David Rose
Instructional designer & open educational resources (OER) researcher.
EMPLOYMENT
Online Learning Trainer & Curriculum Designer
American University (Feb 2017-Present)
- Online Learning Trainer & Curriculum Designer (Apr 2018-Present): I brought the Faculty Online Training Course model established in the CTRL to AU’s Law School, the Washington College of Law (WCL). Law class are particularly reliant on the socratic method, so trainings include the course platform (Brightspace by Desire2Learn) and Adobe Connect, used for the live synchronous class sessions. The training course allows WCL to offer its faculty year-round training opportunities, thus greatly scaling the online offerings, while still maintaining high standards for online pedagogy and instructional design.
- Faculty Innovation Technologist (Feb 2017-Apr 2018): Working out of the Center for Teaching, Research & Learning (CTRL), I created, managed, and evaluated faculty teaching initiatives that involved innovative pedagogy and emerging technologies. Major initiatives included:
- Open American. I managed the OER grant program, provided instructional design and technology support to faculty who adopted OER, and established a cross-campus task force to promote open initiatives.
- EdSpace, AU’s WordPress multisite available to faculty and students for open pedagogy projects like student-run course websites and ePortfolios.
- Faculty Online Training Course. I taught this required course for instructors making the shift from teaching face-to-face courses to online or hybrid courses three times a year. The course included both instructional design principles as well as a strong understanding of the Blackboard LMS.
Marketing Copywriter
Startups.co (Mar 2015-Mar 2017)
- Transformed marketing materials into investment-worthy business plans, pitch decks, and profiles for startups.
- Freelance position allowed me to live abroad for 2 years, visiting 20+ countries in that time.
OER Course Designer
Saylor Academy (Feb 2012-Jun 2017)
- OER Consultant (May 2014-Jun 2017): Advised on OER and aligned to learning outcomes on a per-project basis.
- International Business Development Manager (Dec 2013-May 2014): Formed credit-pathway partnerships with international organizations using free Saylor Academy courses.
- Senior Content Analyst (Dec 2012-Dec 2013): Online instructional design, project manager for NASA MOOC, and OER expert. Researched and recommended tools, technologies, and resources to aid in course creation.
- Personnel & Content Development Coordinator (Feb 2012-Dec 2012): Aided SMEs in online course creation by providing instructional design support and creating training materials. Coordinated build of ~75 new courses.
Research Assistant
Lyman Museum (Jan 2011-May 2011)
- Designed data collections, conducted research, and helped set up new exhibit on Hawaiian history.
EDUCATION
M.S.Ed. Learning Design and Technology, Purdue University
B.A. Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Hilo (2011)
COURSES DESIGNED
SSE101: Survey of Space System Engineering
- As the project manager, I led a team of instructional designers, video production specialists, and NASA SMEs to remix public domain content (Aerospace Engineer Lisa Guerra’s Space System Engineering course) with other NASA resources, create video scripts from text-heavy files, and record video lectures with NASA scientists and
engineers. The end result was a first-of-its-kind MOOC that had well over 10,000 students enroll. - Hosted five live Google Hangouts with students and various guests from NASA including an astronaut and a Nobel prize winning scientist. Links to recordings below.
- Course backend designed in WordPress
OER101: How to Find OER For Your Course
- Designed the asynchronous course to enable faculty interested in incorporating OER into their class to locate appropriate resources for their subject area of expertise.
- Course backend designed in WordPress.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
OER Research Fellow
Open Education Group (Jun 2017-Present)
- Conduct research on the impact of open educational resources on the cost of education, student success outcomes, patterns of usage of OER, and perceptions of OER. Two publications currently in progress.
Certified Online Instructor
American University (Summer 2017)
- Built hybrid course titled OER101: Integrating OER Into Your Classroom in Blackboard Learn.
SERVICE
- Volunteer house-builder with forPEACE’s 2010 Cambodia Expedition. Our group was brought out to build houses for families who had worked their way through a program of financial sustainability.
- Committee on Information Services, non-voting member (2017 – present).
TEACHING
- Online Teaching Certification Course. Served as mentor in Summer 17. Scheduled to teach in Spring 2018.