Kaitlin Walsh Email & Phone Number

Windsor, Ct, Us

- Oversee and coordinate the assessment of student learning outcomes and curricular/co-curricular activities.- Consult with faculty on educational design, development and technology for distance and web-enhanced courses.- System administrator for Blackboard, Echo360, Turnitin and Examsoft.- Develop and deliver professional development sessions, documentation and interactive modules on a variety of subjects.- Conduct research to identify and evaluate potential applications for new and emerging instructional technologies. - Provide program development support for the Digital Media and Communication major, including hiring and onboarding new faculty, developing new courses and working with faculty and staff to recruit and advise students.- Collaborate with faculty, staff and the Provost to deliver academic events such as Faculty Development Day, New Faculty Mentoring, the Common Read program and Symposium Day.- Chair of the Online Learning Taskforce, Common Read Committee and Digital Media Advisory Board. - Member of Extended Cabinet, Planning and Budget Committee, Teaching and Learning Center Committee and IT Steering Committee.o Previous committee memberships: COVID-19 Phase 3 Reopening Committee, Title III Steering Committee, Classroom Technology Committee.- Winner (2021), President’s Recognition Award for Inspiring Staff Excellence – Team Award.- Winner (2020) and Runner-up (2019), President’s Recognition Award for Inspiring Staff Excellence.

West Hartford, Ct

West Hartford, Ct

Teaching Experience:- University of Saint Joseph (2019, 2021): Latina Women and their Worlds (online), First Year Seminar- American International College (2015, 2017): Information and Technology (online)- Manchester Community College (Spring 2005): Effective Speaking - University of Hartford (2002-2007) - Introduction to Communication, Improving Communication Skills, Introduction to Media (hybrid)

- Full time until 07/17, then part-time contract work to complete projects.- Collaborated with faculty and administrators to manage the delivery of effective distance programs and courses, including designing courses, developing an accessibility audit process and introducing an embedded librarian program.- Implemented Quality Matters and Online Learning Consortium standards for quality assurance in distance courses and programs. Increased AIC’s OLC Scorecard score by over 30%.- Developed and delivered pedagogical and technology support in the form of documentation, interactive tutorials, workshops and self-paced competency-based programs. Increased training attendance by about 40%.- System administrator for Blackboard, Panopto, ProctorU, TurningPoint Cloud and other learning technologies.- Evaluated emerging technologies, digital content and instructional methods for possible inclusion in the curriculum. Made technology recommendations to college administration to implement AIC’s Davis Educational Foundation Grant.- Member of NEASC Self-Study Team, Distance Education Advisory Group, Academic Assessment Committee.- Indirect supervisor to four graduate assistants and two student workers.

- Responsible for design, development and support of online courses in all subjects. Consulted with faculty on best practices for online course development and teaching adult learners.- Enterprise System Owner for Charter Oak’s instance of Blackboard. Facilitated Blackboard migration to the CT Board of Regents’ managed hosting, multi-node authentication environment.- Project Manager and Functional Lead for Starfish, Charter Oak’s retention software.- Project Manager for the development and delivery of courses to launch Charter Oak’s new major in Cybersecurity.- Redeveloped the College’s student and faculty orientation programs, including designing and building self-paced courses and a collection of tutorial videos and documentation.- Led pilot programs for Acxiom verification software and Soomo webtexts, including research, troubleshooting, implementation and reporting to executive administrators on findings.- Manager for one administrative associate, one course builder and student workers.

Child And Family Studies

- Developed and updated training and promotional materials for the University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD).- Worked with Blackboard LMS and SharePoint Designer.

Faculty Center For Learning Development

- Developed and conducted training seminars and department retreats on a variety of technologies.- Planned and implemented full-day and multiple-day seminar series on Blackboard, educational technologies and best practices in online teaching.- Provided support for Blackboard LMS and a variety of instructional technologies.- Created and revised documentation on Blackboard, WebEx, Echo360, SMART, iPads and other technologies.- Developed a faculty technology networking wiki to help faculty connect with colleagues to learn new technologies.- Member of Blackboard Operations Team and WebEx/Lecture Capture Pilot Committee.

- Responsible for the welfare and discipline of approximately 700 undergraduate and graduate students (480 living on site).- Invigilated examinations for students both individually and in large groups (100-250 students).- Coordinated college events attended by up to 500 guests.- Member of College Welfare Committee, H1N1 Committee and Panel of College Advisors. - Member of interview committee for new Junior Dean hires. - Certified in First Aid.

- Designed Intranet pages for CIGNA’s participation with the United Way Community Campaign. - Recruited and organized over 250 volunteers for United Way Day of Caring and Susan G. Komen Denim Day.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medieval And Modern Languages (Spanish)

Activities and Societies: Junior Dean, MCR Social Secretary, IT Committee, Spanish Sub-Faculty Postgraduate RepresentativeThesis title.

Master Of Studies (Mst), European Literature (Spanish)

Activities and Societies: Catz MCR Social Secretary, IT Committee, Spanish Sub-Faculty Postgraduate Representative

Ma, Communication

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching InternRecipient of the Award for Excellence in the Graduate Study of Communication.

Double Ba, Communication, International Languages And Cultures

Activities and Societies: Honor Societies: Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Chi, Lambda Pi Eta, Alpha Delta Sigma. Member (2001) and President.