abgr19@r.postjobfree.com

Orlando Collado-Almodóvar

voice: 787-***-****

PO Box 10033

San Juan, PR 00908

October 26, 2014

To whom it may concern

Dear Ms. or Mr.:

Attached to this letter you will find general information “Resumé”. In short, I am forward

thinking, meticulous in my planning, hardworking, action oriented and have a genuine

interest in education and service.

As my resume illustrates, I have the track record, technical knowledge, and expertise to

effectively:

Teach or coach courses/seminars in the use of educational technologies.

Help or coach faculty and students on the use of technologies for educational

purposes.

Install, develop and use support/Help Desk platforms for improving user/

participant satisfaction.

Create and design courses, seminars or workshops for traditional, hybrid-mode

or online education.

Administer, develop, implement, and support of online teaching/learning

platforms such as Moodle, Blackboard and Mahara ePorfolios among many

others.

Install, develop and use school administration software/student information

systems such as Focus/SIS, openSIS and OpenSchool.

Produce, create and edit rich content learning materials such as video, audio,

interactive e-books and Articulate Storyline activities among others.

Design, develop and monitor plans for the implementation of technology

innovations in education and multimedia fields.

Integrate social media and technology to improve student satisfaction and

retention.

Many other related tasks.

You’re invited to visit one of my sites dedicated to educational services at

www.cronopiodigital.com. If you need more information about a specific area, please feel

free to contact me at the telephone numbers provided. I’m available for full time or

contract work 24/7, references are available upon request.

Sincerely,

Orlando Collado-Almodóvar

PO Box 10033, San Juan, PR 00907 787-***-**** abgr19@r.postjobfree.com

O rlando Collado A lmodóvar

W ork E xperience

11/2013 – present Hato Rey, PR

North Point International Institute

Instructional Design / Curriculum Area

M oodle LMS Administrator / Institutional W ebmaster 7 /2014 - present

Manage all the Learning Environment System courses/accounts/tools.

Management of Courses, including updating course properties, creating courses and

enrolling users via enrollment keys and/or batch processing, course utilities i.e. import,

export, archive, restore, course configuration options, group(s) and site hierarchy.

Provide support to stakeholders and internal teams in the area of multimedia storage, course

cloning, coping, backing-up, retrieving and setup processes.

Monitoring of system effectiveness in satisfying user needs.

Working with end user support services (Help Desk) for roll-out, issue resolution and

quality user experiences.

Manage all landing page content, modules and plug-ins.

Consult and support instructional designers and course developers about technical concerns

for all courses.

Create multimedia materials to complement e-learning and hybrid courses.

Establish, develop, and track data metrics to measure and forecast the effectiveness of

learning functions and academic goals.

Stay current with LMS technologies, instructional technology trends.

I nstructional Designer 1 1/2013 - 7/2014

Create/edit activities and presentations for the Online Learning Platform.

Execute courses migration from Moodle version 1.9 to version 2.6.

Create and configure products for the online courses store.

Team leader for the committee for the evaluation of the instructional design model.

Fix problems with on-development and live courses.

Certify/validate/check online courses and activities.

Liaison with the Curriculum department for the creation of rubrics for online activities

evaluation.

Collaborate with the curriculum area to develop tests and course objectives.

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02/2013 – 11/2013 San Juan, PR

National University College-Online

Academic Affairs / Instructional Design

I nstructional Designer/ Liaison w ith Curriculum Team / Contract job

Course proposals Instructional Design Team Leader.

Discuss courses creation/redesign proposals with Subject Matter Experts, Curriculum

Specialists and Content Developers.

Create/edit activities/courses for the Blackboard Online Learning Environment Platform.

Fix problems with on-development and live courses.

Certify/validate/check live online courses.

Develop/edit activities instructional materials for e-Learning environment.

Design institutional and custom rubrics for activities assessment/evaluation for the online

division.

Staff lecturer on rubrics design for the assessment of educational activities.

07/2010 - 05/2012 Río Piedras, PR

Porta-e Office, ArTI Department,

Faculty of Education, University of Puerto Rico

M oodle a dministrator for t he P orta - e ePortfolios p roject

Install, develop, modify and manage the Moodle online educational environment platform

for evaluation/ assessment of electronic portfolios.

Remote server administration and maintenance.

Provide customer orientation to faculty and students.

Help Desk tasks.

Provide and apply patches and bug fixes to the LMS platform.

Graphic art design for the Moodle platform.

08/2009 - 02/2013 Chiquititos CENDI, Children Daycare Center Aibonito, PR

A ssociate Director

Institution co-founder.

Develop and supervise institutional and class curriculum.

Interview and hire personnel.

Develop and maintain administrative and human resources platforms/networks.

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08/2002 to 06/2009 Colegio Espíritu Santo (Pk-12 private school) Hato Rey, PR

T eacher

Multi-level music teacher (Preschool to High School).

Voice Choir conductor.

High School Computer Course teacher.

Moodle (online learning platform) and OpenBiblio (library database) administrator.

Create courses, activities and evaluation/assessment tools for the Moodle LMS platform.

Create the Technology development plan for the Middle States Association accreditation.

Create the Music Curriculum for Middle States Association accreditation.

Assist teachers and students with available and emerging technology resources.

High School Computer Lab Manager.

2000-present Independent Freelancer San Juan, PR

A udio/Video Producer & C onsultant

Music producer, music arranger, musician and sound engineer for radio, TV and cinema

advertising.

Recording Studio/ MIDI systems consultant/ engineer/designer.

Video producer and editor.

Computer software, hardware and networks consultant/designer for multimedia production.

2001-2002 Federal Emergency Management Agency/ Trujillo Alto, PR

Homeland Security

H uman Services Specialist L iaison

Disaster recovery orientation and registration intake to NEMIS federal disaster database system.

2000-2001 Smart Hold Advertising & Marketing Santurce, PR

R ecording Studio Manager/ Computer Network s M anager

Record audio for advertising.

Supervise sound engineers and studio use.

Manage and develop database system.

Configuration and set-up of new computer systems.

Internal network security.

Administration of email server.

Support for internal employee computer systems.

1997-1998 Ochoa Recording Studio Hato Rey, PR

M usic P roducer/Arranger/Sound Engineer

Music arranging, musician, recording and mixing engineer for radio, TV, cinema advertising

and other professional music projects.

Develop and administration of the MIDI Studio.

Develop and support networks for file exchange between facilities.

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E ducation

2008-2011 University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus San Juan, PR

Faculty of Education

S tudies i n E ducation

Bachelor of Music Education with emphasis on curriculum and methodology.

Cumulative major point-average: 3.7

1998 Executrain, Puerto Rico San Juan, PR

M icrosoft Sales Specialist C ertificate

Training Certificate

1998 Compu-Training Hato Rey, PR

C omputer Repair, Maintenance and Troubleshooting C ertificate

Course Diploma

1986-1989 Berklee College of Music Boston, MA

M usic Synthesis

Computer Music studies which include music arranging, computer music programming and

sound design with a minor in piano.

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O ther Skills

Customer satisfaction trainings and skills.

Educational Technology lecturer.

Multimedia producer/editor.

Sound engineer.

E-book/Flipbook/Articulate Storyline designer/editor.

Webpage/CMS design for the internet.

Digital video cameraman and editor.

Digital photographer.

Multi-instrumentalist musician: piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, viola, voice.

Software highlights: Office Productivity Suite, Cakewalk SonarX2, Sony Vegas, Adobe

Visual Communicator, Photoshop and Presenter, Audacity, Digidesign ProTools and

Articulate Storyline among many others.

Well organized, highly motivated, keen attention to detail and extended use of quality

control within projects.

Spanish: spoken/written.

English: spoken/written.

R eferences

Available upon request.

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