Summary
An educator and technologist highly experienced in adult learning, distance education, and student-centered pedagogy and andragogy. Well versed in traditional instructional design processes, and project management methodologies such as Agile. Specific experiences include designing, implementing, and facilitating training and onboarding programs. Strengths include service-minded with a talent for forging genuine partnership with stakeholders.
Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE of COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY
Masters of Arts in Music and Music Education, 2013
Tech Fellow Graduate Assistantship
COLLEGE OF MUSIC, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL
Bachelors of Music Education, 2008
Professional Preparation
User Experience (UX) Design Certificate, expected completion 2021
Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
Instructional Design Certificate, 2019
SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD), Syracuse, NY
Fundamentals of Project Management , 2017
Florida Department of Education
Certification in Music (Grades K-12) Statement of Eligibiity, 2008
Professional Experience
INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
2020 — Present
ADJUNCT FACULTY
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
2015 – Present
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIST/LEAD EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIST
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
2014 – 2020 (LEAD IN 2018)
MEDIA TECHNICIAN AND LAB ASSISTANT
Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 – 2014
TECH FELLOW
Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 – 2013
Teaching Experience
EDST-3127: MODELS OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
EDST-4122: MEASURING LEARNING
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
EDU-1014607: TECHNOLOGY IN THE K-12 MUSIC EDUCATION
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
EDU-1014607-I01D: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PARAPROFESSIONAL
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
ART-1014607: MUSIC APPRECIATION FOR THE NON-MUSIC MAJOR
SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY
GUITAR AND MUSIC THEORY
Phil Ramone Orchestra for Children, New York, NY
GENERAL MUSIC and GUITAR ENSEMBLE
Grades K-8, St. James and St. John’s School, New York, NY
GENERAL MUSIC
Grades K- 4, Broadview Elementary School, Pompano Beach, FL
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
Pre-K, Sullivan International Preparatory School, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Co-Chair, Professional Personnel Committee, SUNY Empire State College, 2018 – present
Mentor and Brainstorm Facilitator, Monthly Music Hackathon, Music Community Lab, 2018
Search Committee, College-wide Instructional Designer, SUNY Empire State College, 2018
Project Manager and Developer, SUNY SPARC training course adaptation, 2017 – 2018
Steering Committee, Immersive Cloud Learning, SUNY Empire State College, 2017- present
Steering Committee, Title IX, SUNY Empire State College, 2017
Search Committee, Long Island Educational Technologist, SUNY Empire State College, 2017
Search Committee, Brooklyn Educational Technologist, SUNY Empire State College, 2016
Alternate Representative, Professional Personnel Committee, SUNY Empire State College, 2015
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2020. Creating a Spectrum of Support: Re-thinking Training during a Pandemic. SUNY Wizard Conference, Panel planner and host, Virtual.
2020. Staying Prepared: How the Focus of Supporting Nontraditional Student’s Independent Learning Shifted from Technology Pre-Pandemic to More Touchpoints Post-Pandemic. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Accelerate Conference, Virtual.
2019. Panelist at SUNY OER Education Week. SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY.
2018. “Designing a Synchronous Learning Environment that Promotes Community, Interactivity, and Equity of Experience for On-Campus and Remote Students” in Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR). University of Central Florida Center for Distributed Learning.
2018. Supporting the Nontraditional Student’s Independent Learning with Remote Synchronous Sessions. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL.
2018. Technology in the Arts: How One’s Digital Presence Benefits our Educational Purpose. Digital Day at SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY.
2018. Supporting the Nontraditional Student’s Independent Learning with Remote Synchronous Sessions: From the Frames of an Ed Tech to the Lenses of an Instructor. Digital Day at SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY.
2017. Reaching State-Wide with Telepresence Technology: From the Frames of an Instructor and the Lenses of an Educational Technologist. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2017. Ed Tech Webinar Series. Center for Mentoring, Learning and Academic Innovation (CML-AI), SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY.
2016. Immersive Cloud Learning: ESC’s Newest Modality. Fall Academic Conference, SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2015. Your Ongoing Digital Fluency: How Far Have you Come? SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology, Postdam, NY.
SPECIAL PROJECTS & VOLUNTEER WORK
2016 – present: Photo Connect Group Co-Leader, HillsongNYC
2014. Translator and Contributing Editor, WellSouled Brasil
2013. Commissioned case study designer, Sloan International Consulting
2012-2013. Guitar teacher, VH1 Save the Music Foundation Family Day
HONORS & AWARDS
2021. James William and Mary Elizabeth Hall Award for Innovation (nominee)
2021. Open SUNY Effective Practice Award (nominee)
2019. Open SUNY Online Effective Practice Award
2018. Institute for Teaching, Mentoring and Learning (IMTL) Summer Residency
2017. Institute for Teaching, Mentoring and Learning (IMTL) Summer Residency
2015. Information Technology Service (ITS) Quarterly Service Award
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
DHNYC: Digital Humanities in New York City
HASTAC
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The implications of distance education on adult learners in the 21st Century
Synchronous and asynchronous modalities as parts of a whole
User Experience in Higher Education
LANGUAGES
Portuguese (Native)
Spanish (Elementary)
Korean (Conversational)
THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Student-centered pedagogy and andragogy, adult learning, distance education, Community of Inquiry, ARCS Model, active learning principles, hybrid models. Quality Matters, OSCQR.
Moodle, Blackboard, Google Apps, Microsoft Office Suite and Office365, SnagIt, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, WordPress. Comfortable with audio editing. Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Illustrator; Mac iOS, Windows PC. Adobe Connect, Cisco Jabber, Skype for Business, Kaltura, Polycom, Service Now. OERs and Creative Commons licenses. Basic working knowledge of SEO.