Daniel E. Meyers
101 Charleston Drive, Oxford, Ohio, 45056-3019
(513) 524-4295 Home, (513) 529-2510 Office
meyersde@muohio.edu


EDUCATION

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Master of Arts in German, December 1994.
Thesis: “Coming to Terms with a Fascist Past - Josef Haslinger’s Criticism of Austria in his Book Politik der Gefühle: Ein Essay über Österreich.”

Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts in German and Music, May 1992.
Coursework emphasis: 20th Century German Culture, Music Performance in Piano, and Electronic assisted Analog Composition.


EMPLOYMENT AND WORK EXPERIENCE

CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)

Conference Technical Associate, August 2001 – Present.
  • Assist and advise the CALICO Board of Director on technical needs and organizational plans for conferences at national universities and colleges.
  • Accompany the Board of Directors on site visits to potential conference sites.
  • Assist fellow technical assistants in the preparation, distribution, and implementation of technologies during annual conferences.

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Director of Interactive Language Resource Center, August 1998 – Present .
  • Headed daily operations of a Language Resource Center and its related facilities.
  • Managed a staff of six-eight undergraduate and two graduate students.
  • Served as a liaison to several organizations within Miami University, namely, the College of Arts and Science, Miami Computing and Information Services, the Provost’s Office, and several service offices on the Oxford Campus.
  • Served as a team participant in benchmarking initiatives, administrative restructuring, departmental candidate interviews, bulk purchase initiatives, and technical services groups.
  • Headed a $102,000 major renovation to the facility in May 2002.
  • Awarded funding to development and maintain the Montgomery File Server Project, a Macintosh server system to broadcast and distribute foreign language learning materials, video, and audio via the internet.
  • Developed computer assisted language learning applications and associated administrative computing solutions for Faculty and Staff in the Department of Classics, Department of French and Italian, Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Maintained Web Site for the Interactive Language Resource Center and assisted language departments in the upgrading and information updating of their web sites.
  • Maintained hardware and software for new Macintosh learning classroom used by language departments.
  • Provided PC and Macintosh technical support to faculty and staff in the language department as well as to colleagues and divisional technical support representatives in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Led lab facilities orientations for new faculty and graduate students each semester.
  • Instructed individual faculty and staff in new computer software applications and administrative procedures relating to technological integration of Miami University.
  • Led various focus workshops and small-group discussions on topics of integrating technology into foreign language education.
Director of the Austrian Summer Scholars Program, July 2004 - Present.
  • Directed several cultural excursions for each of the visiting scholars.
  • Responsible for all financial, administrative, technical, medical, and academic transactions between Miami University and the Austrian Scholars Program.
  • Supervised an assistant for day-to-day interaction of the Austrian Scholars.
Assistant to the Austrian Summer Scholars Program, July 2001 - July 2003.
  • Assisted in the academic development of 26-30 Austrians from the Vienna School of Business.
  • Directed several cultural excursions for each of the visiting scholars.
  • Headed the behind-the-scenes preparation of the Scholars’ interaction with Miami University’s administration and its facilities.

The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

Director of Foreign Language Laboratory, September 1994 – August 1998.
  • Headed daily operations of a Language Resource Center and its related facilities.
  • Managed a staff of eight undergraduate students.
  • Reported to the Chair of the Foreign Language Department.
  • Created and maintained the Foreign Language Department WWW Server, written HTML programming code and updated information through remote access WWW and ACGI interfaces.
  • Provided PC and Macintosh technical support to faculty and staff in the department as well as to colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Maintained and expanded networked computer laboratory by providing network, hardware, and software support to faculty, staff, and students.
  • Provided AppleTalk and Windows95 network support to the Foreign Language Department.
  • Acted as a liaison between the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Foreign Languages.
  • Led tutorials and weekend learning sessions to faculty in the use of new software and hardware.
Guest Lecturer, September 1994 - August 1998.
  • “Collegiate Computing and Campus Internet Usage,” ARS100 - First Year UT, November 1996.
  • Instructed on various German and Austrian cultural topics within the Department of Foreign Languages whenever instructors had conference obligations or emergency situations, GER111, GER112 - Elementary German, September 1994 - Present.
  • Workshop and Orientation Leader, September 1994 – August 1998
  • Assisted in the Department’s annual Foreign Language Day, assisting and instructing students, grading placement tests, and general supervision of awards ceremonies for 300+ high school visitors.
  • Instructed students and faculty within the Department of Foreign Languages in topics ranging from instruction in specific computer programs to general lab orientations involving ranges from one-on-one instruction to groups of up to 50 students.
  • Led various computer instruction seminars for different technology presentation conferences within the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Led various computer instruction seminars for the First Year UT student orientation program.

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

Macintosh Computer Specialist in the Department of German, August 1993 - August 1994
  • Provided instruction and help to graduate students, faculty and staff members wishing to learn about Macintosh computers.
  • Provided data and technical support to graduate students and to the acting chair of the German Department.
Graduate Assistant Instructor, January 1994 - May 1994
  • nstructed students beginning study of the German language at Bowling Green State University.
  • Instruction based on the Proficiency Oriented Teaching methods as developed by Alice Omaggio.
  • Emphasis of class instruction was placed on the basics of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and increasing cultural awareness of the German language.
  • Graduate Assistant to Foreign Language Lab, August 1993 - December 1993 and summer 1994
  • Served as assistant director to the language lab, helping and instructing 600 students per week.
  • Processed requests for eight different language departments as well as individual student requests.
  • Directed the auxiliary language lab classroom when needed.
  • AYA Program Assistant, August 1992 - July 1993
  • Tutored undergraduate American students in Geography and Eastern European Politics under the Department of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio

Assistant to the Chair of Foreign Languages, August 1988 - May 1992
  • Created a foreign language resource center for students studying German and for German students learning English.
  • Installed PRIME 9955 mainframe terminals and Macintosh computers into the resource center.
  • Assisted in media transfer of publications and recordings to computer data and cassette formats.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
  • CALICO – Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium. August 1998 – Present
  • IALLT – International Association of Language Learning Technologies. December 1997 –Present
  • MWALL – Midwest Association of Language Laboratories. December 1994 – 2003

AWARDS, HONORS, AND RECOGNITION
  • Young Alumni Achievement Award Recipient. Heidelberg College. October 2007.
  • Apple Computer, Inc. Profile in Success recipient. ILRC Facilities at Miami University featured on Apple’s Higher Education web site at http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/miami/. December 2002.
  • Who’s Who among Professionals in Higher Education. January 2001.
  • Faculty Recognition Award Recipient. Pepper Chapter of National Mortar Board Honor Society. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. November 1997.
  • Outstanding Professional Staff Association Award Recipient. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. August 1997.
  • Outstanding Advisor Award Nominee. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. June 1997.
  • World Wide Web Site mentioned in the CALICO Journal published by Duke University, September 1996.
  • Apple Computer Best Web Site Runner-Up competition award, 1996
  • Netopia Excellence Award for World Wide Web page development at The University of Toledo, 1996.
  • Magellan Three-Star Award for World Wide Web page development at The University of Toledo, 1996.
  • Academic Year Abroad to the University of Salzburg, Austria, 1992-1993.
  • Jane Frost Kalnow Memorial Scholarship in German Language and Literature, 1992.
  • National Order of Omega Fraternity Honorary, 1992.
  • Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1991-1992.
  • Junior Year Abroad to the University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1991.
  • Delta Phi Alpha German Honorary, 1990.
  • Academic Exchange Participant to Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, June 1987.