Matthew Olson, Ed.D. Director, Middlesex Interactive Online Learning Network Phone: 781-280-3715 Email: olsonm@middlesex.mass.edu Website: http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/online

Biography

Matthew Olson is the Director of the Middlesex Interactive Online Learning Network at Middlesex Community College, MA. He also serves as the Senior eLearning Consultant for the online training firm of Instructional Solutions. He holds a doctorate degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Olson’s research interests focus on the relationship between online technologies and student learning. He has fifteen years of experience in community college education and online learning.

In addition to his online learning expertise, Dr. Olson has actively participated in a variety of consortia for distance education, most recently Mass Colleges Online (MCO). He has vast experience in technological professional development for faculty, and has presented on the topic of online teaching and learning in a variety of local, national, and international venues. Dr. Olson has been a key participant in a three year Department of State grant from 2001 - 2003 implementing an online learning program at the Azov Academy of Management and Information Technologies in Berdyansk, Ukraine.

Publications

Olson, M. (2008) The community college committment to quality online learning. Sloan-C View Feb. 2008 http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/view/v7n2/viewv7n2.htm#cc

Cady, D., Kalivas, D., Margulis, D., & Olson, M. (2007) Teaching and learning in virtual world. Middlesex Community College Carnegie COPPER Blog http://community.middlesex.mass.edu/blogs/copper/archive/2007/12/06/Teaching-and-Learning-in-a-Virtual-World.aspx

Cady, D., Kalivas, D., Margulis, D., & Olson, M. (2006) Creating a community of pratice to support technological innovation in the community college. Community College Journal, Oct/Nov 2006.   Download article

Davidson, J. & Olson, M. (2003) School leadership in networked schools: deciphering the impact of large technical systems on education. Internation Journal Leadership in Education, Jul-Sep 2003, Vol. 6, No. 3, 261–281. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ677908&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ677908

Badolato, M. J. & Olson, M. (2002) A distributed learning framework. Syllabus Proceedings, November 2002.

Dissertation

Examining Real World Collaborative Application Activities in Online Environments: Implications for Design (2007)

Projects

Under Dr. Judith Davidson, served as research assistant on Hanau Model Schools Partnership project modeling effective technology use in the classroom. http://modelschools.terc.edu/modelschools/hmsphome.cfm

As part of 3-year US State Department grant, traveled to Azov Regional Management Institute in Berydansk, Ukraine to assess technical and pedagogical infrastructure for the development of a distance education program in support of Ukrainian workforce development. https://elearn.berdyansk.net/

Presentations

Casting Your Pod to the Wind: New Media Enhancing Learning (with Dona Cady, David Kalivas, Ph. D, and Don Margulis)
League for Innovation in the Community College CIT Conference 2006

Online Timeline: Past, Present & Future of Online Learning (with Michael Badolato, Ed.D and Vincent Ialenti, Ed. D.)
Mass Colleges Online Best Practices in E-Learning, 2006

Online Instructional Design

Quincy College, Professional Day keynote presentation, 2006

Supporting and Managing Online Learning

Annual meeting of the National Council of Instructional Administrators, 2003

A Working Model for a Virtual Classroom
Mass Conference on Teaching and Learning, "Collaborative Learning Strategies in the Digital Age," Cape Cod Community College 2003

Paper Presentation: School Leadership in Networked Schools: Deciphering the Impact of Large Technical Systems on Education (with Judith Davidson Ph.D.)

American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting 2002

Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in Online Courses

Center for the Improvement of Teaching Annual Conference on Teaching for Transformation 2002

Panel Discussion: Distance Learning Courses and Programs

Massachusetts Community Colleges' Conference on Teaching and Learning, 2002

Network Technology and Information Literacy

New England Faculty Development Center annual conference, Fall 2001

A Technology-Independent Model for Online Teacher Training

The 12th International Conference On College Teaching And Learning, Jacksonville FL, 2001

Panel Discussion: Dual Enrollment and Distance Education

College Board Conference, 2001

NEA Benchmarks for Distance Education Programs: How Does Your School Measure Up?

Massachusetts Educational Computing Conference 1999, 2000

DLI: A Model for Developing Online Distance Education Program

League for Innovation Conference on Information Technology, 1999