Portfolio

The following highlight experiences mentioned or listed in my resume and vita:

Teaching

Teaching Experience

I have taught Web Essentials (DGM 2120) and Web Design (DGM 2740) online or face-to-face since 2004 years at Utah Valley University. I’ve also taught instances of Internship, Web Languages I (DGM 2760) and Web Languages II (DGM 376), and am able to teach courses on a range of subjects including productivity software, design theory, usability testing, human factors, project management, server-side programming, social media, etc.

Web Essentials (DGM 2120)

CC By-NC 2008; Course hosted at open.uvu.edu; Online course lesson materials

  • portfolio artifactDGM 2120 Moodle Home Page
  • portfolio artifactDGM 2120 Learning Materials
  • portfolio artifactDGM 2120 Online Quizzing

Web Design (DGM 2740)

CC By-NC 2010; Course hosted at uvu.instructure.com; Online course lesson materials

  • portfolio artifactDGM 2740 Canvas Home Page
  • portfolio artifactDGM 2740 Community Project Feedback
  • portfolio artifactDGM 2740 Student Blogging

Web Languages II (DGM 3760)

  • portfolio artifactDGM 3760 Bb Vista Home Page
  • portfolio artifactDGM 3760 YouTube Instructional Video

Additionally, I’ve taught faculty workshops regularly over the past decade, covering wide-ranging topics such as hybrid course development, online cheating, effective use of learning management systems, graphic design, video production, online conferencing, social media, presentation design, etc.

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy is based on the following premises:

  1. High learning achievement is possible for all individuals (e.g. see Bloom’s 2-sigma problem)
  2. Individuals learn best from personalized instructional contexts that provide rich, timely feedback (e.g. mastery learning models)
  3. Individuals are motivated to learn, and learning becomes invisible when engaged in states of flow (e.g. see Csikszentmihalyi)
  4. Formal, terminal learning experiences should link to informal, life-long learning (e.g. see Douglas Thomas & John Seely Brown)

A complete explanation of my teaching philosophy is available upon request.

E-Learning Design and Course Development

I’ve worked directly with faculty as instructional designer on the development of online and hybrid courses since 1998 in various roles. As Director of Instructional Design Services (2005 – 2010) I maintained an average of 50 online courses and develop an average of 7 new online courses each year. Here’s a sampling:

ENGL 2520: American Literature Since 1860

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  • Year: 2011
  • Description: A 3cr hybrid/blended course for the English that emphasized exploration of authentic resources, deep discussion, and peer support of writing.
  • Role: Instructional designer
  • Available (in Instructure Canvas): uvu.instructure.com; user/pass: ask

TECH 405G: Global, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Technology

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  • Year: 2010
  • Description: A 3cr fully online senior-level course for the Technology Management degree program, utilizing accumulating studen survey responses and integrated content questions.
  • Roles: Instructional designer
  • Available (in Blackboard Vista): online.uen.org > Utah Valley University > user/pass: ask

JPNS 1010: Beginning Japanese

  • Year: 2008
  • Description: A 5cr fully online introductory-level Japanese course that emphasized individual practice in all the major language skills areas. Employed innovative Flash-based writing app with stroke recording and playback, flashcards, matching activities, and more.
  • Roles: Instructional designer, web programmer
  • Available (in Moodle 1.9x): open.uvu.edu; user/pass: ask

State Legislative Process

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  • Year: 2008
  • Description: A 10-episode video series designed to increase one’s understanding and appreciation of the state legislative system
  • Role: Executive producer, project manager
  • Available: desource.uvu.edu/slp/

Projects & Platforms for Learning

I’ve spear-headed a number of other e-learning projects over the years, including:

Utah Consortium Canvas Wiki

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  • Year: 2011
  • Description: A Mediawiki-based collaborative documentation project for Utah institutions of higher education (and beyond) using the Instructure Canvas LMS.
  • Role: Project director, web technologist, admin
  • Available: canvaswiki.uen.org

On UVU

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  • Year: 2010
  • Description: A WordPress-based, aggregable academic publishing platform for all members of the UVU community.
  • Role: Project director, web technologist
  • Available: on.uvu.edu

UVU WikiLearn

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  • Year: 2009
  • Description: A MediaWiki-based wiki platform for collaborative authoring and sharing of educational materials at UVU.
  • Role: Project director
  • Available: wikilearn.uvu.edu

UVU Open

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  • Year: 2006
  • Description: An open, alternative learning platform for teaching and sharing on Moodle. Integrated with Banner SIS.
  • Role: Project director
  • Available: open.uvu.edu

Web Design, Development, & Usability Testing

I’ve done web design and development since 1995, working on various scale projects for higher education, organizations, politicians, and small businesses, as well as consulting with larger companies over the years. Over the past few years I’ve created a number of themes for WordPress and MediaWiki. Here’s a sampling:

  • portfolio artifact“Rope” WordPress Theme
  • portfolio artifact“Notebook” MediaWiki Theme
  • portfolio artifact“Fearfull” WordPress Theme
  • portfolio artifactConnected Dots
  • portfolio artifactTTIX Conference
  • portfolio artifactACRES
  • portfolio artifactUtah Clothier Online
  • portfolio artifactPersonal WordPress Theme
  • portfolio artifact“Skate” WordPress Theme

Most recently, I’ve focused on usability testing of web sites and designs, recently completing a multi-method usability test of the new UVU Distance Education web site, which yielding critical information on necessary design changes. Test subjects included target faculty and students, who participated in a live, recorded interaction experience followed by quantitative assessment of the use case. A summative report on this latest project is forthcoming.

  • portfolio artifactDE Usability Test Subject
  • portfolio artifactDE Usability Test Survey
  • portfolio artifactDE Usability Test Subject

Writing

I am an enthusiastic writer at work, in school, and as a hobby (fiction and poetry). In addition to frequent blog posts on education and technology at Flexknowlogy, I was recently published by Open Learning as a collaborative author with David Wiley, and John Hilton, III, Aaron Johnson: “The four R’s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources.”

I also authored textbook-length materials for both Web Essentials and Web Design online courses, which Matthew Tabor describes as, “solid gold”. Both of these courses are published openly under a Creative Commons license.

Visual Design

Though I’ve done less and less visual design for web sites over the past few years as my role has shifted, I do still dip my hands into graphic design tasks whenever I can. Here are some examples:

Logos

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T-Shirts

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Program Evaluation

Timez Attack Program Evaluation

In 2010 I collaborated on my first evaluation project with peers at BYU. This project examined the educational game Timez Attack, a third-person 3D game that teaches kids multiplication facts. This evaluation addressed the questions: Does playing TA improve multiplication fact mastery? Does it contribute to positive changes in students’ multiplication self-efficacy? The results are now online: Evaluation Report of Big Brainz’ Timez Attack.

Conference Presentations

I’ve presented numerous info sessions, a handful of workshops, and even a few keynotes at national educational technology conferences over the years; here are a few recent favorites:

  • June 10, 2011. “Higher Education in 21c: Where To Go And How To Get There”. Keynote presentation. NETnet 2011, Tyler, TX.
  • November 13, 2011. “Why Can’t My Instructional Designer Skate?” Pecha Kucha presentation. Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) 22th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • February 20, 2010. “Late Night Learning Live!” Keynote presentation with Marc Hugentobler. eLearning 2010, Instructional Technology Council. Fort Worth, TX. Featuring an interview with Jon Mott, and academic zombie hunters Jim “Survivalist” Groom and Tom “Catfish” Woodward.
  • October 22, 2009. “Openness: A Catalyst for Online Education”. Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) 21th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
  • June 9, 2009. “Relic, Revolution, or Renaissance? Technology and the Uncertain Future of Higher Education”. Keynote presentation. NetNET 2009, Tyler, TX.
  • August 8, 2008. “The Cheatability Factor in Online Education”. 25th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Madison, WI.

Additionally, I’m co-founder of the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, an open conference for educational technology, and have been the conference planning chair from 2005 – 2010.