Educator/Instructional Designer/Project Manager
Resume:
Erika McCulloch
Oceanside, CA *****
Home 760-***-****
Email: ************@*****.***
Ambitious self-starter and team player with a track record for exceeding faculty goals and completing multiple projects with competing deadline. Extensive experience of instruction, curriculum development, project management, staff development, and information technology. Passion in integrating technology in a functional and effective way that promotes the evolution of education. Experience designing, implementing and supporting programs that advocate the use of technology to improve student achievement. Ability to see trends in technology and willing to explore new avenues to use them. Clear understanding of how technology affects teachers and students every day in the classroom.
Publications
Technology Book
Fundamentals of Technology Project Management. (Lewisville, TX: MC Press, 2004)
Work Experience - Collegiate
This 520-page book is geared towards software engineers and IT professionals. It tackles the specific issues that technology professionals must face and will help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the project management life cycle including how to manage it.
November 2005 – Present National University San Diego, CA
Associate Professor/Lead Faculty for the Master’s in Technology Management Program /Online Curriculum Developer and Instructional Design
• Taught and wrote curriculum for various courses such as: Computer Hardware & Software; Office Productivity Software; Management of R&D and Innovation; Technology as a Learning Tool; Masters Research Project; Information Technology Capstone Project; Meaningful Learning; Information Technology Management; Management of Technology & Innovation; System Analysis & Design; Technology Project Management; Workflow Technologies; Principals of Technology Management.
• Facilitate faculty and classified training, schedule and evaluate faculty for effective online and onsite classroom learning
• Assist in the development of policies and procedures for the online program
• Responsible for hiring and evaluating faculty for the Master’s in Technology Management Program
• Work with Department Chairs to plan and develop new online programs and curriculum and update and maintain existing online courses and curriculum in a continuing education environment.
• Maintain the online platform and troubleshoot instructor and student difficulties including notifications to instructors if platform issues arise
• Research and provide updates on emerging online technologies
• Work with individual instructors to create course development timelines, monitor progress, and assist in uploading courses
• Assists instructors in developing course layout and flow for appropriate access to learning activities, texts and assessments.
• Analyze enrollment and completion data for online courses
• Read and analyze end of course student survey to evaluate online courses through student/participant evaluations and level of interest shown
• Experience working with e-Learning programs such as Blackboard and eCollege and synchronous tools such as iLinc, ClassLive Pro and Abobe Connect
• Assisted with the migration and training from eCollege to .NExT platform
• Experience working collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students who have different levels of technical expertise
• Project manager with strong organization skills, problem solver and proven ability to set and meet goals
• Research and make recommendation on how to best support online education including evaluation of onsite and online faculty
• Was an active participant in monthly budget and senate meetings as well as the SOET liaison for Online Coordinator meetings
June 2006 – June 2010 Ashford University San Diego, CA
Online Faculty Quality Administrator/Adjunct Online Professor
• Taught and wrote curriculum for various online courses such as Computer Literacy; Communications in Organizations; Project Management; Visual Literacy in Business; Introduction to Business Management; Introduction to Instructional Design
• Developed and coordinated online professional development programs to enhance faculty learning
• Developed strategic approaches to evaluating classroom and faculty quality
• Worked collaboratively with instructional specialists, learning and development, curriculum coordinators, faculty schedulers and deans on the scheduling, evaluation, and professional development of online faculty
• Researched and made recommendations to academic affairs on how to best support students and teachers in an online setting
• Worked closely with the Information Technology and Learning and Development Divisions to continuously enhance the technological, resource, and support needs of our faculty, staff, and students
• Practical experience with emerging trends in online education
• Worked closely with the instructional design team on the migration of Blackboard to eCollege
August 2006 – June 2010 Cal State University San Marcos San Marcos, CA
Associate Professor
• Taught and wrote curriculum for various online, onsite and hybrid courses such as Hardware Operations and Functions to Support Teaching and Learning, Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning, Foundations of Teaching as a Profession
• Implement and redesign course curriculum consistent with program outcomes, course descriptions and course objectives
• Utilize WebCT and Moodle –e-learning systems
• Consult regularly with the College of Education to determine current technological, resource, and support needs
• Utilize Web 2.0 technology and other open web tools in the delivery of online teaching and successful student learning outcomes
• Attended National Educational Computer Conference
Project Manager– National Science Foundation Grant
• CyberTEAM project developed and implemented professional development and classroom cyberinfrastructure (CI) learning experiences that incorporated access to visualization tools, collaboration tools, and open source applications and resources to enhance the learning of Earth systems
• iQUEST supported middle school science teachers as they engaged students in investigations that lead to deeper understanding of scientific concepts.
• Worked with diverse communities such as other educational institutes, private businesses, corporations and California State Parks
• Visited school sites to support teacher teams by conducting training sessions on various technology tools to utilize in the classroom such as implementing Wii Interactive Whiteboards, TechQuests, GPS Devices, and expanding distance learning through videoconferencing
• Researched and trained faculty and teachers on Moodle which led to the Universities school wide transition from WebCT to Moodle
• Encouraged and supported the development and implementation of tools, technologies, and services related to virtual education that empower instructors and enhance teaching and learning
• Assisted in the creation of a poster presentation hosted at the Library of Congress: Science Comes Alive Through Customized Games and Learning Objects. National Educational Computer Conference: 21st Century Learning with Technology
• Analyzed data and maintained records and documentation
• Maintain budget and third party contracts
• Coordinated instructor technology training, faculty support services, and use of TechQuests
Developed and maintained the CyberTEAM website utilizing Adobe Creative Suite Tools
Work Experience - Technical
August 2005 – present Quantum Business Consulting United States
Consultant
• Consultant on multiple projects levering leading edge technologies including: Spring; FLEX; Flash; Gaia Frameworks; Hibernate; Ajax; Web2.0; and Java. The CDN enables customers to add video streaming content in an on-demand or linear model to their existing web entities through a simple java or flash object that tunneled into a hosted CDN for quality assurance and delivery of near HD content to their web users.
• Responsible for Business Development and Project Management
• Provide business and technical consulting for multi-media e-Learning solution
• Process Analyst and Project Manager- Healthcare
• Finding creative and innovative options to implement educational user interface components of the company’s e-Learning media solution leveraging both customer feedback and industry research
• Consolidate and publish server environment documentation provided by other consultants
• Manage client expectations for engagement
• Provide project support to the other QBC consultants
• Financial planning, budgeting and reporting
• Project methodology and process management, improvement, and ownership
• Worked with the technical team in the design and build of a cross-industry multi-lingual content delivery network (CDN).
• Met with various commercial and private sectors as part of the sales team
• Creating of the complex RFP document that would enable Global Communications to reach out to vendors and determine best of breed solutions
• Manage and implement the technical solution for GoAmerica’s core business of offerings: MVP and VideoSign that utilized Video Relay Services (VRS) to the deaf and hard of hearing community
June 2010 – July 2011 SAIC San Diego, CA
Business Systems Analyst
Secret Clearance
• Provided engineering, training, and support services to a variety of customers, including the BCTM Program Office and SPAWAR PEOC4I Team.
• Requirements Management using Telelogic/IBM Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS®)
• Testing and training using Telelogic DOORS®
• Proposal and technical writing on various programs
• Supply technical support and troubleshooting in a classroom setting
• Creation of publication materials including brochures and fliers utilizing Adobe CS Tools
1999 – 2001 IBM - Project Manager/IT Architect United States
1998 – 1999 Ingram Micro – Electronic Commerce Project Manager Santa Ana, CA
• Management of project team in multiple locations
• Project management of rapidly developed projects
• Project methodology and process management, improvement, and ownership
• Managed partner relationships
• Financial planning, budgeting and reporting
• Worked closely with many stakeholders to understand and document requirements
• Developed a UI Design Document that included designing user interfaces, developing UI prototypes, and developing UI Design Guidelines
• Assisted in the development of use-cases and business requirements
• Performed in depth business and technical analysis
• Worked closely with all business units to define, plan and implement projects. Prepared all project documentation
• Co-wrote technical specifications with technical lead to develop and implement projects
Education
MAED Curriculum & Technology
B.S. Business Management
A.A. Computer Science
California Teaching Credential (Single-Subject Business)
Texas Teaching Credential (Single-Subject Business)
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