HELIX, the Higher Education Leadership and Information eXchange, aspires to be a
networking and information sharing resource for higher education
research, policy, and practice. Our goal is to use social media and other tools to foster conversation and the generation of ideas as well as action related to innovation and leadership in higher education. HELIX was conceived by Jim Woodell, and developed by Jim and his colleague Greg Lamontagne. Want to help out? HELIX is something that Jim and Greg are doing in their spare time, so growth will be slow. Take a look at our Twitter stream and the HELIX Innovations Collection. If you like what we're trying to do and would like to get involved in growing this professional exchange, please let us know you'd like to join our effort.  has been working in the field of Higher Education for over 20 years, where he has held the position of Dean at several two and four-year colleges in Massachusetts. Greg received his Ph.D. from the nationally top-ranked linguistics program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a graduate of McGill University and John Abbott College. He has been a faculty member in the Linguistics Department at the University of Toronto, Rutgers University, University of British Columbia, and UMASS/Amherst.
Greg has published several articles focusing on theoretical linguistics and has presented to audiences at conferences such as the annual meetings of the Linguistic Society of America, the Berkeley Linguistics Society, the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Workforce Development Institute. He has been an invited speaker at Yale University, the University of Maryland, the University of California at San Diego, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Brazilian universities, the Universidade de Brasilia and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.  Jim also currently serves as coordinator of TRE Networks, a national initiative to bring together stakeholders in higher education, business, government, and non-profits. TRE Networks encourages collaboration among these and other stakeholders on effective policy and practice for regional economic development. Prior to beginning doctoral study, Jim worked in distance education, instructional media, and e-learning for nearly 20 years. His experience ranges from the design and production of video for training, to coordinating the distribution of satellite-based videoconferences, to the development of online courses for teachers. Jim was a college teacher and administrator for ten years, having held a founding faculty member position and program directorship with the Marlboro College Graduate Center's Master of Arts in Teaching program; having managed a large-scale distance learning program for Southern New Hampshire University; and having served as Dean of Academic Technology and Distance Learning at North Shore Community College. Jim holds a B.S. in Public Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communication at Syracuse Unviersity, and earned a M.Ed. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Learn more about Jim at jimwoodell.com. |
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