Janet Engle

Professional Skills

Teaching (Current) 

• Introduction to Online Teaching
• Designing Online Learning

Online Course Development 

• Four course graduate Certificate in Online Teaching 
  • Introduction to Online Teaching 
  • Facilitating Online Learning 
  • Designing Online Learning 
  • Developing Digital Content 
• Introduction to Online Learning 
• Drugs and Society: Controversial Issues 
• Substance Abuse Fundamentals for Health Care Professionals 
• Planning, Managing and Evaulating Substance Abuse Programs 
• Content Development for Online Learning 
• Changing Health Behaviors 
• Introduction to Health Promotion 
• Co-developed more than 25 other courses working with faculty content experts 

Successful Grant Submissions 

• SKIPP (Saving Kinds through Integrated Prevention Programming) - $1 million grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration , author
• Project EXPORT: Developing Infrastructure in Health Disparities Research, - $3 million grant from National Institutes of Health, co-author
• Enhaning Nursing Practice: Substance Abuse Eduation - $500,000 grant from the Health Resources and Servicees Adminstration , co-author

Workshops 

• Podcasting
• Google Docs and Blogs
• Wikis
• WebCT course tools (multiple workshops addressing a variety of course tools) 
• Active Collaborative Learning in Online Courses
• Assessing Student Learning: Beyond Term Papers and Exams
• Making Online Life Easier: Picking the Right Tool for the Job
• Building a Learning Community
• Creating a Learner-Centered Course

Conference Presentations 

• 2008: Teaching MI in the University Setting and Cyberspace: MI and the Internet Meet Accepted presentation for the International Conference on Motivational Interviewing Co-presenter with Judy Lewis and Jacque Elder.
• 2008: Integrating Media Course Content into Fully-Fully Online Courses, co-Presented with Donella Soeka at the Kentucky Educational Television pre-conference workshops on integrating media content into online courses.
• 2007: Designing Engaging Online Courses: Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies, SLATE Midwest Blackboard Users Group
• 2007: Teaching Clinical Skills Online: And They Said It Couldn’t Be Done. Co-presented with Judy Lewis, 23rd Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin
• 2007: Designing Collaborative Learning Components for Online Courses. 23rd Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin
• 2007: Beyond Bells and Whistles: The Blackboard Greenhouse
  Exemplary Course Program, panel presenter at BB World 2007
• 2007: Focus on Action: Active and Collaborative Learning in Online Courses, Blackboard World 2007
• 2007: Introduction to Online Teaching, Exemplary Course Poster Session, Blackboard World 2007
• 2007: Teaching Clinical Skills Online: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, co-presenter with DR. Judy Lewis at BB World ‘07
• 2007: Evaluating Exemplary eLearning – a Rubric and Associated Best Practices Poster session, 2007 Educause Learning Initiative Conference (conference proposal accepted). (Co-presenters: Dr. Deborah Everhart, Blackboard Corp., Dr. David Graf, Nova Southeastern University, and Dr. Shirley Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy)
• 2006: Developing Exemplary Courses, featured presenter, Blackboard Webinar.
• 2006: Introduction to Online Teaching: Modeling the Use of New Technologies. IMPACT 2006, WebCT User Conference
• 2006: Faculty Summer Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Focus on Action: Active and Collaborative Learning in Online Courses 
• 2006: Introduction to Online Teaching, Course Design Showcase. 22 Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin
• 2006: Illinois Online Conference: Introduction to Online Learning, Preparing Students for Success in Online Courses. 
• 2006: Multiple Cultural Identities, Self-interrogation, and the impact of oppression: Addressing It All in a Mutimedia Online Course. The 23rd Annual Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, Columbia University (Co-presented with Dr. Judy Lewis and Rodney Bullock)
• 2005 Midwest Regional Educause Conference: Foundations of Excellence: Support Services for Online Learning, Co-Presenter.
• 2005 Illinois Online Conference Foundations of Excellence: Support Services for Online Learning, Co-Presenter
• 2004: Faculty Summer Institute, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana. Beyond Discussion: Incorporating Active Learning Activities in Online Discussion Boards 
• 2002: Governors State University: Developing Curriculum for Online Courses with WebCT. Eight-day training for visiting faculty from Intercollege, Cyprus (2002)
• 2002: Drugs and Society: Enhancing Critical Thinking through Interaction and Collaboration. Course Design Showcase, 19 Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin.
• 2002: Seventh Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference. Principal author, Online Learning Communities: A Model for Applying Tuckman's Theory of Group Development to the Design and Facilitation of Online Courses. Presentation available at http://kolea.kcc.hawaii.edu/tcc/2003/conference/presentations/cessar.html  
• 2001: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services: Issues of Diversity in Substance Use and Abuse. 4-day training for regional human service professionals. (2002)Kankakee County Social Services Consortium, Keynote speaker: Women’s Issues in Chemical Dependency 
• 2001: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services: Screening, Assessment and Referral for Substance-Related Disorders. 4-day training for regional human service professionals.
• 2001: Kankakee County Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Conference Speaker: Impact of Chemical Dependency on Domestic Violence(2001) 
• 2000: Institute of Economic Technology, Joliet Junior College: Change Management, a one-day training for middle management. (2000)
• 1997: National Association of State Agency Executives (1997). Women’s Issues in Chemical Dependency, Co-Presenter with Dr. Cheryl Mejta

Publications 

• Training Skills for Non-Trainers. A training manual co-authored with Tom Petrasak under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• Screening and Assessment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Among Adults in the Criminal Justice System. A multi-media self-study curriculum developed under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• Ethical Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling. A video-training seminar developed under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse. Manual co-authored with Dr. Edward Senay under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• In Our Best Interest. Monograph on implementing therapeutic communities in a prison setting, co-authored with Lou DiFonso
• Training the Gender-Competent Substance Abuse Counselor. Co-authored training manual with Dr. Judy Lewis and Dr. Cheryl Mejta under contract with the Illinois Lieutenant Governor's Office and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse