CCCO Executive Director Update

CCCOnline Instructors

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Eric Lee has accepted the position of Executive Director for CCCOnline.   His official start date will be Monday, November 26^rd.  Prior to that date, he will be attending the Educause annual conference and potentially attending one or two CCCS/CCCOnline meetings.

I want to thank both Eric and Kyla Hammond for their strong candidacy.  It was wonderful to have two top-notch candidates for this important position.   Kyla will continue in her role as program chair for CCCOnline.

I appreciate the dedication of the search committee in seeing the search through and the patience of the CCCOnline staff as we continued our search process.   I know you will make Eric welcome as he transitions into the Executive Director role.

Julie

Julie Ouska

CIO/VP, Information Technology

Colorado Community College System

(720) 858-2781

julie.ouska@cccs.edu

CCCOnline Academic Updates - October, 2012

Hi everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather and colors.  I wanted to give you a few updates from the Academic side of the house at CCCOnline:

• We had record attendance at the Annual Conference this year -- our attendees were at about 270!  If you have feedback you'd like to give me regarding the conference, please feel free to let me know.

• We have filled many staff positions at CCCO recently.  Please join me in welcoming Vanessa Bravo (Instructional Designer), Nazli Nomanbhoy (eLearning Specialist), John Ragan (QA Auditor), Justin Sherrill (Academic Technology Professional), Jonathan Sherrill (Academic Technology Administrator), Eden Haywood-Bird (ECE/EDU Program Chair) and Maggie Gaddis (BIOProgram Chair).  We are happy they have joined us!

• We are in the process of interviewing for the Arts and Humanities and Physical Science Chair positions.  We are also hopeful that our Executive Director will be on board soon.  

I hope the semester is going well for all of you.  If you have questions or concerns that I can help address, please let me know.

Best regards,
Terry

Welcome to Daniel Metz!

Hello –

I am very pleased to announce Daniel Metz has accepted the position of Associate Dean, Liberal Arts and Communication at CCCOnline; he will start August 1.   See the bio info below to get to know him a little better, and join me in welcoming him to our CCCOnline family!

Best,

Terry

Daniel Metz, Liberal Arts and Communications

Daniel Metz holds a BA in Philosophy and World History, and received an MA in Philosophy from the University of Bristol, U.K., concentrating on issues in epistemology, metaphysics and linguistics in ancient Greek philosophy.  Other areas of interest include Kantian epistemology and ethics, Existentialism and Aesthetics. 

Daniel has been with CCC Online for nine years, as a philosophy and humanities instructor, and as chair of the Arts and Humanities program since 2006. Daniel has also served as the CCCS chair of philosophy. Prior to these endeavors, he taught philosophy and cultural studies for the University of Leeds and EFL at Shoin University in Japan, and retains an interest in Japanese philosophy and art.

Daniel considers teaching a privilege: “In my view, teaching is really about opening doors to different perspectives, and facilitating the learning process. This process involves each learner encountering new ideas and new ways of looking at the world, and developing critical thinking skills in order to better understand other perspectives, and in doing so, broadening one's own.”

Daniel enjoys traveling, hiking, viewing art, contemplating the meaning of the universe, listening to contemporary symphonic music, and discussing ideas about education.  Daniel relates, “I am gratified for the opportunity to contribute to our collaborative effort at CCC Online to strive for the best quality of education in the online environment.”

Meet Rudilee Gabel, CCCOnline's new College Level Math Program Chair

CCCOnline would like to introduce Rudilee Gabel, our new College Math Program Chair. Rudilee has been a CCCOnline instructor since 2008 and “absolutely loves the online environment.” She also has taught with Pikes Peak Community College, and altogether has been teaching within the Colorado Community College System for over seven years. 

Rudilee recently completed her Doctoral degree in Education Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Phoenix. She earned a Master’s degree in Secondary Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Colorado College.

She hails from Pueblo, Colorado, and she and her husband currently reside in Colorado Springs with their two small daughters and two Shih Tzu dogs. Rudilee enjoys shopping, reading, watching movies, camping, traveling, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.

CCCOnline FAQs

Hello everyone,

As we are starting a new academic term soon, I thought it might be useful to post some CCCOnline Frequently Asked Questions.  If you have other questions about CCCO that you would like answers to, feel free to contact me at terry.reeves@cccs.edu.

Best,
Terry

CCCOnline FAQS:

·         Why does CCCOnline start classes later than the system colleges?

o    CCCOnline is a service organization to the system colleges.  Classes start later so students can register for classes that may have filled up at the colleges, or for students who are registering late.

·         Who receives the tuition and FTE for CCCOnline students?

CCCOnline students are actually the colleges’ students.  Since CCCOnline is not a college, it does not receive any FTE; this goes back to the students’ home college as well as associated COF funds.  This is important as FTE affects the system funding formula for each college.  In regards to the tuition, CCCOnline receives 51% of the tuition from CCCOnline courses while 49% of this tuition is retained by the respective home college.  CCCOnline pays instructors’ salaries, as well as the annual licensing, maintenance and support costs of the Desire2Learn platform, the Perceptis help desk costs, Turnitin, Respondus and Soft Chalk that all colleges use. 

·         Does CCCOnline report on student attendance by the census date?

o    Yes, CCCOnline's attendance policy helps to identify students who do not intend to actively participate in courses.  To comply with this policy, each CCCOnline course requires students to:

1. Participate in an "Introductions" discussion, which may or may not be graded.

2. Submit a graded, content-related assessment prior to the census date.

-The assessment must be content related - it should not be a "syllabus quiz".

-The assessment may be a Dropbox, Quiz, or Discussion

The lists of students who do not actively participate are sent to the respective home colleges.

·         How do students contact their instructors before classes start?

o    CCCOnline tracks enrollment numbers.  Based on this they determine the number of instructors needed for a term; instructors are given class lists a couple of days before a semester starts.  Before a term starts, instructors send out welcome emails to their students; prior to this, students also receive a welcome email from CCCOnline.  If a student needs course information prior to being assigned an instructor, they should contact the appropriate Associate Dean (http://www.ccconline.org/About_Us/People/Divisions/).

·         Whom do we call for help at CCCOnline?

o    Contact information is available at http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Who_to_Contact.  For Associate Dean Contact information, see http://www.ccconline.org/About_Us/People/Divisions/.

·         Do CCCOnline students have to meet course pre-requisites?

o    Yes, course pre-requisites are set by each college and CCCOnline students must meet those pre-requisites.

·         How do students appeal grades or file complaints about instructors?

o    The best place for students to start, when they have a complaint or concern about an on-going or recently completed course, is to the Program Chair (http://www.ccconline.org/About_Us/People/Programs/).  Program Chairs are the instructors’ immediate supervisors and are very familiar with the instructors, courses, and course requirements.  Following is the grade protest and academic misconduct process at CCCOnline:

CCCO Grade Protest and Academic Misconduct Procedure –

For a student grade/instructor issues:

§  Students will be asked to resolve the conflict with their instructors.  If this is unsuccessful, the appropriate CCCO Program Chair, Associate Dean, and Academic Dean will be brought in accordingly and in this order.

§  If the student issue is not resolved at the Associate Dean level, the CCCO Academic Dean will have the final rule and will communicate decision(s) to the student.

§  If a grade change is determined to be the appropriate action, the VPI at the student’s home college will be notified by the CCCO Academic Dean.  The VPI will start the process at the home college to affect the grade change.

For student misconduct issues:

§  Students will be asked to resolve the conflict with their instructors.  If this is unsuccessful, the appropriate CCCO Program Chair, Associate Dean, a Student Services Dean will be brought in accordingly and in this order.

§  If the student issue is not resolved at the Associate Dean level, the CCCO Student Services Dean will have the final rule and will communicate decision(s) to the student.

·         At the jurisdiction of the CCCO Student Services Dean and/or for repeated student misconduct offenses, the CCCO Student Services Dean will contact the student’s home college and notify the appropriate person(s) of the student’s misconduct.

·         Is CCCOnline bookstore information available?

o    This information is available online at http://www.ccconline.org/Students/Bookstore/?type=flash.

CCCOnline Academic Advisory Council Formed

With CCCOnline’s goal of fostering a sustainable academic, collaborative and transparent relationship between itself and the CCCS brick-and-mortar colleges, it is crucial that the academic directions and efforts of CCCOnline support CCCS students, faculty, and colleges and align with the academic direction of the colleges. To move this goal forward, CCCOnline is excited to have an Academic Advisory Council to advise and guide its efforts.  The Council had its first meeting March, 2012.

The mission of the Academic Advisory Council is to act as an advisory group providing input on the academic directions and efforts of CCCOnline, with an emphasis on strengthening its collaborative working relationship with the colleges. The Council will examine such issues as academic rigor of courses, curriculum development and approval, training opportunities, and other pertinent academic processes. In carrying out its work, a primary goal of the Council will be to build transparent and participative processes between CCCOnline and the Colleges.  Membership on the Council includes the CCCS Provost, CCCO’s Executive Director, Academic Dean and Associate Deans, and representation from the 13 System Community Colleges. 

 With questions or comments, please let me know (terry.reeves@cccs.edu or phone 720 858 2215).

Library Resources

Hi Everyone, 

We wanted to let you know that the Student Wiki has been updated. It has a new look and has been reorganized a bit.  Be sure to visit the Student Wiki and check it out.  You’ll see the latest version of the Student Handbook and the revised and expanded Research and Writing Toolkit, along with helpful information for students on CCCOnline in general as well as technical help for D2L.

You can reach the Online Library Resources and the Research and Writing Toolkit from the Helpful Links widget found on both on the MyHome page and each course’s homepage.  However, it’s important to note that if you have links in your classes to the Online Library, the article database information, the Research and Writing Toolkit or Tutoring information on the wiki, you probably will need to update them.  Here are the URLs:

• CCCOnline Student Wiki Main Page: http://at.ccconline.org/students/wiki/Main_Page
• CCCOnline Library Resources: http://at.ccconline.org/students/wiki/Academic_Resources_-_CCCOnline_Library_Resources
• Research and Writing Toolkit: http://at.ccconline.org/students/wiki/Academic_Resources_-_Research_and_Writing_Toolkit
• CCCOnline Tutoring Options: http://at.ccconline.org/students/wiki/Academic_Resources_-_Tutoring_Options

Mary

Mary L. Cash
Instructional Designer/CCCOnline Librarian
Colorado Community Colleges Online
Work: 303-595-1661
Mary.Cash@cccs.edu
http://www.ccconline.org

Gearing Up!

Please do not reply to this message. If you have questions or comments, please email me directly at donna.welschmeyer@cccs.edu. Thanks!

Fall Session I is very quickly approaching, and I know everyone is busy wrapping up summer tasks and trying to get ready for the August 30 start date. Here are just a few notes of interest and reminders for you.

Email

We continue to work on getting CCCS email access straightened out for everyone. This process has been complicated by a variety of factors that are, unfortunately, out of our control, so we appreciate your continued patience as we work out the kinks! 

TurnItIn

As you may remember from Karen's August 4 post, there is now a plagiarism checking tool available in the course dropbox. Liz Dzabic will host a webinar on this tool in September. We did discover yesterday that if TurnItIn is enabled in a course, duplication of that course somehow turns the tool off, so you will need to enable it again in the duped course. The folks at TurnItIn are working to fix this bug.

Course Verification and Ready

Please remember to verify course content of duped courses within 72 hours of duping and to note them as "ready" when you have completed the course readiness checklist items. We will do a thorough check of courses during the course readiness checks that begin on Thursday, and will notify program chairs of any items that need attention.

Authentication Assignment

Remember to set up a graded, content-based assignment (not a syllabus quiz or similar assignment) that is due prior to census date (the last day to drop).

Bloggers

Many thanks to our summer Faculty Voices bloggers. If you haven't check out those blogs lately, please do! I thoroughly enjoyed reading them, and I think you'll find some great information there.

Portal 

While the portal has had a few growing pains in the last few days due to heavy use at the compuses, I'm still very excited about it! I really like having that one location for all my links and logins, though I still occasionally forget to to there to get everywhere else.

Training and Professional Development

Remember that you need at least one professional development activity before the end of the calendar year, so be thinking about upcoming activities, including tomorrow's webinar on "Second Language Writers" and the upcoming fall faculty conference.

Thanks to you all for a successful summer term, and here's to an exciting fall term!

Donna

Portal Update: New Email Addresses for faculty

Hello Everyone-

I hope most of you have had a chance to log in to the new portal for CCCOnline.  A complaint we received frequently from faculty was that, while we have a lot of information available for you, that information was scattered across too many locations.  The portal has given us an accessible place to organize everything you need.  Please let me know if something is missing or on a tab within the portal that is not relatively intuitive.

As part of this effort we have also set up a cccs.edu email address for each of you.  The email is accessible from the portal (and from the web in general).  This email address will give you a way to communicate with your students outside of D2L without involving your personal email addresses.  While our preference is to have as much email communication with students as possible occur within D2L we know that isn't possible between terms.  

And while I hate to worry overmuch about lawsuits and other student protests we have more students now than in the past and the risk is higher.  In those cases it is much better when all communication with students happens on CCCOnline software and servers so that your own personal computers are not at risk in any way.  Along those lines, we have also purchased a second tool from Turnitin (the anti-plagiarism company) called Markup.  Markup allows you to grade papers online without ever downloading them to your personal computer.  Information about Markup is available in the wiki at https://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Tech_Tools_-_D2L_-_Dropbox#Grade_Dropbox_Folders_with_Online_Markup.3F.

Please take a moment to set up your cccs.edu email address.  We will begin to use that address to communicate with you this fall.

Thank you for all of the hard work you do!

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Co-Exec. Director, CCCOnline

Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu

No Show statistics to date

With 64% of faculty reporting here is where we are so far:

82% of students are active in class.

10% are no-shows.

8% don't meet the definition of active, but have been reported as keepers.

70% of the 10% (7%) of students reported as no shows are attending a home college that does drop no shows.  That means we will see some roster clean-up from this exercise.

Thanks everyone!  And if you are one of the 36% of faculty who have not reported no show students please do.  

best,

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Co-Exec. Dir., CCCOnline

The Keep Column and why the new No-Show Policy?

Hi Everyone-

I want to talk just a little bit about our new student no-show policy.  This policy is in direct response to two significant issues surrounding distance learning:  student authentication and student presence.

I am sure you have had someone ask you how you know who your students are.  Is the student who signs up for your course the student who completes the work?  Many of you have seen websites advertising services around taking exams and writing papers for students.   We address this concern in several ways.  We ask students to log into our learning management system. That is very straight-forward and also simple to get around by giving someone else access to the user name and password.  Beginning this fall we will also ask students to respond to a set of identity questions similar to the questions used by online banking.  (This service will be provided by Acxiom, a data company many private concerns also use.)  We are also beginning to track data such as IP addresses.  If a student logs on consistently from one or two computers we wouldn't expect them to take all exams from a third computer.

Our other concern is student presence.  Sometimes the correct student has signed up for a course, but has no intention of completing the course.  We are addressing that through our own participation requirements - the introductory discussion and the first assessment. Student participation and presence matters.  We all want to teach students who are actively engaged in the course and with the course content.  Classes are better when the majority of student in the class are actively engaged in the class.

CCCOnline has been a target of a couple of major financial aid fraud schemes.  Online learning is certainly also a target of concerns around student authenticity outside of the financial aid schemes.  We clearly need to continue to address both of these issues.  On the other hand, we want to make sure we don't introduce inappropriate barriers to our actual students.  That gets me to the "Keep" column of our current no-show policy.

Many of you will have students who have emailed or otherwise interacted with you, but who have not completed either the introductory discussion or the first assessment.  You might feel that it would be inappropriate to drop these students at this point in the course.  The keep column allows you to keep them in the class at your discretion.  We are planning on gathering course completion statistics on the students who are kept at faculty discretion.  We'll pass that information back to you, giving you another advising tool for students.    For example, if on average only 10% of the students kept on the basis of the keep column pass their courses you can pass that information on to your students and perhaps it will be what they need to hear to enable them to either drop the course or change their priorities so they can pass the course.

Please keep in mind also, that not all colleges drop students based on no-show reports, so only some of the students you no-show will actually disappear from your course.  It does send a message to students however and it may help prevent fraud and to limit classes to those who are actively engaged in the courses.

I appreciate everyone's assistance with this endeavor.  We hope to have some data on its success or failure by this time next year. 

best,

Lisa

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Co-Exec. Director, CCCOnline

Job Opening at Community College of Aurora

Hi Everyone-

I try not to send too many of these to everyone, but this is another local job opening.  This one is from the Community College of Aurora.

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Position Announcement
Instructional Technologist

POSITION TITLE: Instructional Technologist        POSITION #: 210340
POSITION STATUS: Exempt                FLSA STATUS:  Exempt
REPORTS TO: Director of Online Learning
SUPERVISES: May supervise Work Study Students

The Position:   Located in the beautiful Rocky Mountain Region, the Community College of Aurora is looking for someone to provide leadership for faculty in the effective use of new and current technologies, for instructional purposes to support and improve student learning. The individual hired will plan and promote learning environments and effective use of learning technologies.  This position will assume a leadership role in directing and providing faculty training and support in the use of instructional methodologies and computer technologies. This person must perform as a member of a team, as well as, possess the ability to work independently.  Competitive candidates will be creative and energetic, with a passion for student and faculty success and an enthusiasm for teaching and training others on the use of technology in the classroom. They will be able to handle multiple tasks and deadlines while maintaining the requirements and integrity of the department.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Train faculty who teach hybrid and online courses on all functions of the learning management system and other instructional technologies used online.  Examples of this would be podcasting, audio presentations, creating online content, as well as utilizing Web 2.0 technologies where appropriate. This person would assist the faculty in designing their online and hybrid courses using elements that contribute to sound pedagogy for inquiry learning.
• Train faculty to use the learning management system functions required for face-to-face courses, including training and assisting with the creation of learning objects such as presentations, videos, podcasts, etc.  This would include assisting faculty in locating learning objects available for use under creative commons licensing. 
• Train faculty on classroom educational technologies, such as clickers, and interactive whiteboards.
• Provide support for students and faculty with the use of learning technologies.
• Train and supervise work study students to assist in training of faculty and students on Desire2Learning, Course Management System.
• Assist faculty individually, and through workshops, in the integration of different forms of technology into their curriculum.
• Provide hands-on assistance to faculty in the use of instructional and computer technologies.
• Must have an understanding and the ability to demonstrate how technology can enhance the teaching and learning process and work collaboratively with faculty and department chairs to enhance the integration of technology across the curriculum.
• Must work well with a variety of people across the college.
• Must demonstrate excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of various forms of multimedia such as DVD, Streaming Video, and other digital media.
• Serve as a member of CCA’s Faculty Development Committee.
• Work must be completed on-site and this individual must be willing and able to conduct workshops during the days, evenings and Saturdays.
• Other duties as assigned.

In order to perform the essential functions of this position, the individual must possess the ability to effectively communicate, concentrate, analyze data, pay attention to detail, retain learned knowledge, instruct/teach demonstrate strong organizational skills and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree, preferably in Instructional Technology, Educational Technology or related field.
• Strong computer skills including experience in MS Office application programs.
• Experience in course development, course conversions, and online delivery.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Experience teaching in both an online and classroom environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree, preferably in Instructional Technology, or Educational Technology.
• Minimum of two years of higher education experience preparing and delivering faculty and staff training in a variety of formats.
• Experience using a Learning Management System.
• A minimum of two years experience training adults.
• Experience in a community college setting
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively

Salary:   Salary is commensurate with education and experience and in accordance with the 2009-2010 Administrative Salary Schedule.  Starting salary range is mid 30’s to high 40’s.  CCA offers a competitive fringe benefit program including health, dental and life insurance.  Leave benefits and holidays are also included.  For more information on the insurance benefits, click on the following link:  http://www.cccs.edu/HR/Admin.html#ExemptBenefitMaterials.
 
Application Process: To apply, send a letter of application specifically addressing the position requirements and a professional resume to HR@CCAurora.edu  
 
Any applicant who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement on any material or fact or thing in his/her application material is guilty of perjury in the second degree as defined in section 18-8-503, Colorado Revised Statutes, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
 
Deadline to Submit Application Material:  Application material will be accepted until position is filled, however, we anticipate that we will begin screening on March 15, 2010.   E-mail HR@CCAurora.edu with questions regarding the application process.
   
Notice to all Applicants:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be produced within three (3) days of hire.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Final candidate is subject to a criminal background check prior to final selection process.
• Final candidate is required to submit official transcripts.
• CCA is affiliated with the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and as such, employees contribute to PERA in lieu of Social Security for retirement benefits.  For more information, visit www.copera.org.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in your application material.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
The Community College of Aurora does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, or disability in the admission, access, treatment or employment in its programs or activities.  Inquiries about Title VI, Title VII, Title IX and Section 504 should be made to Debbie Irvine, 16000 E. CentreTech Parkway, Suite A201, Aurora, CO 80011-9036
 
CCA Mission:
“The Community College of Aurora provides lifelong educational opportunities, prepares the current and future workforce, and promotes excellence in teaching, learning and service to our diverse community.”

Job Opening at eCollege/Pearson in Denver

Hi Everyone-

Gail Krovitz sent information about a local job opportunity some of you may be interested in.

From Gail:

I'm the Director of the Academic Training & Consulting group at Pearson eCollege, as well as being an online anthropology instructor for CCCOnline.

We are looking for another Academic Trainer and Consultant (ATC) for eCollege and I’m wondering if you know anyone you can forward the job ad to. I am looking for candidates with online and on ground teaching experience, who are excited about online education and the use of technology in education. The ATCs are the academic voice of eCollege and we work with a wide variety of faculty and administrators to help them get up to speed with online learning or to learn more advanced skills. This is a full time position in the Denver Tech Center office, but the ATCs are encouraged to continue their online teaching (if applicable), so any adjunct instructors you know who are looking for full time work might be a great fit.

If someone you know wants to apply, they should submit a resume and cover letter through this website: http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=205&ji=2415932&sn=I

Please let me know if you have any questions I can answer about the position. Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Gail Krovitz
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SUMMARY
The Academic Training and Consulting Team is committed to assisting faculty and administrators at academic and corporate institutions in the exploration and implementation of Internet Educational technology.  All Academic Trainers and Consultants are responsible for faculty development in the use of Internet technology tools for the traditional on-ground and online classrooms and in the design, development and teaching of online courses using the eCollege System. Academic Trainers and Consultants are also called upon to train on a wide variety of technical solutions that the company offers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Consult (in person and/or via phone and email) with faculty and administrators to provide general information about online education, Internet technology, the eCollege system, and its tools, as well as specific assistance with online course design and development;
• Train users regarding process, best practices, and instructional strategies relating to the eCollege system to meet their needs through online workshops, consultations, and demonstrations;
• Works closely with Academic Services’ Project Managers and educational partners on the implementation planning for eCollege’s products, as well as train users on functionality and academic strategies relating to these systems;
• Train users on the functionality and use of additional eCollege products, solutions, and third party integrations;
• Conduct instructional design course reviews, a comprehensive quality appraisal of an individual course relative to learning theory, content presentation, and system features/tools utilization;
• Coach instructors on teaching strategies for online learning through personal knowledge of pedagogy, instructional design, and previous experience in online teaching and various available presentations;
• Maintain resources for faculty through manuals, teaching tips, student orientations, and postings that allow for self teachings;
• Write articles and tips for the Educators’ Voice and ATC Blog sections of the company newsletters;
• Other duties as assigned.
• Travel is required (up to 40% of the time)

QUALIFICATIONS  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Two or more years experience in classroom teaching (including curriculum design and development) is required, and previous wok in online teaching/learning is also preferred.  Master’s (or Terminal) degree in related field is required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Required

• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Detail-oriented
• Must be self-directed and have the ability to operate with little supervision as well as in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to visualize on a global level and understand how online events can affect the programs and systems of an institution
• Excellent presentation and training skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform academic research
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Comfort with computers, technology, and related tools

Preferred

• Knowledge of HTML as well as a familiarity with multimedia and audio/video programs
• Understanding of educational cultures, environments, etc.

 
Travel is required (up to 40% of the time)