Counseling Lead: Online Education Initiative (OEI) Implementation of Online Counseling Service - 2018 - 2020

Designed and developed the process for implementation of Diablo Valley College’s Online Counseling service using the Cranium Café web-based, real-time video platform. Responsible for the on-boarding of counselors and staff and the development of online counseling processes, policies and documents. Organized an online counseling pilot using Cranium with a few designated Career Education programs for spring 2020. The pilot expanded into full campus-wide implementation of online counseling due to the COVID-19 campus closure directive.

Life Design Studio Traning Program, June 27 - 30, 2019 Stanford University

Participated in an intensive, immersive 4-day Life Design Training Program sponsored by Stanford University. The program centered around the five (5) “Design Thinking” principles of Empathize, Define, Ideation, Prototype and Test. Training activities included examples of using design principles to First Year Experience or freshmen level students and opportunities to prototype our ideas along with participation in Odyssey Planning. My colleagues (Ted Muñoz, Rudolf Rose) and I implemented our prototype to our home campus community in spring 2020.

D2L Learning Community for District Faculty

Designed/Storyboarded central hub or resource center where faculty can learn, share and exchange information about teaching and learning within a virtual environment. LC Content Areas: Best Practices, Campus Specific Info, Class Activities, Conferences, Course Design Tips, “How-to” Guides, Instructional Strategies, Troubleshooting D2L; (2014)

Faculty Orientation for Online Teaching

Designed and developed Desire-2-Learn (D2L)-based orientation to online teaching for District faculty; Divided into six modules: Designing Your Course, Learning Objectives, Student Engagement, Assessment & Measurement, Resources & Materials, Student Support Services, Content Themes, Web Tools And Social Technologies; (2013)

Sabbatical Project: Online Student Services Portal

Surveyed a sampling of community colleges, virtual high schools, and universities to determine which web-based technologies and applications are being used for student services. An overview of Web 2.0 technologies were provided as well as recommendations for implementation; (2008)

CONSULTANCY

Leadership Development Training for Middle School Administrators - California League of Schools, Compton, California (2013)

Leadership Development Training for High School Administrators - California League of Schools, Compton, California (2011)

Facilitated two-part workshop designed to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment as an instrument to help participants discover their own unique leadership style. Part One consisted of in-person group presentation, discussion and instructions. Part Two consisted of individual online synchronous MBTI interpretation and recommended leadership strategies;

Da Vinci Technology Council; Da Vinci Science & Design Charter High School - Hawthorne, California (2008)

Lead Da Vinci Tech Council in the development of its planned charter high school technology plan. The Tech Plan integrated 21st Century skills for students, staff, parents and included industry participation;

Educational & Knowledge Sharing Applications Using Second Life; Linden Lab - San Francisco, California (2006)

Designed Second Life Orientation for Educators & Students;
Built 3-D Campus Life Practice Stations in the Second Life virtual world;
Provided Linden Lab with strategies used to support knowledge sharing between their volunteer community;

PUBLICATIONS - DISSERTATION

Carter, C.A. (2008). The Panhellenic Project: Assessing learning engagement using web 2.0 technologies. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, 2008.
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