Monday, March 11, 2024

Update:

 As of Spring 2024, I am still teaching in the Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Ed. D. (Doctor of Education), and Ed. D. to Ph. D. Bridge programs at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I just launched a new online version of Empirical Research Methods for the Ph.D., along with Empirical Research Foundations for the Ed. D. and Curriculum Theory and Design for the Ph.D. So the story goes on...

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Update:

I left McGraw-Hill in 2020 after 14+ years of service including a stint as Executive Manager-Instructional Design for Curriculum Services-Higher Education Group and a season working for McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions.Creative not mentioned below... I continue to teach and supervise Doctoral Students at SBTS in the PhD, EdD, DMin, and DEdMin programs.

Friday, March 11, 2016

What This IS...My Qualifications

35+ years experience in the design of a variety of media- online courses, multimedia, internet and interactive content, production of educational media titles, and art and museum exhibitions. It highlights my extensive experience in all phases of instructional design, art direction, and analog and digital production, project management and administration, budgeting and cost specification. And more.


Degrees: BFA in Fine Art. MS Ed in Instructional Design/Technology. PhD in Leadership.

Lead Learning Experience (LX) Designer, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

This position keeps evolving. It's great to get to keep re-inventing yourself without moving to another company. I am continuing to research and write, to consult with higher education leaders, and to design solutions to learning problems. I get to develop proofs of concept, advance the cause of competency based learning, and specify curriculum designs in the mix. The title change is due to the fact that though my position entails a lot of instructional design expertise, what I do is a lot different than others in the company with the title Senior Instructional Designer. I think the change is warranted...

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Senior Instructional Designer/EPM, McGraw-Hill Higher Education October 2010

Same company, new duties over time. In addition to the post below, I now spend much of my time in research and development of prototypes, focusing on Faculty Development initiatives, Competency Based Education, and Curriculum Development. I consult with lead teams from schools across the higher educational landscape, from for-profit to Community Colleges to 4 Year Universities on their Curriculum Redesign needs. I listen a lot.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Discipleship Ph.D., Ed.D. and D.Min. Programs The Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism, and Ministry The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

As of Fall 2010, I am on board with Southern Seminary, teaching research techniques, educational foundations, and curriculum design in the Leadership PhD program- five courses this year. I am also supervising research pods and teaching in the EdD program, supervising DMin and DEdMin candidates, and serve on several PhD dissertation committees. It is great to be working with such lively minds, and I AM LOVING IT! As of Spring 2024, I am still at it...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Executive Product Manager, McGraw-Hill Online Learning, MH Learning Solutions, Indianapolis, IN- October 05- present

Long title...I'm also on the books as Sponsoring Editor for Online Courses for McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The courses have won three awards! The gist of it is that I was what my boss called the "lynchpin" in a startup operation that delivered over 125 online courses in 2006-2008 plus over 200 custom deliveries by July 08, and did several million dollars in sales in 2009. Starting from scratch. I was in charge of the instructional design processes the courses, including participating in developing the processes in a senior role.

Most recently I have been working with the Learning Solutions group in designing new curricula, presenting at Educational Technology related conferences, researching, and creating a portal for curriculum development ventures. For references, contact me directly...