Introduction

Welcome to my blog!  My name is Maggie Burke and I'm an Assistant Professor at CCRI in the Computer Studies department.  I primarily teach computer programming, but I also teach computer literacy.  Prior to working at CCRI I taught as an adjunct at both UMass Dartmouth and UMass Lowell, both on-campus and online.  Prior to that I was a software engineer developing educational math software.

In addition to being a professor at CCRI, I am the Distance Learning Coordinator.  This is an enormously challenging and interesting job.  In this position I work with the entire college community, coordinating all departments in facilitating online courses. 

This summer so far I have just finished teaching/leading two online courses: an online programming course and a course for CCRI faculty in distance pedagogy.  I felt that I for the first time used online communications tools in a way that was authentic and successful -- in other words, in a way that was not overtly academic.

IRL :D I am a wife and mother.  My husband is a student working toward a PhD in Mathematics Education.  Prior to that he was also a software engineer developing educational mathematics software, the SimCalc MathWorlds software.  My daughters are both in high school. One daughter will be a senior next year at an agricultural high school.  The other attends a traditional regional high school.

In my limited spare time I like to run (I've run a couple of marathons), garden, and sew.  I'm looking forward to this course and working with you all!