Project Officer
Training & Communications
Information Technology Services
Australian National Data Services (ANDS)
Australian National University (ANU)
February 2012 - present
Employee
Develop
professionally competent front line staff in research institutions to
support data sharing, data re-use, data connections and data management;
support ANDS own services and information systems; develop training,
web based and print based support materials; administer online
conferencing facilities; facilitate frequent liaison with ANDS external
stakeholders, eResearch communities and infrastructure support
providers.
E-Learning Consultant
April 2011 - February 2012
Educational Technologies
Contractor
Provide
clients with specialist information communication technology
consultation informing business cases, preparing tender submissions,
facilitating stakeholder engagement using web conferencing technologies,
developing virtual online learning and business platforms.
Operations Manager
Streamfolio Pty. Ltd.
April 2009 - April 2011
Employee
Provide
front-line services & facilitate communications with clients and
suppliers across an international footprint, build long-term
relationships with education & training organizations in all
Australian sectors and project manage across online, metropolitan, rural
and remote settings.
ICT Systems Manager
University of Newcastle, NSW Australia
April 2010 - December 2010
Contractor
Facilitate
project planning with management, develop the Australian African
Fellowship (AAF) project website, conduct professional development
activities with project participant stakeholders, maintain strict
project milestone deadlines and contribute to project ICT plan.
Senior Education Officer
TAFE NSW Australia
Australian Flexible Learning Framework
January 2009 - July 2009
Contractor
Principal
projects manager for the Framework "Brains Trust" project ensuring
quality assurance of data received from the 2009 NSW E-Learning
Innovations project teams, audit data transfer to nominated CMS system
and provided support to team managers in this process. I also designed
and worked with a software development team for the implementation of
the NSW E-Learning Innovations weblog site.
Senior Education Officer
Industry Consultant
TAFE NSW, Western Institute
Country Energy, Bathurst Australia
October 2008 - May 2009
Contractor
Provide
specialist industry consultation on behalf of TAFE NSW to a leading
energy systems provider, consult with key stakeholders to realize
project objectives, negotiate liaison points with incumbents, Team
Leaders and Managers, manage role mapping to industry and national
training packages, develop competency reports for analysis and
implementation as well as manage & co-ordinate web conferences for
teams.
ICT Consultant
Alexander Hayes & Associates Pty. Ltd.
Self Employed
January 2008 - October 2008
Contractor
Provide
specialist E-Learning and project management consultation services to
TAFE NSW (Sydney Institute of Technology), TAFE NSW (Western Institute),
Creative Vision Enterprises Pty. Ltd. (Telopea, NSW), Atkinson Training
Pty. Ltd. (Newcastle NSW), Uniting Care (NSW Parramatta) and
Lavendilli-Blue (Orange, NSW).
Senior Education Officer
NSW Learnscope - TAFE NSW
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
TAFE NSW
International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning (ICVET)
July 2006 – December 2007
Employee
Support
diverse state-wide project teams in numerous contexts / sectors,
facilitate multiple team professional development activities using a
range of interactive technologies, develop and maintain the NSW
LearnScope weblog & MediaWiki, develop flexible learning resources
and facilitate national networking activities.
Senior Education Officer
Connected Learning Team
NSW Department of Education and Communities
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
February 2006 – July 2006
Employee
Engage
with and support Standards, Learning Design & Resource Development
and OTEN Flexible Learning teams, design, manage and implement
professional development for Management / Staff - new learning
technologies, research and develop connected learning resources, support
learning resource development and design initiatives, prepare and
present research findings to Executive, conduct workshops, seminars and
facilitate virtual conferencing events.
Special Projects Officer
Corporate Services Unit
NSW Department of Education and Communities
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
December 2005 – February 2006
Employee
Design,
manage and implement professional development for Management / Staff focusing upon the use of bile technologies in an educational context,
conduct research, prepare tenders & funding applications with
m-learning focus, facilitate multi-stakeholder project teams, create and
maintain online website content and facilitate national professional
networking. (AMLN)
E-Learning Designer
Online Resource Developer
"EngageMe Project"
TAFE NSW Granville
Access & General Education Curriculum Centre
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Conduct
extensive consultation with key stakeholders across numerous online
location, design, development and implement a weblog HTML aggregation of
learning resources - "Engageme" website - http://www.engageme.net,
engage in the design and production of the "Engageme" CD / DVD Learning
Resources Collection
E-Learning Project Facilitator
TAFE NSW Granville
Access & General Education Curriculum Centre
Sydney, Australia
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Participate
in a national online VET Community of Practice, attend workshops,
provide professional development activities for stakeholders across a
diverse Australian footprint.
mLearning Project Facilitator
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
"Moddeadly' - eLearning for Target Groups Project
TAFE Western Australia
Pilbara College of TAFE
Port Headland | Karratha | Newman
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Travel
extensively through rural and remote regions of Western Australia
providing Project Facilitation for projects involving emergent mobile
technologies, ISPs, educational ICTs and networked online communities
funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF).
mLearning Project Facilitator
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'OLWIL' - Online With Indigenous Learners Project
TAFE Western Australia
Pilbara College of TAFE
Port Headland | Karratha | Newman | Punmu | Jigalong | Parnngurr Communities
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Work
closely with Australian Aboriginal communities scoping and implementing
initiatives that were community initiated with emergent mobile
technologies, ISPs, educational ICTs and networked online communities
funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF).
eLearning Project Facilitator
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'Feral-e' Learnscope Project
West Coast College of TAFE
Perth, Western Australia
2005
Provide
face-to-face and online facilitation enabling project participants
using mobile and online learning technologies; consultation with mobile
industry services for moblogging initiatives; participating actively in
online communities examining the implications and impacts of these
technologies on teaching and learning.
eLearning Project Facilitator
TAFE WA - South West Regional College of TAFE
'Remote Access' Project - Online SMS Gateway Project
Bunbury, Western Australia
2005
Provide
stakeholder consultation to scope, design, engage and implement a
virtual corporate SMS gateway for whole-of-organization application;
facilitate trial groups and provide documentation for training and
professional development activities.
Senior Research and Development Officer
TAFE Western Australia
Swan TAFE
Corporate Services
Bentley Directorate
Bentley, Western Australia
2005
Lead
& conduct research into emergent technology uses in Australian and
other international vocational educational organizations; document and
identify key strategies in conjunction with TAFE WA industry
stakeholders for use of these emergent technologies in education &
training to CIO; consult and document application consideration with
Swan TAFE IT staff on exiting systems infrastructure to support emergent
technology trials; facilitate professional development activities
including senior management, middle management and front line staff
Develop professionally competent front line staff across all TAFE WA
campuses.
Education Research Officer
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'Txt-Me' - New Practices in Flexible Learning Project
Swan TAFE, Western Australia
2004
Conduct
active research as a lead practitioner (Educator) in project employing
the use of emergent mobile communication technology; analyse participant
interactions using semi-structured interviews; report project findings
via extensive conference appointments in all Australian states;
participate in online communities of practice; contribute to final
project reporting.