iSchool associate professor future-casts emerging educational technologies

What’s next on the horizon in educational technology? Florida State University School of Information associate professor Marcia Mardis is one of 50 people from across the globe future-casting emerging technologies for the New Media Consortium’s (NMC) Horizon Report. The internationally recognized NMC Horizon Report series are part of the NMC Horizon Project, “a comprehensive research venture established in …

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iSchool associate professor teaches at FSU Foundation’s Presidents Club College

Florida State University School of Information associate professor Paul Marty was one of a select group of faculty members who conducted exclusive classroom sessions at Presidents Club College hosted by the FSU Foundation on April 11. Marty’s class, “Hackathon 101: Innovating with Information Technology,” was part of the day-long back-to-school event, which provided Presidents Club …

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COMM professor Korzenny published by HispanicAd.com on minority trends in digital media

Florida State University School of Communication professor Felipe Korzenny’s article, “Multicultural Usage of Digital Media,” was published on the website HispanicAd.com on April 26. Korzenny, who is also the director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, wrote about the Center’s findings of a survey conducted in 2013, which measured an individual’s time spent …

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Former iSchool professor Eliza Dresang passes away

Former Florida State University School of Information professor Eliza T. Dresang passed away on April 21 at the age of 72. Dresang joined Florida State’s School of Information as an associate professor in 1996 and was named the Eliza Atkins Gleason Professorship in 2004. She remained at Florida State until 2009.  At Florida State, Dresang won …

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CCI Associate Dean McDowell presents on Think FSU at Communicators Network Meeting

Florida State University (FSU) College of Communication & Information Associate Dean, Dr. Stephen McDowell, was a guest speaker at a FSU Communicators* Network meeting on March 18, 2014.  He spoke about a new initiative, known as Think FSU, now being launched university-wide.  Dr. McDowell has been involved on the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for Think FSU’s implementation committee’s leadership team that worked on this …

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iSchool associate professor Mardis named Internet2 Presidential Fellow

Florida State University School of Information associate professor Marcia Mardis has been invited to serve as an Internet2 Presidential Fellow to complete her project “A Distant Mirror? Investigating Internet2 and the Imminent Demand for Data Intensive Applications in R&E’s K-12 Communities.” Internet2 is an exceptional community of U.S. and international leaders in research, academia, industry …

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CCI trio earns University Teaching Awards

Florida State University recognized faculty members from the School of Communication and School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) for their excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching for the 2013-14 academic year. Arthur Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication, claimed the University Undergraduate Teaching Award.  It is …

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