Dr. Oliver Lawrence Dr. Oliver Lawrence Oliver Lawrence


 Social Justice

 Empowerment

 MS Office

 Faculty Development

 Technology Proficiency

 Online Learning

 South Africa

Teaching Dr. Oliver Lawrence

I am an Education Consultant and Adjunct Professor teaching at a number of institutions in the Chicago area, by choice, offering courses and seminars not traditionally taught in academic departments.

My background is in Technology and Education. My dissertation merges the two fields and is titled: Rating online technology proficiency in Adult Education: The correlation between task complexity and task proficiency.

I have organized a faculty team to develop and co-teach courses and seminars in a number of interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international formats.

I have taught in Grade Schools, High Schools, Community Colleges, and Universities. The learner populations are diverse and challenging. I also have online experience as a learner and a teacher utilizing Blackboard (WebCT), and eCollege learning systems among others. I have developed a number of workshops for teachers including a Faculty Bootcamp Workshop that covers the latest developments in Technology and Education, with an emphasis on utilizing Technology in Curriculum Design.

Education Technology Consultant

I have also designed a Global Internet Video Classroom (GIVC) model. The Global Internet Video Classroom Project connects Chicago Civil Rights activists of the 60s with Cape Town Anti-Apartheid Struggle activists of the 60s in a classroom setting where learners from Cape Town and Chicago can engage these activists in conversation about their motivation, principles, and strategies. The project was launched in order to provide a connection between the generations. (NEWS Aricle in Sun Times).

Workshops: Faculty Bootcamp, Non-Racialism , Community Organizing , Ubuntu and Reconciliation

Consulting: Conflict Mediation, Social Justice Programming, Online Learning Systems

 Elmhurst College
 Benedictine University
 American College of Education
 A.T. Still University,
 Glenbard Township High School District 87
 North Central College
 Westwood College
 College of DuPage

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