University/Teaching/Research

Professor 2012- present

Johnson University, Knoxville TN

¨       Teaching professor – most courses taught in the summer in China.

¨       Master of Educational Technology courses, students both in the US and in China

¨       Math 2100 – Quantitative Literacy for undergraduates – Taught in classroom.

Adjunct Lecturer, 2011- (quarter time)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

¨       Teach courses on a part time bases at the discretion of the department as needed

¨       Taught Introduction to Computer Science – large class of 100-150 students

¨       Developed the Introduction of Computer Science for asynchronous online delivery.   Online Fall 2012

¨       Taught beginning programming in C++

Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2011- present

Educational Psychology and Counseling,

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

¨       This position is held for occasionally teach a course and/or serving on dissertation committees.

¨       IT 573 – Instructional Multimedia  - Course examines projects digital multimedia editing. Taught synchronously online.

¨       IT 576 –Interactive Multimedia  - Course examines projects with Flash, and movie editing. Taught synchronously online.

 Governor’s School for the Science and Engineering 2005- Present (Summer)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

¨       Instructor  for “Writing Scientifically for the Web” course. Course instructs the learner how to develop a website, using good web design fundamentals, from scratch using a free open source software html editor.

¨       The website content is the argument that the learner develops for the “Logic of Science” course.

Graduate Research Assistant, 2011-2012

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

¨       Research for NSF grant with open source software forums with Dr. Vandana Singh

¨       Helped write grant proposal for NSF grants through Information Sciences 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2007- 2011

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

¨       WebIT Systems Administration-  Support for new online Master’s degree program in Instructional Technology.  Support for Moodle, Wimba, Linux server and other systems as necessary.

¨       IT 573 – Teaching assistant for Dr. Jay Pfaffman -  Instructional Multimedia  - Course examines projects digital multimedia editing.  Taught synchronously online.

¨       IT 576 – Teaching assistant for Dr. Ed Counts and Dr. Jay Pfaffman -  Interactive Multimedia  - Course examines projects with Flash, and movie editing.  Taught synchronously online. 

¨       IT 569 – Teaching assistant for Dr Jay Pfaffman – Education Systems Administration (Ubuntu). Taught synchronously online – delivered through game play.

Research Projects, 2008-2011 

¨       Open source software research

¨       Surveys of high schools students digital information capabilities

¨       Interviews of teachers and administration in using an Open Source Software to teach in elementary and middle schools

¨       Surveys of college students entering the workforce (dissertation)

¨       Citation analysis research – developed database for reference collection and analysis

Adjunct Instructor, 2006- 2007, Maryville College, Maryville, TN

Taught courses on Operating Systems theory and computer hardware.

Adjunct Instructor, 2005- 2006,  Emory and Henry College, Emory VA 

Taught courses on Operating Systems theory, database design, Java programming and computer hardware.

Lecturer, 2001 - 2004,  Computer Science Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 

Taught introductory computer course for computer science, course of over 250 students with 14 teaching assistants each semester. 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1989- 1992, Computer Science Department,

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 

Taught a variety of computer courses including COBOL, Fortran, Assembler, Pascal and as well an an introductory graduate course in computer science.  

Department Head and Instructor, 1983 - 1988,  Draughon’s Junior College, Knoxville, TN 

Taught introductory computer course for information systems.  Designed curriculum and chose books.

Business/Professional Experience

Business Performance Excellence Examiner,

2014 – Selected to the National Baldrige Award Program for the Board of Examiners.  

2009- Present, Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence

·         Volunteer examiners trained in the Baldrige criteria for business performance excellence

·         Provide feedback to organizations on strengths and opportunities for improvement.

·         Served as feedback report editor for 3 years. 

Consultant, 1995-2007, self employed  (part time)

¨       Job Cost System – University of TN

¨       Microsoft Access/AS 400 consultant – City of Oak Ridge

¨       System/Web Design support – PDC net, Oak Ridge

¨       Document Imaging – large bank corporation, Knoxville, TN

¨       Loan Application Evaluation System – lending company, Knoxville, TN

Manager of Information Systems, 1992-2002, Daugherty Manufacturing, Inc Knoxville, TN

·         Managed Network and Information systems both locally and internationally

·         Design and maintained work processing systems.

·         Performed training for systems locally and internationally

·         Responsible for all aspects of computer/information systems with rapid dynamics

·         Met and exceeded timelines and expectations

·         Managed budgets

Presentations and Papers

¨       Boyer, N., Holt, L., Beard, J., Larsen, J., Piskurich, J., Piskurich, G. (2013) Fostering Technology And Self-Direction: The Impact To Adults In Education, Business, And Everyday Life, International Journal of Self-Directed Learning  10(2)

¨       Holt, L., Smeltzer B., Brockett, R., Shih, C., & Kirk, J. (2013). Emerging Scholars in Self-Directed Learning: A Further Examination of IJSDL Citation Analysis Data. International Journal of Self-Directed Learning. 10(2).

¨       Singh, V., & Holt, L. (2013) Learning and Best Practices for Learning in Open Source Software Communities  Computers & Education, 63.

¨       Holt, L., Beard, J., & Lee, D. S. (2013). Use of Information Technology in Organizational Learning: Effective Practices of Award-winning Organizations. In V. Bryan & V. Wang (Eds.), Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development. Hersey, PA: IGI-Global.

¨       Singh, V., & Holt, L. (2013). Online Technical Support: How it Works and Why it Fails? Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS – 46), IEEE, January 2013.

¨       Holt, L., & Singh, V. (2012).  Self-Directed Learning and Open Source Software Forum Participants:  Characteristics and Relationships, International Journal of Self-Directed Learning

¨       Holt, L, & Brockett, R., (2012), Self direction and factors influencing technology use: Examining the relationships for the 21st century workplace, Computers in Human Behavior, 28(6), 2075-2082 doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.011.

¨       Kirk, J., Shih,C., Smeltzer, B., Holt , L., & Brockett, R. (2012) A Citation Analysis of the International Journal of Self-Directed Learning: 2004-2011,  International Journal of Self-Directed Learning

¨       Holt, L., & Ziegler, M. (2011). Promoting Team Learning in the Classroom. International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET), 2(3), 1-11.

¨       SITE, March 2011;  Creating Digital Stories with Scratch to Promote Computational Thinking

¨       International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, February 2011; SDL and Technology Panel

¨       International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, February 2011;  Symposium wiki development and design project co-lead with Jeff Beard

¨      Tennessee Education Technology Conference, December 2010;  Once Upon a Time: Digital Stories with Scratch¨      

         American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) October, 2010; Computational Thinking? Not just for Computer Scientists: Implications for problem solving in Adult Education 

¨       Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA) November, 2008;   Using Problem Solving Processes as a Technology to Promote Learning in Online and Facilitated Sessions for Adults:   An Example

Honors/Awards

¨       Teacher of the Quarter – Draughon’s Junior College

¨       Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science Honor Society – Past President, UTK)

¨       DuPont Graduate Teaching Award –  GTA for Master, Computer Science, UTK

¨       International Society of Self-Directed Learning, Conference scholarship, UTK

Technological Expertise

¨       Programming languages:  Experience with over 20 different programming languages including PHP, Java, Assemblers, RPG, COBOL, PERL as well as scripting languages such as Javascript.

¨       Multimedia Design. Articulate, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Fireworks, Photoshop, Captivate, Illustrator, Acrobat, Camtasia,  Pinnacle, Jing, iLife (’06 and ’08), Audacity, etc.

¨       Productivity Packages: Microsoft Office, Open Source Software (e.g. NeoOffice, Open Office)

¨       Operating Systems: Windows, Mac, Linux (Ubuntu and various others), Unix, OS 400 (AS/400 systems)  

¨       Course Management (LMS) and Collaboration:  Blackboard, Moodle, Wimba, Centra, Sakai, Angel

¨       Database Management:  MySQL, Microsoft Access, Oracle, FoxPro among others

¨       Internet/Web Publishing: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, HTML coding, CSS, Open Source products

¨       Miscellaneous: Digital media production, digital video camcorders, digital photography, etc.