Professor of Education
Degrees
Master's in teaching foreign languages, Volgograd State
Pedagogical University, Russia
Doctor of Philosophy in the theory and practice of education,
Academy of Pedagogical Science, Moscow
Office: Hudson Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 845-569-3527
Email: ludmila.smirnova@msmc.edu
Website: Integrating
Technology for Active Lifelong Learning
Blog: Teaching For the
Future
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/milasunshine
Skype ID: milasunshine
Courses, Fall 2012
Ed 3120.02 Social Studies Methods for Childhood Education
Ed 5700 Teaching with Technology (online)
Bio
Professor Ludmila Smirnova has been at the Mount for the past 10
years. She has taught courses in Curricular Planning, Methods of
Teaching, Nature of schools and Society and Teaching with
Technology. She has become increasingly recognized for her
leadership in the application of emerging Internet technologies to
instruction.
Professor Smirnova leads numerous workshops on the application
of Smart Technologies and Web 2.0 tools in college and
primary/secondary classrooms nationally and abroad. Prior to this,
she was professor of education at Volgograd State Pedagogical
University (Russia), where she also served as Dean of the School of
Foreign Languages.
During her 25-year career in Russsia, Professor Smirnova was
known for her reintroduction of Montessori education in southern
Russia and the design of innovative themed “charter” schools. Her
prolific publications include books, chapters, papers and
conference presentations world-wide on the issues of innovative
pedagogy and teaching with technology.
She is a partner, co-designer and co-facilitator of the Moodle
for Teachers, Emergent technologies in teaching workshops at IT4ALL
Integrating Technology for Life-Long Learning. For more than 5
years, Professor Smirnova has been the counselor of the local
chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in
Education. The MSMC Sigma Tau chapter is nationally recognized; it
has won an Achieving Chapter Excellence award this year and will
receive the award in November at the 48th Biennial Convocation in
Indianapolis.
Professor Smirnova is a certified Smart Board Trainer. She
conducts training workshops at MSMC, nationally and
internationally. In June 2012, she ran two workshops for educators
in Denver:
- Teaching and Learning in a Live Virtual Classroom
- Creating Effective Teaching/Learning Environment with Moodle
2.0
Dr Ludmila Smirnova is a member of several professional
organizations:
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
(AACE)
- International Leadership Association,
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages,
- International Society of Technology Education,
- Edutopia, etc.