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Entrepreneurial individual with a proven ability to effect positive change, seeks employment in a progressive instructional setting. Experience Instructional Technology Expert, University of Florida College of Education, Office of Distance Education, Gainesville, FL, February, 2007 - Present
Provide Instructional Technology and Design support for a rapidly growing E-Learning initiative, serving over 2000 active users in more than 100 online graduate courses and degree programs.
Project Management – Coordinate the delivery of courseware for students in Master’s and Doctoral programs in 5 different educational concentrations. Manage and implement faculty, course, and program evaluations.
Highlight – Collaborated on the development and piloting of a web-based (ASP.NET), enterprise-level faculty evaluation application expected to save the university nearly $400,000 annually in paper and processing costs.
Instructional Design - Rapidly develop, implement and evaluate fully online and hybrid courses and grant collaboration sites using various E-Learning and Web 2.0 technologies. Conduct live individual and group training workshops for university faculty and staff related to course design and technological innovation. Highlight - Designed and developed technical training portal resulting in a 45% decrease in technical support requests per user.
Instructional Technology - Coordinate technical support team in delivering support and training in non-technical language to diverse stakeholders. Consult with hardware, software, and service vendors in order to recommend high-value solutions to college administration.
Highlight - Researched and implemented a college-wide migration to an outsourced Learning Management System (LMS) hosting environment, dramatically reducing down-time and cost to the college.
Web/Graphic Design - Design and maintain the college’s distance education marketing/informational site. Brand, develop, and administer the college’s Moodle installation.
Highlight - Implemented and evaluated a complete re-design of the UF COE Online LMS portal using standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and PHP. Founder and Co-Owner, Green Collar Solutions, LLC, December, 2007 – Present
Develop a social entrepreneurship focused on defining instructional needs and offering training solutions for the new green economy. The Green Collar Consortium currently includes 9 members with varying experience in E-Learning, web development, and business administration. We aspire toward offering a medium for collaboration between government and educational institutions, small businesses, and individuals seeking employment in sustainable industries, by offering a platform for soliciting answers to one simple question: What’s your green collar solution? Instructional Technology and Digital Media Consultant, Gainesville, FL October, 2005 – November, 2007
Offered web design consultation and implementation solutions to clients including the Employ Florida Banner Center for Energy, SynAppSys, artist Lissa Friedman, Ph.D., FussBall Features, and others. Acted as screenwriter and technical consultant for instructional video projects in the UF Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures. Trained and assisted graduate student filmmakers in the UF Documentary Institute in the production and post-production of short-form documentary films.
Highlight - Acted as Sound Designer and Soundtrack Contributor for “Desecration Nation,” a documentary focused on the historical, legal, and social implications of burning the American flag. Educational Media Coordinator, University of Florida Health Science Center, Information Security Program, Gainesville, FL, January, 2006 - February, 2007
Delivered end-user security awareness training opportunities to a health science center with more than 12 thousand constituents.
Instructional Design - Developed print and web-based IS training materials for diverse, non-technical end-users. Designed and delivered materials for IS Managers and Administrators focused on industry-current best-practices. Assisted in the development of HSC IS policies and standards.
Highlight - Designed and implemented IS Awareness compliance training for all HSC faculty, students, clinicians, and researchers.
Web/Graphic Design - Developed and branded the SPICE (Security Program for the Information and Computing Environment) awareness campaign. Designed and maintained the program’s website, utilizing role-based navigation and secure login procedures.
Highlight - Designed a one-page computer configuration guide with an initial print run of 10 thousand. Co-Founder and Co-Owner, High Noon Pictures, Gainesville, FL February, 2003 - December, 2005
Participated in all facets of concept design, financial and organizational planning, management, marketing, client and vendor negotiations, and digital media production. Developed instructional videos and commercial media for web, TV, and CD/DVD distribution. Focused specifically on sound design, web design, information design, and client relations.
Highlight - Produced the first-ever documentary on the indigenous Garifuna people in North-Eastern Honduras, “Men en Mañali.”
Education
University of Florida – Doctoral Studies, Educational Technology, Specialization in Online Teaching and Learning. June, 2008 - May, 2009
University of Florida — M.A.E. Educational Technology, Specialization in Distance Teaching and Learning. August, 2006 - May, 2008
University of Florida — B.A. English with Honors, Specialization in Film & Media Studies, Minor in Teaching English as 2nd Language. August, 1999 - December, 2002
Winter Park HS - International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Winter Park, FL. May, 1999 Skills
Technical Skills - Proficient in: Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista, MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Final Cut, Google Web Applications, Drupal, Joomla, Moodle, Blackboard, Elluminate Live!, Captivate, WebEx, ScreenFlow, Camtasia, A/V Production Hardware. Experience in: PHP, ASP.NET, ActionScript, SQL, SPSS, Network Infrastructure, Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologies, Information Security Contingency Planning.
Soft Skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; patient and empathic technical trainer, ability to establish rapport with diverse stakeholders; capacity to recognize and foresee the complex interplay of policy, practice, and technological implementation; accomplished musician and A/V production engineer. Memberships and Affiliations
National and State - Sloan-Consortium, EDUCAUSE, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Florida Distance Learning Consortium (FDLC)
University of Florida – Online Enterprise Evaluation System Development and Policy Committee, Online Program Support Personnel (UFVIP), Distance Learning Council (DLC), Student Alliance of Graduate Educators (SAGE), Academic and Professional Assembly (APA), Enterprise Course Management System Selection Committee References
Tom Dana, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, UF COE
Colleen Ebel, MBA, Chief-Information Security, UF VPHA
Christine Schoaff, Director, UF Web Administration
Cathy Cavanaugh, PhD, Associate Professor, UF COE
Randy Graff, PhD, Assistant Director of Education, UF VPHA
Chris Sessums, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, UF COE
M. Adam Ball, Owner-Creator, Fuss-Ball Features
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