Rachel B. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

• Builds talent and a sense of belonging for staff through support, coaching, training and setting expectations. • Leads development and continual improvement of engagement and communications strategies between instructional support services, faculty & related stakeholders.• Maintains effective internal and external communication processes that provide stakeholders with clear, timely, and relevant information. • Maintains oversight of the TLED website and social media channels and works with college areas to align information for faculty and other stakeholders. • Develops and maintains regular communication to inform current faculty of relevant news and information supporting the college's mission and goals through relevant communication platforms • Manages and executes communication projects that support teaching and learning, through consultations, concept development, storytelling, graphic design, and approaches to end-user needs. • Oversees production of printed, video, audio & digital materials • Develops guidelines and direct implementation of writing, editing, and distribution of teaching and learning information on services, programs, and procedures to communicate with faculty. • Establishes guidelines for the TLED brand and maintains brand integrity across all communications print and web.• Ensures all communications and promotions are vetted and edited for accuracy and transparency with a focus on clarity, comprehension, use of language, flow, consistency and medium. • Serves as principal instructional services writer and/or editor of information • Analyzes, evaluates, and makes recommendations about communication tools and processes • Collaborates with college stakeholders for consistent messaging and cohesion.• Works with appropriate departments to ensure office services, resources, and technologies are accessible and ensures licensing and copyright requirements for resources are met.

Collaborates with departments for the development and alignment of web instructional content with audience, and goals.Drafts web content to meet user needs, and client goals.Plans content information architecture.Creates low fidelity wire frames.Applies understanding of user-centered content strategy and design.Incorporates data and user insights into content decisions.Uses usability research results to inform content strategies. Provides editorial feedback on projects.

Austin, Tx, Us

Leads a talented dynamic team with a full stack developer, front end developer, and UI/UX designer.Supervises, trains, coaches, directs, coordinates, and disciplines personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws. Recommends hire and termination personnel actions for positions supervised.Coordinates project activities with stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties including development of schedules, work plans, resource requirements, and projections.Monitors and manages Web project quality to ensure project deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the project requirements.Communicates and explains project processes to project stakeholders and others.Monitors and manages project parameters to ensure project is completed within agreed upon timelines.Compiles and distributes project status reports and other project information as needed.Develops criteria for evaluating projects, proposals, and other pertinent information related to project assignments.Identifies potential project risks and difficulties and informs management of issues. Works to design strategies to mitigate or avoid risks.Develops annual and long-range plans for instructional web development components of the college's web-based instructional content while still complying with security and data protection standards.Applies new technology, media, interactive research, and emerging standards related to accessibility, e-learning and web development.

Austin, Tx, Us

Collaborates with departments for the development and alignment of web instructional content with audience, and goals.Drafts web content to meet user needs, and client goals.Plans content information architecture.Creates low fidelity wire frames.Applies understanding of user-centered content strategy and design.Incorporates data and user insights into content decisions.Uses usability research results to inform content strategies. Provides editorial feedback on projects.

Austin, Tx, Us

Coordinates instructional design projects from inception to completion, including planning timelines and content, team member responsibilities, and quality review and maintains files and records.Consults with faculty on instructional design and learning objectives.Assists in the development of instructional strategies, course materials, assessment techniques, appropriate integration of instructional technologies and best practices.Designs and produces learning materials in a variety of formats.Provides assistance to faculty in technology tools and methods, use of instructional software, and effective uses of multimedia.Researches and makes recommendations on educational best practices, instructional resources, instructional technologies and multimedia hardware/software to support teaching and learning.Designs, develops, and delivers workshops and training to faculty and staff in the use of instructional technologies and educational best practices.Facilitates curriculum development sessions, documents findings, and writes reports.Conducts occupational analysis and develops job profiles.Provides guidance on social media to departments.Edits curriculum content for clarity, grammar, style and outcomes alignment.Serves on Hiring Committees, Hiring Committees, Advisory Committees and Special Tasks Forces.Serves on the Distance Learning Committee.Served as liaison to Distance Learning and periodically meets with the Support Services Coordinator for Distance Learning.Managed IDS social media presence.

My post doc focuses on managing, supporting and researching MOOCs (massive open online courses). Moodle is our course platform. I was the course assistant for a 2,000 then 5,000 student MOOC course: Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization. Alberto Cairo was the faculty for the course. Currently, I am co-course assistant for a Spanish language course on election coverage that is taught by Maria Teresa Ronderos.

I assist in the design, launch, evaluation and support of online courses in Spanish and English for journalists throughout Latin America.

Assist with the coordination of the ASPECTS program;Assist with the development and execution of the Graduate Student Instructor Colloquium;Present workshops on pedagogical strategies to graduate student instructors;

• Project assistant for TRACK (TEKS Readiness and Core Knowledge) an online website tutorial program aimed at 11th graders in Texas. In order to graduate high school students need to pass the Texas Essential Knowledge Skills (TEKS)• Assist in the coordination and implementation of the fall pilot of TRACKPlus with chosen pilot high schools across the state of Texas • Coordinate phone conferences with pilot high school contacts for debriefings and assessments of pilot• Conduct face-to-face training presentations on TRACK for new users• Present at conferences to introduce TRACK to Texas teachers/administrators • Disseminate information about TRACK, and provide support in the day-to-day activities of managing the TRACK tutorial program site within the UT-Telecampus.

• Support and conduct research for a book project entitled: “Practical Curanderismo: Magical & Healing Arts of the Borderlands” which focuses on mental and health issues regarding Latinos• Serve as subject matter expert for the creation of multimedia and curriculum materials for book project• Maintain websites based on the research of Dr. Antonio N. Zavaleta, Professor of Anthropology and Vice President for External Affairs that deal with topics on Texas-Mexico border folk-healing practices and beliefs • Assist in fieldwork studies as a photographer, and Spanish/English translator • Digitize documents and photos for permanent storage purposes & catalog photographs, articles, presentations, slides, books, transcripts and all other materials • Research, draft, and prepare power point presentations intended for conferences and special presentations regarding the outcomes of research, or Latino Health; and• Maintain files regarding research projects, correspondence and contacts

• INDS 3303 Culture and Humanity: Human Diversity in Cross-Cultural Perspective• Course for pre-service teachers and team taught with Dr. Antonio N. Zavaleta• Lectures focused on sociology, educational theory and technology

• Assist Dr. Christine Bennett (Director of program) in the daily running of Project TEAM and the F400 Honors Seminar Class such as presenting discussions and informative presentations, copies, attendance; assist with additional M300 course as necessary • Tutor students for technology and writing• Coordinate technology workshops & teach technology workshops as necessary;• Plan & coordinate the Project TEAM Advisory Board Meetings & Coordinator Meetings; present updates• Visit classes for recruitment purposes and plan Project TEAM Information Session;• Coordinate and plan the Project TEAM Weekender Camp each Spring for 36 middle school students & 20 staff members that requires attention to detail, professionalism and interpersonal communication skills;• Plan Monthly Social Events for Project TEAM Students; and• Update and maintain the Project TEAM website

Phd, Learning Technologies, Curriculum & Instruction

Masters Of Science In Education, Instructional Systems Technology