Benjamin Shorb Email & Phone Number

Reporting directly to the VP of Education, I leverage educational technology and artificial intelligence (A.I.) to enhance student retention and academic success while providing comprehensive faculty support. I serve as the Canvas LMS administrator, managing and implementing tech-based learning tools to optimize course delivery. My role includes onboarding faculty and delivering training on tools such as Canvas, CourseKey, and VitalSource, while supporting online/hybrid courses. I also contribute to curriculum development, ensuring alignment with industry standards.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Responsible for the quality of education for a campus of over 400 students. Successfully manage eight academic departments and approximately 30 faculty and staff members. Ensure that classroom instruction, academic advising, scheduling, and other student services effectively contribute to the success of each student. • Develop and lead initiatives to enhance retention, certification, and graduation rates• Author and implement new academic processes and policies at the University level• Contribute to submissions to accrediting bodies including the University’s institutional accreditor SACS and programmatic accreditors ABHES & CAPTE• Lead the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and author accreditation submissions associated with the QEP• Actively participate on or lead a number of academic committees• Identify, create, and conduct faculty development training sessions• Hire and onboard new faculty to meet current and future needs of the campus • Ensure that students comply with the University’s Satisfactory Academic Progress policy• Address student misconduct and associated Academic and Judicial Review Boards• Intervene to prevent disruptions to the academic process• Responsible for overall performance metrics, and gross profit accountability

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Oversaw the delivery of essential library and information services to the students, faculty and staff.• Responsible for the development and maintenance of the library collections• Managed the lending of library materials and equipment to students and employees• Provided classroom instruction in effective research methods, APA style, and general information literacy• Served as project lead and lead developer for the ECPI University LibGuides website• Managed the purchase and distribution of textbooks, eBooks, software, and iPads to support all courses taught on campus• Planned and directed the annual graduation ceremony for the campus• Administered the campus PearsonVUE test center• Managed a staff of two library aides including federal work study students• Chaired the campus institutional effectiveness committee • Served as the campus representative during the implementation of the University’s QEP

Performed all duties relating to the daily operation of the ECPI Charlotte campus library while the campus librarian was on leave of absence. The library serves campuses

• Worked on a team to build a new academic creativity library • Contributed to the development of the collection by purchasing and cataloging new materials• Taught courses for patrons in the editing and production of video using Adobe Premiere Pro and Audacity

Duties included: Reference, online virtual reference, bibliographic instruction, library use instruction, circulation, inter-library loan, outreach, creation of online library guides, online database management, copyright management, electronic reserves, print and online serials management, book acquisition, copy cataloging, archival work, document digitization, and conducting patron surveys.

Master Arts, Information Science And Learning Technologies

Ba, Anthropology