Professional Experience
Education

  Career Objectives

To provide leadership and creative project management for a well-established company, with an interest in the development and implementation of e-learning systems as well as knowledge management.

  Summary of Qualifications

Demonstrated success in the following areas: project management, customer consultation, design and development of courses/workshops in the e-learning area. Writing experience includes training courses and materials, policy and procedure documentation, grants and proposals, and white papers.

Areas of Expertise

 

Communication

  1. Present complex topics on critical technology issues at national conferences
  2. Translate complex abstract concepts and projects into simple terms.
  3. Provide consultation for instructional design, media selection, and interactive systems
  4. Develop/conduct workshops on instructional design and emerging technologies
  5. Interact with subject matter experts and team members to develop instruction
  6. Mediate between non-technical clients and technical development team members
  Project Management
  1. Provide leadership of multiple instructional projects, both multimedia and Web-based.
  2. Articulate company vision for stakeholders.
  3. Perform needs analysis for school district networks
  4. Interview and hire consultants for technical infrastructure and network design.
  5. Plan objectives, develop course content, organize and implement curriculum.

  Knowledge Management
  1. Articulate the advantages to a corporation of investing in knowledge management.
  2. Learning object and reusability consultant at ITC.
  3. Presented at Ed Tech colloquy on implications of SCORM for digital collections.
  4. Designed workshop on using and developing for digital repositories.

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Professional Experience

  2007-present   Adjunct faculty at Walters State Community College
Instructor in the arts of sewing and hand embroidery
  2000-2006   Innovative Technology Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
      Web Instructional Technologist
     

Responsibilities include curriculum planning and delivery; consulting with faculty on issues of technology and pedagogy; developing/coordinating grant projects; providing general instructional technology support to UT faculty; and conducting research on technology/pedagogy issues relevant to e-learning. Through presentations at national conferences, contribute to the dialogue about key technology and learning issues.

 

  2003   Digital Think, Inc., San Francisco, CA
      Online Course Author
     

Acted as SME, writing two courses for online business training in project management: “Creating Matrix Teams” and “Managing Matrix Teams”

 

  2001-2002   School of Information Sciences, UT Knoxville, TN
      Adjunct Faculty, taught "Information Network Applications"
     

(philosophy of teaching; course structure, etc)

 

  1999-2000   Creative Resources for Education
Founder
      Founded company which specialized in professional development for educators as well as network consulting for school districts. Services offered included:
  1. Instructional design
  2. Project management for district-wide websites
  3. Training in technology integration
  4. Training Projects
    · Basics of Web Design
    · PowerPoint for Administrators
    · Inspiration™: Brainstorming and Organizing

  1993-1999   MA School District
Technology Coordinator and Trainer
      ·Project and budget manager of six networks
·Researched and evaluated emerging technologies ·Directed a District Technology Planning Committee and authored District Technology Plan
·Coordinated the writing and publication of the Professional Development Handbook
·Chaired Professional Development Committee

  Previous   MA School District
English Teacher/Lab Administrator, MA
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Education

 

Certificate in Online Teaching, California State University, Hayward, 2000
Certified Novell Administrator, 1999
Sabbatical work at Boston University, Boston, MA
Master of the Arts in Literature, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Bachelor of the Arts in Literature, History, Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

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