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Nancy Cooley
Interim Vice Provost for Distance Learning
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Nancy
Cooley has worked in K - 16 education settings for more than 30 years. As
the Interim Vice Provost for Distance Learning she is responsible for
extending synchronous and asynchronous instruction to undergraduate and
graduate students at Virginia Community College sites, ODU and Virginia
higher education centers, and out-of-state sites in Washington, Illinois,
Georgia, and Arizona. Her office also serves students on military
installations and ships at sea. The Center for Learning Technology assists
faculty with all aspects of technology integration.
Cooley
joined the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) in 2001,
serving as the director of academic affairs and planning, and from September
2003 to August 2004 served as the agency’s acting executive director. In
those roles she chaired regular meetings of university presidents and chief
academic officers and worked closely with colleagues in the Office of the
Governor, the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Department of
Education, the Virginia General Assembly, and other state agencies and
associations to improve student access to higher education, promote academic
research, and improve instructional quality. She led the development of the
2002 – 2006 Systemwide Strategic Plan for Higher Education in Virginia
and several influential reports, including The Condition of Nursing
Report and Strategic Plan and Recommendations for Ensuring an Adequate
Supply of Nurses in the Commonwealth, and presented findings to key
government and legislative bodies. She served as a member of several state
boards, including the Council for Innovative Technology.
Prior to
her arrival at SCHEV, Cooley was dean of the College of Education and Human
Services at Ferris State University in Michigan. Before assuming the
deanship, she held leadership positions in the offices of Information
Technology, Academic Affairs, and the Department of Teacher Education and
Professional Development at Central Michigan University. As a tenured
faculty member and Edwin J. Towle Professor of Education, she led university
initiatives in information technology.
Cooley has
written many funded grant proposals to support the integration of technology
into teaching and learning. One of those projects culminated in the
publication of a book by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA
Notes #47), Exemplary Programs in Introductory College Mathematics:
Innovative Programs Using Technology. She has published articles and
monographs focused on the integration of technology into teaching and
learning. A chapter on engaged learning from her book (co-authored with
Michelle Johnston), Supporting New Models of Teaching and Learning
through Technology, was featured in the Educational Research Service
Superintendent’s Briefing Book, 2003 – 2004: Vital Information for School
District Leaders.
As a senior
associate with the TLT Group, Cooley assumed a variety of leadership roles.
She served as a conference co-leader with Steve Gilbert at the Wake Forest
University Catalyst Institute and at Regional Levers for Change Workshops in
Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio. She chaired the steering committee that
established a Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable (TLTR) at
Central Michigan University and provided leadership for a TLTR Introductory
Conference at Ferris State University. Through her leadership, Ferris State
University became one of the 11 founding members of COATT, Michigan's
Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology.
Cooley
holds a PhD in curriculum, teaching, and psychological studies from the
University of Michigan, BS in Education from Central Michigan University,
and MAT from Oakland University. She was the Helen L. DeRoy fellow during a
postdoctoral fellowship in educational leadership at Michigan State
University. She was selected to participate in the 2005 Millennium
Leadership Institute sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities, the 1995 Management Development Program at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, and the 1994 CAUSE (Association for Managing
and Using Information Technology in Higher Education) National Management
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