Initiatives & Future Aspirations

In my role managing instructional design and technology for the degree programs at Rice Business, I initiated projects to enhance the learning environment. Understanding the diverse technical proficiencies among faculty and students and phasing in initiatives gradually, with realistic expectations, was crucial to the success of these innovation initiatives. Acknowledging the existing challenges and constraints, I realized the importance of incremental changes rather than imposing radical overhauls. I recognized that clearly illustrating the outcomes and benefits of these initiatives was essential stakeholder support. Additionally, creating opportunities for modeling processes and practices and providing clear documentation and mechanisms for instructor feedback proved instrumental in overcoming these challenges. I continue to focus on gradual transformations in my change management projects, ensuring everyone involved has the time and resources to adapt comfortably.

ELECTRONIC Grading

This project aims to enhance the assignment submission and feedback experience by encouraging instructors to utilize electronic grading within the LMS. This improvement will ensure higher quality and timeliness of feedback through the use of rubrics, electronic annotations, comments, and video messages.

Course homepage templates

This initiative involves the implementation of new course templates in response to concerns raised by faculty and learners. The objective is to establish a more seamless learning experience by standardizing the presentation of course materials across the entire school, enabling students to be more successful as learners.

Collaboration Tools

I advocate for integrating emerging technologies that support peer-to-peer learning within our LMS. The focus here lies in creating significant learning environments where students actively produce their own media, participate in open-ended activities, and experience social gamification engagement.

"EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research [ECAR] (2015) reported that a majority of undergraduate students say that technology makes them feel connected to other students, instructors, and what is going on at the institution. ECAR (2016) further reported that a majority of students say technology has helped them ask instructors questions, engage in the learning process, and work with other students on class projects, with 82 percent of students saying they prefer a blended learning environment."

From my Innovation Plan literature review.

From early presentations on "Digital Learning and Collaboration" at my current organization.

From a more recent presentation on "Grading to Enhance the Student Experience".

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