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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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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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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Mon, Lee win best poster at 2014 iConference

  Florida State University School of Information’s Dr. Lorri Mon and doctoral student Jisue Lee won Best Poster at the 2014 iConference at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science in Berlin, Germany, which took place March 4-7. Mon, an associate professor, and Lee collaborated on the poster, “Twitter and the Virtual Branch: the …

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FSU School of Information faculty and doctoral students to attend 2014 iConference in Berlin

Several doctoral students and faculty members from Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Information are heading to the 2014 iConference in Berlin, Germany that will take place March 4 through 7. This year’s FSU participants include: Dr. Warren Allen, Dr. Gary Burnett, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, Wonchan Choi, Laura-Edythe Coleman, Dr. Nancy Everhart, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho, Ji Hei Kang, …

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Join the FSU iSchool at ALISE (1/21-24)

Join Florida State University iSchool faculty, students, staff and alumni at the ALISE Annual Conference in Philadelphia from January 21 to January 24, 2014!   Here’s where you can find us at ALISE: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Opening Reception/Works In Progress Poster Session Wednesday, January 22, 2014 8:30 a.m. – …

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