This specialist position combes specialised educational technology management background, internal and external matrix human resource and project management skills within an e‐learning environment. As Educational Technology Project Manager I am responsible for the management of institutional educational technology projects, and a team of Instructional Designers to expand and promote the e‐learning environment at the University of Pretoria within an innovative hybrid learning environment.

The Department for Education Innovation responsible for E-education at the University is a centralized service provided to academic staff at the University of Pretoria that enables the skilful & appropriate integration of various information & communication technologies through leadership & expertise to provide innovative teaching & student success solutions.In my role as Educational Technologist & Blackboard System Administrator, I am responsible for identifying, evaluating &… Show more The Department for Education Innovation responsible for E-education at the University is a centralized service provided to academic staff at the University of Pretoria that enables the skilful & appropriate integration of various information & communication technologies through leadership & expertise to provide innovative teaching & student success solutions.In my role as Educational Technologist & Blackboard System Administrator, I am responsible for identifying, evaluating & implementing integrations between our Learning Management System, Blackboard, & external systems, ensuring error-free upgrades to new versions as well as expert problem-solving enrollment & system issues.Responsibilities:Testing system upgrades & evaluating outcomes, as well as implementing integrations with Blackboard LMS.Troubleshooting, diagnosing, testing & resolving complex system problems by providing technical expertise & direction in support of system infrastructure & process improvements. Performing systems architecture assessments & recommending current & future hardware & software strategies & directions.Responsible for monitoring the availability of the system & communicating interruptions, upgrades & new functionalities to staff & students.Tasked with project management of Blackboard migrations, including local hosting to Managed Hosting & Software as a Service.Responsible for testing & specialised support of PeopleSoft Campus integration, international publishers & educational technologies integrated with Blackboard for 6000+ courses & 50 000+ students. Show less

In my position as Educational Technologist, I was responsible for testing & specialised support of PeopleSoft Campus integration, International Publishers & Educational Technologies integrated with Blackboard for 6000+ courses & 50 000+ students.Responsibilities:Outlined e-learning project scope, designed systems & implemented & test e-learning systems integrations & processes.Executed Linux help site server setup, including administration & content management.Provided &… Show more In my position as Educational Technologist, I was responsible for testing & specialised support of PeopleSoft Campus integration, International Publishers & Educational Technologies integrated with Blackboard for 6000+ courses & 50 000+ students.Responsibilities:Outlined e-learning project scope, designed systems & implemented & test e-learning systems integrations & processes.Executed Linux help site server setup, including administration & content management.Provided & coordinate specialist user & system support, including training. Show less

In this position, my main role was to train staff & students in WebCT LMS, the Learning Management System. I provided technical & system support for all LMS courses, & was the administrator of the Virtual Campus middleware integration database. Responsibilities:Assessed staff & student training needs.Developed staff & student training procedures.Taught staff & students to use campus systems & applications.Provided individual support & resolving issues when… Show more In this position, my main role was to train staff & students in WebCT LMS, the Learning Management System. I provided technical & system support for all LMS courses, & was the administrator of the Virtual Campus middleware integration database. Responsibilities:Assessed staff & student training needs.Developed staff & student training procedures.Taught staff & students to use campus systems & applications.Provided individual support & resolving issues when needed.Determined system utilisation requirements by researching & testing systems.Executed with all system administration.Tasked with new LMS evaluation, implementation & integration. Show less