Valerie Landau: Portfolio 2006
Doug Engelbart and Valerie Landau. Photo by Bill Daul. Directed by Mathew Lussier
Bio | Resume | Games | Publications | Video | Student Projects | vlandau@gmail.com
Education

Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Human Development & Psychology, emphasis in Technology in Education. Certificate of Advanced Study, 1995  
  
San Francisco State University, Department of Educational Technology, Master of Arts in Education, 1992

University of California, Santa Cruz, Bachelor of Arts, History, 1979

Award Winning Publications

Developing an Effective Online Course

Published by McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN0072587024 available Available on Amazon

Math Heads: Educational Game

SPA Codie Award Nominee for Best Consumer Creativity Software 1996

SPA Codie Award Best Education Program for Adolescents Math Heads 1997

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Platinum Award, 1996

Family Channel, Seal of Quality, 1996

MacWorld Top Pick Best Kid's CD-ROM to Buy for Christmas 1997

Newsweek Editor's Choice Award 1997 indelibleNews!

iN!-Ovation Award 1997The

Family Channel Seal of Quality 1997

Word Heads: Educational Game

1998 Parents' Choice Gold Award Seal of Excellence

Silicon Valley: A Three Part TV Series

Silicon Valley: Boomtown

    On permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution
    1st Prize PMN Video Competition, San Jose, 1987
    Honorable Mention, National Film and Video Festival 1988
    Film Arts Institute, Award for Local Program Excellence, 1988

Silicon Valley: Company Town

1st Prize PMN Video Competition, San Jose, 1986

Silicon Valley: Home Town

    2nd Prize PMN Video Competition, San Jose, 1986 

Back From Nicaragua

    Mill Valley Film and Videofest, 1986
    Aired on PBS Nationally, 1986

 

Educational Multimedia Design, Development, and Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, California State University, Monterey Bay 2002-Present
School of Information Technology and Communication Design.

Sample Student Projects:
Student work with Dr. Douglas Engelbart
Experiments with interactive video Casa Sobrantes and Virtual Monterey

Supervisor of Instructional Development, DeAnza/Foothill Community College 2001-2002
Supervised Instructional Design projects including design, development and usability studies. Developed and taught Instructional Design Intensive.
Director, Round World Media, Designed and developed educational multimedia 1999-2002.
Major accomplishments include:
  • Instructional Design and development Developing an Effective Online Course for the California Virtual Campus
    Published by McGraw-Hill
  • Instructional Design and Development of See it, Hear it, Do it: Flash 5 an interactive tutorial. Available on Amazon.
  • Interactive Linear Regression Calculator for Professor Dean's online statisics course
  • Probability online collaborative lab for Professor Dean's online statisics course
  • Design and Development of the Syllabus Maker
  • Instructional Design and formative evaluation and analysis for interactive video prototype ENHANCED ARTHUR for WGBH, Boston funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Summary
  • Information Designer for PeopleSoft's Knowledge Broadcast, an interactive video online learning pilot
  • Consultant, new program design California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • Instructional Design and Strategic Planning for Kidport.com
  • Developed multimedia for Britannica.com online Math initiative
  • Instructional Design for Mattel's educational Barbie software initiative
  • Market research for The Learning Company
  • Developed multimedia modules for Prometheus Course Management System
  • Developed pedagogical framework for HungryMinds.com
  • Consultant on e-learning for StarMedia.com

Founder, Multimedia Studies Program, Ohlone College, 1997-2000. Developed an accredited degree program in Multimedia Studies.  Taught courses in Multimedia, Web Design and Online Education.  Supervised faculty, worked with advisory board, made presentations to Ohlone College Board of Directors, managed budget, computer labs and scheduling.
Sample student projects:

Lecturer, San Francisco State University, Department of Instructional Technology and the Multimedia Studies Program 1996-2001

Educational Game Designer, Theatrix Interactive, 1995-1997
Design and develop and conduct usability studies for educational games for children.  Developed concept document for Theatrix Web Site.  

Consultant, SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES, KQED, 1995
Content consultant for Emmy Award-winning TV program.
Instructional Designer and Project Manager, Creative Media 1991-1994  
Developed and produced curriculum for video, print, and computer-based training.   Managed production of THE CHICKEN MADE OF RAGS a multicultural musical folktale.   Developed Teachers Guide Activity Book. 
Professor, Political Economy, Universidad Nacional Autonma de Nicaragua, 1979-1981  

Director of Employee Education, International Airport, Managua, 1980-1981 Designed and managed employee education program for 250 workers.

Film and Video Production

Projects include:  
Awaken, a film by Nicole Landau, 2002 Actress
TROPICANA, EL GENERAL, CUBA, ARD, German public Television, 1995, Field Guide
Paul McCartney's Latin American Tour documentary, 1993, Pre-production Producer
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, KQED, 1990, Associate Producer
60 MINUTES with Harry Reasoner, CBS, aired January 1989, Field Guide
THE UNCOMPROMISING REVOLUTION, VIL Films.1988, Field Guide
SILICON VALLEY Series & BACK FROM NICARAGUA, KTEH, 1983-1987, Producer
LATINO, a feature film released in 1984, LUCASFILMS. Actress, Segment Coordinator

Grants and Donations

Bootstrap Alliance, $12,000 award, to support scholarship and leadership of innovative collaborative research and pedagogy in an Educational Networked Improvement Community. 2004

California State University, Monterey Bay CSU Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award. Granted  $5,000 for the completion of the book The Engelbart Hypothesis.

Conference Presentations and Publications

The Engelbart Hypothesis: augmenting human intellect, BCNET's Advanced Networks Conference: The Power of High Performance Computing, April 2005, Valerie Landau & Eileen Clegg.`

Implementing the Engelbart Hypothesis: Discussing the notion of augmenting human intellect, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, 2005 University of California, Berkeley, February 2005, Valerie Landau & Eileen Clegg.

Into the Future, Co-contributor with Eileen Clegg. Threshold; Exploring the Future of Education Journal.  Summer 2004.

A Case Study of an Educational Networked Improvement Community. Landau, Valerie; Dinkelacker, Jamie; and Cooksey, Mary. Proceedings of the Fifteenth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia. Santa Cruz, CA. 2004.

The Educational Networked Improvment Community Experience, ACM Birds of a Feather HyperText SIG, Santa Cruz, CA 2004. Video Presentation.

CAP Goes to School: Exploring the Engelbart Hypothesis: Implementing the Engelbart Hypothesis (MERLOT) International Conference Online Resources: Sharing the Future Costa Mesa, California August 3 - 6, 2004. Published in the Conference Proceedings Online.

Dr. Engelbart’s Commemorative Speech, Producer of videotape at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of DARPA’s Information Technology Processing Office (IPTO) on November 11, 2004, Washington DC.

Educational Network Improvement Communities, BCNet’S 4TH Annual Advanced Network Conference, April 2004, Vancouver. Published in online conference proceedings.

Multimedia Showcase, Presenter at the Macromedia Conference for National Software Retailer in January 2004.

Lessons learned from Application of the Engelbart Hypothesis, Next Now Conference, San Francisco, Atherton California, October 2004.

Showcase of Multimedia Learning Objects, Macromedia Conference on Education, 2002.

Developing Online Courses, Online Learning, Huntington Beach, 2001.

Teaching Online, Forth Annual Learning on the Internet Conference, Santa Rosa CA, April, 2000.

Convergence: Where the PC meets the TV, Distance Learning Consortium, Apple Computer, Nov, 1999.

How to Develop an Online Course, Tech Ed99, Ontario, CA, April 1999.

Convergence: Where PC meets TV, Distance Education Consortium, Fremont, April 1999.

How to Develop an Online Course, League for Innovation in Community College, Miami 1998.

Developing Instructional Multimedia for the Web, League for Innovation in Community College, Atlanta, 1997. 

Creating Interactive Multimedia Learning Objects, Staff Development Day, Ohlone College, 1997, 1998, 1999.

Multimedia Showcase, Second Annual Harvard Multimedia Conference, 1995.

Multimedia Showcase, Women in Technology Conference, Harvard University, 1995.

Technology in Education Lecture Series, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1995.

Professional Organizations

HyperText SIG of ACM

NextNow

California Teachers Association

Community Service Awards

Phenomenal Woman Award, 2006
Online Pioneer Award, Ohlone College 2000
ROP, Business Leadership, 2001

State Certifications

State Certified Spanish Court Interpreter, 1982
State Certified Spanish Administrative Hearing Interpreter, 1982