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Gary Scott Brown, EdD, PMP Instructional Design Project Manager Professional Experience June 2014

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Title V-B Grant Five Year Federally Funded Overarching Goal Increasing Post-Baccalaureate Retention and Graduation of Underserved Students

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Budget/Procurement Oct 2009, $2.8 Million Federal Grant Equipment Purchases: (Laptops, PCs, Video Production) @$310K Lab Construction: @$220K Higher Education Professional Engagement Awards: (HEPEG) @$105K

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Academia EdD - Doctorate in Instructional Technology and Distance Education, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Dissertation: Effects of an Interactive Social Process on Teachers Instructional Technology Adoption Rates MS - Master of Science in Educational Leadership, Barry University, Miami, Florida BS - Bachelor of Science in Materials Science/Technical Management Option, & BA - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey PMP - Project Manager Professional Certification, Project Manager Institute, Inc. Professional Educators Certificate - State of Florida Department of Education FELE - Florida Educational Leadership Exam Successfully completed

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Instructional Design Project Manager Jan. 2010 Present Nova Southeastern University (NSU), The Abraham S. Fischler School of Education, North Miami Beach, Florida This administrative position is federally funded by a Title V-B Grant with the overarching goal of improving the post-baccalaureate retention rates by 20% over the span of the grant.

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Primary Responsibilities Integrating resources to deliver project initiatives. Initiating and maintaining collaborative working relationships with the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education (FSE) Administration, NSU's Office of Community and Governmental Affairs, Collaborating with faculty and leading/managing contracted designers and developers to create media-rich, innovative, interactive graduate level education courses and course activities, and Researching and implementing the best-practices of the latest curriculum development tools and social networking products. Created and presented software (Prezi) hands-on professional development workshop Prezi: Whats In It For You? to the staff of the Alexander Sherman Library, October 2012, Nova Southeastern University

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Additional Responsibilities Integrating resources to deliver project initiatives. Initiating and maintaining collaborative working relationships with the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education (FSE) Administration, NSU's Office of Community and Governmental Affairs Collaborating with faculty and leading/managing contracted designers and developers to create media- rich, innovative, interactive graduate level education courses and course activities Researching and implementing the latest development tools and social networking products.

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Presentations State, Regional, Local Created and presented software (Prezi) hands-on professional development workshop Prezi: Whats All the Zoom About? to the Fischler School of Education faculty, April 2012 Created and presented software (Prezi) Training session Prezify Yourself to Florida Library Association 2012 Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 2012 Created and presented software (Prezi) training session Prezi: Whats In It For You? presented to the Southeast Florida Library and Information Network (SEFLIN), July 2012, at Florida International University

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Presentations State, Regional, Local Created and presented software (Prezi) hands-on professional development workshop Prezi: Whats In It For You? to the staff of the Alexander Sherman Library, October 2012, Nova Southeastern University Created and presented software (SpicyNodes) Training session for Title V-B Staff and instructional designers, Fischler School of Education, December 2012 Created and presented multi-media presentation in collaboration with subject matter experts for The Scholars Roundtable Discussion celebrating National Womens History Month. This program was presented to the Fischler School of Education faculty and staff, March 2013

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Presentations State, Regional, Local Created and presented hands-on, multimedia professional development workshop, A Slice of Apples Keynote, for the Training and Organizational Development Department. Presented to faculty and staff at the Fischler School of Education, December 2013 Created and presented hands-on professional development workshop, Prezi: Whats In It For You? for the Training and Organizational Development Department. Presented to faculty and staff at the Fischler School of Education, February 2014

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Professional Organization Memberships The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) The Project Management Institute (PMI) The Florida Library Association (FLA) REFORMA de Florida -The Florida Chapter of REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

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Preeminent Scholars Dr. Abraham Fischler Founder of NSU Dr. George Hanbury, II President/CEO of NSU

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Preeminent Scholars Dr. Richard Clark Professor of Educational Psychology and Technology Director, Center for Cognitive Technology USC Dr. Robert Reiser Associate Dean for Research Distinguished Teaching Professor and Robert M. Morgan Professor of Instructional Systems FSU

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Presentations Florida Library Association Annual Conference - Orlando Working Together Workshop, NSU Southeast Florida Library Info. Network, Florida International University Staff Development Alexander Sherman Library, NSU

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Presentations Hispanic Heritage Celebration NSU Fischler Professional Advisory Committee NSU Project Planning for Womens History Month Womens Exec Committee, NSU NSU Demonstrating Multi-Modal Technologies: Simultaneous Delivery, NSU

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Presentations Hispanic Heritage Celebration Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Its Architecture Dr. Bosque and Dr. Smiley Zoom Committee With Mr. Brian Croswhite Apple Mobile Technologies Dr. Wang and Dr. Hsu from NYIT Prezi and Keynote Debriefing to the Fischler Professional Advisory Committee

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Committees REFORMA de Florida Scholarship Committee Chair - marketing, distribution, evaluation of applications, and presentation to awardees of scholarship funds. Nova Southeastern University The Curriculum Development Committee for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) at the post-baccalaureate level at the Fischler School of Education. Mentoring and Retention. Responsibilities of this committee include analysis of current trends of enrolment and various strategies to maximize student course retention. The task force developing curriculum for a Distance Educator Certificate Program. The program has been approved and implemented. The Technology Sub-Committee for the 2012 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, and Research. This conference is held annually in Orlando, Florida and draws approximately 2,000 students and dissertation advisors from around the world. Planning Committee for the 2012 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, and Research. This collaborative effort was coordinated with the Office of Applied Research (ARC.) Facilities Development. This committee investigated various best practices and methods for ergonomically developing collaborative spaces in state-of-the-art, rich technology areas. Research on development included analysis of national and international institutions and working with vendors with expertise in this area. Hiring Committees to employ the Operational Manager, Instructional Designer II, and the Virtual Lab Coordinator/Developer for the grant. This responsibility included developing the job descriptions, recruiting nationally via various media, interviewing candidates, and hiring candidates.

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Additional Multi-Media Presentation Contributions Prepared the presentation given by the Dean of Academic Affairs at the National Convention of Title V-B Funding regarding grant progress and initiatives, March 2011 Prepared the presentation given by the Dean of Academic Affairs at the NSU Speakers Forum regarding grant progress and initiatives, November 2011 Prepared the presentation given by the Dean of Faculty regarding Faculty Matrix and Workload, November 2011

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Additional Multi-Media Presentation Contributions Prepared faculty members presentation regarding project management techniques to the Universitys Board of Vice Presidents, January 2012 Prepared the presentation given by the Title V-B instructional designers at the United States Distance Association 2012 Annual Convention regarding grant progress and the success of the diffusion of innovation approach in disseminating information resulting in Faculty development, and the establishment of a virtual lab, May 2012 Created multimedia presentation on Mentoring with faculty member for presentation at Faculty Retreat, October 2012

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Additional Multi-Media Presentation Contributions Created multimedia presentation: Human Resource and Staff Development (HRD), with faculty member for presentations: in the Bahamas at the Union of Teachers, an upcoming Fischler School of Education faculty/staff professional development training workshop, via webinar in collaboration with the Fischler School of Education Diversity Forum, and at Martin Luther King, Jr., Public School (Miami, Florida), September 2013 Created and presented multimedia presentation in Prezi for Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration with faculty member. The presentation, Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Art and Architecture Yesterday and Today was presented to the Fischler School of Education faculty and staff, October 2013

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Additional Multi-Media Presentation Contributions Planned and facilitated professional development workshop for NSU faculty. The hands-on workshop Apple Mobile Device Deployment Strategies for Teaching and Learning was presented by colleagues from New York Institute of Technology, October 2013

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Delivery Change Paradigm Diffusion of Innovations and Train-the-Trainer Methodologies implemented Creating Champions program Creating programs to increase retention and graduation of underserved students Presenting grant progress via multimedia to University Executives Promoting and utilizing Best-Practices in pedagogy and andragogy through awareness of current trends and issues

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Delivery Change Paradigm Providing increased student engagement via Warm Connections Leveraging resources (employees, technological tools, funding, etc.) to develop exemplary programs. Managing budget and responsibly executing procurement of technology Utilizing Project Management Professional (PMP) skills and protocols such as: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing Developing collaborative relationships with external vendors

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Delivered Dissertation Intervention Workshops Dissertation Intervention Workshops @800 students JISC Report to Provost: Collaborative Space including Points of Interest Presented to Benefactors as well

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Dissertation Caf: Growth Date v Number of Students

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Title V-B Website 1

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Title V-B Website 2 Faculty Support Portal-Page 1

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Title V-B Faculty Support Portal-Page 2

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Title V-B Website 3

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Tutorials (Partial)

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Electronic Repositories Delivered and Under Construction Enhancing version of SharkWrites; The Abraham S. Fischler School of Education Writing Resource Center. See http://nova.campusguides.com/fsesharkwrites http://nova.campusguides.com/fsesharkwrites Developing and creating the design and content for the Title V-B Website (aka Faculty ToolBox) in collaboration with the Information Technology Team. See: http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/titlevb http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/titlevb

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Delivered Courses with Media Enrichments Faculty Members assisted: @ 61 Faculty Members representing @ 51% Courses media-enriched: @60, @ 40% of Faculty Approximate number of Students Impacted @1,600

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Delivered Website launched-electronic repository of resources; videos produced: @140 available 24/7 Mentoring Pilot Program Newsletters created and distributed Higher Education Professional Engagement Grant (HEPEG) 20 Students Recipients, $100,000 invested.HEPEG Video Link

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Faculty Retreat Facilitating and Participating in Presentations My Fin Apple Apps Best Practices Prezi Camtasia Title V-B Whats in it for Me? Internet Safety And others.

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Instructional Design Models The Dick and Carey Instructional Design Model Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation http://insightlopedia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dickcarey3.jpg ADDIE

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Fischler Success Center

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Faculty Success Center - Technology Building North Miami Beach, Florida Multipurpose use of @ 2,500 sq ft for: Professional Development Faculty Collaboration Video Production

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Faculty Success Center Collaboration Center Professional Development for 24 Faculty, Large Screen Monitors, Power and Access to PC and Apple OS, Steelcase Furniture

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Faculty Success Center Video Production Studio Green Screens, Teleprompter, Tricaster, Lights, Video and Still Cameras

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Faculty Success Center Sound Production Studio and Collaboration Center

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Tech Prep: 15 iPad Minis

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Faculty Success Center Menu Brochure

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Lessons Learned Closer inspection of basic constraints: time, cost, scope Increasing security in inventory control procedures Developing Return on Investments (ROI) earlier. Reducing vendor and travel costs Establishing appropriate metrics earlier and consistently Enhancing train-the-trainer efficiency and accountability Collaborating among and across University Divisions, Information Technologies, I-Zone Enhancing Fischler Professional Advisory Committee (FPAC) activity and input

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Gary Scott Brown EdD, PMP dr.garybrown@nova.edu Office:(954) 952-8607 Cell: (561) 601- 9597