Educational media specialist Sample projects:Six Red Marbles: Served as a project manager for the redesign of the Merriam Webster’s Children’s Dictionary website.Jobs for the Future: Reviewed and rewrote an employment guide developed by the IBM Corporation, the City University of New York, and P-Tech; developed teacher training materials for the North Carolina New Schools Initiative funded by the Gates Foundation; edited model lesson plans for an online bank of lesson plans; wrote model lessons with a focus on teaching with Web 2.0 and distance learning technologies. Harvard University: Served as a project manager for the redesign of an academic computing website. National Institute for Literacy: Maintained a website devoted to training for teachers of adult basic education.

Provide instructional design consultation to faculty and subject matter experts to develop contextually rich, objective-driven courses that focus on real-world, workplace skills. Conceptualize, storyboard, and work with multimedia developers to design course components. Coordinate content production team and authors to build course content in various learning management systems (Moodle, Canvas, Learning Studio) and media tools (HTML / Photoshop / Adobe Creative Suite).Subject areas include training for healthcare professionals (nursing programs and EMT training programs), sciences, business, and mathematics.

Working with global Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), wrote, edited, and, organized content for university courses in IS/IT and MBA degree programs using the Blackboard LMS system. Implemented a rigorous learning model in digital learning for global students. Wrote and edited curricular materials including learning objectives, individual and group assignments, and collaborative activities. Mapped course learning objectives to program objectives and ensured all course activities align to the intended objectives.

Edited a blended-learning e-learning system using a proprietary LMS mathematics for at-risk middle school students; correlated math content to Common Core standards. Re-wrote math content to meet Common Core standards. Created course templates and established best practices for content authoring.

Provided project management for four NSF-funded research projects. Edited and wrote annual grant reports. Managed budgets. Managed websites to collect and store data; collected, organized, and coded data. Organized a national conference on professional development of teachers on Common Core Standards in K-12 Mathematics: arranged all travel and meeting logistics; managed meeting space preparation, managed caterers, created conference material. Edited and co-wrote nationally published conference proceedings and recommendations.

Taught Writing Foundations in the Developmental English Department

Managed production processes to develop, implement, test and launch LMS course content in Moodle/BlackBoard/WebCT/Angel LMS formats. Provided customer support for university instructors using LMS systems. Selected and managed LMS development vendors and QA vendors.

Managed a staff of 8 across three functional areas: electronic archiving, content authoring systems for media and print material, and file conversion (including LMS systems, ebook file formats, XML conversions, and conversions of print products to meet accessibility standards). Forecasted, tracked, and reported on an annual budget of $500,000. Assessed content needs and planned content development for print and digital supplemental content. Universal Design for Learning lead and member of the AAP Higher Education Task Force for Accessible Instructional Materials and Repository/Lookup Service Subcommittee.

Collaborated with the Political Science, English, ESL, and World Languages Editorial and Marketing teams to inform and influence the development of technology products to meet market needs. Coordinated with internal staff and external vendors to develop and produce educational websites, including video and interactive media, on time and within budget using HTML, CSS, Java Script, PERL, and PhotoShop. Communicated development specifications and schedules to freelancers, developers, and producers. Consulted with Marketing and Editorial groups to support field sales staff on technology products. Selected and managed vendors. Established guidelines, standards, best practices, and processes for creating digital educational content.

Managed a staff of 3 across in electronic production of ebook and XML conversions. Forecasted, tracked, and reported on an annual budget of $200,000. Selected and managed digital conversion vendors. Assessed and implemented content authoring guidelines for a single-source print and online content authoring system.Created and implemented an XML authoring system to structure content for digital conversion and accessibility standards.Trained internal staff on Documentum, a digital asset management system.

Wrote, designed, and produced a variety of training and technical documentation for outside clients. Acted as documentation and training team lead for a client’s rapid development and implementation of SAP. Sites implemented: Chicago, IL; Augusta, GA; Okmulgee, OK; San Diego, CA; Girvan, Scotland; Knowsley, England.

Designed and produced printed and electronic media using HTML, Adobe Acrobat, Word, Quark Xpress, and MS Word.Managed translation and software localization projects.Designed and produced the first company web page (http://www.spss.com).