Carolyn Starkey

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Carolyn Starkey

Assistant Professor Library Education Media

Alabama State University

Office Telephone: 334-229-6832

cstarkey@alasu.edu

admin@jojo-starkey.com

Personal Website:

http: www.jojo-starkey.com

My name is Carolyn Starkey, and I am an Assistant Professor of Library Education Media at Alabama State University. I joined the faculty at ASU in August of 2006. The classes I teach are online and web-enhanced library media and technology courses. It is a great way to teach and a great way to earn a degree! Instructional design of distance education classes is my new love. I am a big fan of online learning!

I have a varied educational background with Earth and Space Science as my first love. I graduated with a B.S. in Geology from UAB. After five years in the petroleum industry, I returned to UAB and completed a M.A.Ed. in Secondary Education - Earth and Space Science. I have added on Master's level certifications in Gifted Education (UAB) and Library Media (Jacksonville) since that first Master's degree. On May 6th of 2006, I graduated from Alabama State University with my Ed.S. in Library Education Media and started my first Ph.D. class at the University of Alabama (on the same day!). Along the way I picked up a National Board Certification in Library Media. I am very excited to be a part of the Instructional Technology Ph.D. program at UA. As of May of 2008, I have only one class and my dissertation to go! Check out my personal website at http://www.jojo-starkey.com.

I also have a strong interest in K-12 technology integration. My Ed.S. thesis was entitled "Alabama Virtual Library: Attitudes Toward and Use of the State-Sponsored Digital Library by K-12 Educators in a Rural North Alabama School System." Although I plan to do my Ph.D. dissertation on some facet of online learning, I would like to continue to do some research in this area.

Some Favorite Links

American Library Association

http://www.ala.org/

American Association

of School Librarians

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm

AASL - Standards for the 21st Century Learner

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm

Alabama Library Association

http://allanet.org/

Alabama Instructional Media Association

http://www.alaima.org/