2004 - present  Lakeland Community College
Kirtland, Ohio

Instructional Designer

• Defined and implemented methodology for online course development, clearing a 12-month backlog.
• Encourage and facilitate faculty in adopting technology into the classroom, including online, on-campus, and hybrid.
• Assist faculty in adapting and preparing course materials and techniques for online delivery
• Provide best-practices strategies and resources for online learning, including Web 2.0 applications and tools such as delicious, blogs, wikis, RSS, Flash, etc.
• Deliver face-to-face and online training to hundreds of full-time and part-time faculty
• Serve on various advisory and planning committees, including AQIP and Technology Committees
• Coordinate with executive management, faculty, staff, and outside consultants to define requirements and implement technical solutions.
• Blackboard system administrator:
  • Developed and implemented automated processes for creating user accounts on Blackboard and enrolling students in online course sites, enabling 400% growth in Blackboard usage with no increase in technical support staff.
  • As project lead for major Blackboard upgrades (v5 to v6, v6 to v7, v7 to v9), communicate with faculty, network administrators, and executive management; prepare capacity planning documents and project plans, plan and deliver training to 400+ faculty, develop processes to move and validate thousands of course sites.

Adjunct Instructor

Taught for-credit course in Web Design using innovative project-based model, incorporating a class wiki and using Twitter to bring in practicing experts in the field.

2003  The Art Institute International, Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Instructor

• Taught undergraduate courses:
• Introduction to Multimedia (Flash, Director, Powerpoint, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
• Instructional Design and Project Management for Multimedia
• Database Structures
• Web Programming (PHP)
• Developed and delivered faculty-development workshop on instructional design theory.

1999 – 2003   Sylvan Learning Online Higher Education / Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Instructional Designer

• Assisted faculty in preparing course materials for online delivery
• Provided strategies and resources for online learning
• Reviewed course materials for adherence to technical requirements, university standards, and distance education best-practices
• Developed and delivered faculty-training materials
• Coordinated with deans, department chairs, and course managers to track the status of current and future courses
• Blackboard system administrator
• Key team member involved in planning and executing a major transition in course delivery systems from Courseinfo 4.1 to Blackboard 5.5. 
• Trained ed graduate faculty members in how to use new course-delivery system
• Designed and implemented a web-based database to help designers and course managers track the development and deployment of current and future courses
• Developed courses in managing distributed teams and business finance basics
• Served as system administrator for mission-critical web-based synchronous and asynchronous communication tools, using vendor-supplied, customized, and custom-built applications in HTML, mySQL, Perl, and ColdFusion.
• Member of task force chartered by the CEO to evaluate current and future distance-learning technologies vs. Walden's current and future needs. Specified functional requirements for vendor-supplied and custom-built software.
• Investigated SCORM / IEEE 1484 specifications as related to Walden’s needs.

1998 – 1999 Capella University / The Graduate School of America / Learning Ventures International
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Senior Instructional Designer

• Created faculty and learner development materials
• Prototyped an interactive web-based counseling simulation
• Designed and developed course on Security for Online Learning.

Director of Interactive Courseware Development

• Managed an acquired development team through a major transition in the company's business focus and long-term strategic goals.

1993 - 1998 PLATO Learning Systems / TRO Learning
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Senior Courseware Designer

• Lead development teams in creating new PLATO courseware. Titles included:
• Technology Fundamentals
• Writing in the Workplace
• DataSkills: Charts & Graphs. 
• Prototyped interface for Windows version of PLATO.
• Designed, developed, and tested prototypes for new courseware, intelligent tutoring, games, and simulations.   
• Participated in planning and presentations related to the launch of PLATO on the Internet.  

Project Manager

• Consult with Executive Management and customers to develop project specifications, production plans, budgets and schedules.
• Manage resources to deliver quality product within budget and time constraints.  Projects included:
• DataSkills
• Social Studies update
• Math Fundamentals – International English conversion
• Math Fundamentals – Chinese conversion
• Writing in the Workplace
• Math Problem Solving
• PLATO for Windows Online Help
• PLATO Pathways documentation. 

Courseware Design and Quality Assurance Coordinator

• Worked with product development teams to refine content structure, instructional objectives and teaching strategies for new courseware.
• Coordinateed development and implementation of courseware review and testing protocols.
• Supported ISO 9000 certification process. Wrote and reviewed Quality Standard Operating Procedures

1990-1992 Hennepin County Technical College
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Instructor

• Taught multimedia communications class based on using Powerpoint

1990 – 1993 Century Design
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Instructional Designer

• Consulting, design, development, and production of custom video, instructor-led, print, CBT, and multimedia courseware.
• Clients included U.S. Navy, IBM, 3M, AT&T, Northwest Airlines.

Contributions to the Field

Active in online professional communities:

Reviewer for the British Journal of Educational Technology (Have reviewed 50+ pre-publication papers)

Ohio Learning Network (OLN) Northeast Regional Advisory Committee 2008

Publications and Presentations: http://www.itasca.net/~corrie/cbprespub.htm

Education

Post-graduate studies

• Seminars from the Sloan Consortium, EDUCAUSE, etc. Topics included Second Life, Podcasting, Web 2.0 Tools, Visual Literacy for Digital Composition, etc. 2007 - 2009
• Applications of Web 2.0 technologies in education: Self-directed study 2004-2009
• Online Facilitator Training: Socrates Distance Learning Technologies Group, 2003
• Learning-centered instruction: Wisdom Tools Scenarios / The Art Institutes International, 2003
• The design and development of web-based database applications using Perl, MySQL, and ColdFusion: Self-study 2000-2003
• The Future of Educational Institutions: Capella University 1999
• Collaborative Learning Systems: Capella University 1999
• Senior Project Management seminar: American Management Association 1997

Master of Education

Educational Technology (Ed. Psychology, Instructional Design)
Texas A&M University 1988

Bachelor of Science

Industrial Education (Aerospace Engineering)
Texas A&M University 1984