Ellen Spaldo, assistant professor of English and director of writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus, has received the first NJEDge.net Recognition Award.
The award was presented at the Fifth Annual Technology in Education Conference in Plainsboro. The award notes that Spaldo designed and implemented faculty and staff development programs in the field of distance learning, trained hundreds of college, university, and high school instructors and administrators throughout New Jersey and in other states.
Ellen Spaldo works closely with NJEDge.net. She is a member of the EDge.Networks, the activity groups sponsored by the consortium, and provides leadership in the discussion of pedagogy and teaching with technology. Spaldo brings both energy and scholarly expertise in building community among faculty within New Jersey’s Higher Education community.
She served with distinction as Chair of the NJEDge.net Distance Learning Academic Advisory Board and the Collaborative Faculty Development Initiative. Spaldo’s efforts enhanced collaboration and valued interaction among faculty developing distance education programs at New Jersey’s colleges and universities. Her exemplary service has helped shape the landscape of distance education in the state.
NJEDge.net recognized and commended Ellen Spaldo for her unique contribution to the NJEDge.net mission. The board also thanked her for her unique leadership in helping to build, sustain and contribute to the effectiveness and vitality of NJEDge.net, the higher education network of New Jersey.













