Francine's Personal Stuff
My husband and I live in La Selva Beach and have three adult sons, and a very old dog. We've been involved with the Aptos community, particularly in sports, for over 34 years. In our spare time we golf, attend Cal Berkeley football and Cal Poly rugby games.

Employment History

1997–2005, 2006 – present
Director, Teaching & Learning Center, Cabrillo College
Distance Education, Technology Training and Support, Staff Development
Digital Media Instructor

March 2005–December 2005
Director of Enrollment Services
Coordination of the Enrollment Services Center project.
www.cabrillo.edu/internal/onestop

1993–1997
Clinical Coordinator and Instructor, Dental Hygiene, Cabrillo College

1978–1997
Practicing dental hygienist in Santa Cruz County.

Education
MA in Education, Instructional Technology
San Jose State University, California, 1996
Outstanding Master's Project, web-based tutorial

BA in Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 1993
Senior project with Dr. Sol Silverman, UCSF, Department of Oral Pathology

AS in Dental Hygiene
Cabrillo College, Aptos, California, 1978

Synergistic Activities
Current @ONE Advisory Committee member; provides technology support to faculty and staff through the California Community College system

2006-present, California Educational Technology Collaborative Ambassador; a State Chancellor's Office program to increase awareness of the many systemwide technology resources that the Collaborative offers.

Attended the Asilomar Leadership Skills Seminar, March 2007 sponsored by the Community College League of California

iTunesU partnership with Apple Computer to develop podcasting of instructional resources.

Participant in Spring 2004 Sloan-C Online Research Workshop

From 1996–present, worked with over 180 faculty on the design and development of technology-mediated instruction, including 17 online courses; participated in the design and testing of the College’s web information architecture and specific database driven applications; developed multiple workshops on using software to develop online courses and multimedia presentations for the classroom.

Design and development of the online course, Design and Delivery of an Online Course, 2001, in collaboration with Valerie Landau, Associate Professor, California State University, Monterey Bay. Project commissioned as a community college faculty training tool by the Bay Area Region of the California Virtual Campus Project for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

Participant in CVC1 Streaming Media Pilot Project, 2001, a demonstration project using streaming media technology to teach the pedagogical and technological skills required for media development.

Distance Education, Flexible Options for Earning College Credit, video produced by Community Television of Santa Cruz County, Dr. Bette Hirsch and Francine Van Meter, Cabrillo College, 1999

Presenter, California Virtual Campus Project 2000 and 2001 Annual Conference with Martha Mills, CVC Regional Director, and Scott Hildreth, Instructor

Presenter at 2001 Alliance for Distance Education Annual Conference with Valerie Landau, CSUMB

Presenter at 1998 and 2000 TechEd and 2001 California Community College Trainer’s Network Roundtable

Trainer for the 1999 and 2000 @ONE Summer Technology Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay, sponsored by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges

Presenter, The Fun, Fear, and Foibles of Distance Education, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Mega Conference, 1999, Monterey

Project consultant and trainer for the 1998 Bay Area Vocational Educators’ Technology Institute.
Collaborators & Other Affiliations