"We are living in extraordinary times. Significant forces in global communication, workflow, and education are converging to realign power, wealth, and work"
- Folkestad & Banning, 2008
About James E. Folkestad
"The diffusion projects have shaped my career and guided my understanding and approach to the world. I continue to look for projects that challenge me as a leader of change" -
Folkestad, 2009
Full innovation / diffusion project timeline: The following timeline provides an overview of the projects that have brought me to my current understanding of the world and have shaped my expertise in diffusion of innovation, social media, and learning...
Ongoing -
since 2006 - co-chair & executive member - Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC) at Colorado State University
since 2007 - advisor - academic advisor for the Computing Education (CE) educator licensing program - joint degree with Department of Computer Science (CS).
2009 -
presentation - Stop searching - start connecting. College of Business Master Teacher Workshop - Master Teacher Initiative (MTI).
course development - developed course on learning networks, collective action, and online communities (EDUC530).
web development - diffusion project- developed the Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) wiki.
outreach - live blogging (Cover it live) with Arapahoe High School (AHS) Students.
course development - Leadership Development (EDUC709) - integrating the use of course wiki and Google documents.
learning / web development - Drupal development course.
2008 -
presentation - Web 2.0 and collective action... a conversation with Howard Rheingold. - at the Building Bridges for Educational Excellence Conference.
radio presentation - Technology and change. Imagine action: cultural creatives and sustainable choices. KRFC - 88.9 FM.
outreach - creativity and innovation expert panel - Poudre School District (PSD).
presentation - Web 2.0 Tools for Communication - Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education (CACTE).
presentation - Stop searching - start connecting: The art of building personal learning communities that deliver. Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation Conference.
web development - diffusion project - Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) wiki
presentation - Student 2.0: Changing behaviors and demands. Professional Development Institute (PDI).
2007 -
presentation - Changing a system: Network centric learning communities. K-12 Online Conference (video podcast).
presentation - Life in virtual worlds: Profiles of unique applications in Second Life. Host and back-channel discussion. Future Vision 2010 (FV2010) Conference.
web development / diffusion project - NING site for the Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC).
School of Education - moved my tenure home to the School of Education (SOE) at Colorado State University.
2006 -
presentation - Use of 3D computer aided design (CAD) on a U.S. residential home construction project. Colorado SolidWorks Users Group (COSUG).
presentation - Use of 3D computer aided design (CAD) on a U.S. residential home construction project. SolidWorks Users Group Technical Summit (SWUGN).
diffusion project - Construction management (CM) curriculum redesign project.
award - Outstanding industrial technology professor award, National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT).
2005 -
presentation - The state of CM training: is our profession at risk? Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Spring Conference.
grant - diffusion project - Trail Ridge Homes at Blue Lake (TRH). Funded grant to support the development and diffusion of 3D computer aided design (CAD) into a residential home project in Denver, CO.
2004 -
grant / diffusion project - Integration of rapid solidification process (RSP) tooling with rapid prototyping for die-casting applications. U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho operations - metal casting industry solicitation ($1.1 m). Commercialized product RSP Tooling LLC.
presentation - Using rapid prototypes (RP) to reduce the time-to-market cycle and to improve schedule efficiency within the construction industry. 10th International Conference on Industry, Engineering, & Management Systems (IEMS).
2003 -
presentation - construction education in a new era. 9th annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems (IEMS).
2002 -
presentation / diffusion project - Die casting and rapid solidification process (RSP) tooling: An applied research project. 2002 die casting congress & table-top exposition.
2000 -
presentation - Resolving the conflict between design and manufacturing: integrating rapid prototyping and rapid tooling (IRPRT). Managing Innovative Manufacturing (MIM) conference.
award - Outstanding conceptual manuscript of the Journal of Industrial Teacher Education (JITE).
1999 -
course development - Technology Change Management (MC610). Developed and taught a graduate level course on change management for the Industrial Technology and Construction Management (ITCM) program at Colorado State University. Course based on James Christiansen's (TAMU) course and the work of Everett Rogers - Diffusion of Innovation.
presentation - Art to part: From rapid prototyping to rapid production. 32nd Annual National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) conference.
1998 -
diffusion project - diffusion of 3D computer aided design (CAS) into the Industrial Technology Management (ITM) program at Colorado State University (CSU).
1997 -
dissertation / diffusion project - Dissertation: The feasibility of implementing a model for a Wide Area Network (WAN) management information system for a Texas Education Agency administered program of adult education.
1996 -
course - enrolled in James Christiansen's course on change at Texas A&M University (TAMU). Introduced to the work of Everett Rogers - Diffusion of Innovation.
