Dr. David Sachs
Pace University
School of Computer Science and
Information Systems
1 Martine Avenue
White Plains, New York
10606
Phone: (914) 763-8820
Fax: (914) 763-9324
E-mail: dsachs@pace.edu
Dr. Sachs is Associate Dean and Professor of Technology Systems in
Pace University's School of Computer Science and Information Systems. As
Associate Dean, he has been actively involved in the development and
implementation of computer science and telecommunications courses for the
corporate community since 1984. As supervisor of the Pace Computer Learning
Center, Dr. Sachs is responsible for the many hundreds of days of personal
computer, computer science, and telecommunications education that are provided
each year to corporations throughout the United States and around the world such
as AT&T, IBM, MCI, PepsiCo, The Reader's Digest, and others. Dr. Sachs has
worked closely with teachers, administrators and others to think about the most
effective ways to introduce technology into public and private schools.
Most recently, he has been actively involved in the development of
courses to be taught asynchronously over the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Dr. Sachs is Co-Director of the NACTEL Program (http://csis.pace.edu/nactel) - a program
that provides an AS in Telecommunications Degree and a BS in Telecommunications Degree
to many hundreds of individuals
from Verizon, Qwest, SBC and Citizens, many of whom are members of CWA and IBEW.
In addition, Dr. Sachs has been the Principle Investigator for a FIPSE Learning
Anytime Anywhere Partnership Grant (1999 - 2002) as well as for a grant from the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2002).
PAPERS AND CONFERENCES
Dr. Sachs frequently presents papers or workshops about the Internet and the
World Wide Web. Seminar topics include: Search Engines For Your Intranet; The 7
Keys To Effective Web Sites; Distance Learning; Outcomes Assessment as an
Integral Part of Program Improvement
and Web Demographics. He has
presented at the following conferences during the past few years:
- Tel e-Learning 2004 - Embedded Assessment: Better Information in a More Timely Fashion - February 2004 - San Diego
- ASTD Southern Connecticut Chapter - Pioneering Industry Wide Partnerships - December 2003 - Stamford
- NYS Education Department Board of Regents Distance Learning Session - September 2003 - Albany
- Educause Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - January 2003 - Baltimore
- ABET National Conference on Outcomes Assessment - October 2002 - Pittsburgh
- House Information Technology Forum - October 2002 - Washington, DC
- Internet World 2002 - April 2002 - Los Angeles
- FIPSE 2001 - November 2001 - San Diego
- Internet World - July 2001 - Chicago
- FIPSE 2000 - November 2000 - San Diego
- ISECON 2000 - November 2000 - Philadelphia
- ALN 2000 - November 2000 - Adelphi, Maryland
- Internet World 2000 - October 2000 -New York City
- Distance Learning 2000 - August 2000 - Madison
- Chicago Internet World 2000 - July 2000
- NUTN 18th Annual Conference - June 2000 - Toronto
- Sloan Seminars on Distance Learning - New York City
- CAEL '99 Conference - Seattle
- Fall Internet World '99 - New York City
- Syllabus '99 - Los Angeles
- United States Information Agency - Spring '99 - Distance Learning Seminar
- Spring Internet World '99 - Los Angeles
GRANTS
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - December 2002 - $350,000 to provide Coop Students to work for businesses and non-profits impacted by the World Trade Center attacks.
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - December 2001 - $850,000 to focus on
providing Coop Students to work for businesses and non-profits impacted by the
World Trade Center attacks and to develop at least 50 online courses for Pace
University by September 2002.
- FIPSE/LAAP Grant - August 1999 - August 2002 - $1,000,000 to focus on
enhanced student support services, online testing, and mentoring with the
NACTEL Project
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - August 1998 - $500,000 to develop the NACTEL
project (an AS in Telecommunications Degree; taught 100% online - see http://csis.pace.edu/nactel
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - June 1997 - $227,000 to develop the Graduate
Certificate in Telecommunications to be taught 100% online
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - June 1995 - $29,000 to develop two courses to
be taught online
BOOKS
Dr. Sachs has co-authored the following books:
- Sachs & Stair, The 7 Keys
To Effective Web Sites, Upper Saddle River, PTR Prentice Hall, 1997
- Sachs & Stair, Hands-On Netscape, A Tutorial and Video for Windows
Users, Upper Saddle River, PTR Prentice Hall, 1996
- Sachs & Stair, Instant Internet With Websurfer, Englewood
Cliffs, PTR Prentice Hall, 1995
- Sachs & Stair, Hands-On Mosaic, A Tutorial for Windows Users,
Englewood Cliffs, PTR Prentice Hall, 1995
- Sachs & Stair, Hands-On Internet, A Beginning Guide for PC
Users, Englewood Cliffs, PTR Prentice Hall, 1994
- Kronstadt, Sachs & Knowlton, Discovering Microsoft Works 3.0,
New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1994
- Sachs & Kronstadt, Discovering Microsoft Works 2.0. New York,
John Wiley & Sons, 1992
- Sachs & Kronstadt, Discovering Microsoft Works: Projects,
Applications & Exercises, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1989
- Sachs & Kronstadt, Discovering Microsoft Works for the IBM Personal
Computer, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1988
EDUCATION
Dr. Sachs received his B.A. from Colgate University, his M.A. from New York
University, and his Ed.D. from Columbia University.