Resume

• 1992

  Ph.D.

  Psychology

  Texas A&M University

• 1990

  M.S.

  Psychology

• 1985

  B.S.

  Philosophy minor.

  Psychology

  Worked my way through school as a janitor on the night shift. I made it through thanks to a set of good friends.

  Texas A&M University

• System Administration

  Project Management

  Teaching

  Microsoft Office

  Research

  Adult Education

  Distance Learning

  Higher Education

  Educational Technology

  Employee Training

  Program Management

  University Teaching

  Instructional Design

  E-Learning

  Technical Writing

  Nonprofits

  Data Analysis

  Curriculum Development

  Instructional Technology

  Training

  The Limits of Language: Digital technologies and new methodologies for global media research

  heidi campbell

  This article argues that data-driven research in global media has not kept up\nwith the inherent interest in internationalization due to a number of factors

  \nincluding access to global media and the lack of foreign language skills among\nmany media researchers. Thus

  the field still remains focused on analysis of\nWestern media

  leading to misunderstanding the geopolitical impact of global\nmedia. The article explores emerging media monitoring technologies which\nhave arisen out of developments in natural language processing and machine\ngenerated translation. Finally

  the article explores innovative research programs\nthat utilize these technologies for global media research and education.

  The Limits of Language: Digital technologies and new methodologies for global media research

  Two of the largest Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) organizations have chosen\ndifferent methods for the way they will score and provide feedback on essays\nstudents submit. EdX

  MIT and Harvard’s non-profit MOOC federation

  recently\nannounced that they will use a machine-based Automated Essay Scoring (AES)\napplication to assess written work in their MOOCs. Coursera

  a Stanford startup\nfor MOOCs

  has been skeptical of AES applications and therefore has held that it\nwill use some form of human-based “calibrated peer review” to score and provide\nfeedback on student writing. This essay reviews the relevant literature on AES and\nUCLA’s Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR) product at a high level

  outlines the capabilities\nand limitations of both AES and CPR

  and provides a table and framework\nfor comparing these forms of assessment of student writing in MOOCs.

  Assessing Writing in MOOCs: Automated Essay Scoring and Calibrated Peer Review

  Stephen

  Balfour

  College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M

  Kaplan

  Inc.

  College of Liberal Arts

  Texas A&M

  Texas A&M University

  The University of Georgia

  Athens

  Georgia

  Director of the Office of Online Learning

  The University of Georgia

  College Station

  TX

  Develop and implement instructional technology

  distance learning

  and research computing strategies in service to Liberal Arts' multiple missions. Further

  grow this office in Liberal Arts devoted to the application of technology to our primary business lines: teaching

  research and service. Consult on educational grant writing. Also

  work on four projects: Helping to creating games to increase student learning and engagement Women and Gender Studies and Spanish language education; building and using a Lightboard to create an online learning experience for students in Economics; machine language transcription and translation with the US Department of Defense; and scholarship of the use of multiple forms of digital pedagogy. Our media transcription and translation projects use broadcast

  web-based

  and social media to directly support language learning and open source media analysis. This fall

  I will be the co-teacher of a freshman honors seminar examining foreign media perceptions of the US Presidential Election.

  Director of Instructional Technology and Research Computing also Instructional Associate Professor

  Texas A&M University

  College of Liberal Arts

  Texas A&M

  Advisor and Database Administrator

  College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M

  Interim Manager and Instructor

  Kaplan

  Inc.

  Director of IT and Instructional Associate Professor of Psychology

  Information officer for the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. Oversee the IT function for Liberal Arts. Also teach psychology and interdisciplinary liberal arts courses as well as consult internally for program assessment. Three current research projects: Digital media commons construction

  machine language transcription and translation with the DoD

  and scholarship of teaching with writing intensive courses.

  Texas A&M University

  Director of IT for Liberal Arts

  Texas A&M University

  English

  Principle Investigator

  Development of the MediaRes.US digital media repository including building a network of scholars and material. Support for federal initiatives in multiple forms including training graduate students and scholars

  providng access to transcripted and translation broadcast

  web-based

  and social media

  and developing methods and applications to more effectively use our material in learning and analysis. (2014: $302

  834 through May 2015).

  US Department of Defense

  Principle Investigator

  Creating and populating the Culturally Authenthic Materials between Multiple Institutions (CAMMI) with CNRI and Raytheon-BBN (2012: $266

  177 through February 2014).

  Technology Support Working Group (US Department of Defense)