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As Director of Academic Technology and eLearning at Marist College, Mr. Baron is responsible for supporting instructional technology initiatives, including distance learning, faculty training, and student support. He plays a leadership role on-campus in the area of strategic planning and is currently serving on the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and holds MS in Educational Technology Leadership from George

As Director of Academic Technology and eLearning at Marist College, Mr. Baron is responsible for supporting a wide range of instructional technology initiatives, including distance learning, faculty professional development, and learner support. He also plays a leadership role in strategic planning for the College in areas of academic and information technology. Mr. Baron was elected to the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors in 2008 and is also a member of the EducationDynamics Advisory Board. Before coming to Marist, Mr. Baron was the associate director of instructional technology at Stevens Institute of Technology. In this capacity, he helped lead a $10 million U.S. Department of Education technology initiative working both at the K-12 and college level. He was also a member for the Stevens WebCampus initiative and developed one of the first Stevens online graduate courses. Mr. Baron has presented at numerous higher education and K-12 conference including EDUCAUSE, NECC, Sloan-C, League of Innovation CIT, and the international Sakai conferences. He has taught students from the Kindergarten to graduate level in face-to-face, blended and fully online formats. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and holds a Master of Arts degree (online) in Educational Technology Leadership form George Washington University.

I work for Academic Technology &eLearning at Marist College,NY.

3399 North Road

Lochan Chhetri

I am a grauduate student of computer science department of Marist college.
I am working in the academic and technology department here on Drupal(teaching and learning).

Dede Hourican is the Support Specialist for the course management system at Marist college in Poughkeepsie, New York. Her primarily responsibility is to provide technical support to both students and faculty via phone, e-mail, web-conferencing, and in-person. These support activities focus on use of the College’s course management system as well as other instructional technologies being deployed to enhance the teaching and learning process. Dede is currently pursing her Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Communication.