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Dan Lim

dan.lim@fhchs.edu

 

   

Update

  • Presented with staff at AECT last week...attended all sessions solely in Second Life/Virtual Worlds track. (posted 11/15/11)
  • Attended Educause in Philadelphia last week...Cloud, Mobile, and Social dominated the conference...LMS was everywhere...met some old friends and some new one. (posted 10/24/11)
  • Led a Distance SIG Panel at Visual Communication Industry Group 2nd Annual Conference in New Orleans last week...audience indicated a strong demand for synchronous component in distance learning (posted 10/19/11)
  • Visited the new FHCHS Denver Campus and attended TDEC meetings in Jackson Hole, Wyoming...what a beautiful time to visit these places...basked in glorious golden aspen glow!! (posted 10/3/11)
  • Had a busy first week of class this Fall term...the laptop program is officially campus-wide...blended learning is more widely practiced...iPad 2 adopted by the new graduate OT program for clinicals (posted 09/02/11).
  • Made three presentations at back-to-back conferences in San Jose and Las Vegas last week...rode to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Vegas...incredible view from top of the famous Bellagio Musical Fountain Show (posted 07/18/11)
  • Vacationed last week in Canucn, Mexico...went up in parasailing and came down quite sick...one more thing checked off for this year (posted 06/27/11).
  • Walked the endless floors of Infocomm 2011...took a snapsot holding a 30-lb live gator at a Gator sofrtware booth - adding another new thing I did this year (posted 06/17/11)
  • Attended Educomm 2011...pretty good conference (posted 06/16/11)
  • Wrote a short article "From The Distance: Fostering Spirituality In Online Learning" for the June issue of Southern Tidings (posted 06/07/11)
  • Participated in a college leadership strategic planning retreat at the world's largest Dude Ranch (posted 05/10/11)
  • Backed from an accreditation visit and "survived" an unofficial tornado (posted 04/22/11)
  • Presented last week at 22th Annual Conference on College and Teaching in Jacksonville, FL. (posted 4/11/11)
  • Celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary on a cruise last week (posted 3/7/11)
  • Read an interesting article about "How To 'Gamify' Your Class Website" (posted 2/22/11)
  • Heard a good interview about gaming on NPR: Could Gaming Be Good For You?
  • Presented to a group of high school principals on Feb 9 about distance learning
  • Attended SUETA Distance Learning Committee meetings on January 31.
  • Denver Polycom-based satellite campus opened with Radiography program on January 3...
  • Endured cold temps in Louisville, KY...Light snow was nice...presented at SACS Annual Meeting.
  • Vacationed with family in Curacao, Netherland Antilles...explored 10 of the 40 beaches and snorkeled in a few...exquisite underwater natural beauty.
  • Had a helpful exchange with attendees at our session at Sloan-C regarding the synchronous component in online learning
  • Ran into a couple of former U of Minn colleagues at Sloan-C Online Learning Conference in Orlando.
  • Attended SDA-IT Meetings in Loma Linda and Educause 2010 in Anaheim
  • Quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education 7/24 article: Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom
  • Published with staff in Journal of Interactive Instruction Development - Spring 2010 Edition:

Upcoming Presentations

  • Speaking at Blackboard Student Engagement Summit, University of Miami, Feb 23, 2012


Currently. I'm the VP for Educational Technology and Distance Learning at the Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences in Orlando, Florida, responsible for all instructional-related technology implementation and integration, as well as overseeing the distance learning operation serving 1500 distance students.

Previously. I was the Dean of Academic Technology at the Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee, where I continued R&D on interactive academic gaming which led the campus to be recognized as one of the Campus Technology Magazine's 16 Technology Innovators in the nation in 2006. I founded the university's Online Campus in 2006. Prior to SAU, I was the Director of Instructional Technology Center, and Assistant Professor in Information Technology Management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston, the nation's first laptop campus. Seven years at UMC gave me numerous opportunities to research and innovate .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated January 11, 2012

Nature Window
Snorkeling At Coki Beach
Coki Beach Snorkeling: Exotic Sea Life
(Taken on November 24, 2011)

Dan's Favorite Shots
FAVORITE QUOTES


ON PURPOSE

To begin with the end in mind means
to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are
now and so that the steps you take are
always in the right direction.
~ Stephen Covey (posted 1/10/12)

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. What is called self-actualization is
not an attainable aim at all, for the
simple reason that the more one
would strive for it, the more
he would miss it.
~ Victor Frankl (posted 1/9/12)

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
~ Victor Frankl (posted 1/5/12)

Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
~ Vincent van Gogh (posted 1/4/12)

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge
every capacity to be at your best.
~ David McKay (posted 12/28/11)

Only a life lived for others is the life worthwhile.
~ Albert Einstein (posted 12/27/11)

If what you are doing is not moving you
towards your goals, then it's moving
you away from your goals.
~ Brian Tracy (posted 12/27/11)

Consider this: Your life is only as
strong as your weakest commitment.
~ Rick Warren (posted 12/20/11)

More men fail through lack of
purpose than lack of talent.
~ Billy Sunday (posted 12/15/11)

Life is an empty canvas.
Others may color or shade it,
but your hand holds the brush
that paints the picture of your life.
~ Carl Townsend (posted 12/15/11)

The only true happiness comes from
squandering ourselves for a purpose.
~ William Cowper (posted 12/08/11)

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
~Henry David Thoreau (posted 11/29/11)

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
~ Henry David Thoreau (posted 11/18/11)

One person with a belief is equal to a force of
99 who have only interests.
~ John Stuart Mill (posted 11/16/11)

Your work is to discover your work and then,
with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
~ Buddha ( posted 11/07/11)

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
~ Robert Byrne (posted 11/07/11)

 

 

FAMOUS ILLUSTRATION:

When Frank Lloyd Wright, the greatest architect, was once asked what his favorite design was, he replied without any hesitation: "My next one".

 
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