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Roy Beasley
Academic Systems Analyst, Digital Learning Lab, LLC
Location: Silver Spring, MD United States
Joined: Jun 8th, 2012

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New York Univ class of 1962

Undergrad Major: Physics

Harvard University class of

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I currently work with Digital Learning Lab, LLC as Academic Systems Analyst
I have 50 years of experience working in the Teaching / K-12 Education industry.

Academic Systems Analyst | Digital Learning Lab, LLC
From February 2014 to Current • 12 year(s)
Coordinates planning and development of online degree and certificate programs for non-traditional students.

Academic Systems Analyst | Howard University
From October 2009 to January 2014 • 5 year(s)
Coordinated Howard-Online programs and managed IT support for President's Advisory Commission for Academic Renewal.

Program Manager, Information Technology and Distance Learning | Howard University Continuing Education
From February 2002 to October 2009 • 7 year(s)
Managed IT infrastructure, developed courseware, and created comprehensive enrollment and course marketing systems.

Principal Investigator | Digital Learning Lab - Howard University Continuing Education
From April 1997 to January 2002 • 5 year(s)
Led DARPA-sponsored VideoFiles and Sonics projects developing multimedia courseware and audio data representations.

Instructor/Director | Howard University Continuing Education
From October 1994 to January 2002 • 8 year(s)
Organized Windows NT Study Group curriculum and taught MCSE certification courses.

Manager, Faculty Resource Center | Howard University
From March 1992 to June 1997 • 5 year(s)
Assisted faculty with technology resources, managed computer labs, and served as university webmaster.

Principal Investigator | Digital Learning Lab - Howard University Continuing Education
From July 1994 to March 1997 • 3 year(s)
Led DARPA-sponsored Internet Access Project demonstrating educational value of Internet at professional and secondary school levels.

Courseware Development Coordinator | Howard University
From October 1988 to June 1991 • 3 year(s)
Developed educational software packages and assisted faculty with courseware implementation.

Professor | Howard University
From September 1972 to September 1988 • 16 year(s)
Taught computer applications, research methods, and statistical analysis; developed innovative teaching methods for minority students.

Chairman | Department of City and Regional Planning, Howard University
From June 1974 to June 1979 • 5 year(s)
Coordinated curriculum development, faculty recruitment, and student enrollment for urban planning department.

Staff Engineer | M.I.T. Draper Labs
From April 1965 to March 1968 • 3 year(s)
Designed and tested flight maneuver programs for Apollo Guidance Computer on Lunar Excursion Module.

Systems Programmer | Service Bureau Corporation
From June 1963 to March 1965 • 2 year(s)
Maintained sections of IBSYS/IBJOB operating system for IBM 7090/7094 computers.

Graduate Assistant | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
From June 1962 to May 1963 • 1 year(s)
Graduate assistant while pursuing Ph.D. in pure mathematics.

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2014, A Good Year for HBCUs to Quietly Flip and MOOC

As the year 2013 wound to a close, the Academic Old Guard lulled itself into an inertial stupor, convinced that the previous two years' discussions of the pending MOOC "revolution" in higher education ...more
Posted by Roy Beasley on August 1st, 2014 • 115 Views

New Comprehensive Report on HBCU Online Degree Programs Released

During the late May/early June 2014 time frame, the DLL conducted a systematic survey of the Websites of the nation�s 106 officially designated HBCUs in order to identify their online degree programs. ...more
Posted by Roy Beasley on July 12th, 2014 • 2,841 Views