Presentations:
“Case Study: Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Program” CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop (invited speaker), Northeastern University, Boston MA, March 25-26, 2019
“Capturing and Communicating Narratives Around Efforts to Address Food Insecurity” with Philip Asare and Arsh Noor Amin, Sowing Change Conference: A Collaborative Approach to Address Food Insecurity, Lewisburg PA, February, 2019
“Sometimes it Takes a Wrong Turn to Get to the Right Place” Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) Annual Meeting, Sewanee TN, June 2018
“More Than a Rebranding: A New Name for Instructional Technology at Bucknell,” Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) Annual Meeting, San Antonio TX, June 2017
“Changing the Face of Liberal Arts Scholarship: A Library-Centered Approach,” with Carrie Johnston, Digital Library Federation Forum Liberal Arts Conference, Milwaukee WI, November 2016
“Digital Scholarship at Bucknell: It’s About Building Relationships,” with Emily Sherwood, Digital Library Federation Forum Liberal Arts Conference, Vancouver Canada, October 2015
Param Bedi, Matt Gardzina, and Emily Sherwood: “Digital Scholarship at Bucknell University – It’s about Student Engagement.”
DLF: Digital Library Federation. 23 Feb 2015. Web.
“No Book, No Problem: Exploring New Frontiers Using Multimodal Course Materials,” Poster presented with Kathleen McQuiston at Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting 2015, Anaheim CA, February 2015
“Reassessing the Learning Management System,” Information Service Instructional Support (ISIS) Seminar, October 2011
“Moodle Usage at The College of Wooster,” Poster presented as part of the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) CAMP, DePauw University, Indiana, June 2010
“Emerging Collaboration among Instructional Technologists within the Five Colleges of Ohio,” NITLE Instructional Technology Leaders Conference, March 2010
“The Future of Learning Management Systems,” (invited presenter) National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) Summit, San Francisco, California, April 2008
“Moodle Learning Management System,” Consortium for Computing in Undergraduate Education (C-CUE) conference, West Virginia Wesleyan College, December 2007
“An Apple a Day Keeps the Mystery Away: Using iPod Technology to Demystify Challenging Tutoring Moments,” (invited presenter) Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 2006
“Stimulating Intellectual Life with the iPod,” (invited speaker) Davidson College Teaching with Technology Series, Davidson, North Carolina, March 2005
“Making a Class Web Site and Making a Web Site Work For Your Class,” North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Conference, Cary, North Carolina, November 2002
“Best Practices for Internet Integration in the Classroom,” National School Board Association Technology and Learning Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001
Honors and Achievements:
- 2017 Esri, Special Achievement in GIS Award
- Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship, Bucknell University was selected to receive this award at the 2017 Esri User Conference. This award is given to user sites around the world to recognize outstanding work with GIS technology. Our organization stood out from more than 100,000 others. Sun-Gazette Article
- 2016 Educause/CLIR Leading Change Institute Fellow
- 2000-2001 U.S.-wide National Semiconductor Internet Innovator Award
- awarded $10,000 (work done in conjunction with two colleagues), Cary Academy awarded $15,000
- Midlink Magazine Showcase 2000 Distinguished Teacher Editor
- Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honorary
- St. Lawrence University Class of 1934 Award