Resumé
Instructional Designer, Instructional Systems Designer, Instructional Content Developer, Courseware Developer, e-Learning Specialist, e-Learning Developer, e-Learning Designer, e-Learning Content Developer, m-Learning Specialist, m-Learning Developer, m-Learning Designer, m-Learning Content Developer, Training Content Developer, Training Development Specialist, Training Course Designer, Instructional Design Specialist, Instructional Technology Consultant, Multi-User Virtual Environments, Online Learning Environments, Communities of Practice, Constructivism, Angel, Blackboard, Moodle, Elluminate, e-portfolio specialist, e-portfolio developer, e-portfolio designer, e-portfolio content developer, Blended Learning, Hybrid Learning, Quality Control Specialist, Grant Writer, Faculty Instructional Technology Trainer, Professional Development Advisor, Teacher Trainer, Training the Trainer, Teacher Development, Materials Development, Content-based Language Teaching, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Intercultural Communication, Composition, Creative Writing
Work Experience
- UNITED STATES (5 years+) -
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, Miami, FL.
Sr. Instructional Designer. Virtual College. 1/08 – Present.
Involved with training faculty and working closely with the College Training and Development Center (CT&D), and facilitating the development of online courses for the Virtual College (Angel LMS).
-Works with course developers one on one, providing instructional design guidance in designing, creating and reviewing their courses;
-Assesses the faculty member’s course development needs and progress;
-Serves as a liaison with the other development services, graphics, video production, learning objects programming, etc.;
-Assists faculty with preparing and customizing their distance educations courses for teaching the first time, and with revising existing courses;
-Identifies and secures appropriate educational materials and resources;
-Manages part-time personnel;
-Resolves students’ problems with course content;
-Performs other duties as assigned.
Adjunct Faculty, Virtual College. 1/09 – Present.
-Teach Online College Preparation Writing Courses (ENC 0020, ENC 0021).
OXFORD SEMINARS, Miami, FL.
Certificate of Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language Instructor. 1/07 – Present (freelance).
-Conduct weekend workshops for the certificate course. Class sizes range from 8 to 14 students. Course taught: January 2007, July 2008, November 2008, March 2009. Next workshop scheduled July 2009.
ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY, Miami Gardens, FL.
Adjunct Faculty 6/05 – Present.
-Teach online courses in Education and Writing. Courses are 5 or 9 week courses. Class sizes 10 to 18 students. Over 10 courses taught to date. Next courses scheduled May – August, 2009.
Instructional Designer and Trainer. School of Leadership Studies. 1/08 – Present (freelance).
- Design and implement online training for 100+ adjunct faculty teaching in the School of Leadership Studies. Workshops 10/08-12/08, 6/09-8/09.
Manager of Academic Technology, Office of Information Technology. 7/05 – 1/08.
Managed the design, development, acquisition, operations, and maintenance of all academic software applications and academic technology for the university, including being the system administrator for the school’s online course management system, Blackboard. Designed and coordinated faculty training and certification systems for academic software applications. Consulted with faculty and faculty-based committees on grant possibilities and works with them to assure baseline and/or continuing funding of academic technology projects. Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
- System administration of the Blackboard Course Management Software, Turnitin anti-plagiarism system, and MovableType blogging system. Included in this is directing training on these systems to all full-time and adjunct faculty, and all graduate and undergraduate students.
- Advising CIO of policy as it relates to the everyday operations and future planning of technology use at the university.
- Managing staff of one full-time coordinator, and six part-time student workers.
- Developed Tech. Training Curriculum (40 one-hour workshops & just-in-time trainings) for 70 full-time and 250 adjunct faculty for teaching online with web-enhanced, blended and online courses.
Faculty Instructional Technician, 2/04 – 7/06.
- Worked with Activity Director in planning all training efforts associated with faculty development.
- Worked with academic programs in selecting courses for revision, and to revise, adapt and develop instructional materials for use in course delivery employing electronic portfolio methodologies.
- Conducted workshops for faculty in effective teaching methods employing electronic portfolio methodologies.
- Provided individualized assistance to faculty in selecting academic programs.
- Provided updates via consultation and workshops in coordination with the Technical Support Specialist on innovations in materials development, instructional approaches and learning technologies as they become available.
- Served on university committees, including Online assessment development committee, technology planning committee, Law Student writing planning committee and others.
- Performed other administrative duties as assigned.
ALSO NOTE: Served on Technology Committee 2007-2008. Chaired Technology Task Force, 2006-2007.
- JAPAN (13.5 years) -
FUTURE UNIVERSITY – HAKODATE, Associate Professor. Department of Media Architecture (Full-Time), Hakodate, Japan. April 2000 – July 2003.
-Taught courses in Communication (1st and 2nd year students). Taught project learning course (3rd year students). Served on education, self-assessment and website committees.
NANZAN UNIVERSITY, Associate Instructor. Department of British and American Studies (Full-Time), Nagoya, Japan. April 1998 – March 2000.
- Taught creative writing class, 2nd year writing class, 1st year oral communication class, mixed class in intercultural communication.
KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Faculty. Department of English. Nagoya, Japan. April 1995 – March 2000.
NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Faculty. Department of English. Nagoya, Japan. April 1995 – March 1998.
ST. MARY COLLEGE, English Instructor. Computer Club Director (Mac Color Classic!). Nagoya, Japan. February 1991 – September, 1993.
TOKYO CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, Curriculum Coordinator. Nagoya, Japan. January 1989 – January 1991.
- KENYA (2 years) -
U.S. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, Taught high school subjects. October, 1986 – November, 1988.
- MEXICO (2 months) –
UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA, XALAPA, Teaching Internship. January – February, 1994.
(additional work experience information supplied on request)
Education
- Ed. D. (candidate) Educational Leadership. St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, Florida. Expected Graduation: June, 2010. Attending 5/05-Present. Concentration in Human Resource Development and Training. Now in Dissertation Proposal Process.
- M.A. Teaching Languages (English to Speakers of Other Languages). June, 1994. School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont. Attended 9/93 – 6/94. Degree conferred – 10/95
- B.A. English (Creative Writing, Poetry), March, 1986. University of California, Los Angeles. Attended 9/79 – 9/82, 9/84 – 3/86. Degree conferred – 6/86
- Certificate in Grant Writing. The Grantsmanship Center. March, 2005.
Selected Professional Organizations
- Phi Delta Kappa, 2008.
- The Grantsmanship Center Alumni. 2005.
- The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), 1991.
- Society for Intercultural Training, Education and Research (SIETAR), 1996.
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 1994.
- World Association for Online Education (WAOE), 1998.
Selected Professional Presentations
- No time for paradigms? kthxbye highered! Internet Critical: Internet Research 10.0. Milwaukee, WI. October 8-11, 2009.
- You Talkin’ to Me?: Optimizing the use of video in online courses to facilitate engagement. TCC Worldwide Online Conference (University of Hawaii), April 14-16, 2009.
- SLI 201 – Getting Around in MDC`s Second Life. Miami Dade College Conference. March 5, 2009.
- Building Online Communities in Angel LMS. Miami Dade College Conference. March 5. 2009.
- Workshop: Utilization of Online Learning in the Management Classroom. IBAM XVI. Orlando, FL. October 2, 2008.
- Second Life: A Debate Over Implementation in Higher Education. TCC Worldwide Online Conference (University of Hawaii), April 18-20, 2008.
- Fostering Interaction Online in Real Time. Miami Dade College Conference. March 2008.
(additional presentations information supplied on request)
Selected Academic Publications
- “Do it Yourself Humanism, Courtesy of Blogger.” 2002. Pilgrims Press, U.K.
- with W. S. Hassan. 2002. “On Mediation in Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs).” The Internet and Higher Education: New York. 4-3/4 (255-269).
- with M. Yokoyama, K. Kimura & C. Matsubara. 2002. “Tabunkarikai e no Kiduki o Mezashita Shimyureeshongeemu no Koosatsu” [Observations on Conducting a Simulation Game for Facilitating Awareness toward Multicultural Understanding]. Hokkaido Kyooiku Daigaku Gakkoo Kyooiku Gakkai shi: Hakodate. Vol. 7.
- “Emoticons.” 2001. Step Up! Magazine of the City of Hakodate. April Issue.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 2001. “MOOtual MOOses: shared creation rightfully wrought.”. In T.Atkinson (ed.) Reflections on computers and language learning U.K., CILT Reflections Series.
(additional publications information supplied on request)
Languages
- English (native language)
- Swahili (fair speaking, reading and listening skills)
- French (fair speaking, reading and listening skills)
- Japanese (fair speaking and listening skills, read about 900 Kanji)
- Spanish (survival proficiency)
Additional information
- Traveled extensively throughout North & Central America including Belize, Costa Rica and Guatemala, Western & Central Europe including Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia, Africa (Kenya) and Several Asian countries including Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Pakistan and India.
- Hobbies include scuba diving, skiing, bicycling, travel, cooking.
Organizations
- The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), 1991.
Computer Assisted Language Learning – Special Interest Group
Program co-chair, Jan. 1999 – Dec. 1999.
Member-at-Large, Oct. 1997 – Jan. 1999.
Material Writer’s – Special Interest Group.
Webmaster, March 2000 – January, 2002.
Founder/Editor – JALT WWW Homepage, Nov. 1995 – Oct. 1997.
- Society for Intercultural Training, Education and Research (SIETAR
JAPAN), 1996.
Assistant Editor – SIETAR JAPAN WWW Homepage, 1996 – 2000.
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 1994.
Intercultural Communication SIG
- World Association for Online Education, 1998. Voting member.
Presentations
- “The Virtual English Program at Future University – Hakodate.” JALT
Hokkaido 19th Annual Language Conference. Sapporo. June 16th, 2002.
- “The Internet as Portfolio.” Invited speaker. Chaoyang University of
Technology. Taichung, Taiwan. March 25 and 26, 2002.
- “The Internet as Portfolio.” Invited speaker. Yuan Ze University, Chungli,
Taiwan. March 22, 2002. (same as Chaoyang University above)
- “Administering Autonomous Learning: A Practical Guide to Fostering
Internet-based Student Autonomy.” Learning Lab. Symposium on Online
Learning. Multimedia Asia 2001. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. September 6, 2001.
- MOO Suite Barcelona. IATEFL conference. Barcelona, Spain. June 29 -
July 2, 2000.
- Online Education – You say you want a Revolution? Colloquium Moderator.
JALT 99, October 8 – 11.
- Conversation cards, action comments & BIG classes – co-Presentation.
JALT 99, October 8 – 11.
- On Collaboration – Guided Discussion. JALT 99, October 8 – 11.
- (virtual co-presenter) Fostering (pro)active language learning through
MOO, EuroCALL 99, Besançon, France. 15-18 September 99.
- (virtual co-presenter) A task-based approach to using MOO for
collaborative language learning, Exeter CALL 99, Exeter, UK. September 9-
11 1999.
- (virtual co-presenter) Real Learning in a Virtual Environment -
Presentation. IALL 99, Maryland, USA. June 24, 1999.
- Text-based virtual reality goes multimedia – What’s new to do in a MOO? -
Presentation. Conference on Second Language Teaching, Hong Kong
University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong & Guangzhou University of
Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China. June 21, 1999.
- Beyond the Listserv: Choosing appropriate groupware for collaboration in
EFL – Presentation. CALLing Asia, JALT CALL SIG Conference. Kyoto Sangyo
University, Kyoto, Japan. May 23, 1999.
- (virtual co-presenter) MOO ex Machina: real learning in a virtual
environment, BALEAP 99, Leeds, UK.
- Integrating the Internet as an Intercultural Resource – Presentation.
SIETAR Europa 9th Congress. Trieste, Italy. February 27, 1999.
- Integrating the Internet as an Intercultural Resource – Presentation.
SIETAR Congress ‘99. Reitaku University. Kashiwa, Japan. November 22,
1998.
- Online Mindtools – Online Presentation. Kent State University’s Palace,
Kent, OH. U.S.A. November 13, 1998.
- Human Connections on the Internet – Presentation. 10th Nanzan University
mini-conference. Nanzan University. Nagoya, Japan. July 1, 1998.
- Netscape for Beginners – Workshop; Button Talk – Software Fare;
Connected Learning: Teacher Training in CALL – Colloquium; CALL and our
goals: Exploring the link – Workshop. Third Annual JALT CALL SIG Mini-
Conference. Tokyo Institute of Technology. Tokyo, Japan. May 30 – 31, 1998.
- ReTOOling MOOs – Online Presentation. Third Annual Teaching in the
Community Colleges Online Conference. Trends & Issues II. April 7-9, 1998.
- Making Action Mazes – Open demonstration. TESOL Software fair.
TESOL, Seattle, WA., USA. March 19, 1998.
- Making Action Mazes – Open demonstration. TESOL Web fair. TESOL,
Seattle, WA., USA. March 18, 1998.
- Multiple Perspectives of CALL – Presentation. The Second Kansai Book Fair
and Mini-Conference in Kyoto. JALT. Kyoto, Japan. February 1, 1998.
- Constructivism in Japan – Colloquium, JALT, Hamamatsu, Japan. October
10, 1997.
- Godzilla Gets Virtual About Language Teaching – Presentation. Korea
TESOL. Kyoung-ju, Korea. October 5, 1997.
- HTML 201 – Page & Site Design JALT CALL-SIG/JALT-Nagoya -
Workshop. CALL: Basics and Beyond Conference. Chubu University. Nagoya,
Japan. June 1, 1997.
- CGI scripts and HTML – MOO workshop for Neteach-L. SchMOOze
University April 18 & 25, 1997.
- Presentation Committee. MOO Committee. Second Annual Teaching in the
Community Colleges Online Conference. Trends and Issues in Online
Instruction. DaMOO April 1 – 4, 1997.
- HTML 101 – Using the World Wide Web in Language Teaching -
Presentation. JALT-Nagoya chapter. February 23, 1997.
- Teaching Culture Through the Internet – Presentation. SIETAR-Japan.
Keio University. November 9, 1996.
- The World Wide Web: Crossing Borders in Cyberspace. Roundtable. JALT
Hiroshima 1996. November 4, 1996.
- Program Committee. JALT Nagoya 1995. November 1995.
- On-Site Registration Committee, Computers. JALT Nagoya 1995.
November 1995.
- Pedagogical Considerations in Making Interactive Movies. Presentation.
Sandanona conference, Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.A. June 1994.
- Principles of Action Research. Workshop. Universidad Veracruzana.
February 1994.
- TPR for fun. Presentation. School for International Training, November
1993.
- Action Mazes. Teacher Training Workshop. St. Mary College, Teacher
Refresher Course, 1993.
Publications
- “Do it Yourself Humanism, Courtesy of Blogger.” 2002. Pilgrims Press, U.K.
- with W. S. Hassan. 2002. “On Mediation in Virtual Learning Environments
(VLEs).” The Internet and Higher Education: New York. 4-3/4 (255-269).
- with M. Yokoyama, K. Kimura & C. Matsubara. 2002. “Tabunkarikai e no
Kiduki o Mezashita Shimyureeshongeemu no Koosatsu” [Observations on
Conducting a Simulation Game for Facilitating Awareness toward
Multicultural Understanding]. Hokkaido Kyooiku Daigaku Gakkoo Kyooiku
Gakkai shi: Hakodate. Vol. 7.
- with M. Yokoyama & K. Kimura. 2001. “Tabunkataiken no tame no
Shimyureeshongeemu no Jissen” [On Practicing a Simulation Game for a
Multicultural Experience]. Hokkaido Kyooiku Daigaku Gakkoo Kyooiku Gakkai
shi: Hakodate. 6:(81-90).
- “Emoticons.” 2001. Step Up! Magazine of the City of Hakodate. April
Issue.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 2001. “MOOtual MOOses: shared
creation rightfully wrought.”. In T.Atkinson (ed.) Reflections on computers
and language learning UK, CILT Reflections Series.
- with L.Shield, M.J.Weininger & J.Turner. 2000. ‘An introduction to
MOOing: describing and building in MOOspace’, IATEFL CALL-SIG 2000,
Barcelona, Spain.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 2000. “MOO mythsters, misses and
masters: misperceptions, misrepresentations, mistakes and
misunderstandings, mastering management.” CALL Report 16, CILT, UK,
pp.32-40
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 2000. Fostering (pro)active language
learning through MOO. ReCALL 12 (1):35-48. Cambridge University Press.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 2000. “MOO Ex Machina: real learning in
a virtual environment”, Proceedings of BALEAP 99 Website.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger., 1999. A task-based approach to using
MOO for collaborative language learning. In: Cameron, K. (ed.), CALL & the
Learning Community. Exeter: Elm Bank Publications, pp. 391-402.
- with Kindt, D. 1999. Exploiting longitudinal videoing of student
conversations: focusing awareness and noticing. Nanzan University LT Briefs
#11, 8-10.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1999. MOOing in L2: developing
constructivism and learner autonomy for technology-enhanced language
learning, C@lling Japan, October
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1999. Virtually There: Collaboration,
ComMOOnity and ReTOOling text-based virtual reality, Software for
Engineering Education, 13, Newsletter of CTI Engineering, UK
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1999. What is there to do in a MOO? Fine
Tuning Active Learning, HabITat, UK, Newsletter of CTI for the Built
Environment
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1998. A MOOving Experience, in (Ed)
P.N.D.Lewis, Teachers, learners, and computers: Exploring relationships in
CALL. Nagoya, Japan: JALT CALL N-SIG, 87-94
- 1998. The Internet as Tool Box for Language Teachers. Academia. In-
house publication for Nanzan University.
- with Rule, S., et. al. 1998. “Building an Understanding of Constructivism”, in
On JALT’97. Trends and Transitions. Proceedings of the JALT97
Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan. 1997. 1998:143-150.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1998. “ReTOOling MOOs” Third Annual
Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference. Trends & Issues II.
April 7-9, 1998.
- 1998. Professional Development through the Internet. The English
Connection: Newsletter of Korea TESOL. March, 1998. 2(2):13.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1998. ” Godzilla Gets Virtual About
Language Teaching”, Communicating Beyond Traditional Networks.
Proceedings of the KoTESOL conference, Kyoung-ju, Korea. 1997:19-24.
- with L. Shield & M.J.Weininger.,1998. “Godzilla Can MOO, Can You? MOOs
for Construction, collaboration & Community and Research” The Language
Teacher. 22(2).
- 1997/1998. “On Webtrains, Webrings, and Webloops”. in Christine Meloni,
Ed., Wandering the Web, TESOL Matters, 7(6):23. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
- 1997. “Making Websites: A Teacher’s Guide.” in Lewis, Paul & Shiozawa,
Tadashi, (Eds.), CALL: Basics and Beyond. Tokyo, Japan:JALT CALL N-SIG.
1997:7-12.
- 1997. “KidPix: A Multicultural Education Workbook.” TESL-Electronic
Journal (Book Review)
[http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ej07/r4.html]. February,
1997.
- 1997. “Beyond Keypals: A Framework of Internet Based, Content Driven
Language Teaching,” Nagoya University of Arts Journal.
- 1997. “To Be Wired, or Not to Be Wired: Using the Internet for Content-
Based Language Teaching.” Treatises and Studies by the Faculty of Kinjo
Gakuin University, English Language and Literature. Nagoya, Japan: Kinjo
Gakuin University.
- 1996. Almost, Almost all, Most of, A, An, The or Nothing and Participles. <
a HREF="http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/">Internet TESL Journal – Self-
study Quizzes for ESL Students.
- 1996. On Culture, Cooperation and the Internet. Kinjo Gakuin University
Journal.
- 1994. Lost Memories: A user’s guide to the pedagogical planning, creation
and implementation of interactive educational computer movies. Master’s
thesis.
- 1988. ‘Taken in Large Doses’. in Slowly by Slowly – Teaching English in
Kenya’s Harambee Secondary Schools. Stratton Ray (ed,) pp. 9-24. Cheshire,
CT.:Biblio-Moser.
Areas of Specialization and Interest
- Content-based teaching, Materials and Curriculum Development.
- Intercultural Communication. Composition. Internet-mediated Collaborative
Language Learning. Creative Writing.
