Dr. Selia Karsten @ Seneca College

Selia Karsten's Teaching Portfolio

I am a professor in the School of Marketing and E-Commerce at Seneca College.

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TEACHING
CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS
WEB SITES
ADDENDA

TEACHING

MRK333 Computer Applications (Fall 2000)
MRK333 Computer Applications (Winter 2001)
MKM710 Essentials of E-Commerce (Fall 2000)
MRK610 Essentials of E-Commerce (Winter 2001)
CTC203 Web-Based Learning (Spring 99 version) new version due January 2001

You are welcome to view the work done by past students - please note some may be inactive:

MRK530 Team Web Pages Fall 1999	MRK610 Team Web Pages Winter 2000
MRK530 Web Page Portfolios Fall 1999	MRK610 Web Page Portfolios Winter 2000
MRK530 Team Web Pages Winter 2000	Advice to new students from past students
MRK530 Web Page Portfolios Winter 2000	Course evaluations Winter 2000

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CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS

Designing the New Teacher Induction site for the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
Designing, developing and delivering web-based distance education courses. In May, 1998, the team which pioneered the "Designing Curriculum Using Technology" certificate program was given the McGraw Hill Ryerson Award for Innovation. I created CTC203 - Web-based Learning.
Building my own personal and professional domain on the web - astralsite** work in progress
Creating (with a team) a dynamic four-part e-catalogue course for the Internet Commerce & Technology Institute, Seneca at York.
Created e-commerce learning modules for McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. (July 2000)
Became Dr. Karsten: I convocated from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, in November 1999 after successfully defending my doctoral thesis, "WebStars: Holistic Arts-Based Curriculum in a Computer Applications Course".
Teaching computer workshops in the OISE/UT Education Commons.
Conducting Playback Theatre workshops.
Presenting at conferences: League for Innovations , ICTE, Holistic Educators' Conference
Presenting at conferences: most recently - International Conference on College Teaching and Learning April 2000 where I received an award for innovative excellence in teaching , learning & technology.
Pursuing an interest in world cultures and speaking other languages (Greek, French, Spanish). My current focus is Chinese.
Keeping busy: A brief biography and a reasonably current resume .

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WEB SITES

These sites were produced by me or in collaboration with colleagues.

The Doctoral Journey: 1998-99: doing research and writing a thesis
Reflections re: OnLine Style Summer 98: a journey regarding communications online
Voyage of Discovery Summer 98 Computers in Education course project.
Qualitative Research Links Summer 97 course project and related links.
Webzotica Odyssey An adventure in learning on the web - tutorials, stories, graphics.
Home on the Info Range E-Mail and Information Management for Newbies
Prior Learning Assessment in Ontario. PLA and the Live and Learn materials.
Selia's SPA Holistic Oasis on the Web - Links for Educators
Making MultiMedia: past projects at Seneca College
Communities and the Internet. A collection of resources related to communities on the Web.
Selia's Garden - A rainbow meditation
The Fountain Resource Collection for Contemplative Practitioners.
@DESCRIBE A tutorial for the @Describe command for MOO users.
Contact Point A Resource for Career Counsellors
Computers and Drama - thoughts on VR and drama

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ADDENDA

BlackBoard: the courseware now being used in my teaching at Seneca College.
NODE: a network facilitating information and resource-sharing, collaboration and research in the field of learning technologies for postsecondary education and training.
McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology:A hub for new media at the University of Toronto.
Centre for Academic Technology at the University of Toronto.
League for Innovation Teaching and Learning Resource:for those who teach using technology.
Edsites:A list of educational web sites - reasonably current.
Teaching Links: from the Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web - Marjan Glava
Powerful Presentations and Tips for Presentations
WebShop: A workshop using a Wizard and Composer to create web pages.
Creating a Web Page with a Web Editor
Creatiing and Publishing Webpages with Composer
FreeWeb Lists: looking for web real estate to build your new web home?
Web Page-making resources for Seneca students
Selia's Discoveries An early narrative version of my home page includes pictures of my cat.
WebPage Portfolio- a sample Here's a presentation on this topic.
Selia's Home Page a personal portfolio - work in progress
Selia's Scuba Page a little page for my webpage-making students to use.
Searching sites

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Seneca College Updated:December 2, 2000