COLETTE
WANLESS-SOBEL
CONTACT INFORMATION
Chantal-Aurelie Farm
16404 Footehold Drive
Grass Valley, CA 95949
Telephony: 530.268.3248 Skype: cybercolett
E-Mail: colette.wanlesssobel@gmail.com
Web
Site: http://percygoat.tripod.com/
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1984), American
Studies, University of Minnesota
Major
Field: intellectual history: American culture, 1890- 1929
M.A. (1982),
English, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis
Tulane University, New Orleans,
M.A candidate in English
B.A. (1979), Macalester College, St. Paul,
Major: English
and Humanities
DISSERTATION
Soil and Soul: The
Experience of Southern
Rural Womanhood in
Selected Novels by Edith
Summers Kelley, Ellen
Glasgow, and Elizabeth
Madox Roberts
Directors: Professors Toni
McNaron and David
W. Noble.
APPOINTMENTS (chronological order)
University of Minnesota,
College of Liberal Arts,
1980-
82
University of Saint
Thomas, 1984-89
University of Minnesota,
Distance Education, 1991-2001
Inver Hills Community College, 1999-
University of Phoenix Online,
2006-
CLASSES
Introductory
Composition, Univ. of MN,
6 terms.
Writing Practice I, University of Minnesota, 3 terms.
Intermediate
Composition, University of MN,
4 terms.
Writing in the Social
Sciences, University of MN, 16
terms.
Writing for Business and
Management, University of
MN, 1 term.
Technical Writing for
Engineers, University of MN,
2
terms.
American
Studies: Consciousness and Social
Arrangements, University of Minnesota, 1 term.
American
Studies: American Culture, 1920-to the
Present, University of MN,
1term.
Basic Writing, University of Saint Thomas, 1
term.
Critical Readings and
Writings: Fiction, University of
Saint Thomas,
6 terms.
Critical Readings and
Writings: Drama, University of
Saint Thomas,
3 terms.
Written English, University of Saint Thomas, 1 term.
Writing and Research,
Inver Hills Community
College, 8
terms.
Research Writing in the
Disciplines, Inver Hills
Community
College, 8 terms.
Introduction to
Literature, Inver Hills
Community
College, 2 terms.
Creative Problem Solving,
Inver Hills, 8 terms.
Human Sexuality, Inver
Hills, 1 term
College Success
Strategies, Inver Hills, 1 term.
The Research Paper, Inver
Hills, 6 terms,
Using
Blogs and Vlogs, Inver Hills, 1 term
English Essentials, University of Phoenix Online, 15
terms.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Cultural and intellectual
history; gender studies; composition and rhetoric, particularly in the area of
critical thinking; Internet research; computerized instruction, including
gaming.
PUBLICATION
Review Essay:
Understanding Knowledge as Commons: From
Theory to Practice. Cyber
Culture Studies. Edited by David M.
Silver. http://rccs.usfca.edu/
Print
--“Educational Gaming Avatars.”
(2009). Encyclopedia of Distance and Online Learning. Editors: Patricia Rogers Ph.D., Gary
Berg Ph.D., Judith Boettcher Ph.D., Carole Howard Ph.D., Lorraine JusticePh.D., Karen Schenk Ph.D. Information
Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference).
--”Gender in Computer Science." (2008).
Human Computer
Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. .Eds. Panayiotis
Zaphiris and Chee Siang Ang. Hershey, PA: IGI, Information
Science Reference.
-- Review essay
for Sexual Revolution
in Bolshevik Russia.
(2008), Gregory Carleton (Univ.
of Pittsburgh Press) for Archives of
Sexual Behavior, edited by Kenneth J. Zucker (New York: Kluwer
Academic/ Plenum
Publisher,
--"The Theory,
Design, and Implementation of a Game Unit to Increase Problem Solving
Skills." (2007). Chapter for Principles
of Effective Online Teaching,
Ed. Nicole Buzzetto-More, University of Maryland. Informing
Science Press.
--"Hard Fun: A Case
Study on a Community Problem Learning Object." (2006). Chapter
for Cases on Global E-Learning Practices: Success and
Pitfalls, edited by Dr. Ramesh C. Sharma, Indira Ghandi National Open
University, New Delhi (Hershey, PA: IDEA
Group).
--”Gender and
Distance Education Technologies,” (2006). Gender
IT Encyclopedia, Editor Eileen M. Trauth. Sage Research Publications,
--”Gender in Computer
Science." (2006). GenderIT
Encyclopedia,. Editor Eileen M. Trauth .Sage Research Publications,
-- Review
Essay: The History of Bundling by
Henry Reed Stiles. (2005). In Archives of Sexual Behavior, edited by
Kenneth J. Zucker (New York: Kluwer
Academic/ Plenum Publisher.
--"Review Essay: Foucault
in Latin America," (November
2005). Foucault Studies.
--Writing in the Social
Sciences (1993). Distance education course textbook and computer disk), University of Minnesota. Minneapolis.
Electronic
--"Scaffolding
Social Presence and Democratic Space: A Case Study on the Benefits of
Student Mentors and 'Safe House' Discussion Forums." (2007). Learning Technology,
IEEE COMPUTER
SOCIETY, http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/authors.htmlhttp://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/authors.html
Editor: Dr. Kinshuk kinshuk@massey.ac.nz.
"Using Blogs and Vlogs," Desire to Learn (2009)
“Human Sexuality” Desire2L
(2006)
“Creative Problem Solving”
Desire2L (2005)
“Writing and Research
Skills” WebCT (2000); D2L (2004)
“The Research Paper” WebCT
(2001); D2L (2004)
“Research Writing in the
Disciplines” WebCT (2002); D2L (2004)
Editorial Boards
Interdisciplinary Journal
of E-Learning and Learning Objects.
Informing Science Press, Member of International
Board of Reviewers, 2009--
ONLINE PROJECTS
In development: course
design utilizing the game Grand Theft
Auto, San Andrea for ethnographic research.
"Web 2.0 and College Learning," an online session for Student Success Day at Inver Hills
Community College, 02.24.09.
Ruminators’ ILK Web Site, Squarespace.com, 2003-
tltr@inverhills,
Bloki.com, 2004-07
Gay-Straight Alliance Blog,
Blogger.com, 2004-2005
Web site reviewer
for CyberFair, April 2006
TECHNICAL SKILLS / SOFTWARE
Operating
systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Graphics/
Animation: Adobe
Photoshop, Camtasia, FinalCut, PageMaker, Swish
Web: Adobe
Acrobat, Frontpage, Tripod, HTML
Learning Management
Systems: D2L, Moodle, WebCT
Content Management
Systems: GNU
Blog Management
System: Squarespace, Tripod, Blogger
Wiki Management
System: PBwiki, bloki
Audio: LecsharePro
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES (recent)
Staff Development Committee
2005-2007
Online Course Development
Committee 2005-2007
Job Search Committee for
Institutional Effectiveness Position (June 2005)
Academic Affairs
Committee, 2004-2005
Student Success Day
Committee, 2004-05
Online Accreditation
Committee, 2003-04
TLTR Committee, 2003-
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES (recent)
Faculty advisor to
Gay-Straight Alliance@inverhills, 2004-07.
Coordinator for TLTR
Showcase (26 January 2005)
Peer Reviewer for Teaching
Portfolios, KalamazooValley Community
College (January
2005)
CTL Liaison for Inver
Hills (2003-2004)
PRESENTATIONS (recent)
SlideShare
presentation. “I, Avatar.” 15
January 2008.
PowerPoint Presentation,
“Discussion Board Architecture in CMSs,” 30 November 2006
PowerPoint Presentation,
“Zen and Time Management,” Staff Development Meeting, 8 September 2006
Online Teaching
Presentation (Blog and Oral Discussion), Snack, Clack and Click Session,
May 2006
Managing Online Discussion
Oral Presentation, Faculty Development Day, February 2006
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Academy for Lifelong
Learning, "Exploring the World-Wide Web" spring 2007 (designed and
instructed class)
MEMBERSHIPS
Academic Commons
American Studies
Association
Association of Internet
Researchers
COMMUNITY BOARDS (recent)
Center for Rural Community
Change, Co-Founder and Board of Directors 2004-
Lakeville Area Art Center, Board of Directors, 2000-03
Friends of the Lakeville
Library Association, 1999-2000
Lakeville Parks and
Recreation Advisory Council, 1994-1999
