{"id":235,"date":"2017-03-15T08:28:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlywords.ca\/cv\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2021-05-13T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:30:58","slug":"work-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlywords.ca\/cv\/work-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects, Research and other Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A member of the UBC Learning Technology Renewal project &#8211; Evaluation Committee 2016\/17.<\/li>\n<li>Part of the working group on <em>Connected Learning Consortium, A joint initiative of Tertiary Education Partners &amp; UNHCR, <\/em>Geneva, December 2015 (ongoing).<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/digital-competencies\/\">Enhancing Teacher Candidates&#8217; Digital Competencies<\/a>&#8220;, April 2016-August 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Managed the development of a MOOC, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/mooc\/\">Reconciliation through Indigenous Education<\/a>&#8220;, first offered in January 2015.<\/li>\n<li>LMS implementation (transition from WebCT Vista to BlackBoard)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/dadaab\/\">Humanitarian project: Dadaab Refugee Camps in Northeast Kenya<\/a>; Overseeing the development and delivery of online and blended-learning curriculum for a two-year diploma program for refugee teachers;<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/gamification-adult-educator-weekly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Gaming and Learning: Education for the Next Generation<\/a>&#8220;. Redesigning ADHE 412 with game elements.<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/mobile-technologies\/\">Using Mobile Devices as Learning Tools for Alternative Models of Teaching and Learning<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 (BCcampus fund) (May 1, 2011 &#8211; June 31, 2012).<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project &#8220;Alternative Service Delivery Models for Aboriginal Education &#8211; Part 2 (TLEF fund) (April 2008 &#8211; March 2010): development of mixed mode courses for Indigenous students from Bella Coola, Duncan, Kamloops and Vancouver. Working on the Certificate for Aboriginal Language Revitalization.<\/li>\n<li>Worked on the strategic planning and the development of <a title=\"eLPDS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wus-austria.org\/belgrade\/news_more\/bg_210708.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eLearning Professional Development Seminar (eLPDS)<\/a> a part of WUS project, Austria, in Serbia, June 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/nitep-blended-course\/\">Alternative Service Delivery Models for Aboriginal Education<\/a>&#8221; (TLEF fund) (April 2007 &#8211; March 2008: development of mixed mode courses for Indigenous students from Bella Coola, Duncan, Kamloops and Vancouver<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project on <a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/accessible-media-2\/\">Accessible Media<\/a> (BCcampus fund) (September 2006 &#8211; August, 2007, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Belgrade: Helped with establishing an <a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/serbia\/\">eLearning Centre in Serbia<\/a> at the University of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade with Dr. Jim Gaskell and Jeff Miller (CIDA grant) (June 2006, Serbia)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a consultant on Web-conferencing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sauder.ubc.ca\/\">Sauder School of Business<\/a> May to September 2006, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Managed the project on <a href=\"https:\/\/ets.educ.ubc.ca\/innovation\/special-projects\/web-content-accessibility\/\">Web Content Accessibility <\/a>(BCcampus fund) (September 2005 &#8211; August, 2006, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a consultant and learning activity developer for the collaborative pilot project between the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenskestudije.org.rs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Gender Studies, Novi Sad<\/a>, Serbia (February 2005 &#8211; March 2005, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a course developer and instructional designer of <a href=\"http:\/\/met.ubc.ca\/met-courses\/course-overview-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETEC590 on ePortfolio<\/a>, part of the Master&#8217;s of Educational Technology (MET) program, UBC (March 2005)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a consultant and course developer for international certificate programs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnet.hr\/projekt\/e-learning-akademija\/\">eLearning Academy (ELA)<\/a> &#8211; CARNet project, Croatia (July 2004 &#8211; ongoing, DE&amp;T UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Gave workshops on online learning in Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (CIDA grant) (July 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on organizing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.org\/pdf\/NMC%20Conference%20Program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NMC conference<\/a> at UBC, Vancouver &#8211; a member of the steering committee (16-19 June, 2004, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on project planning for graduate joint programs development between UBC and different institutions from Serbia and Macedonia; relationship establishment. (Summer 2003)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on Learning objects implementation in <a href=\"http:\/\/library.athabascau.ca\/drr\/\">Digital Reading Room<\/a> &#8211; part of EduSource project. (January 2003- May 2004, Athabasca University)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on the project: &#8220;Coordinated Metadata Infrastructure for Learning Object Repositories at UBC&#8221;, as a Project Manager for developing and designing an Image Repository in the Faculty of Arts. (January 2003 &#8211; December 2003, UBC )<\/li>\n<li>Worked on eLera website development (<a href=\"http:\/\/solr.bccampus.ca:8001\/bcc\/items\/c053440f-ac26-3ccd-8308-8b3631502205\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eLearning Research and Assessment Network<\/a>) for Learning Objects evaluation. (2002 SFU)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on LORI project &#8211; assessment of Learning Objects Review Instrument developed by J. Nesbit, K. Belfer (TechBC), J. Vargo (U of Cantenbury), A. Archambault (MS Corp.) 2001 (2001-2002 TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Participated in assessing proposed abstracts for TESOL conference on CALL 2001 (2000 on line)<\/li>\n<li>Developed and designed a learning object (video clip) on Asynchronous conferencing for ITEC 600 (2001 TechBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Course Development and Support<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan and manage LMS migration from BlackBoard to Canvas, Sep 2017-Dec 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Plan, manage and coordinate the development of online and technology enhanced classroom courses in the Faculty of Education, UBC (over 100 online courses)<\/li>\n<li>Managed course migration from Vista to BlackBoard 2012-2014; Coordinating re-design process<\/li>\n<li>Offering instructional design consultations, and faculty training in eLearning. (May 2003 \u2013 ongoing, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on course re-design for Athabasca U. with Dr. Mohamed Ally and Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes on the project &#8220;Using E-learning methods to foster online soft skills in the workplace&#8221; (October 2004 &#8211; May 2004, Athabasca University)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a consultant on CD-ROM study, (suggestions for course improvement) with Dr. David Annand (June 2003 &#8211; December 2003, Athabasca University)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a User Support Specialist, Faculty of Arts, UBC, New Media Centre. (September 2002-september 2003, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on mixed mode courses development as an instructional designer and educational technologist in the Faculty of Arts. (September 2002 &#8211; August 2003, UBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Course developer for Athabasca U. with Dr. Mohamed Ally and Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes on the project &#8220;Using E-learning methods to foster online soft skills in the workplace&#8221; (December 2002 &#8211; December 2003, Athabasca University)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on online courses revision (MTEC251, MTEC252, MTEC253, Tech128, Tech129,Tech130, MTEC310, MTEC311 &amp; MTEC312). (2002\/2003 SFU)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Learning Support Associate for TechBC in Management and Technology area. Worked on the development of the graduate and undergraduate mixed mode and online courses. (2001-2002 TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on the revision of Athabasca&#8217;s DE course Psychology 340 (2000 UBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Research study &#8220;Games for Increased Student Engagement&#8221; (UBC, 2012) &#8211; Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>Research study &#8220;Using Mobile Devices as Learning Tools for Alternative Models of Teaching and Learning&#8221;, UBC. (September 2011-July 2012) &#8211; Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>Research study &#8220;Narratives and Gameworlds: Personal Growth and Social Change&#8221; &#8211; Ph.D. study<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in Language and Literacy Department, Faculty of Education, UBC on redesigning LLED website, and instructional and technical support (Ph.D. fellowship 2007\/2008)<\/li>\n<li>Research on ePortfolios, &#8220;Moving from description to analysis and synthesis&#8221; with Gabriella Minnes-Brandes, Faculty od Education, UBC (May 2006\/2007)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Research Assistant at Athabasca U. with Dr Patrick Fahy on SSHRC Project: &#8220;Educational Conferencing&#8221; (June &#8211; December 2002, Athabasca University)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at SFU with Dr. John Nesbit on the project: &#8220;Creation of eLera.net for Learning Object Evaluation&#8221; (June 2002 SFU Surrey)<\/li>\n<li>Worked on the research project: &#8220;Students Retrospective Analysis of Signal Processing course&#8221; (TechBC, Canada and GIK Institute, Pakistan) (June 2002 SFU Surrey)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Graduate Research Assistant designing, developing and conducting a research project &#8220;Measuring the Time use of Tech BC Learners&#8221; (2000-2001 TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a research assistant in the Psychology Department at UBC regarding family relationships (1999-2000 UBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Administration and Marketing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked as an administrative assistant for VP Academics (2001, TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Worked as a Coop-program assistant (2001, TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Desktop publishing, creating brochures and other promotional material (2001, TechBC)<\/li>\n<li>Desktop publishing: designing handbooks and other promotional material for the Coop office. (2001, TechBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Translation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>More than eleven years experience in technical, business and literary translation (English to Serbian). (1986-1999 Oil Refinery, Pobeda, Yugoslavia, National TV network, Private publishers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the UBC Learning Technology Renewal project &#8211; Evaluation Committee 2016\/17. Part of the working group on Connected Learning Consortium, A joint initiative of Tertiary Education Partners &amp; UNHCR, Geneva, December 2015 (ongoing). 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