Deborah Everhart (Blackboard Inc.)

Deborah Everhart

Biography
Presentations
Interests

Biography

Deborah Everhart is Chief Architect at Blackboard, where she provides leadership in product strategy and development. Her responsibilities include researching, analyzing, and designing features and functionality for Blackboard products.

She teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Georgetown University's Medieval Studies program. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Everhart has been using computers in the classroom since 1985. The Labyrinth, the medieval studies Website that she co-directs with Martin Irvine, was the first Web project at Georgetown University.

She served for six years as the Sr. Internet Development Coordinator in University Information Services at Georgetown University, where she acted as Internet2 Applications Representative, coordinated the University's Web development as Chair of the GUide Committee, and implemented and supported Blackboard.

Dr. Everhart has written numerous articles and presented papers and seminars on medieval literature, education technologies, and the future of online learning.

Presentations

Recent Presentations

Event	Session	Date
ELI 2011 Annual Meeting	Learner Self-Engagement in Web 2.0 Participatory Learning Environments (Research-Based)	02/15/2011
EDUCAUSE 2010 Face-to-Face Meeting	Research on Learner Self-Engagement in a Web 2.0 World: "We Used It How We Wanted To"	10/13/2010
EDUCAUSE 2007	From Information Literacy to Scholarly Identity: Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Social Bookmarking	10/25/2007
ELI 2007 Annual Meeting	Evaluating Exemplary E-Learning: A Rubric and Associated Best Practices	01/24/2007
EDUCAUSE 2006	Content Catastrophe: The Gap Between Textbooks and Global Real-Time Knowledge Acquisition	10/12/2006
ELI 2006 Annual Meeting	Designing an Interactive Syllabus That Helps Students Uncover the Content	01/30/2006
EDUCAUSE 2000	The Cultural Impact of Enterprise Course Management Systems	10/12/2000
Seminars on Academic Computing 2000	Managing "Portal Craze"	08/09/2000
NLII Annual Meeting 2000	Defining "Enterprise" Standards for Instructional Management Systems	01/20/2000
EDUCAUSE '99	CourseInfo Implementation, One Year Later	10/28/1999
EDUCAUSE '99	Seminar 4F - Using Web/Database Technology to Meet Pedagogical and Administrative Goals	10/26/1999
CAUSE98 Annual Conference	Seminar 1A - Using Web/Database Technology to Meet Pedagogical and Administrative Goals	12/08/1998
EDUCOM '98	Arts and Humanities Applications for Internet2	10/15/1998
EDUCOM '98	Seminar P1: Using Web/Database Technology to Meet Pedagogical and Administrative Goals	10/13/1998
CAUSE97 Annual Conference	Seminar 3A-Creating and Maintaining a Successful CWIS	12/05/1997

Interests

Membership Information

General Info

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Organization	Status
EDUCAUSE	Member

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