Faculty Profiles

Journal articles
Knutel, Phillip, Wiggins, William. "Managing the Familiar When Embarking on the Unfamiliar: A Strategy for E-Learning Success at Bentley College," MBAR Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 33-38, 2003.

Knutel, Phillip. "A Three Level Approach to Strategically Managing Cirricular Technology Integration at Bentley College," Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 8, 161-168, 2002.

Knutel, Phillip, Chabotar, K.J. "Reengineering: A View from the Frontlines," Planning for Higher Education, no. 25, 11-17, 1997.

Conference papers
Knutel, Phillip. "Saving Time, Money and Face: Teaching Online Students Concurrently with In-Class Students at Bentley College," in EDUCAUSE National Conference, October 2002.

Knutel, Phillip. "Adoption of an Innovation: A Study of the Process Through Which Faculty Decide Whether to Use Extant Computer Technologies for Instruction," in Assocation for the Study of Higher Education National Conference, November 1998.

Knutel, Phillip. "Adoption of an Innovation: A Study of the Process Through Which Faculty Decide Whether to Use Technology for Teaching," in EDUCOM/EDUCAUSE National Conference, October 1998.

Professional presentations
Knutel, Phillip G. "Fostering Collaboration: Student Projects, Work Teams, and Curricular Support," to the North East Regional Computing Conference - Student Collaboration, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, June 2009.

Knutel, Phillip G. "Collaboration at Bentley University: Saba-Centra, Blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs," to the 2008 Saba Global Summit, Washington, DC, October 2008.

Knutel, Phillip. "Enhancing Collaboration Inside and Outside the Classroom: Saba-Centra, Blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs," to the North East Regional Computing Computing Conference - Collaboration: Empowering Active Learning, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, May 2008.

Knutel, Phillip. "Technologies that Enable Real-Time Collaboration," to the Boston Educational Technologies Special Interest Group Meeting, Boston College, Boston, MA, June 2008.

Knutel, Phillip. "Breaking Down Smokestacks: Building a Research Database to Encourage Collaboration Across Disciplines," to the Boston Knowledge Management Forum, Waltham, MA, October 2006.

Knutel, Phillip. "Education and Technology: Partnering Up for the Future," to the Saba-Centra Summit 2006, Boston, MA, September 2006.

Knutel, Phillip. "Enabling Faculty Control of the Wired and Wireless Classroom Network," to the Enterasys Higher Education Conference on Wireless and Classroom Technologies (Co-sponsored by Dell), Andover, MA, November 2006.

Knutel, Phillip. "Welcome and Overview of the New Bentley Library," to the 3rd Annual IT Conference on Social Networking: Plugging New England Libraries into Web 2.0, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, October 2006.

Knutel, Phillip. "The 20th Anniversary of Bentley's Undergraduate Laptop Requirement: Lessons Learned," to the EFMD Undergraduate Management Education Conference: Creating an Open Learning Environment, ESIC Business School, Madrid, Spain, September 2005.

Knutel, Phillip. "Academic Integrity in the Digital Age: Issues and Responses at Bentley College," to the Association of Student Affairs' 8th Annual Conference:Communication & Conflict in the New Millennium, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, October 2003.

Knutel, Phillip. "Industry Directions CIO Panel (Plenary Session)," to the Centra Summit 2003: 4th Annual Worldwide User Conference, Boston, MA, May 2003.

Lowe, Philip, Knutel, Phillip. "The Tablet PC as a Replacement for Laptops and Desktops in Higher Education: Research Findings," to the American Association of Colleges and Universities Learning and Technology Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, October 2003.

Knutel, Phillip. "A New Model for E-Learning: Teaching "Hybrid" Online Courses at Bentley College," to the Webinar Sponsored by Centra Inc. - 500 Online Participants, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, March 2002.

Knutel, Phil. "Academic Technology at Bentley College," to the The National Undergraduate Business Symposium Annual Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, April 2002.

Knutel, Phillip. "Bentley's Approach to Developing High-Tech Teaching and Learning Facilities," to the North East Regional Computing Association (NERCOMP) Conference, Olin College, Needham, MA, November 2002.

Knutel, Phillip. "The Academic Technology Center and Bentley's High-Tech Facilities," to the Here and Now: Maximizing Information Technology in Higher Education Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, April 2003.

Knutel, Phillip. "A Three Level Approach to Strategically Managing Curricular Technology Integration at Bentley College," to the Association for Information Systems Americas Conference, Boston, MA, August 2001.

Knutel, Phillip, Yang, Catherine. "Developing a Long-Term Strategy for the Adoption of Ubiquitous Computing," to the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Baltimore, MD, December 2001.

Knutel, Phillip. "Faculty Adoption of Blackboard Courseinfo at Bentley College," to the Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Technology Workshop, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, January 2001.

Knutel, Phillip. "Leveraging Your Investments: Using Hybrid Online Learning Courses as Bentley College," to the Online Learning Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA, October 2001.

Knutel, Phillip, Wiggins, William. "Offering Specialized Master's Degree Programs Online," to the AACSB International 2001 Graduate Programs Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2001.

Knutel, Phillip, Yang, Catherine. "Sixteen Years After Instituting a Laptop Requirement: Where Are We Now?," to the IBM Think Tank Conference, Wake Forest University, NC, January 2001.

Knutel, Phillip, Yang, Catherine. "Sixteen Years after Instituting a Laptop Requirement: Where Are We Now?," to the EDUCAUSE National Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2001.

Knutel, Phillip. "Technology Integration Issues at Bentley college," to the National Undergraduate Business Symposium Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 2001.

Knutel, Phillip. "From Research to Practice: Ubiquitous Faculty Technology Adoption," to the Third Annual EDUCAUSE Ubiquitous Computing Confernce, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, January 2000.

Knutel, Phillip. "Our Students Have Laptops and We Built the Facilities: Now What?," to the Coming of Age: IT in Academe Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, November 2003.

Knutel, Phillip. "Integrating Technology into the Cirriculum," to the Education Alliance Conference, Waltham, MA, November 1999.

Knutel, Phillip. "Training on the Web: Demonstration of Live Interactive Courseware," to the Information Integration Conference for Public Health, East Lansing, MI, January 1999.

Knutel, Phillip. "Enhancing Collaboration When Using Technology," to the Consortium for Community college Development Annual Faculty Development Institute, Ann Arbor, MN, November 1998.

Knutel, Phillip. "Representing the University of Michigan," to the Study of Higher Education National Conference Graduate Student Policy Seminar, Albuquerque, NM, November 1997.

Honors and Awards:
2009, Selected as reviewer for National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers grant program.

2008, Selected as reviewer for National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings $130M grant program.

2006, Microsoft Conference XP Development Grant ($10,000); utilized Internet 2 at Bentley

2003, Bentley Publishing Award

2003, Member of three year, funded ($240K) Invision Project, investigating information sharing across the cyber chain

2001, EDUCAUSE Excellence in Campus Networking Award. Oversaw efforts to integrate technology into the curriculum and design/build multi-million dollar high-tech teaching and learning facilities.

2000, Project Director of the Bentley Technology and Adoption Initiative. Project received grants totaling $275K.

1996, Ph.D. Comprehensive Qualifying Examination chosen to serve as model and placed in permanent University of Michigan library collection.

Other Activities:
Member, Bentley Sustainability Committee and IT Subcommittee, 2008-present

Member, Bentley Research Committee, 2007-present.

Chair, Bentley Library Advisory Committee, 2004-present

Co-Chair, Task Force for Report on Existing Academic Programming Offered Through Distance Education (New England Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Report)

Interviewed and quoted on technology issues in local and national press, including Associated Press, Boston Business Journal, Boston Globe, Campus Technology, CBS MarketWatch, Chronicle of Higher Education, C/NET Radio, Enterprise Applications, Los Angeles Times, Mass High Tech, Network World, Sound & Communications, University Business, and USA Today

Designated Institutional Copyright Agent, Bentley College, 1999-present

Member, EDUCAUSE, 1998-present

Member of Planning Committee and Proposal Review Board, American Association of Colleges and Universities' Learning and Technology Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2003

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