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 * EDD 8122 Professional Practice in Technology Distance Education**

**Assignment 3-Profile of an ITDE Professional** The student will profile a professional in the field of instructional technology and prepare a multimedia product of three parts:


 * 1) A brief (no more than 10 minutes) podcast that includes text, photos/graphics, music, and narration.
 * 2) An introductory Web page/site from which the podcast is accessed.


 * 1) A brief (perhaps three pages) paper reflecting on the impact of the process of preparing the profile. Did the student’s views of the field/job change? How were the student’s goals affected (or not)?

**About This Video and Doug Loomer** Doug Loomer is currently a practitioner in the field of ITDE. Doug currently leads and manages the online learning at [|Shanghai American School] (SAS), a private K-12 international school in Shanghai China. Doug has had an interesting career pathway that has led him to ITDE in the K-12 setting. Originally a lawyer in the Detroit, Michigan metro area for over 20 years, Doug was handling litigation and estate planning. During that time however, he was able to develop his skills in Information Technology (IT). Ever the life-long learner, Doug decided on a drastic change of career path and decided to follow his two true passions-//**Education and Technology**//. Doug currently oversees the development of online courses and manages SAS’s learning management system (LMS), [|Moodle]. Doug is adept PHP programmer and [|open-source] devotee.

Personally, I chose to interview Doug for this assignment for a couple of reasons. First, Doug is filling a niche position at SAS that most international schools have not really considered at this point. While online learning is on the radar for many international schools, many have not developed or hosted their own courses. Most often, international schools are using third party vendors such as the [|VHS Collaborative]. Therefore, Doug is one of the few dedicated international school staff that I am aware of that is responsible for online learning at a school. Second, Doug represents a new kind of K-12 instructional technology expert, someone who is able to take existing platforms and modify them to best suit the needs of the end-users; in this case the SAS learner. In this way Doug is exemplifying the design movement and [|maker culture] in K-12 education.

**Interview with Doug Loomer-Shanghai American School Director of Online Learning** media type="custom" key="24618868" align="center"