This post is part of a series inviting discussion, comments and reflection on the results of my dissertation.
We continue an examination of the coordinator demographics of those who took my survey. Who gets the responsibility of the videoconference coordinator and how much time do they have to support VC?
Job Title
Time to Support VC
Your Turn
- Which job title best matches yours?
- Do you think there is a job title that is a better match for the videoconference coordinator responsibilities?
- When you talk to principals, which person/position do you recommend as the videoconference coordinator?
- How much time does it take for you to support videoconferencing?
- Do you think it should be a full time job – at the school level? District level? Regional level? Or is it ok to have VC mixed in with other responsibilities such as instructional technology?
About Janine Lim
Janine Lim, PhD, currently serves as associate dean for online higher education in the School of Distance Education at Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, MI. She and her team support over 200 online courses, provide training for faculty teaching online, and work with the campus infrastructure support of online learning. Her department also provides educational technology and Moodle support for faculty and students. In addition, Janine is responsible for the faculty and courses of the Consortium of Adventist Colleges and Universities. Janine has taught over 15 unique graduate educational technology classes online numerous times over the past 15 years, with some classes attracting participants from all over the world. Her undergraduate teaching includes social media courses for communication and digital media majors. Janine has served on the board of the United States Distance Learning Association since April 2015.
Prior to her work at Andrews University, Janine coordinated distance education for 22 K12 school districts in southwest Michigan for 14 years. In that position, as one of the co-founders of TWICE, Michigan’s K12 Videoconferencing Organization, Janine has spearheaded popular international K12 videoconference projects such as Read Around the Planet and MysteryQuest. While still serving on the board of TWICE, she was instrumental in designing and implementing the CAPspace website for collaborative videoconference projects. Janine also served on a team of Michigan educational technology trainers providing a workshop called ATA Technology Academy.
Her current online learning research interests include successful teacher behaviors, quality online discussions, and student activity patterns in self-paced courses.
Videoconferencing Out on a Lim 
