Michael D. Heller
Office Address Home Address
| College
of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Office Dickson Hall, DI-401 Montclair State University Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043-1699 Phone: (973) 655-7504 Fax: (973) 655-7725 |
88 Monroe Place Apt. 202 Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003-3553 Phone: (973) 259-0756 Email: Michael.Heller@montclair.edu Homepage: http://alpha.montclair.edu/~hellermd/ |
Education
Internship
Cooper
International Learning Center, Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio.
August 1996 – June 1998
M.A. in Spanish
and Portuguese.
The University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Coursework focus: Foreign Language Pedagogy
Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
May 1996
B.A. in Economics
and B.A. in Spanish Civilization and Culture.
Minor emphasis in Business
Administration.
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
August 1993
Employment Experience
Director of Language Learning Technology, Montclair State University, July 1998 – present
Language Technology Specialist, Oberlin College, February 1998 – June 1998
Computing Experience
Operating Systems
Advanced Apple MacOS (7.x and 8.x) user, including the use and troubleshooting of Apple’s Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, and Korean Language Kits.
Intermediate Microsoft Windows (3.1, 95/98, and NT 3.5/4.0) user.
Cursory knowledge of UNIX operating systems, including AIX (IBM), Linux, Solaris, and OSF/1 (DEC).
Experience using Novell, Windows NT, and AppleShareIP networks for software installations and distribution, MacOS and Windows.
Hardware Systems
Experience with hardware peripherals installations including external (scanners, drives) and internal (internal hard drives, processor upgrades, memory, expansion cards) devices, Macintosh– and Intel–based Systems.
Authoring Systems
Intermediate proficiency in authoring systems, Macromedia's Authorware and Director; Apple's HyperCard; and foreign language-specific authoring environments like Harvard University, Dartmouth College & Yale University’s SuperMacLang; PICS's Dasher; and Middlebury College’s xMedia (Herren) templates.
Database Management Systems
Intermediate experience in database systems, including use of FileMaker’s FileMaker Pro.
Networking Protocols and Software Metering
Intermediate experience with AppleTalk, IPX, and TCP/IP networking protocols, including configuring client workstations with network client, ftp, telnet, and web browser software.
Knowledge of remote networking protocols including PPP, SLIP, and Apple Remote Access (ARA).
Experience using Purdue University’s RevRDist distribution control software and Symantec’s Ghost.
Experience using Starnine/QuarterDeck’s WebStar http/web server software.
Experience in software metering and licensing compliance using Sassafras’ KeyServer.
Programming Languages
Intermediate knowledge of HTML coding and JavaScript programming languages, including using commercial products like FileMaker’s HomePage, Adobe's PageMill, Barebones' BBEdit, Macromedia's DreamWeaver, NetObjects' Fusion, Allaire’s Homesite, Adobe’s Golive (formerly Golive’s Cyberstudio), Microsoft’s FrontPage, and Netscape’s Composer.
Knowledge of CGI usage.
Beginning knowledge of C++ programming language.
Experience in simple HyperScript and Lingo programming.
Other
Intermediate system administration experience for SoftArc’s FirstClass Collaborative Classroom (FCCC).
Advanced experience in incorporating "off–the–shelf" software packages into the foreign language curriculum, including writing assistants like Heinle & Heinle’s Atajo, Système-D and Quelle, and reading assistants like Transparent Language and Reclam titles.
Advanced experience in graphics, desktop publishing, general office, utility, and personal productivity software.
Advanced experience in providing technical support and troubleshooting assistance to end–users.
Teaching Experience
Lecturer in Spanish
Department
of Romance Languages, Oberlin College,
Oberlin, Ohio.
February 1998 - May 1998
Teaching Assistant
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
August 1994 - May 1996
Spanish Instructor
Upward
Bound Project, The University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa.
April 1996 - July 1996
Courses Taught
Intermediate
Spanish II, Fall 1995, Spring 1996,
Spring 1998
Spanish for High School Learners: A Functional Approach (Upward Bound), Summer 1996
Elementary Spanish Review (for false beginners), Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Summer 1995
Research Experience
Research Assistant in Psychomusicology
The College of Education, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
June 1996 - July 1996
Research Assistant in Computer Assisted Instruction and Caribbean Literature
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
August 1995 - July 1996
Teaching and Research Interests
Technology Enhanced Language Learning
Process Writing in the Second Language
Portfolio Assessment
Reading in the Second Language
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Computer Assisted Instruction
Administrative Experience
Director of Language Learning Technology, including supervision of day-to-day operations of MSU’s Language Laboratory and Translation Laboratory, renovation planning of Language Laboratory and associated systems, and budgeting, payroll, and on-line order management, Montclair State University, July 1998 – present
Technical Coordinator for two Project 2001 Student Interns (a Mellon–grant funded project from Middlebury College), Oberlin College, Academic Year 1997-98
General Administrative duties, including budgeting, payroll, and bookkeeping, Cooper International Learning Center, Oberlin College, August 1996 – June 1998
Publications
"Internet Delivered Audio and Video—The Client Perspective," Network Update Column, IALL Journal, v. 30, no. 2.
Conference Presentations
"Web Interactivity: The Missing Link," Calico ‘98, July 6, 1998
"Producing a Web Page for Foreign Language Instruction," 21st Annual Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures, October 25, 1997
Workshop Presentations
"Language Learning and Technology: Lessons and Prescriptions from the Ohio 5," Davidson College, February 21, 1998
"Language Teaching for the 21st Century," Oberlin College Technologically Enhanced Teaching (OCTET), Oberlin College, November 19, 1997
"Using Video Effectively in the FL Classroom," "Reading in the FL (Transparent Language, Chinese On-line Reading Assistant, others)," "Listening in the FL—Using Authentic Audio and Video from the Web," "Cultural Instruction—Using the Web as a Cultural Resource," Language Lab Lunch Time Lecture Series, Oberlin College, Fall 1997
"Graphics on Macintosh: The Web and Multimedia, What should I know?" Five Colleges of Ohio, Foreign Language Technology Project, Summer 1997 Macintosh–based Web Authoring Workshop, June 9, 1997
"So you want to know about Digital Video and Audio for Multimedia and Web Development? The Non definitive A to Z* Guide," Five Colleges of Ohio, Foreign Language Technology Project, Summer 1997 Macintosh–based Web Authoring Workshop, June 10, 1997
Languages
Complete written, reading and spoken fluency in Spanish.
Beginning proficiency in Portuguese.
Service Activities
University
Year2000 Compliance Taskforce, Montclair State University, February 1999 – present
Faculty Senate’s Academic Computer Committee, Montclair State University, August 1998 – present
Teaching, Technology, Learning Roundtable (TLTR) Steering Committee, Montclair State University, January 1999 – present
Email Review and Future Planning Committee, Oberlin College, November 1997 - present
Review Committee Participant for the Language Media Center, The University of Iowa, Fall 1995
Departmental
Computer Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Montclair State University, August 1998 – present.
Technical Supervisor, Mellon Foundation Project 2001 Student Internships, Oberlin College, August 1996 - present
Layout/Composition Editor of Torre de Papel, a graduate student publication, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa, September 1995 - July 1996
Professional Organizations
Volunteer for "Snapshot survey #2," Fleat III (IALL ’97), International Association of Language Learning Technology and Language Lab Association of Japan, June 1997 – August 1997
Student Activities
Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.
Interfraternity/Panhellenic Councils, The University of IowaVice–president of Alumni, National Board of Directors, July 1994 - December 1994
Secretary and Undergraduate Representative to the National Board of Directors, August 1987- October 1991
President, Alpha Chapter at Iowa, August 1987- December 1989Layout Editor of Greek Hawkeye, January 1989 - December 1990
Appointed Treasurer, Collegiate Associations Council, The University of Iowa, October 1989 - May 1990
Assistant to the Executive Director of the First Annual Big Ten Student Conference, August 1989 - September 1989
Committee Member, Budgeting and Auditing and City Relations Committees, Student Senate, The University of Iowa, Spring 1989 - October 1989
Elected Student Senator, Student Senate, The University of Iowa, Spring 1989 - October 1989
Other
Revision participant for culture capsules in second edition of Patti J. Marinelli and Lizette Mujica Laughlin's Puentes (Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts), January 1996 - February 1996
Professional Training
Participant in a Mellon–sponsored Residency at Middlebury College’s Center for Educational Technology Workshop for Technical Support Staff, March 16-20, 1998
Participant in a Mellon–sponsored Residency at Middlebury College for a collaborative project in the development of multimedia materials for language learning and instruction, January 24-29, 1997
Participant, SOPI (Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview [OPI]) Workshop, Center for Applied Linguistics/National Foreign Language Resource Center at Georgetown and The University of Iowa, May 1995
Professional Memberships
American
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Computer
Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
International
Association of Language Learning Technology
Midwest
Association of Learning Laboratories
References furnished upon request.