Welcome to my online portfolio and resume. You will find an extensive list of the projects I've worked on with links to examples (where they are 'live' and not behind a firewall or secured area).

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Creative, organized, highly motivated instructional and Web designer with over 14 years experience in technology integration and training, including 7 years in Web design and 7+ years in online education. A collaborative leader, facilitator, instructor and team player whose special strengths include written and verbal communication, project management, and leadership that empower effective teamwork across all organizational levels.

EDTC560, Applications of Multimedia and Web Page Design, instructor, MAED/Curriculum and Instruction - Adult Education, University of Phoenix Online, fall 2003 – present.

EDTC590, E-Education Capstone Course, instructor, MAED/Curriculum and Instruction - Adult Education, University of Phoenix Online, fall 2003 – present.

Enhancing Web-based Instruction using WebCT, summer 2005, 4-day intensive workshop focused on helping faculty enhance their current WebCT courses through instructional design and planning processes, Faculty Technology Support Services, Illinois State University.

What's It Like To Teach Online?, February 2005, The Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University.

Instructional Design for the Online Environment, spring 2002, organizer and instructor, Pathways for Faculty Excellence, the University of Texas at Arlington.

Effective Online Instruction, fall 2001- present, Guest Lecturer, Online Instruction Faculty Development Course, McClellan Community College.

Flash Workshop, spring 2001, Austin, Texas, ITDE 2001 pre - conference workshop.

How to Build Interactivity into your Online Courses, spring 2001, Austin, Texas, ITDE 2001 post-conference workshop.

Instructional and Web Design for Online Courses, summer 2001, 5-week Faculty Development Course, Texas Woman's University.

Speechcraft, summer 2001, 8 week Toastmasters, International communication workshop, UTA.

How to Build Interactivity into your Online Courses, fall 2001, UT TeleCampus Faculty Training, Austin, Texas.

Going to School in Your Pajamas, November 2001, Expanding Your Horizons, Math/Science Career Workshop for Girls ages 11-14, UT Arlington Women's Studies.

Web Planning and Design, 1998-1999, Harris Methodist Health Plan, Fort Worth, Texas.

Summer Institute for the 21 Century Instructor, Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Illinois State University, 3-week series of intensive faculty development workshops.

Enhancing Web-based Instruction using WebCT, Illinois State University, 4-day intensive faculty development workshop.

C&I 434 – Instructional Product Development, Illinois State University, for mixed-mode delivery using WebCT.

Applications of Multimedia and Web Page Design, instructor website used in tandem with Outlook Express, University of Phoenix Online - www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/edtc560.

E-education Capstone, instructor web site used in tandem with Outlook Express, University of Phoenix Online- www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/edtc590.

Course Reviews, review new and existing online courses for sound design, structure, accuracy and technical functionality for the Center of Distance Education at the University of Texas at Arlington and the Center for Distance Learning at Tarrant County College.

Volunteerism Certificate, three-course certificate program through the School of Community Service at The University of North Texas, http://www.cps.unt.edu/untvols.

Astronomy 101, an introductory astronomy course that fulfills a core curriculum science credit. University of North Texas.

Engineering Online, Master's in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, UT Arlington, in VCampus and Prometheus, http://www.telecampus.utsystem.edu/programs/Csee/csee.html
For examples of the course media, please see http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/Engineering/

Instructional Design Workshop, Pathways for Faculty Excellence, in WebCT.

E-Marketing, contract with Uni-U for the University of Notre Dame Australia, in BlackBoard.

Web Design, Faculty Development Course, Texas Woman's University, in BlackBoard.

Flash, Anyone? Workshop, on CD-ROM.

Web Planning and Design, Harris Methodist Health Plan, Staff Development course for HMHP Intranet web developers.

Summer Institute for the 21st Century Educator, Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology, Illinois State University, 3-week series of intensive faculty development workshops, designer, coordinator, and facilitator.

UT Arlington, Master's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering Degree, national recognized as one of the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, Oct. 15, 2001, along with Stanford University. This is a joint project with UT Dallas, I managed and designed the 12 courses UTA developed for the program.

Texas Distance Learning Association, Chief Information Officer and board member, 2002 - 2003: Chair of the Web Development Committee, 2002; Conference Web Chair, 2002: Conference Marketing and Web Chair, 2001: Track Chair, 1999.

UT Arlington, Center for Distance Education, Chair of Designer Team, ADA Compliance Team, and Internal Marketing Team

Pathways for Faculty Excellence, Co-Founder and Instructor

Toastmasters, International, various officer roles at club and district level. Sponsor and organizer for new club at UTA.

Supervisor, TSTC - Waco Webmaster Interns

College of Education
Dr. Dent Rhodes
Secondary Education Program
TxDLA
George H. Brown
Treatise Site
Engineering Online
Webmaster Advisory Cmte
Web Planning and Design Course

Assisted in the design and development of the Curriculum & Instruction website redesign - http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/ci/

Dr. Dent Rhodes Instructional Web

Dr. Rhodes used this site extensively for all of the courses he taught. The previous version was extremely disorganized and incomplete, so we reorganized the content and I redesigned the entire site. He has since retired and is in the process of moving the site to a different server.

Secondary Education Program

As part of my graduate assistantship, I created the program website for the Secondary Education program in the College of Education at Illinois State University.

Texas Distance Learning Association - http://www.txdla.org

The TxDLA website had not been updated in years and we were starting to receive comments from interested persons and members to that effect. Since I developed the 2001 and 2002 conference sites, I volunteered to update the main site.

I redesigned the site in March 2002, creating a new look and feel, structure, and navigation. I solicited the content from various board members and officers, and pulled much of it from the most recent newsletter. This was an interim design while the Web Development Committee designed the new site, which was launched in Fall 2003.

George is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Theatre Arts department at Bradley University, as well as a theatre professional in the region. He has been collecting photos, video, and audio of his various shows. He wanted to create an online portfolio and resume (vitae) that he could keep current as he completed projects.

Being more 'geekish' than most faculty, he is fascinated with the Web and wanted to find a way to maximize it's potential in his arena. This website is a result of our collaboration.

Successful Strategies for Using Asynchronous Discussion Boards - http://www.connectedcreativity.com/Treatise/index.html

I created this site to present the research I did for my Masters treatise. I wrote a paper using the required style guidelines, but wanted the site to be more conversational. I knew that many instructors who are grappling with the differences in the online environment would benefit from my findings, as well as the shared experiences from 'veteran' instructors. I needed to present it in the environment I am promoting. I have had many requests for this site to be incorporated into various workshops and faculty development training events.

Engineering Online - http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/Engineering/
Electronic Showcase, TxDLA 2002 Conference

Over the past 5 years, during and after working on the CSEE Online degree program, I have had the opportunity to showcase the courses we have developed for this program. A hot topic in the world of education and instructional design is the gratuitous use of 'bells and whistles'. We describe these courses as being 'media-rich', which can be construed as 'bells and whistles', so part of my demo is to highlight the sound design and pedagogical principles behind our decision to use various media.

Of course, after I show some of the courses we have developed, I always get numerous requests for a URL so that they can show their supervisor, media tech, or administrator what we are doing. Because of limited resources and time constraints, we have not been able to get samples of this work posted on our site. So I created this site, burned it on a CD-ROM, and used it at the Electronic Showcase at the TxDLA 2002 Conference.

This is a progressive look the media used in these courses, as well as some pretty cool stuff we are currently experimenting with for current and future courses. This site is posted with permission of The Center for Distance Education at The University of Texas at Arlington.

This program was recognized as one of the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, Oct. 15, 2001, along with Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Stanford University.

WebMaster Advisory Committee, Texas State Technical College (TSTC - Waco), Waco, Texas.

I have participated in the Webmaster Degree Advisory Committee for the past two years. A group of web professionals meets in June to advise the director on the latest developments in Web design and development.

WebMaster Curriculum Development Committee, TSTC - Waco, Waco, Texas

I was invited to participate in a two-day DACUM workshop for the Webmaster Degree program. Six Web professionals gathered to chart the job duties, tasks, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, of a web master, designer, and developer.

Harris Methodist Health Plan, Web Planning and Design Course Curriculum Developer and Instructor.

The technical writing team at the Health Plan was given the task of creating the Plan's intranet. This course was developed to assist employees who had volunteered to create department intranet sites.

Associations

AACE, member since 2001
AECT, member since 2004
EISTA (Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applicatioins), Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2004 - 2005
International Forum for Women in E-Learning (IFWE), conference marketing team, 2005
International Webmasters Association, member since 2000
Sloan-C Consortium, member since 2002
Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA), member since 1997

• Chief Information Officer, 2002 - 2003
• Chair, Web Development Committee, 2002
• Chair, Information Resources Team, 2003
• Webmaster, 2002-2003
• Conference Webmaster, 2002
• Marketing Chair and Conference Webmaster, 2001
• Conference Track Chair, 1999
• Presenter, 1999, 2001, 2002

Toastmasters International, 1997 - 2004

• Achieved ATM-S/CL level (Advanced Toastmaster Silver, Competent Leader)
• UTA MavMasters, organizer and sponsor, president 2002, chartered May 2002
• District 25 Webmaster, 1999 - 2000
• District 25 Secretary, 1998
• HMA Club #5213, VP Public Relations, VP Education, President (2 terms), 1997, 2000

USDLA, 2004 - present
Webmaster Advisory Committee, Texas State Technical College, (TSTC-Waco), 2000 - 2001
Webmaster Curriculum Development Committee, TSTC-Waco, 2001

Outstanding Doctoral Student, 2004 - 2005, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Illinois State University.

ETIP Fellowship (Educational Technology Immersion Plus) , College of Education, 2005, www.coe.ilstu.edu/etip

CAT Internship, spring 2005, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University.

All-Star Faculty, 2004, College of Education, University of Phoenix.

Outstanding Club President, 2000, Division C, District 25 Toastmasters, Toastmasters International.

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, Graduate Research Symposium, Illinois State University, April 2006

Using Reflection as a Teaching Development Tool for Graduate Interns, POD 2005, 30th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2005. http://www.podnetwork.org/registration/2005/registration2005.htm

No Programming Necessary! The promise of multimedia presentation software for creating quality learning objects,  TCC 05 (Technology, Colleges & Community) Worldwide Online Conference, April 2005. http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/tcc05/

No Programming Necessary! The promise of multimedia presentation software for creating quality learning objects, Illinois Online Conference,  February 2005, http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/ioc05/

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions? 19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, Madison, WI. August 2003

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions? Best Practices in e-learning, Online Conference, University of Calgary, August 2003

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions? Illinois Online Conference, 2002.  http://www.ilonlineconf.org/

Let’s Talk, Building Interactivity into Your Online Courses, based on http://www.connectedcreativity.com/Treatise/index.html, TxDLA 2002 Conference, Fort Worth, Texas.

Engineering Online, http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/Engineering/, Electronic Showcase, TxDLA 2002 conference, Fort Worth, Texas.

Flash, Anyone?, Instructional Technology and Distance Education 2001 conference, Workshop, Austin, Texas

Building Interactivity into Your Online Courses, Instructional Technology and Distance Education 2001 conference, Workshop, Austin, Texas

Flash, Anyone?, TxDLA 2001 Conference, Houston, Texas

Distance Education Policy, TxDLA 1999 Conference, Waco, Texas

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, Doctoral Dissertation, May 2006

uccessful Strategies for Using Asynchronous Discussion Boards, SideBars, Learning Resources Unit of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Nov 2003 -http://online.bcit.ca/sidebars/03november/index.htm

Roger Hartley, Eli Collins-Brown: Effective Pedagogies for Managing Collaborative Learning in On-line Learning Environments. Educational Technology & Society 2(2): (1999) - http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_2_99/formal_discussion_0399.html

2003 - Present

Adjunct Faculty, MAED/Curriculum & Instruction - Adult Education, University of Phoenix Online, Phoenix, AZ

Instructor for EDTC 560, Applications of Multimedia and Web Page Design, and EDTC 590, E-Education Capstone Course.

• Initiate and facilitate weekly online discussions.
• Create weekly lectures, course projects, discussion questions, and tutorials from curriculum.
• Create and maintain course web sites

2005 - present

Graduate Assistant, Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

• Faculty development and instructional design consultation.
• Workshops in web-based and online instructional design.
• Coordinate and facilitate summer intensive workshops.

2005

ETIP Fellow

Ed Tech Immersion Plus, Teacher Education Center, College of Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

• Project management for the development of the ETIP program and team
• Workshops in web-based and online instructional design.

2003 - 2005

Graduate Assistant, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Assigned to various graduate faculty to supply technical help in the creation of:

• Online discussion activities.
• Professional/personal web sites.
• Program web sites.
• Consultation for improving online learning experiences.
• Research and analysis of various software and hardware products.

2002 - present

Instructional Design Consultant

The Center for Distance Education, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

• Perform online course reviews;design analysis and recommendations; and media design recommendations.

The Center for Distance Learning, Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth, Texas

• perform online course reviews and design recommendations

2002 - 2003

Instructional Designer, The Center for Distributed Learning, the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

Freelance designer for the development of four courses coordinated through CDL.

• Consult with faculty about current classroom content and pedagogy.
• Convert content from the physical classroom to the online environment.
• Design activities to increase interaction with content, instructor, and students.
• Write design document that will be used by developers to create online content.
• Review course after development for accuracy and completeness.
  

1999 - 2002

Instructional Designer, The Center for Distance Education, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

Project manager/ instructional designer for the development of twelve graduate level engineering courses for Internet delivery as part of the CSEE UT TeleCampus curriculum.

• Guide and assist professors and graduate assistants in preparing content for effective delivery on the Web
• Coordinate creation of all media, including audio, video, and Flash
• Transfer course content into appropriate formats including HTML, graphics, and media
• Serve as chair of the design team, ADA compliance team, and Internal Marketing Team.
• Review other UTA Web courses for accuracy, web design and usability
• Supervise interns from TSTC-Waco Webmaster degree program

The CSEE Online Degree was recognized as one of the best programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, Oct. 15, 2001, along with Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Stanford University.

Developed a successful production model and timeline which effectively reduced re-work on projects by 20 - 40%.

1998 - 1999

Technical Writer, Harris Methodist Health Plan, Arlington, Texas.

Responsible for writing and editing online and print documentation for all systems used by the Health Plan employees. Participated in the creation and promotion of the Health Plan's Intranet as part of the Web Development Team.

• Researched, analyzed and wrote user documentation: technical and functional specifications, online help, report bulletins, and quick start guides. Also edited other writers' work.
• Responsible for development, design, and maintenance of four Intranet sites.
• Served as Lead Writer for two system development initiatives.

Developed the curriculum and taught the Web Planning and Design class. Offered monthly, these classes were filled to capacity 95% of the time. Consistently received excellent student evaluations.

1997 - 1998

Quality Assurance Tester, Harris Methodist Health Plan, Arlington, Texas.

Tested code for various system functions before it was moved into the live environment. Served as the department web designer for the intranet site.

1994 - 1997

Systems Liaison, Training and Development Specialist, Personal Trust Officer, NationsBank, Dallas, Texas.

Responsible for all aspects of training, communication with systems personnel, and promotion of internal departmental activities.

• Created and delivered a comprehensive training program encompassing all aspects of trust administration and delivery in the Dallas Call Center to help trust administrators give optimum customer service through effective use of UNIX-based workstation technology, procedures and policies, and workflow processes
• Assisted in the re-engineering of the workflow process to accommodate new functionality in the technology, making the entire departmental operation more efficient
• Business analyst and liaison for the Dallas Call Center, interacting with Technical Support and the National Liaison to ensure quality system performance
• Served as Liaison with PC support, LAN Wan support and Desktop Technology group to maintain and upgrade the PC environment
• Project lead and director in scripting and filming promotional video for department

Ed. D. in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on web-based and online course design and facilitation, 2006, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. 4.0 GPA.

M. Ed. in Educational Research with a focus of Educational Technology/Distance Education, 2001. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 3.9 GPA.

B. A. in Business Management, 1997. Northwood University, Cedar Hill, Texas. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

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