George R. Bradford, Ph.D.

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University of South Australia

Learning and Teaching Unit

City East Campus, Level 2 Playford

Adelaide, South Australia 5001

Tel: 407-823-4116

Fax: 407-823-3511Email: George.Bradford@unisa.edu.au

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Website Portfolio: http://www.heybradfords.com/moonlight/ProfPages/expersamp2

Education

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Ph.D. in Education, Instructional Technology

2010

Dissertation: “A Relationship Study of Student Satisfaction with Learning Online and Cognitive Load”

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

M.A. in Educational Technology

1995

Thesis: “Using Descriptors to Support Technology Integration Planning”

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Post Graduate Certification – Applied Linguistics & Teaching ESL

1984

Areas of Primary Interest: Psycholinguistics and language teaching pedagogy

University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

B.A. Business & Economics

1981

Areas of Concentration: Computer Programming, Mathematics, Foreign Languages

Extended Study Project: “Cultural Influences on Urban Design & Problem Solving: Comparative Analysis Between 17^th Century Tokyo and London”

Professional Education (Certificated)

New Horizons, Sacramento, CA

A+ and Networking+ Certification Training, Microsoft Windows 2000 Network and Operating Systems Essentials

RWD Technologies, Inc., Sacramento, CA

Consultative Marketing, Proposal Writing, Web Page Creation and HTML Coding, VENTIX Systems Technical Integration

EDS Human Performance Services, Folsom, CA

Information Mapping, Documentum

TELIA (formerly Swedish Telecom), Stockholm, Sweden

Artificial Intelligence, Expert System Development, Data Communications, Large Customer Digital PBXs, Telecommunications Networking, Advanced Data Communications

Teaching Experience

University of South Australia

Teach@UniSA – Learning and Teaching Unit

2011 - Present

“How do I get feedback about my teaching?” Discuss the basic principles of quality teaching. Reflect on an appropriate evaluation strategy. Explore methods of data collection for evaluation.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Adjunct Faculty – College of Education, Depart. of Instructional Technology

2010 - 2011

Teach cornerstone course to M.A. and e-Learning Certificate programs: Instructional Systems Design (EME6613). Instruction delivered online using Blackboard and other networking systems (Wiggio, Mahara, PBWorks, and others).

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Instructional Designer – Faculty Development Program

2007 - 2011

Co-deliver instruction in lectures, individual consultations, small group sessions, and online formats over eight weeks, three times per year a faculty training program how to design and deliver instruction online using Blackboard. Revise components of faculty training program (“IDL6543”).

San Diego State University – College of Teacher Education, San Diego, CA

Graduate Assistant

1993 - 1996

Faculty trainer and technology advisor.

Grossmont Union High School District, San Diego, CA

Substitute Teacher

1992

Mathematics, English, French, Spanish, Business, and Computing.

Östragrevie Jr. College, Malmö, Sweden

Instructor – English as a Foreign Language

Co-founder – Computer Training Program

1991

·     Responsible for curriculum development and delivery to adult students ranging in ages from 22 to 55 years of age, representing over 10 nationalities, all of whom were political refugees, with class sizes ranging from 8 to 22 students

·     Conceptualized the development of a Computer Lab for delivering technology instruction and staged integration of technology into primary educational programs

Swedish Professional and Trade Worker Educational Organizations, Stockholm, Sweden

Instructor – English as a Foreign Language

1985

·     English as a Foreign Language Instructor to professional and trade-worker associations.

·     French Language Substitute Instructor.

Swedish Professional Educational Organization, Luleå, Sweden

Instructor – Computer English, French

1981

·     Designed and delivered specialized intensive computer-English language instruction to Swedish Airforce.

·     Delivered French language instruction as a substitute teacher.

OTHER K-12 Experience

Unicorn School, Philo, CA

Cornerstone School, Redwood Valley, CA

Technical Services – Computer Scene

2003 - 2007

Provided computer technical services – PC & server builds, software installations, networking (wired & wireless), secured file sharing, recommendations and implementations of safe Internet access, and system maintenance and repairs.

Clearview Elementary School, Chula Vista, CA

Educational Technologist – Distance Education Project

1994 - 1995

·     Project co-designer and support specialist for nationally recognized 2-Way Video Conference distance education project - Co-developed and managed a distance learning project to make use of two-way video through fiber-optic channels for a public education initiative between San Diego State University, College of Education & the College of Arts and Humanities, Dept. of History, and Clearview Elementary School. Project culminated with 5-6^th graders authoring a historically accurate, illustrated book on the first U.S. Chief Justice, John Marshall.

·     Proposed follow-on project that also became successful – 5-6^th graders researched, wrote, and presented a play on Lincoln in his youth.

Juarez-Lincoln Elementary School, San Diego, CA

Educational Technologist – Evaluation of Technology Integration

1995

Researched and wrote, “Educational Pathways To The Future - Descriptors Of Successful Technology Integration For Schools: A Study For Juarez-Lincoln Elementary School”.
Thesis paper, as partial fulfillment for the M.A. degree, and research project was supervised by Patrick Harrison, Chair - Dept. of Educational Technology, SDSU.

Nye Elementary School, San Diego, CA

Educational Technologist – Technology Use Plan

1994

Co-researched, wrote, and delivered a needs assessment & technology use plan for elementary school. Project received wide exposure and recognition. Supervised by Allison Rossett, Dept. of Educational Technology, SDSU.

Valley Elementary School, Poway, CA

School Site Council – Elected President

1994 - 1995

Presided over site council activities – worked with the principal, parents, and school staff to develop, review and evaluate school improvement programs, technology integration, and school budgets.

Anderson Valley Elementary School, Boonville, CA

Volunteer Classroom Aid – Emotionally Handicapped Children

1981

Provided classroom support to teacher for emotionally handicapped children.

Research Experience

Sustaining Innovation in the Organization, University of South Australia

New Research: Self-Evaluating Organizations with e-Learning Practice           Jan-Jul 2012

Status: Planned. Brief description: Ellis and Goodyear (2010) published a book arguing for an ecological approach to viewing sustainability of innovation in e-learning practices at the institutional level. While the argument is well-researched, the details of framework to evaluate (or self-evaluate) institutional practices is missing. This research seeks to test a new framework by benchmarking an organization’s e-learning practices.

Cognition & Motivation Research, University of Central Florida

Continuing Research: Student Satisfaction with Learning Online and Cognitive Load    Aug-Dec 2011

Status: On-going. Brief description: Working to improve the Cronbach Alpha to improve instrument reliability, as well as include expanded review with recognized experts to improve validity. Investigating instrument applicability and implementation requirements.

Scaling Authentic Assessment Strategies, University of Central Florida

Large Class Authentic Assessment Strategies: Technology as Fulcrum Apr 2009-Dec 2011

Status: Final Phase. Brief description: Is it possible to push the boundaries of authentic assessments into large class scenarios? Evidence indicates that online mediated courses tend to expand traditional class sizes, which creates a strain on assessment strategies. Instructors tend to move to automated scoring methods that are less authentic. Technology can facilitate authentic assessment in larger class environments, but questions remain as to student experiences with the instructor feedback generated with tools facilitating the production of feedback. This study is in its final phase having collected 2 years of student experience data where the assessment strategy includes technology to facilitate the generation of feedback.

Ph.D. Dissertation Research, University of Central Florida

A Relationship Study of Student Satisfaction with Learning Online and Cognitive Load April 2010

Status: Finished. Brief description: Does cognitive load play a role in student satisfaction for online students? A relationship study on 1,401 university students showed a moderate, positive, and significant relationship exists. Analytics suggest a refined view of the student perspective that provides guidelines for instructors and designers.

Doctoral Program Research, University of Central Florida

Online Learning and Student Satisfaction:  Academic Standing, Ethnicity and their Influence on Facilitated Learning, Engagement, and Information Fluency                           April 2008

Status: Published by peer-reviewed journal Internet and Higher Education, 2010. Brief description: In this study, differences between academic standing and ethnicity are studied against several student satisfaction dimensions identified by Dziuban, Moskal, Brophy-Ellison, and Shea (2007) and Moskal, Dziuban, and Hartman, (2009). The differences between academic standing and the studied dimensions are found to be statistically significant: the largest effect was Facilitated Learning and academic standing, which accounted for nearly 15% of the student scores’ variance; Engagement and Information Fluency had variance effects of, respectively, 4.5%, and 5.1%.

OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION Experience

Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU), University of South Australia, Adelaide

Lecturer: Academic Development

2011 - Present

Support Division of Health Sciences (City East)

·     Bachelor of Nursing Program Redesign – Support design and delivery of pedagogy workshop on inquiry-based learning strategies and implementation techniques. Support design of course pedagogy for online mediated activities. Conceptualize, design, and develop curriculum mapping technology for program-level analyses and evaluations.

·     General division support – Support pedagogy for online mediated course activity for Life Sciences. Support Program Director-research degrees, with design considerations for online learning and teaching tool – WRAP Project. Support Dean HSC - Hubs and Spokes and the Helping Hand / Aged Care projects.

Support LTU in Learn Online Project Initiatives

·     Learnonline Project Management Team – represent academic viewpoint in weekly meetings with the technical oversight management team.

·     Course and Teacher Enterprise Software Selection – represent research and academic practice perspectives in committee to review and select a system to manage University surveys.

·     E-Portfolio Integration – co-develop the integration strategy and support program-level integration into Medical Radiation and Occupational Therapy. Leverage newly developed curriculum mapping tool to facilitate identification of suitable courses and rationalization for integration. Support design of activities and assessments associated with integration.

·     Lecture Recording System – co-conceive, design, develop, and implement an online pedagogy resource for academic best practices of lecture capture technologies. Site provides multi-needs approach for accessing material to align with expected academic concerns.

·     Academic / Staff Development – plan and draft an academic certificate program to develop skills and competencies associated with technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environments. Workshops cover multiple technologies and orientations (i.e., synchronous and asynchronous) for skills development and best practices, as well as soft-skills development, such as aligning a personal communication strategy with teaching philosophy.

·     Evaluation Frameworks –develop an evaluation approach to study the effectiveness of TEL practices within a new teaching and learning framework and a new technology infrastructure. The evaluation approach includes identification of data sources, necessary characteristics for inclusion into the University’s Business Intelligence infrastructure, and alignment with University agencies concerned with analysis and reporting.

·     Project-Beyond the Project Strategic Planning – co-develop the vision and activities framework to move the University’s TEL practices into alignment with the institution’s Horizon 2020 goals. The plan includes 5 parts:

1.   Provide targeted support in technology-enhanced Teaching and Learning (T&L) that promotes the use of the learnonline system in key university programs.

2.   Provide broad support to the University of South Australia (UniSA) Academic community related to the use of the Learnonline system and technology-enhanced academic practice.

3.   Evaluate the performance of TEL support and feed back into project aims, operation.

4.   Establish and promote a local TEL research community which supports T&L practice.

5.   Develop, promote, and sustain a culture of excellence in TEL among UniSA staff.

Course Development & Web Services, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Instructional Designer

2007 - 2011

Conduct University Faculty Development

·     Design and deliver eight week faculty development seminars and technical labs on topics to support online instruction. Seminars run three times per year and average 30 university faculty per semester.

·     Project Manager to Redesign Faculty Development Program – Project is the number one initiative within the Center for Distributed Learning and carries the highest priority. Lead team to reconceptualize preparing university faculty for delivering instruction in blended or fully online modes and design the development program to incorporate best practices and media forms. Liaise with departmental directors and college deans as stakeholders in the project.

·     Work directly with faculty to develop online courses - topic domains include Chemistry, Biology, Business, English, Engineering, Education, Anthropology, and Nursing - undergraduate and graduate.

Design Course in Information Fluency & Web2.0

·     Conceptualize and design online course for information fluency using Web2.0 technologies.

·     Integrate information fluency modules into undergraduate honors English course taught online.

Develop Technical Approach and Tool to Support Faculty Readiness to Teach Online

·     Identify information requirements and data collection method.

·     Develop a technical solution to move gathered information on faculty experience into a robust framework that is simple to deploy and flexible to change with time and needs.

·     Identify and support inter-rater reliability testing.

Develop Instructional Tools

·     Develop rubric calculator tool. Provides flexibility and simplicity in the setup and use of grading many individuals with semi-complex rubric needs.

·     Develop a graphical model to assist with application of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy of the cognitive domain to be used with faculty support and instruction.

·     Develop a graphical model to assist faculty with how objectives, assessment, assessment strategies, instructional strategies, system tools, and feedback strategies are interrelated.

Support Other Division Needs

·     Author white paper how to expand instructional design team during adverse economic climate.

·     Assemble and develop instructional materials for implementation of an ePortfolio system within the University.

Implement Open-source Survey System LimeSurvey

·     Provide convincing arguments and oversight support to install open source survey system LimeSurvey into University Computer System Network.

·     Provide technical support to initial user projects.

·     Design and deliver survey instrument for the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) at UCF using the instrument and system. Instrument contains branching and field level logic.

·     Design and deliver technology skills assessment tool for the McNair Scholarship program. Assessment tool contains branching, field level logic, and interactive simulations.

·     Design and implement survey instrument for research study on cognitive load and student satisfaction with online learning programs.  

·     Install open source survey system LimeSurvey into personal web domain.

Implement Other Open-source Management Systems

·     Install open source ePortfolio management system Mahara into personal web domain and integrate with graduate course in Instructional Systems Design.

·     Install open source learning management system Moodle into personal web domain. Experiment conversion of content from Blackboard Vista to Moodle.

·     Install open source content management system Drupal into personal web domain. Present and archive family-related news, personal portfolio, information pages on activities in Semantic Web, and a personal document library.  

Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), San Diego State University, CA

Educational Technologist – Language Specialist & Multimedia Programmer

1995 - 1996

·     Prototype GUI Programmer and Applied Linguistics Advisor – Supporting integration of technology to language learning (LARC).

·     Faculty trainer and technology advisor.

College of Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Educational Technologist – Graduate Assistant

1994 - 1995

·     Faculty trainer and technology advisor.

·     Fund raising project support – college centennial celebrations.

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Instructional Computer Lab Assistant

1979 - 1980

·     Support student use of first-ever micro-computer lab to learn mathematics through computer programming. Work closely with Chair of Mathematics department to develop lab operations.

PrIVATE SECTOR Experience

CACI, INC, Orlando, FL

2009

Senior Research Assistant – Contract Project: USAIC/CACI – Blended Learning Initiative

·     Research, develop, and demonstrate heuristic model to convert conventional training into blended, face-to-face, or asynchronous delivery solutions. Author implementation plan for large-scale client needs.

Computer Scene, Ukiah, CA

2003 - 2007

Business Owner – PC Repairs, Networking & Servers, New Builds, Tech Training

·     Purchase business. Redefine business mission, objectives, policies, and implement. Rehire, train, and supervise 5 employees and multiple contractors. Develop customer service goals and policies, as well as service delivery procedures.

·     Find and develop vendor channels. Assess and implement financial and customer work support systems. Define and develop products and services. Continuously identify process improvements, new products or configurations, new services, and new approaches to improve the customer’s experience.

·     Mendocino County CA Education & CA Dept. Rehabilitation: Provide technology support and training services, including software, hardware, and networking, to charter schools, to the handicapped (using a variety of technologies), and to rehabilitation patients.

·     Sell and deliver products and services. Develop and deliver new technical training programs using a synchronous model and tightly focused objectives using the internet and PC sharing technologies. Mentor team. Turn around a net losing business and grow net profits by better than 30% annually for 3 years.

Intel, Inc., Folsom, CA

2002

Project Manager and Instructional Designer

·     Led three projects to develop internal training and online support to global Intel end-users of enterprise software: World Dialer Communication, Intel Instant Messenger, and Windows XP. Two projects use a web-based tutorial as a delivery strategy, and the third uses traditional instructor-led training.

·     Wrote and designed a technical course to train users how to use collaborative, web-based project management software (Web Meeting Manager).