BRYAN OLLENDYKE

Instruction Systems Developer

Bryan Ollendyke is the e-Learning Institute’s Instructional Systems Developer. He is responsible for the technology solutions that support engaging online courses in the College of Arts and Architecture. He is the lead developer on a platform developed by the Institute called ELMS Learning Network (ELMSLN). ELMSLN is a collaboratively produced platform for producing and sustaining innovation in educational technology. ELMS has previously won two Innovator of the Year awards from Campus Technology (2010, 2011).

ELMSLN is utilized by several colleges at Penn State and beyond. It is built on top of the Drupal Content Management System (CMS) and has made significant contributions to the larger Drupal community. Code developed as a result of ELMS has been downloaded over 940,000 times and has over 16,000 reported installations. Automation technology developed for the project has helped improve build quality and optimized developer workflows on over 32,000 environments alone.

Bryan has been working on projects under the ELMS / ELMSLN name for e-Learning since he started in 2007. Bryan is a founding member of the local Drupal @ Penn State community and a leading voice in using Drupal for Education Technology in the larger Drupal community. He often speaks on topics of Open Education, the future of information technology, and Drupal best practices. Bryan has presented at Campus Technology, SLOAN, Dozens of Drupalcamps, Designs on e-Learning, and Open Ed.

Degrees

B.S. College of Information Sciences & Technology (2006)
M.S. College of Information Sciences & Technology (2015)

Awards / Distinctions

2018 - ELMS:LN granted full project status by the Apereo Foundation
2011 – Campus Technology Innovator Award – ELMS: Media system
2010 – Campus Technology Innovator Award – ELMS: Open Studio system

Presentations, News, Interviews

I speak regularly at Drupal and education centric events nationally. Topics include everything from hard skills like performance optimization and building out complex Drupal sites to philosophy discussions around Free Open Source Software and its impacts on society.

Bold denotes major industry event / role

Presentations by year, newest to oldest
Year	Event	Location	Role
2018	Educause	Denver, CO	Speaker / Panelist
2018	NGDLE Is Really Just "Enigma" Misspelled	Educause Article	Author
2018	HAX to revolutionize online course authoring in education technology	Penn State News	Interview / Article
2018	Online Course Ceation for Dummies	Inside Higher Ed	Interview / Article
2018	Open Ed	Niagra Falls, NY	Speaker
2018	Bryan Alexander Future Trends Forum Interview	Online Show Broadcast	Interview
2018	FLOSS Weekly 495 Interview	Online Show Broadcast	Interview
2018	Open Apereo	Montreal, Quebec	Trainer, Speaker (3)
2018	DC Drupal Webinar	Washington DC / Online	Invited Speaker
2018	Drupal4Gov Webinar	Washington DC / Online	Invited Speaker
2018	Decoupled Dev Days	John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC	Speaker
2018	DrupalCon Nashville	Nashville, TN	Speaker
2018	Drupal GovCon	National Institute of Health	Speaker
2018	IMS Learning Impact & Leadership Institute	Baltimore, MD	Presenter, Competition invite
2018	Utah University IT Webinar	Salt Lake City, UT / Online	Invited speaker
2018	BYU API Unconf	Provo, UT	Invited speaker
2018	Drupal Camp NJ	Princeton, NJ	Speaker
2017	Educause NGDLE Summit	Washington DC	Invited workshop attendee
2017	BYU API Unconf	Provo, UT	Invited speaker
2017	Open Apereo	Philadelphia, PA	Keynote panel Presenter (3)
2017	DrupalCon Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	Presenter
2017	Duke Learning Tech	Durham, NC	Invited speaker Presenter (3)
2017	Educause ELI	Houston, TX	Presenter (2)
2017	Drupal GovCon	National Institute of Health	Trainer
2017	TLT Symposium	University Park, PA	Presenter
2017	LD Summer Camp	University Park, PA	Presenter
2017	UBC Webinar	British Colombia, Canada / Online	Presenter
2017	Drupal Camp PA	University of Pittsburgh	Organizer Presenter
2017	Srijan Webinar	India / Online	Presenter
2017	NSF STEM workshop	Altoona, PA	Presenter
2016	Computers & Writing	St. John Fisher College	Presenter
2016	Open Apereo	NYU	Presenter (2)
2016	Drupal Gov-Day	US Patent Office	Presenter
2016	DrupalCamp PA	University of Pittsburgh	Organizer Presenter
2015	DrupalCamp Ohio	Ohio State University	Presenter (2)
2015	DrupalCamp Atlanta	Kennesaw State University	Presenter
2015	BMore Drupal	University Baltimore	Presenter
2015	DrupalCamp PA	University of Pittsburgh	Organizer, Presenter (2)
2015	GovCon	National Institute of Health	Presenter
2015	NICECamp	United Nations	Presenter
2015	Tech Pros	Penn State York	Presenter
2015	DrupalCamp NJ	Princeton	Presenter
2014	Campus Technology	Boston, MA	Presenter
2014	DrupalCamp Ohio	Ohio State University	Presenter (2)
2014	DrupalCamp PA	University of Pittsburgh	Organizer, Presenter (3)
2014	DrupalCamp WI	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Keynote, Presenter
2014	DrupalCon Austin	Austin, TX	Presenter
2014	Open Ed	Washington D.C.	Presenter
2014	Web Conf	Pennsylvania State University	Presenter
2014	DrupalDelphia	Philadelphia Convention Center	Keynote, Presenter
2013	DrupalCamp Ohio	Ohio State University	Presenter (2)
2013	DrupalCamp PSU	Pennsylvania State University	Organizer Presenter (2)
2013	DrupalCamp NJ	Princeton	Presenter
2012	DrupalCamp PSU	Pennsylvania State University	Organizer, Presenter
2012	DrupalCamp WI	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Keynote, Presenter
2011	Campus Technology	Boston, MA	Award winner, Presenter
2011	DrupalCamp PSU	Pennsylvania State University	Organizer, Keynote, Presenter
2010	TLT Symposium	Pennsylvania State University	Presenter
2010	Campus Technology	Boston, MA	Award winner, Presenter
2009	DrupalCamp Montreal	McGill University, CA	Presenter (2)
2009	DrupalCamp WI	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Presenter (2)
2009	SloanC	Orlando, FL	Presenter
2008	Designs on E-Learning	Pennsylvania State University	Presenter
2008	International Conference on Arts & Humanities	Honolulu, HI	Presenter