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Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer is the Host of Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Addition, and the Co-host of Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac.
Program Panelists
Paul Wasko
Paul Wasko is currently the Director for Online Academic Services and related efforts within the Academic Affairs Division of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. This role includes responsibility for project management and leadership of Minnesota's Electronic Portfolio Project. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Wasko was the Assistant Director for iSeek Solutions. iSeek Solutions is a public-private collective of state agencies and organizations focused on addressing workforce and education opportunities.
Darren Cambridge
Darren Cambridge returns to the classroom this fall as Assistant Professor of Internet Studies and Information Literacy in New Century College or George Mason University after several years working with AAHE and EDUCAUSE. As Director of Web Projects at AAHE, he worked with academics and technologists to envision, build and use online collaboration tools to support such programs as the Carnegie Academy Campus Program and Engaged Campus in a Diverse Democracy. As a National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Fellow, he co-lead EDUCAUSE's virtual community of practice initiative and researched ePortfolios and lifelong learning. While at the University of Texas at Austin, he lead the design of the award-winning Learning Record Online electronic portfolio system. Currently, he facilitates EPAC: The Electronic Portfolios Community of Practice, and chairs a development group on ePortfolios for the IMS Global Learning Consortium that is developing an interoperability specification for electronic portfolios.
Dr. Helen Barrett
Dr. Helen Barrett recently retired from the faculty of the College of Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is living in the Seattle area. She has been researching strategies and technologies for electronic portfolios since 1991, publishing a website (http://electronicportfolios.org), an Apple Learning Interchange exhibit (http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000156/), chapters in several books on Electronic Portfolios, and numerous articles. She was on loan to the International Society for Technology in Education between 2001 and early 2005, working as the Assessment Coordinator for ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards and providing training and technical assistance on electronic portfolios for teacher education programs throughout the U.S.under a federal PT3 grant. In 2005, Dr. Barrett became the Research Project Director for The REFLECT Initiative, an international research project, underwritten by TaskStream, to assess the impact of electronic portfolios on student learning, motivation and engagement in secondary schools. She is currently working on several book projects on electronic portfolios. She is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and a George Lucas Educational Foundation Faculty Associate.
