I am an instructional designer for the University of Arkansas Global Campus and adjunct instructor for the Educational Technology program.

My primary function is to collaborate with faculty in developing online courses. I also develop training materials for faculty and students in our online courses.

I focus on creating quality courses by implementing appropriate technologies and using research-based best practices for distance education. After the initial course build, I assist with identifying areas for improvement by utilizing formative and summative evaluation techniques.

Samples of my work, professional interests, technology skills, and a list of courses I have taught can be reviewed by selecting the tabs above.

• My University Web Site
  valid xhtml, css, priority 3 accessibility
• Sample from Online Course (ETEC 5373)
  includes a few sections from my Web Design course
• Internal Report - Quality Assurance for Distance Education (pdf)
  
• Flash SpringGraph of ETEC Program (Adobe Flex)
• Intro Video for Course (Camtasia)
• Interactive Flash Module (slides, video, map)
• Training Videos (made with Camtasia)
  
  • Setting up Groups in Blackboard (w/ captions)
  • Instructor Chat (with captions)
• Web Design / Consulting Site
• Needs Assessment for Fayetteville Library (pdf)
• Video Compression Tutorial (an oldie, Flash, 2005)
• Video with closed captions (also YouTube language translation available for captions!)
  This video was produced using Flash, Acrobat read aloud feature, Audacity (free sound editor), and Subtitle Workshop (free captioning software).

My professional interests include:

• Increasing usability of Web content with audience analysis and user testing techniques.
• Promoting quality assurance in distance education
• Promoting discourse in asynchronous discussions.
• Developing accessible (Section 508/ WAI-AAA) online content.
• Meeting and assessing affective objectives in online courses.
• Creating SCORM content
• Decreasing academic dishonesty through effective course design.
• Developing formative evaluation tools to assist with course redesign.
• Using web statistics and search engine optimization to increase program and course recruitment.

I have taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Arkansas. While I currently teach online only, I have experience teaching in the traditional classroom, as well.

Below are some of the courses that I have taught:

• Web Design (Graduate, online and blended) 2006-present
• Introduction to Educational Technology (Graduate, online) 2008-present
• Internet in the K12 Classroom (Graduate, online) 2007
• Special Issues (Graduate, online) 2007
• Teaching & Learning with Computer-based Technologies (Graduate, face-to-face) 2005
• Educational Technology Lab (undergraduate, face-to-face) 2004-2005

While not a complete list of my technology skills, below are some of the primary applications and skills that I have used:

• Web Design / XHTML (valid) / Dreamweaver
• Blackboard / WebCT / Moodle
• CSS
• Photoshop
• Camtasia / Captivate
• Adobe Flash
• Elluminate / WIZIQ / DimDim
• Tegrity lecture recording
• Podcasting / Audacity / Feedburner
• Microsoft Office / OpenOffice
• Adobe Premiere Video editing
• Javascript