Sheryl Hirsch Email & Phone Number

Gambrills, Maryland, United States

Largo, New Jersey

Managed classroom build, including content strategy, prototype creation, content in AEM, and classroom in D2L. Developed and created online instructional enhancement and support materials using a wide variety of Web and rich media production tools and resources. Selected program / course developments, including Masters of Transformational Leadership Program (TLP), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Bachelor of Science Cybersecurity Technology (CMIT).• Ensured compliance by checking content for accessibility.• Contributed to knowledge sharing and technical literacy through development and delivery of online tutorials, demonstrations, special trainings, and other forms of instructional support to internal and external clients.• Enabled in-depth understanding of material by providing instructional support services to academic units on technology integration projects.• Selected to serve as Instructional Technology Point of Contact (POC) for Digital Teaching & Learning (DTL) & AEM initiatives: Pioneer, Edit and Author, Shareable Content Library, Training, DTL Course Refresh, and Quality Matters Pilot as well as migration of content from Equella to AEM and AEM to AEM Cloud.

Adelphi, Maryland, United States

Supported the Open Educational Resources (OER) production process, including analysis of resources and technical requirements for extraction, performing extraction of material, reformatting material according to best practices (including prioritization of download-capable and accessible formatting), adding attributions to material, and preparing content for repository storage and delivery to Learning Environment Online (LEO).• Ensured smooth and efficient textbook adoption process by managing and facilitating course material adoption requests, consulting with program directors, data validation and review, school / publisher / Barnes and Noble College (BNC) liaison for over 900 courses in graduate and undergraduate schools.• Met or exceeded deadlines while managed textbook desk copy process including database management, report creation / export, vendor consultation, content distribution to hundreds of faculty members each semester.• Provided excellent and timely student / faculty learning content support by working closely with vendors to solve issues and monitoring emails 7 days per week.

Adelphi, Maryland, United States

Managed development, implementation, and maintenance of UMUC World-wide eChapter Program by working closely with Graduate School of Management and Technology, School of Undergraduate Studies, Europe, and Asia to identify required first 3 textbook chapters of all respective courses, submitting a request to applicable publishers for the PDF files, creating in-house PDF files and maintaining database to ensure student of currency of all eChapters.• Maintained up-to-date eChapters first in WebTycho (CMS) then in Equella for all 4 schools (Undergraduate, Graduate, Europe, and Asia) each semester ensuring students had needed content to start course, even if textbook was on backorder.• Sourced usable formatted (PDF) chapters from various outside vendors / publishers uploaded to WebTycho, Equella, and/or D2L.• Worked extensively with Europe and Asia ensuring that overseas students had access to eChapters.• Ensured smooth workflow by effectively managing 2 student workers. Approved hours, assigned tasks and conducted yearly reviews.• Increased efficiency by establishing an eChapter inventory system and removing any duplicate chapters.