In the Spotlight:
New role as Executive Director of the Center for Online Learning at HCCC (Aug 2021)
I'm thrilled to take on a new role at Hudson County Community College as Executive Director of the Center for Online Learning! Thank you for the warm welcome HCCC! More coming soon!!!
Engaging Educators Virtually: Facilitating Online Professional Development 
For years I've led engaging and interactive professional development for educators at the national, state, and local level. In this presentation at the Learning with Innovative Technology online conference, I demonstrate interactive virtual teaching strategies as I discuss best practices. The recorded presentation can be found on the conference website here.
Invited Speaker at ILI 2019: The Library Innovation Conference (London, UK)
Book Chapter published in June 2018: "Interactive eLearning: Designing the Immersive Course-Integrated Online Library Orientation" |
ACRL Distance & Online Instruction Virtual Poster Session (Spring 2021)
As Co-Chair of the DOLS Instruction Committee, I'm in charge of our annual Virtual Poster Session focused on best practices in teaching and learning online. Last year's event attracted over 7,000 visitors exchanging over 550 comments. Learn more about the 2021 Virtual Poster Session here.
Presenter at the 2020 EDUCAUSE Virtual ConferenceMy proposal to present "Preparing for a Virtual Library of the Future" at EDUCAUSE 2020 was accepted before the COVID pandemic began. Almost a year later my presentation couldn't have been more relevant given the reality of our environment, as nearly all of higher education transitioned to fully remote learning. Check out my recorded presentation on YouTube, as I discuss strategies for improving virtual library support, instruction, collections, and community. Featured article in Computers in Libraries magazine (Fall 2019)
As academic libraries embrace emerging virtual reference technologies and service modules to support the digital preferences of today’s students, it behooves us to reflect on a more basic tool that has huge implications in preparing for a library of the future. Click here to read my article found in the October 2019 issue of CIL magazine.
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Matt is one of the most passionate and engaging speakers I have had the opportunity to learn from. The workshop was highly interactive, and I came away with a variety of templates and strategies I can run with at my own institution. I don't know what to try first!
-Workshop attendee at the Online Learning Consortium Annual Conference (2018)
