ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
 
PhD Student, Instructional Technology, Utah State University (Fall 2006 – Present)
• Emphasis on using open content with social software to encourage learning and reuse
• Other interests include recommender systems, web accessibility, and instructional games
 
MA, Educational Technology, Cal State San Bernardino  (2004)
• MA Project: designing online computer support forums
 
BA, French Teaching, Brigham Young University  (1999)
• Language and Computers Minor 
 
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
 
Project Manager, eduCommons, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning 
• Planned and ran the eduCommons development lifecycle
• Collaborated with eduCommons customers and the OpenCourseWare Consortium 

 

Support Engineer, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning  (Spring 2006 – Fall 2007)
• Developed, supported, and tested eduCommons (OpenCourseWare software)
  
Technology Consultant/Trainer  (Fall 2002 – Spring 2005)
• Conducted technology trainings for Redlands Unified School District
 
Computer Science Instructor, Redlands High School  (Fall 2000 – Summer 2005)
• Taught Computer Programming (Visual Basic, C++, and Java)
• Faculty Consultant/Reader for AP Computer Science
  
French Instructor, Fontana High School  (Fall 1999 – Spring 2000)
• Applied DVD technology to foreign language learning
• Contributed to successful Digital High School Grant  ($1.1 million)
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
Caswell, T., Henson, S., Jensen, M., & Wiley, D. (2008). Open Content and Open Educational
Resources: Enabling universal education. The International Review of Research in Open
and Distance Learning , (9)1,
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/469/1001.
 
PRESENTATIONS
 
Caswell, T. & Sharrif, A. (2007). eduCommons in any language. Demonstration presented at the Open Education Conference 2007: Localizing and Learning, Logan, UT. 

 

Caswell, T., Muramatsu, B., and Henson, S. (June 2007).  OpenCourseWare:  It’s not just MIT anymore.  Poster presented at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
 
Caswell, T., Jensen, M., & Henson, S.L. (April 2007). USU OpenCourseWare: A Case Study. USU Graduate Research Symposium, Logan, UT.
 
Caswell, T. (March 2007). The Value of OpenCourseWare. Seminar given at the University of Houston, Houston, TX
   
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  
International Society of the Learning Sciences 
Association for Educational Communications and Technology 
 
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
  
Dr. David Wiley, Professor/Director, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University 
Dr. Paul Kirschner, Professor, Open University of the Netherlands
Robert Schuwer, OpenER Project Leader, Open University of the Netherlands