Professional and Personal Information

Mike Kolitsky, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor in Biology
Home Phone - (609) 399-2431
home email - mkolitsky@snip.net

Education

Positions Held

  • Dean, Academic Computing & Distance Education, Atlantic Cape Community College, 2001 - 2003 (retired in July, 2003)
  • Director, Instructional Technology, Rowan University, 1998 - 2001
  • Associate Vice President for Instructional Technology, University of Texas at El Paso, 1993 - 1998
  • Professor (tenured), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 1993 - 1998
  • Professor/Associate Professor, Chairman (tenured), Department of Biological Sciences, California Lutheran University, 1980-1993
  • Assistant Professor, California Lutheran University, Department of Biological Sciences, 1976-1979
  • Research Instructor, Hematology-Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1974-1976
  • Research Associate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1972-1974
  • Instructor/Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Chatham College, 1970-1972

Selected Publications/Presentations

  • "Freshman Advisement Program", Pamela J. Jolicoeur and Michael A. Kolitsky, "ACT/NACADA National Recognition Program for Academic Advising, the Award Winners", page 79, 1984.
  • "Microcomputer Applications in Biology: Using Your Apple ll Plus or lle as a Laboratory Instrument", M.A. Kolitsky, Proceedings of Western Educational Computing Conference, pages 193-197, 1984.
  • "The Electronic Blackboard: A New Way of Teaching Biology", M.A. Kolitsky, Proceedings of the Western Education Computing Conference, 1985.
  • "Reshaping Liberal Learning Using the Tools of Telematics", M.A Kolitsky, published and disseminated by Christian Faith and Liberal Arts Study Group, Division of College and University Services of American Lutheran Church, 1986 (Award Winner).
  • "Substitution of a Videodisc for Microscope Slides in a Vertebrate Embryology Laboratory Course," Michael A. Kolitsky, Proceeding of the Nebraska Videodisc Symposium, September, 1988.
  • "A Qualitative Evaluation of a Project to Train University Faculty in Hypermedia Technology," Mildred Murray-Ward and Michael A. Kolitsky, American Evaluation Association Proceedings, 1990.
  • "Constructing a Science Center in the Age of Hypermedia," Computers in Life Science Education, pages 9-13, 1991.
  • "Egg/Sperm Interaction," Quicktime: The CD, Winners of the 1992 Film Festival, Sumeria, Inc., 1992.
  • "Integration of Hypermedia Across the Curriculum," Michael A. Kolitsky, New Technologies and New Directions, Proceedings from the Symposium on Scholarly Communication, Meckler Publishing, 77-89, 1993.
  • "Archival Image Digital Database Production and Distribution", Florence Schwein, Scott Cutler and Michael A. Kolitsky, International Congress of Museums, Poster Session, Smithsonian Institute Museum, 1994.
  • "Faculty-Student Partnerships in Multimedia Courseware Production", Robert Webking, Cesar Torres and Michael A. Kolitsky, EDUCOM Proceedings, 1995.
  • "To Simulate or Not To Simulate, That Is The Question", Michael A. Kolitsky, American Association of Higher Education, Tutorial Session, April, 1997 .
  • "Using WebCT To Promote Asynchronous Learning Strategies", Georgette Sahm and Michael A. Kolitsky, Neat Networks Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, 1998.
  • "Creating Poetry For Cyberspace: A 3-D Haiku Experience, Michael A. Kolitsky, WebNet99 Conference, 1999.
  • "3-D Haiku: Introducing Students to a New Poetic Genre", Sanford Tweedie, Ph.D. and Michael Kolitsky, Ph.D., TechEd2000 Conference, March, 2000.
  • "eHistology: An Online Histology Course", Stephen Aley, Ph.D. and Michael Kolitsky, Ph.D., Information Technology - Distance Learning Conference, University of Texas Medical Branch, May, 2000.
  • 35. " Multimedia Enrichment of Online Asynchronous Learning Pedagogies", David Chezem, Karlton Hughes, Georgette Sahm, M.S. and Michael Kolitsky, Ph.D., International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology in Higher Education held at Samos Island, Greece in August, 2000.
  • "3D-Haiku: The Art of Constructing Poetry in Virtual Space", Michael Kolitsky, Ph.D., School of Visual Arts Fourteenth Annual Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists held in New York City, October 18 - 20, 2000.
  • "3D Haiku: The Visual Art of Writing Poetry in Virtual Space", Michael Kolitsky, Ph.D., Virginia Society for Technology in Education Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, March 18 - 20, 2001.

Grant History

  • National Science Foundation, College Science Instrumentation, Program, 1985, $28,000, Computer-Mediated Instrumentation in the Physiology Laboratory.
  • Weingardt Foundation, 1987, $150,000, Biotechnology Instrumentation
  • Jones Foundation, 1988, $110,00, Multimedia Simulation Laboratory.
  • Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education, 1989, $80,000, Faculty Training Grant in Hypermedia Courseware Development.
  • Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education, 1990, $20,000, Faculty Training Grant in Campus Networking.
  • Jones, Weingardt and Knight Foundations, 1992, $400,000, Configuration of a Multimedia Campus Network (member of grant writing team).
  • NASA Award, 1995, $2.75 million for five years to establish a Network Resource and Training Site at the University of Texas at El Paso.
  • IBM Shared University Resources Grant, 1996, $340,000, equipment to explore use of streaming video across campus Intranet.
  • NASA Partnership Award, 1997, $400,000 for two years to configure dial- up multipoint videoconferencing network and also to develop web delivered courses supporting production of web tools and resources.

Past Awards

  • Received Second Runner-up Award at First Quicktime Conference and Film Festival for my digital video micromovie "Egg/Sperm Interaction," San Francisco, May 29, 1992.
  • Received a Distinguished Natural Sciences Curriculum Innovation Award for my Embryology videodisc and HyperEmbryo courseware from EDUCOM, October 1992.
  • Recipient of the University of Texas Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Texas at El Paso, May 1994
  • Apple Distinguished Educator, 2000 - 2001

Courses Taught Recently

  • Human Biology (1997)
  • Histology (1996, 1998)
  • Computer Modeling in Biology (Freshman Honors Course - 1995)
  • eHistology (spring, 2000, summer, 2002 & 2004) - online course
  • New Jersey Virtual University Effective Online Teaching Course - summer, 2000
  • Human Biology (Fall, 2000) - hybrid course, half face-to-face, half online
  • The Human Body (Fall and Spring semesters, 2003 - 2004) - online course

Personal Information and Interests

  • Married to Carol Kolitsky since 1964.
  • Have two daughters and two granddaughters (all red heads like Mom).
  • Enjoy the Steelers when they win or at least try to win :-)
  • Have written poetry since my Junior year in college.
  • Now am making stained glass windows for our home.
  • Enjoy traveling and driving.
For more information please send email to: mkolitsky@snip.net