This blog is my attempt to share knowledge on education, technology and the art of teaching. Use the contact page to reach me. Who am I? Here’s a little bio:
Andrew J. Ryan, “Dru,” joins the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) after managing the Technology Training and Learning Resources Group in the Center for Professional and Organizational Development (CPOD). In his present role as the Coordinator for CTL, Andrew looks forward to working with faculty to bring emerging technologies into the classroom. Among his interests are the use of Web 2.0 technologies (podcasting, social networking, and wikis) and the use of video games in the classroom.
Ryan is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of the District of Columbia and George Mason University.
He has taught courses in math, multimedia studies, and hip-hop studies. Andrew also teaches a blended course on hip-hop and is currently developing it as a fully online class. In addition to his work at the university level, Andrew has taught math at the high school and middle school levels and spent three years of Saturday mornings working with high school math students as part of the GEAR-UP program at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Professionally, he spent 10 years in industry working on Wall St. with Chase Manhattan Bank in its technology unit. He has also done aviation research and technology training with Boeing, IBM, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Lockheed Martin, the FAA, and NASA. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Binghamton University (State University of New York), a master’s degree in Systems Engineering (George Mason University), and expects to finish his PhD in Instructional Technology in 2014.