Experience

I have over 14 years experience in education and technology. Click on a heading below to learn more:

2010 - Present: Multimedia Specialist

Pennsylvania State University, World Campus Learning Design

Developing tools for accessible, interactive content and integrating them into a CMS to make multimedia development scalable.
Creating instructional videos, audio files, images, and interactive simulations as part of a four-person team for hundreds Online course sections per semester.
Recommending appropriate use of media in course content.
Educating instructional designers and subject matter experts on do-it-yourself multimedia.

Pennsylvania State University, University Libraries

Coordinated training efforts within University Libraries' 20 departments, 20 campus library locations, and 11 subject library locations.
Envisioned and led TechTips Road Show, a traveling conference in miniature, regional campus events, gaining goodwill from campus faculty and staff.
Served as project manager, as well as member of the programming and registration subcommittees, for Libraries Discovery Day, a day-long staff development day for Libraries faculty and staff at University Park.
Contributed to Network of Trainers Summer Social, Learning Design Summer Camp, and Gaming in the Libraries planning committees.
Represented University Libraries' technology training interests in University-wide groups.
Conducted departmental and campus needs assessment for faculty and staff technology training.
Planned training opportunities as part of Penn State University Libraries migration from Meeting Maker to Oracle Calendar. Analyzed assessment data to determine best practice for training delivery.

Pennsylvania State University, World Campus, ID&D

Served as an Interim Associate Director of 9 IT & MM staff (6 FTEs and 3 Wage) for over one year as unit searched for an Associate Director of Instructional Technology and Multimedia, providing first draft for annual reviews in this role.
With input from design staff, redesigned internal applications to improve workflow and to reflect internal reorganization.
Used Wikis as a strategy for management of institutional knowledge transfer.
Developed XSLT templates for the homebrewed content management system.
Explored open-source wikis for class use.

Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

Administered project and finance databases.
Administered HTML, ASP.NET and Cold Fusion-powered Websites.
Designed database & Web applications with VBA and VB.NET for faculty research and state funded projects.
Planned user support documents.

Experience Works, Altoona, PA

Provided Microsoft Office Specialist certification training to seniors and to adults with disabilities returning to the workforce.

Tyrone Area School District, Tyrone, PA

Made recommendations for technology requisition, use, and training in K-12.
Piloted grading software suite, trained staff and parents, and provided follow-up technical support for teachers.
Attained tenure in the state of Pennsylvania as a result of excellent teaching evaluations.
Taught desktop publishing applications, digital photography, and photo editing in introduction to the Internet and school newspaper elective courses.

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