Professional Experience:

duber dot com (formerly "CALL Multimedia")
San Francisco, California (June 1993-Present)
Position: Owner/Operator Instructional Media Production Studio

Professional services include: educational CD-ROM authoring and interactive design, multimedia courseware production and design; WWW authoring and design; desktop publishing; Internet and distance education training and consulting, specializing in Computer Assisted Language Learning applications.

Clients include: UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, The Economics Institute (Boulder, CO), Golden Gate University (San Francisco), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of the Pacific, Southeastern University (Washington, DC), Webster University, American College Testing, Inc., ShoutStream Technologies, Inc., Aspera Ltd., Clarity Language Consultants Ltd.,The Exploratorium, The Israeli Consulate, The Cooperative Media Group, Litton Industries, Pacific Bell, SBC Communications, Intuition Languages, American College Testing, Inc., Lateral Communications, Clarity Language Consultants Ltd., Transphere International, Solar Trade International, WebCT.com, Wieden and Kennedy, Heinle and Heinle.

The University of California, Berkeley
Summer Sessions (Nov. 1996-December 1999)
Position: Computer Resource Specialist

Designed, developed and maintained Summer Sessions website and related applications including the online catalog. Created marketing analysis data and interactive online registration system. Provided technical support and consultation on Web technologies.

The University of California, Berkeley
UC Extension (Feb. 1997-March 1998)
Position: Instructional Media Designer

Co-designed, developed, wrote and programmed a series of short ESL courses taught by groups of UC instructors via the World Wide Web to groups of students from Nippon Telephone and Telegraph both in California and in Japan.

The University of California, Berkeley
College Writing Programs (Summer 1995, 1996 and 2000-2002)
UC Extension English Language Program (Feb. 1987-Dec. 1996)
Position: Instructor, English as a Second Language (ESL)

Designed and developed curriculum, materials and tests; led courses in general, academic, and business English at all proficiency levels. Specialist in computer-based and distance education curricula. Administrative positions included course supervisor, student activities coordinator, academic counselor, and TOEFL supervisor.

Education:

The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan (1984-1985)
Degree: Master of Arts, Linguistics
Emphasis: The Teaching of ESL/EFL

The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan (1978-1982)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics
Graduated with distinction

Additional Education:

San Francisco State University
Completed course work in multimedia studies and instructional design
(1993-1995)

UC Berkeley Extension
Attended courses in Japanese language studies
(1988-1990)

The Hebrew University
Studied linguistics on junior year abroad in Jerusalem, Israel
(1980-1981)

Back to Top

Publications and Reviews:

Creator and Managing Editor of "Jim Duber onCALL," a weblog in which I discuss issues and trends in the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) with a focus on authoring interactive content. (October 2002 - Present)

Managing Editor of the "Computer-Assisted Language Learning" area of Chorus, an Internet WWW site dedicated to humanities computing. Named Microsoft's Higher Education Website of the Month (November '97) and one of 1996's top 20 educational sites on the WWW by Syllabus magazine (November 1994 - Present)

Section Editor of the "On The Internet" area of TESL-EJ, an online electronic journal and Magellan 3 Star Site. The TESL-EJ is a part of the Library of Congress's Electronic Journal Prototype Project (ISSN: 1072 4303). Index of Articles. (January 1996 - September 2002)

Manager of TESLCA-L, an Internet listserv for teachers and developers interested in topics related to the use of computer assisted technologies in the instruction of English as a Second Language (October 1999 - April 2002)

Designer and developer of an online course entitled Women's Reproductive Health for the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. (January 2001 - May 2001)

Designer and developer of an online course entitled Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology for the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. (March 2001 - April 2001)

Designer and developer of an online course entitled California Public Health Professionals Fluoride Questionnaire for the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Dental Sciences. (December 2000 - February 2001)

English Community Leader/Consultant for the E-Learning Hub at WebCT.com, offering content and forums for English educators and students in several areas, primarily: English as a Second/Foreign Language, Literature, Creative Writing, and Composition. (December 1999 - January 2001)

Developer of a series of online courses in Business English for the Economics Institute (January 2000 - July 2000)

Writer of an article entitled The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ('Cause It's Being Webcast) published in the "American Language Review" (March/April 2000)

Co-designer and developer with Dr. Margaret E. Sokolik of Aspera PrivaTeacher, a series of web and CD ROM-based interactive ESL courses sponsored by Aspera Ltd., of London, England (August 1997 - September 1998)

Co-designer and developer with Dr. Margaret E. Sokolik of a series of web-based interactive ESL pilot courses co-sponsored by The University of California at Berkeley Extension and Nihon Telephone and Telegraph, Inc. (December 1997 - March 1998)

Designer and creator of a web-based interactive ASL finger-spelling program featured in an internationally televised advertising campaign for Microsoft entitled "Homework". Produced by Wieden and Kennedy (December 1996)

Interactive Writer on a Houghton Mifflin Interactive CD-ROM entitled "Guerrilla Marketing". Based on the best-selling series of business books by Jay Levinson (April 1996)

Designer and creator of four multimedia ESL programs -- all with a focus on advanced listening comprehension practice -- published on the "TESOL/CELIA '96" CD-ROM (March 1996)

Designer and creator of four multimedia ESL programs published on the Computer Enhanced Language Instruction Archive -- all with a focus on advanced listening comprehension practice. Available to anyone with Internet access as downloadable freeware (Added September 1994 to December 1995)

Project Manager and Lead Programmer on the CD ROM multimedia tutorial of Applied Medical Informatics' Medical HouseCall, an interactive family medical software program for Mac and Windows -- MacUser gave it 4 Mice! (April 1995)

Technical translator (Spanish to English) at "Solar Trade International" in San Francisco, California (November 1994 to April 1995)

Writer of an article on Developing Multimedia CALL Lessons via The Internet published in the "Computer Assisted English Language Learning Journal" (January 1995)

Reviewer of two recent textbooks on "Computer-Assisted Language Learning" published in OFFLINE -- a humanities computing print publication. Also appeared in The TESOL Newsletter (November 1994)

Reviewer of a manuscript of "Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop," a text by J.T. Thompson and Sam Gottlieb designed to teach the programming language used in Macromedia's multimedia authoring program Director 4.0 for Prentiss Hall (November 1994)

Reviewer of a manuscript of "Learning Director", a software manual to accompany Macromedia's multimedia authoring program Director 4.0 for Macromedia (March 1994)

Technical translator (Spanish to English) at "El Centro de Idiomas, Excel" in Cuzco, Perú and "The Foundation for the Promotion of Tourism" in Lima, Perú (June-December 1986)

Technical translator (Hebrew to English) at "The Translator's Pool" in Jerusalem, Israel (November 1983-June 1984)

Back to Top

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Presentations:

Led a campus-wide seminar on "Where To Begin When Moving A Course To The Online Format" as invited speaker at the University of California, San Francisco (May 11, 2001)

Participated in a group presentation on "A Multidisciplinary Web-Based Course in Geriatrics for Health Professions Students" at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) in San Jose, California. My presentation focused on demonstrating a course now under development for the Academic Geriatrics Resource Center at the University of California, San Francisco (February 23, 2001)

Co-led a presentation with Dr. Margaret E. Sokolik on "Technology in English Language Instruction" as invited speakers during a Faculty Technology Retreat at the University of California, Berkeley Extension English Language Program (February 13, 2001)

Led a presentation on "Getting Started with WebCT 3.x" as invited keynote speaker during a WebCT Day conference at Sonoma State University (October 20, 2000)

Led a presentation on "Introduction to WebCT Version 3" for faculty and staff in the College Writing Programs at UC Berkeley. (August 8, 2000)

Co-led a poster presentation with Dr. Margaret E. Sokolik on "Building Communities of Teachers & Learners: The WebCT E-Learning Hub" at the 9th International World Wide Web Conference, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (May 15-19, 2000)

Co-led a presentation with Dr. Margaret E. Sokolik as invited plenary speakers on the use of "WebCT in Higher Education" during a national conference focusing on WebCT at the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands (May 12, 2000)

Participated in an academic session/panel presentation on "Distance Education and the Internet" at the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL) in Vancouver, Canada. My presentation focused on "State-of-the-Art Tools and the Development of Streaming Multimedia Course Modules on the World Wide Web" (March 17, 2000)

Led a workshop on "Accessible Web Design" as part of a Pacific Bell Community Partnership outreach program at Plugged-In Enterprises in Palo Alto, CA. The session focused on training the Plugged-In web team in how to design Universally Accessible web pages (January 20, 2000)

Served as an English Language Specialist in Istanbul, Turkey for the United States Information Agency. There I was invited to give 3 plenary speeches on Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and led an open Q&A Session at an international conference on CALL at Koc University; presented some of my web-based work to teachers-in-training at Bogazici University; and led individual and group consultations and training sessions on CALL with faculty and staff of the English Language Center (ELC), the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT), and the Writing Center at Koc University (April 18-May 3, 1999)

Led a presentation which featured self-authored web-based interactive ESL/EFL modules entitled "Cutting Edge CALL" at the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Developers Showcase during the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages in New York (March 12,1999)

Participated in a panel presentation on "Integrating Technology across the Curriculum" at the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages in Seattle. My part of the presentation focused on "Interactive Listening Materials for Distance Education over the Internet" (March 20,1998)

Led two presentations, one titled "An ESL/EFL Web-Based Course Show and Tell" and the other "Multi-Skill ESL/EFL Shockwave-Based Activities on the Web" at the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Software Author's Faire during the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages in Seattle (March 18,1998)

Led a presentation on "Computer Assisted Language Learning on the World Wide Web" at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology during a conference organized by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research and co-sponsored by the Euro-Atlantic Foundation and the Swiss Government on "Educational Modules in the field of International Relations and Security" (November, 1997)

Led a presentation on "Using the Internet and Multimedia Computers in ESL Instruction" at the English Language Program at UC Berkeley Extension during a teacher training workshop (November, 1996)

Led a presentation on "Shockwave: The Tsunami is Here" at The National Foreign Language Resource Center of the University of Hawaii during their 'Summer Institute on New Technologies and Less Commonly Taught Languages' (July, 1996)

Led a workshop on "Language Lessons on the Web: Tracked Down and Homespun" at The National Foreign Language Resource Center of the University of Hawaii during their 'Summer Institute on New Technologies and Less Commonly Taught Languages' (July, 1996)

Led a presentation on "Shockwave: The Tsunami is Here" at the Northern California Community College Computer Consortium Spring Conference at Chabot College (April 27, 1996)

Led a presentation on "Developing Your Own WWW Pages: The Basics" at the Northern California Community College Computer Consortium Spring Conference at Chabot College (April 27, 1996)

Invited presenter at the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Software Author's Faire during the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages in Chicago (March 28,1996)

Co-led three Pre-Conference Institute Sessions on "Introductory and Intermediate Internet for ESL Teachers" at the Conference for Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages in Chicago (March 25 - 26,1996)

Led a hands-on workshop on "Interactive-Multimedia Via The Internet: Giving Control To The Student" at The National Foreign Language Resource Center of the University of Hawaii during their 'Symposium on Local & Global Electronic Networking in Foreign Language Learning & Research' (July 13, 1995)

Co-led a hands-on workshop on "The Internet, the Web, and Everything" at a special meeting of The California Association of Foreign Language Translators in San Jose, California (March 5, 1995)

Led a training session on "Internet Navigation with SLIP and MacTCP" at The Cooperative Media Group in San Francisco, California (November 23, 1994)

Led a workshop on "Interactive Multimedia with Director 4.0" at Stanford University during the Southwest Association for Language and Technology annual conference (November 4-5, 1994)

Led a workshop on "Technical Writing and Research Methods for MBA Students" at The United Institute of International Education in Hong Kong and via distance education methods (April-June 1994)

Explainer at the Multimedia and Internet Areas of The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California (June 1993-January 1994)

Back to Top

Computer Skills:

Hardware: Macintosh, IBM-PC, Sun

Operating Systems: Macintosh (through System 10), DOS, UNIX, Windows '99, '98, '95, 3.1, X-Windows

Applications: Adobe Acrobat, Aldus PageMaker, BBEdit, Deck II, Digital Performer, Dreamweaver, Excel, Extreme 3D, Filemaker, Final Cut Pro, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, HyperCard, iMovie, Macromedia Director, Microsoft Word, Peak, Photoshop, Premiere, ProTools, QTVR Authoring Studio, SoundEdit Pro, Word Perfect, et al.

Back to Top

Last update March 8, 2003
Copyright © 1995-2003
Jim Duber jim@duber.com