Travis Dolence receives MERLOT award
Congratulations to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and also to Travis Dolence, MSUM’s Distance Learning Librarian, for being recognized by MERLOT (the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) with a “MERLOT Outstanding Partner Award” for significant contributions and support to academic technologies and educational leadership. This award is reserved for partner institutions with a five-year history as a MERLOT Higher Education Partner or Affiliate. Dolence is on the Editorial Board for MERLOT’s Library and Information Services division. He’ll be attending the Sloan Consortium/MERLOT/MoodleMoot symposium, “Emerging Technologies for Online Learning,” July 20-23, 2010, in San Jose, Calif. MnSCU will be recognized during a special ceremony at the conference for its work with MERLOT.