Lin M. Nelson, Ed.D.

 

Phone: 775-856-1146

lnelson@InnovativeInstruction

http://www.innovativeinstruction.com/

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Experienced in organizational leadership and team building, strategic planning, instructional design, and program evaluation

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Doctoral degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education, emphasizing leadership skills to effect systemic change
• Over two decades experience designing and implementing both corporate training and higher education curricula delivered via telecommunication technologies, specifically using a blend of modalities for both content delivery and interaction

• Higher education administrative experience supporting instructional technology integration
• A demonstrated ability to manage design projects, facilitate strategic planning and work collaboratively with design teams

• Extensive experience training both facilitators and participants to teach/learn in nontraditional instructional environments
• A demonstrated knowledge of learning theory and ability to design training content that is relevant, authentic, and emphasizes collaborative, project-based methods of learning assessment
• Well versed in supporting multiple learning management systems 

                 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Consultants for Innovative Instruction, CI²

Consultant                                                                                                         

Through planning, design, and training, assist corporate and educational organizations to effectively and efficiently utilize information and telecommunication technologies to develop learning communities independent of time and place.  

 

Peralta Community College District, Oakland, CA                                                   

Special Assignment

Articulate a plan for the establishment of a District-wide multimedia development and production center.  The center will support both the infusion of technology into

instructional courses and the delivery of instruction using a broad spectrum of distance education media.

 

Laney College, Oakland, CA                                                                                

Coordinator, Distance Learning

Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a community college distance learning program utilizing cable television as the primary medium of content delivery with WWW course support.  Responsibilities include needs assessment, curriculum design, faculty recruitment, student orientation to distance learning, and program evaluation.

 

Healthy Concern, Tahoe City, CA                                                                        

Consultant

Designed, implemented, and evaluated corporate wellness and health promotion programs.

 

Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV                                                       

Adjunct faculty

Teacher Education Department.  Present assignment is to train pre-service K-12 teachers to integrate technology transparently into the teaching/learning process.

 

 Vista College (Peralta College for Non-Traditional Study), Berkeley, CA

Program Planner                                                                                                                   

Responsible for developing, staffing, and scheduling health education and physical education courses in “learning environments” located throughout the 64-square miles of the Peralta Community College District (country clubs, firehouses, condominium complexes, factories, US Postal facilities, etc.)

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ed.D.  Instructional Technology and Distance Education

Nova Southeastern University                                                                             

 

                                                                                                                                                                       

ITDE PROFESSIONAL PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS

 

Teaching without lecture in a distance environment:  A planning and delivery model.  (February, 2003).  Proceedings of the 2003 Combined Conventions:  AAHPERD, Northwest, Southwest Districts & State of Nevada.  pp.146-149.

 

Learning without lecture in a distance environment:  A planning and delivery model.  (November 2001).  Poster session presented at Syllabus 2001, Danvers, MA.

 

Increasing retention in telecourses through the incorporation of learning-centered instructional strategies and the use of multiple modalities for content delivery and

interaction.  Doctoral applied dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, 1999.

(ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. ED 438469).

 

Open entry, open exit through portfolio assessment. Agenda, PBS Adult Learning Service magazine, Spring/Summer, 1999.

 

An orientation to technology-mediated instruction: utilization of multiple modalities for content delivery, Int. J. Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, Vol.

10, No. 1, 2000.

 

Theory to practice:  Utilization of instructional systems design, constructivist pedagogy, and distance learning strategies in preservice teacher preparation.  Paper presented at

Summer Conference and Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1999. (ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. ED 440962).

 

The evolution of a distance learning program.  Professional development, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, 1997.

 

Telecourses:  The ground floor of the technology highrise.  Professional development, Peralta Community College District, 1996.