Frank Tansey at a Glance

ABOUT FRANK

At a Glance

Resume (PDF)

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Learn2Grow College Counseling Consulting

DIVERSIONS

Fish The Towel – A Weblog edIT – A Weblog Shona Sulptures

In Brief

• Chief Innovation Officer – Preferred Commerce - 2005 - Present
• Consultant – 1975 - Present
• Co-Editor – Smart Classroom - 2003 - 2007
• Project Administrator – CaliforniaColleges.edu – 1999 - 2003
• Director, IMS Developers Network – 1998 - 2001
• Sonoma State University
  • Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
    1998 - 2003
    (On leave to IMS and CaliforniaColleges.edu)
  • Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
    1993 - 1998
  • Dean, Admissions & Records – 1979 - 1993
  • Kicking Coach – SSU Football – 1987 - 1996
• Number of Bow Ties – 54

Thought for the day:

• Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

Selected Presentations

• Implementing Learning Objects for Consumer Gardening Education – International Quality Assurance Forum, Beijing, China – October 2006
• Digital Divide or Digital Commons: Toward Global Knowledge Sharing – Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology and Society – March 2005
• Standards?: What and Why? – Next Generation Course Management Systems – co-authored with Phillip Long, MIT, Idea Group – 2005
• Introducing the California State GEAR UP Resources Clearinghouse – Middle School Conferences – Redding, San Diego, Los Angeles, CA – March 2003
• CaliforniaColleges.edu: The California College Explorer – Keynote Address – California Outreach Community Conference – Sacramento, CA – November 2002
• Electronic Standards for Distributed Education – Post Secondary Electronic Standards Council – Washington, DC – May 2000
• Creating Shareable Courseware – WICHE – November 1999
• Setting the Course for Distributed Learning – Keynote Address – EDUCAUSE in Australasia – Syndey, Australia – April 1999
• Distributed Learning: Moving in New Directions – IX Transborder Forum, Mexicali, Mexico – February 1999
• Instructional Management Systems – Keynote Address – AACRAO Technology Summit – Denver, Colorado – August1998
• Creating a Market Niche – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1997
• Effective Use of the World Wide Web to Deliver Information – Syllabus – July 1996
• Innovative Office Organizations – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Indianapolis, Indiana – April 1995
• Client Server Computing – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Indianapolis, Indiana – April 1995
• When You Buy a PC Don’t Get an Edsel – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Indianapolis, Indiana – April 1995
• Innovative Office Organization – PACRAO 1995
• A Day in the Life – Computing at Sonoma State University
• The Imaging Continuum – Comdex, Chicago, Illinois – April 1992

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Last updated on October 25, 2007