillberg. Maximizing AECT Involvement as a Graduate Student: Reflections from the 2004 AECT Interns. Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). October 2005. Orlando, FL. Tillberg, HK, Strobel, J and W Davis. Moving towards a critical and humanizing view of instructional technologies. Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). October 2005. Orlando, FL. Professional Experience: Assistant Professor/Instructional Designer – Northern Virginia Community College – Annandale, VA (8/05- present) o Consult with faculty to develop online curriculum for adult learners. ESL Instructor – Breaking Barriers - Waltham, MA (7/01-8/02) o Develop & implement Basic English curriculum for Spanish speakers at Waltham-based community organization. o Instruct small group on basic Internet and email skills. ESL Instructor – CES Embassy Lasell – Newton, MA (5/01- 8/02) o Instructed college students and adult learners of all levels in classes specific to grammar, conversation, content-based instruction, TOEFL & SAT preparation, and writing. o Encourage use of technology (internet research) and critical thinking/analysis in ESL curriculum. o Taught ESL 098/099 for Lasell College (Fall 2001) with focus on writing development and reading strategies. ESL Instructor - FRAMINGHAM STATE COLLEGE – Framingham, MA (9/00-12/00) o Designed ESL instruction for class of 16 beginning adult learners of mostly Brazilian background.
Sales/Marketing Analyst - MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, INC. – Boston, MA (5/00-5/01) Healthcare Software, Artificial Intelligence, and Healthcare Consulting company. o Troubleshoot software issues, email difficulties, and user management from NT server. o Create and edit presentations in Powerpoint. o Manage company database in Goldmine 4.0. Track sales, clients, and potential clients through database. o Create, edit and coordinate printing and distribution of marketing materials through relationships with vendors. Executive Assistant - NEW ENGLAND REALTY RESOURCES - Boston, MA (2/985/00) Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Banking Company o Designed and authored company website and graphics. o Designed and edited quarterly corporate newsletter and coordinated printing and mailing. o Trouble shot in-house technical issues, handled server backup and coordinated with technical consultants. o Created and edited marketing articles and advertisements for real estate publications.
Instructional Design Experience: o Going to a Museum: A Teacher’s Guide – University of Virginia This project has entailed a redesign of existing website providing lesson planning resources for teachers using museum resources, using Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org/) as a content management system. Redesigned site will be live by May 2005. o African American Heritage Database – Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Working closely with the Director of the African American Heritage Program, I have redesigned the site, moved existing pages to template to simplify future structural changes, added new search abilities, restructured the database, and added new content. Changes are still in progress. http://www.web.virginia.edu/vfhdb/aahv/project.html o Pre-K Teacher Preparation Consultancy – University of Virginia This semester-long project in EDLF801 entailed working with teams to develop a model for delivering on-line training and consultancy materials to teachers of at-risk Pre-Kindergarten students. The end deliverable was a design of the web environment. Our contributions informed the application for grant-funding for this innovative project. o Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Video-Based Training – University of Virginia This web-based training module was a collaboration with a graduate student in Systems Engineering to develop a web-based video-based training to prepare medical students for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, the removal of the gall bladder. My contribution was to identify ways to make the system more intuitive for the user and easier to navigate.
Honors: Graduate Teaching Assistant (full out-of-state tuition & stipend) – Fall 2002-Spring 2005 International Leadership in Educational Technology (ILET) Visiting Scholar Fellowship- University of Barcelona (May- July 2005) Phi Beta Kappa – From April 2005 Curry Foundation Travel Award – Fall 2004 ($132) ECT Foundation Cochran Intern 2004 – AECT Conference- Chicago, IL – October 2004 Public History Internship – Granted by University of Virginia Institute for Public HistorySummer 2003 ($3000) Funded Projects: Center for Global Health Scholar Award Recipient-Spring 2003 for Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition Data Management Assessment and Implementation (Project funded but unable to accept). Service: Reviewer for E-learning Reviews of The Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL): http://www.elearning-reviews.org. Reviewer for AECT Design & Development Division proposals for AECT 2005 Conference. Professional Memberships:
Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT) (2002-present) Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) (2002-present) Association for Institutional Research (AIR) (2004-present) International Leadership in Educational Technology (ILET) (2004-present)