RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy, NY

Course Developer

• Participated in review team for Blackboard exemplary course project

• Support distance and blended courses through learning management system

• Consult with faculty and staff on learning management system and course delivery technology use and troubleshooting

• Create tutorials and training materials for software and web-based technology

• Assist with presentations to on and off campus groups

• Research and consult on innovations in instructional delivery methods, instructional design models, and emerging technologies

• Manage student interns and aspects of course development team administration

• Assist with content creation and management for course development team website

BENNINGTON COLLEGE, Bennington, VT

Alumni Programs Manager

• Created and implemented a revitalized alumni relations program for the college including a unique reunion cycle; expanded benefits to alumni through on and off campus partners

• Recruited alumni volunteers and started formal program, including creation of volunteer training materials

• Developed and managed budget

• Coordinated regional events nationwide, as well as on-campus events for students and alumni

• Created copy for, built, and oversee the alumni portion of the college’s website in addition to maintaining a presence on social networking sites, utilizing online survey tools, and managing a bi-monthly an e-newsletter

• Provided customer service and various forms of support and assistance for the college’s 8000+ alumni

ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Albany, NY

Senior Representative

• Enrolled new students and helped them throughout the enrollment process and beyond by assisting them in finding housing, transportation, financial aid opportunities, and interfacing between their former colleges and/or high schools as well as other college departments

• Organized and planned open house events, orientations, headed a Retention team, and developed promotional materials

• Presented to local groups and incoming students on the role of technology education and women in technology

Relevant Professional Development and Conference Attendance

• Lecture Capture: Beyond Cost & Complexity, Campus Technology Webinar, February 2009

• Teaching for Intelligence: Believe to Achieve Conference, Albany, NY, March 2008

• Exploring Social Networking and Media Sharing Sites to Engage Young Alumni and Students, Academic Impressions Web Conference, February 2008

• Every Child Counts: A Symposium Dedicated to Ending the Gap, Albany, NY, November 2007

• Advanced Excel 2003, CompuWorks Systems Inc., Bennington, VT, June 2007

• Quality Customer Service Roundtable, New Directions Consulting, Bennington, VT, May 2007

• Fundamentals of Successful Project Management, SkilPath Seminar, Springfield, MA, February 2007

Project and Publication Samples

Self-paced online course for instructors considering the use of social networking sites in their courses. This site was built in a Wiki.

• Created course design and content
• Contains valuable online references and tutorials related to using social networking sites in general and in educational contexts

Website with introductory Anthropology activities including web quests and concept maps for human origins coursework.

• Created all site design and content
• Contains samples of web-based learning activities and web-based lesson plans

Bennington College 75th Anniversary Celebration and alumni webpages

• Member of a team that created and managed alumni site content and content layout (not template)

PowerPoint slideshow converted to a silent short film for a local community center fundraiser

• Created all slides and slide layouts, transitions, and effects
• The use of DVD format was a creative effort to overcome the problem of needing a way to visually display the role of the Community Center over the last year, but not having access to specific software and not wanting to deal with a computer during an event.

Professional areas of interest and membership: 
distance learning design and development; instructional design for online and blended learning settings; social justice in education; promotion of technical education and scientific careers to women; web development;
Albany Consortium for Research in Instructional Design and Theory
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Additional areas of interest and membership:
US Budokai Karate
Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Anthropological Honor Society
RPI Women’s Club

Interesting and Useful links:
The Alliance of Technology and Women
Designing effective online learning resources
Technology, Entertainment, Design
Universal Design for Learning resources
National Center for Academic Transformation
The OWL’s APA Style Guide
Ning—Create your own social network