Director, Learning Innovation

• Oct 2017 - Present

Our mission: help Duke students learn more, and to enable more people to learn from Duke. Our mission: help Duke students learn more, and to enable more people to learn from Duke.

Director, Center for Instructional Technology

• 2013 - Oct 2017

I lead the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) in its mission to help faculty explore, develop and evaluate innovative ways to use technology and new pedagogies to meet their teaching goals. Read our annual report (linked below)

Head, eLearning Tools and Strategy

• 2012 - 2013

Led the Center for Instructional Technology's (CIT) work with other groups on campus to plan the evolution of Duke’s suite of eLearning tools, platforms and collaborations including Sakai, WordPress, Kaltura, Coursera and others.

Senior Academic Technology Consultant

• 2011 - 2012

2011-2012 - CIT lead for Duke’s transition from the Blackboard learning management system to Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment. Developed and executed plans for communications, training and consulting. Worked with the core Sakai Team on technical, training, support and strategic/governance aspects of the transition. Served as functional liaison to vendors to help define scope, verify service and meet project requirements. Managed instructional design and functional support teams.Consulted with faculty on the integration of innovative technology into their teaching and advocates for faculty in the broader university technology infrastructure.

Academic Technology Consultant

• 2006 - 2011

Led the planning, development and successful transition of Duke’s WordPress service from pilot phase to production (2009-2011). Led Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) programs exploring Flip cameras (2008). As Communications lead for CIT, developed CIT's communications strategy, maintained and expanded on social media connections, and generated a reporting mechanism to track communications statistics. Led the redesign and development of CIT’s website (2010-2011).Consulted with faculty on the integration of technology with teaching and research, primarily within the social science disciplines. Managed strategic instructional technology grants and projects. Areas of focus included: visualization, geo-location, Web2.0/social media, collaborative technologies, flexible learning spaces.

Fellow

• 2013 - 2013

Formerly 'Frye Institute' Formerly 'Frye Institute'

Manager of Media Production

• 2004 - 2006

Created strategic initiatives to increase the effectiveness of hybrid and distance-learning courses. Participated as contributor and consultant to professional organizations and publications. Developed and led technology and pedagogy workshops, seminars and events.Managed the design, development and implementation of engaging, interactive and pedagogically-sound new media materials including websites, institutional portals, and research databases and online/distance learning courses. Developed project management processes to support production. Managed staff of both FTE and student developers, designers and programmers.

Technology Manager

• 2002 - 2004

Led the collaborative effort to establish UTEP’s first enterprise learning management system (WebCT). Managed teams developing multimedia, video and visualization projects. Assisted with project planning and consulting support for NASA grant supporting science and technology projects.

New Media Developer - Digital Media Center

• 1999 - 2002