My
name is Eli Collins-Brown. I am a web and instructional designer
and I specialize in online courses.
Before moving
from Fort Worth, TX to Peoria, IL in 2002, I worked at the Center
for Distance Education at the University of Texas at Arlington
(say that fast three times) as an instructional designer and project
manager. My project was to help the School of Engineering at UTA
put a Masters of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering online.
I spent the last year working for the University of North Texas’
Center for Distributed Learning designing three courses on Volunteerism,
part of a certificate program, and an Astronomy 101 course. All
of these courses are taught fully online. I also just completed
work on a module for Tarrant County College in Fort Worth that
is part of their Online Faculty Training program. This module
focuses on interactivity and communication in online courses via
email, listservs, discussion boards and chat rooms.
I received
my B.A. in Management from Northwood University and my M.Ed. in
Ed Research from TCU in Fort Worth. Now I am pursuing my doctorate
at Illinois State University in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing
on, what else, but, instructional technology and online education!
My research interests are interactivity and online communication
and interactive multimedia. My dissertation will be on finding
out what we can do better online than we can in the classroom.
I have taught
for the University of Phoenix online for 1 1/2 yrs. I teach EDTC560
- Applications of Multimedia and Web Page Design, and EDTC590
- e-Capstone Course.
My husband
George is the chair of the theatre department at Bradley University
in Peoria and is a freelance director and fight choreographer.
We have a daughter. Callista, who is in first grade and enjoying
learning how to read. She loves to sing, dance, drawing, and create
stories.
I also have
three ‘adult’ children who have made their homes in
the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Additionally, we have two very fat
furry kids that dominate the house, Roo and Sunshine (who is actually
the grey-striped tabby).
My outside
interests include computers, reading, writing, drawing, sewing,
yoga and walking, and traveling.
You can view
samples of my work at my online portfolio – www.connectedcreativity.com
I’m
looking forward to working with you over the next six weeks. It’s
going to be a lot of fun.
