Betty Hurley

Introduction

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Hello! I am a faculty member at SUNY Empire State College. I work at  the Center for Distance Learning as an area coordinator. For the past two years, I have served as a faculty associate at the College's Center for Mentoring and Learning.  From July 2015-September 2016, I will be on sabbatical.

I have served in a number of roles over my over 30 years with the college, but mentoring has been at the core. I am a facilitator of learning.  My primary interest is to create an environment, including helping with logistics, that is the best posssible environment for learning. I know learning can happen anywhere. At Empire State College, I have worked with many learners to help credential learning that has happened outside the "academy." I  strive to create courses within the academy that build bridges between what one knows and what one needs to know.

My primary area is mathematics and, with the Center for Distance Learning, I have collaborated with others to create online courses that encourage lifelong learning.  Learners do this through journaling about their learning to make the connections that are so important.

During my sabbatical, I plan to investigate learning that is happening outside the traditional college courses.  For example, there are now certificate progams available through Udacity and Coursera.  How can those learning opportunities be enriched?  Can face-to-face communities be formed (perhaps through Meetup.com) to help learners through these online activities? What are the benefits of these cohorts?

I am eager to engage with other learners throughout the coming year.

Some Publications

 

Yeager, Carol; Hurley-Dasgupta, Betty; Bliss, Catherine A. "cMOOCs and Global Learning: An Authentic Alternative."    Found at: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1018269

Bliss, Catherine and Lawrence, Betty. FROM POSTS TO PATTERNS: A METRIC TO CHARACTERIZE DISCUSSION BOARD ACTIVITY IN ONLINE COURSES. Found at:

http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~cabliss/Discussion_Paper_Bliss-Lawrence-2008.pdf

 

Resource Pages

The following resource pages were created by me.

Resource Page on ePortfolios

https://mahara.esc.edu/view/view.php?id=34660

Resource page on OERs (Open Educational Resources)

https://mahara.esc.edu/view/view.php?id=4054

Recent Projects

I have worked with Wikieducator on an open course called A Mathematical Journey. It is through Wikieducator.

Here is a link to the course: 

http://wikieducator.org/Mathematical_Journey

And,  a link to some information about me creaated on Wikienducator:

http://wikieducator.org/User:Betty_Hurley-Dasgupta

I also worked with Carol Yeager on a math-related MOOC called VizMath.  For this we included videos about mathematics. 

http://math.cdlprojects.com/

 

Presentation on ePortfolios and STEM