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Biography of Steven W. Gilbert

Steven W. Gilbert came to the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) as Director, Technology Projects, in July, l993. At AAHE he is:

Running the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable Program -- helping individual colleges and universities plan and organize for the improvement of teaching and learning through more effective use of information technology and resources.

Encouraging the integration of information technology in all activities at AAHE, including the highly successful 1994 & 1995 National Conference on Higher Education.

Developing activities and projects to improve and extend academic programs through building better bridges between:

academic leaders, including faculty and others committed to improving teaching and learning; and
campus professionals and vendors with expertise in information technology and information resources.

Managing two projects that have moved from EDUCOM to AAHE:

Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information), which focuses on facilitating the use of information technology to help students and faculty with disabilities in higher education, and
Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners

Moderating an Internet Listserv "AAHESGIT," for the discussion of issues related to education and technology (currently 3,000+ subscribers and still growing rapidly).

Previously he was Vice President of EDUCOM, where he created and led the Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT) program and the EDUCOM Software Initiative (ESI) from 1985 through 1993. EUIT and ESI were volunteer programs involving some 3,000 campus and corporate officials, including some 800 voting participants. Gilbert also launched EDUCOM' s Corporate Associates Program (1983-1993) promoting the active corporate participation and support of over 100 companies. Earlier (1984-1986), Gilbert developed and directed the EDUCOM Computer Literacy Project, surveying and facilitating the efforts of colleges and universities to help non-specialists use computers.

Before EDUCOM, Gilbert was a management consultant in philanthropy, advising corporations and foundations in the area of education and technology. His career began as a teacher and school administrator, including teaching mathematics and science at every level from K-12 at Princeton Day School, and teacher training in Princeton University's Teacher Preparation Program.

Gilbert is frequently an invited speaker and published author on topics related to information technology and education. [See the special March/April, 1995 issue of Change Magazine.]

Gilbert's undergraduate degree in Mathematics was from Princeton University. He also earned an Ed. M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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