Jean M. Kreis

(520) 316-9402 (h)	1722 E. Birch St.
(520) 252-0444 (m)	Casa Grande, AZ 85222
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~jeank	jkreis@educause.edu

Relevant Experience (selected)

Program Development & Coordination (12 years)

· Initiated the University of Arizona Course Management System program including the marketing, support site creation, administrative manuals conception, training workshop development, troubleshooting and reporting procedures, budgets, impact papers, and national trends. Administrated additional instructional technologies.

· Oversaw middleware software development - including database design, development and integration, staff, budget, and deadlines. Combined this project with two additional projects and their subsequent teams for cohesive plan integrating instructional tools into existing university structure.

· Envisioned, planned, collaborated, developed, & recruited an international community of higher education professionals – Bridging Community of Practice - with the domain of bridging research and practice for the purpose of the transforming higher education teaching and learning with technology. Membership currently at 203.

Curriculum Development & Faculty Mentorship (10 years)

· Supervised the development of computer-based training (CBT) modules for F-16 fighter pilots. Responsible for oversight of Subject Matter Expert (SME) material, instructional-designer, graphic-artist, media-artist, and hardware to fit with the base goals and national security needs.

· Liaison and evaluator of two research university projects – University of Memphis Technology Fellowship Program at the Advanced Learning Center – and – University of Southern California’s Center for Distance Learning project on Collaborative Learning. The year-long projects have entailed weekly synchronous, asynchronous, and teleconference meetings as well as monthly reports, and assessments of participating faculty members activities, with consultant guides.

· Designed, created, assessed, and conducted courses in multiple venues for first and second year writing as well as intercultural humanties. Included into all curriculum technology use to accommodate student experience at all levels.

· I have been a guest instructor, in person and via distance, for graduate courses in Educational Psychology, Technology in Teaching, Learning Objects, and Learning Environments, among others.

Administration & Strategic Planning. (12 years)

· Facilitated the strategic vision, tactical planning, and in a consultative process, developed a team to recruit speakers, consult with the host institutions, and summarize the final reports of two major conferences for higher education

· Served on the program committee for an additional inaugural regional conference, as the Corporate Chair. Read, reviewed, revised and advised on the applicability of the corporations’ proposals to the regional audience on who was expected to attend. Recruited and guided conveners for the sessions.

· Served on the committee conducting a needs analysis and made recommendations in the Technology Analysis Report for staff, hardware, software, and procedures to the University of Arizona College of Education’s new dean.

· Planned annual budget for three chapels of the largest population of Americans residing outside of continental United States,. Supervised 12 civilian staff and 300 volunteers. Responsible for the recruitment, training, & scheduling; researching, coordinating, collaborating, planning and mentoring on program development. In addition, I created monthly & annual reports, as well as sent archives to the military offices.

Community Interaction (11 years)

· Scholarship Chairman, Officer Wives Club, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

· Board President, Officer Wives Club, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico

· Board member, Zia Therapy Center, Alamagordo, New Mexico.

Education

M.A. Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English.

The University of Arizona. 2002.

M.Ed. Interdisciplinary Studies in Curriculum and Instruction.

National Louis University, Heidelberg, Germany. 1996.

     B.A. (summa) English. The University of Maryland. 1994.

Employment History

2003 - present National Learning Fellow EDUCAUSE NLII, Boulder, CO

2000 - present Program Coordinator, Sr. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1998 - 2000 Faculty: Writing, Humanities Pima CC, Tucson, AZ

1997 - 1998 Educational Technologist, Sr McDonnell-Douglass, Tucson, AZ

1993 - 1996 Social Services Educator Army Family Advocacy, Germany

1990 - 1993 Program Coordinator Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany

Presentations & Publications (Selected)

“Opportunities for Engagement: Creative Chaos with Blogs and Wikis in Teaching and Learning” EDUCAUSE. Denver, CO. Oct 19-22, 2004

“Higher Ed Seeking Learning Science Researchers: New Collaborations, Domains, and Possibilities” International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Santa Monica, CA. June 22, 2004.

“Empowering Institutional Communities of Practice to Transform Teaching and Learning” National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII). Online Spring Focus Session, Mar 17 -Apr 7, 2004.

“Navigating Learning Theory for Instructional Technology Use” National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Jan 2003

“What Students Say.” in Educating the Net-Gen (forthcoming) Diana Oblinger and James Oblinger, (Eds.)

Awards

EDUCAUSE NLII Fellowship, November 2003 to present

    Wakonse Teaching Fellowship, May 2002.

Grant Consultant

Melinda & Bill Gates Grant – Susan Penfield, Principle Investigator, 2003

“A Model to Share: Using Technology to Support Endangered Tribal Languages & Cultures”

Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) & Multi-User Domian, Object-Oriented (MOO) Technology, 2001