Welcome to learning on the run

 My name is Jeff Swain. I am the Innovation Consultant for Penn State University. In this role, I foster the adoption of new educational technologies through investigation, teaching and support. In other words, I help to identify the pedagogical advantages of specific technologies and work to help faculty incorporate them into their teaching repertoire. I support, or have supported, various initiatives around blogging, podcasting, social networks, electronic portfolios, and cloud computing.

In my role I am responsible for assisting faculty and staff with the adoption of ANGEL, Penn State's Course Management System, through maintenance of the ANGEL Community Hub, management of pilot projects, faculty and staff support, and management of the Technology Learning Assistants (TLA) program. Additionally, I was the Program Chair for the 2008 Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Symposium at Penn State. I am the chair for the 2009 and 2010 events.

I am completing my Ph.D. in the College of Education in the Learning and Performance Systems program. My research interests concern using technology to extend the reach of teaching and learning. Prior to Penn State I was a training manger, instructional designer, and trainer in the corporate world.