James "Jym" Brittain

Current

• Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Northeastern State University
• Director at Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference

Past

• Director of Distance Learning at Bristol Community College
• Instructional Design Specialist at Madonna University

Education

• Oklahoma State University
• Oakland University
• Clarkston High School

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

James "Jym" Brittain’s Summary

I seek to expand opportunities for participation in quality higher education through non-traditional delivery methods from a highly qualified faculty who are engaged in scholarly endeavors examining the effectiveness of new technologies and delivery modes.

James "Jym" Brittain’s Specialties:

Education, distance learning, educational technology, mobile learning, faculty development.

James "Jym" Brittain’s Experience

• Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning

  Northeastern State University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; E-Learning industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Direct Faculty Development, Service Learning initiatives and Distance Learning program

• Director

  Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference

  (E-Learning industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• Director of Distance Learning

  Bristol Community College

  (E-Learning industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

• Instructional Design Specialist

  Madonna University

  (E-Learning industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

James "Jym" Brittain’s Education

• Oklahoma State University

  Doctor of Education , College Teaching , 2007 — 2011 (expected)

  Earned B.S. Secondary Science Education in 1995
  Earned M.S. Curriculum and Instruction in 2000
  Returned for my Doctorate in Fall 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Golden Key Honour's Society, Kappa Delta Pi

• Oakland University

  1983 — 1987

• Clarkston High School

  1980 — 1983

Additional Information

James "Jym" Brittain’s Interests:

Personally, I am blessed to be the father to a healthy son born in 2004 who has a thirst for knowledge and understanding that I have never encountered before. Son, brother, friend, and father are roles that I happily wear. Speaking of happy, exploring new computing tools, my son, canoeing, politics, camping, hiking, home brewing, my son, hunting, Civilization 4, making pizza, bicycling, playing with my son, maintaining two websites, building a third website, my son and learning to play the bagpipes are among my hobbies. Not necessarily in that order. more info at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~brittaij

James "Jym" Brittain’s Groups:

Kiwanis, Professional and Organizational Developers Network in Higher Education, Tahlequah Freecycle, Kappa Delta Pi

•    Oklahoma State University Alumni Association
•    Oklahoma Distance Learning Association
•    Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)

James "Jym" Brittain’s Honors:

Teacher of the Year, Boley Public Schools, Boley, Oklahoma 1998
Teacher of the Year, Boynton-Moton Public Schools, Boynton, Oklahoma, 1997

James "Jym" Brittain’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• reference requests
• getting back in touch