Current Activities
Independent
Consultant, Trainer, Author, and Developer using ToolBook
As owner and
principal employee of TCC Publishing, Inc since 2004, I have
provided training, consulting and development using ToolBook, one of
the most popular authoring software packages available today. I have
worked with numerous clients to develop both CD-ROM and Web-Based
Training and have considerable experience with SCORM/AICC compliant
Learning Management Systems. ToolBook allows us to develop both
CD-ROM and Web-Based Training applications with one of it’s major
strengths being the ability to handle a variety of multimedia
components (graphics, animations, audio, and video) as well as a
powerful Simulation Editor for creating software simulations. My
most recent clients include Verizon, Emersion, Innovative Learning,
College of American Pathologists, Jackson National Life, A-T
Solutions, Dominion Power, Dominion Credit Union, and Humana |
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Contract Trainer for ToolBook
I
was formerly a Contract Trainer for click2learn.com,
initially known as Asymetrix Learning Systems and now
known as SumTotal Systems, where I conducted numerous
5-Day ToolBook II Instructor training classes and 2-Day
ToolBook II Assistant training classes for about five
years. Onsite training classes included Allegis
(Baltimore, MD), New Jersey Manufacturing (Trenton, NJ),
AT&T (Lee's Summit, MO), John Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD), Ameritas (Lincoln, NE), Publix
(Lakeland, FL), US Navy (New Orleans, LA), Conneticut
Association of Educators (Hartford, CT), New York
Department of Mental Health (Elmira, NY), Miller Brewing
Company (Milwaukee, WI), FSG (Duluth, GA), Department
Family Services (Jefferson City, MO), Verizon (Dallas,
TX), Universidad Metropolitano (San Juan, PR), Alcoa-Mt.
Holly (Charleston, SC), Blue Cross/Blue Shield
(Columbia, SC), U.S. Army (Ft. Bragg, NC), U.S. Army
Soldier Support Institute (Ft. Jackson, SC), U.S.
Marines (Camp Johnson, NC), Sodexho Marriot (Buffalo,
NY), Arrow Electronics (Long Island, NY), Wells Fargo
(Iowa), Mcleod USA (Cear Rapids, Iowa), Subaru-Isuzu
Automotive (Lafayette, IN), Bath & Body Works (Columbus,
OH), Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Baltimore, MD), Navy Marine
Intelligence Training Center (Virginia Beach, VA),
Gateway (Sioux City, SD), DataStream (Greenville, SC),
KI Inc (Green Bay, WI), Southern Company (Atlanta, GA),
Visa International (Miami, FL), U.S. Marines (two at
Camp Lejeune, NC), U.S. Army (Ft. Jackson, SC), U.S.
Navy (San Diego), Canadian National Defense (Cold Lake,
Alberta), Xerox Corporation (Rochester, NY), Racetrac
Petroleum (Atlanta, GA), East Tennessee State University
(Johnson City, TN), Denver Metro (Denver, CO), NC A&T
(Greensboro, NC) and Arthur Andersen (Atlanta, GA). Open
enrollment training classes have included trainees from
a variety of military sites, colleges, universities,
businesses, and industry totaling over 1000 trainees.
Books Written and Published
I
have written and published a total of 21 books, mostly
on the various versions of ToolBook. These include:
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Utilizing ToolBook to Develop Multimedia
Presentations,
a small training manual for Multimedia ToolBook
1.53, a multimedia authoring package from Asymetrix
Learning Systems, Inc.
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Utilizing Multimedia ToolBook 3.0
and Applications CD-ROM available from Boyd Fraser
Publishing Company and International Thomson
Publishing.
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An
Introduction to Macromedia Flash 5
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An
Introduction to ToolBook II Instructor 8.
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An
Introduction to ToolBook Instructor 8.5/The Actions
Editor and Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor
8.5 (a
2-volume set),
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The Actions Editor, HTTP Post, and Simulations in
ToolBook Instructor 2004,
and An Introduction to ToolBook Instructor 2004.
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An
Introduction to ToolBook Instructor 9.
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An
Introduction to the Actions Editor, Simulations, and
HTTP Post in ToolBook Instructor 9.
Publications
In
addition to the books I have written and published, I
have 17 publications in various professional journals (7
of these in the area of chemical research, my former
profession before devoting full time efforts to ToolBook
and multimedia).
Presentations
Since
1992, I have presented around 80 presentations, mostly
on the use of ToolBook. Many of these presentations were
made at the annual League for Innovation in Community
Colleges meetings. Over the past 9 years, I have been
one of the primary faculty members at the annual
ToolBook User’s Conference, sponsored by Platte Canyon
in Colorado Springs. I have presented introductory
sessions on ToolBook, the Actions Editor, the
Simulations Editor, and HTTP Post.
Workshops
Since
1996, I have conducting around 60 hands-on training
workshops on the use of ToolBook and other multimedia
tools. In the early years many of these workshops were
part of a role I had as a Syllabus Scholar. Most
recently, several of my workshops have been part of a
role I have as a TBCON (ToolBook User’s Conference)
faculty member.
Syllabus Scholar Workshops
As a
former educator, I was one of five Syllabus Scholars, a
group of Syllabus Conference and workshop faculty who
demonstrated excellence in the application of education
technology and outstanding scholarship in training their
peers in its use. This group provided direction for
continued development of the curriculum for education
technology offered at Syllabus workshops and
conferences. As a Syllabus Scholar, I traveled
throughout the US and Puerto Rico for several years
conducting hands-on workshops on the use of a variety of
multimedia development tools. These workshops included:
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Two one-day workshops for Syllabus Press in Miami,
Florida on using ToolBook and Multimedia Tools for
Windows. These were part of Syllabus Workshops '96.
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Two pre-conference workshops for Syllabus '96 at
Sonoma State. These workshops were on Developing
Outstanding Classroom Presentations and centered
around the use of PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows.
Additionally, I did a post-conference workshop (1/2
day) on using Multimedia ToolBook 4.0 at this same
conference.
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A
series Syllabus workshops '96-'97 beginning at
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA). These
workshops included Introduction to Multimedia
Tools/Windows and Multimedia
Authoring/Windows. I repeated these workshops in
South Florida and Dallas, Texas. I also repeated
these workshops in
Puerto Rico and repeated again at Syllabus '97
at Sonoma State, CA. Additional workshop sites
included Hofstra University on Long Island, Drexel
University in Philadelphia, and Wabounsee Community
College in Chicago.
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The Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall 1998 Syllabus
Workshops I participated in included Ft.
Myers/Southwest Florida at Florida Gulf Coast
University, Los Angeles at Cal Poly Pomona, Dallas
(TX) at Southern Methodist University, Atlanta (GA)
at Georgia State University, Puerto Rico at Inter
American University, Syllabus 98 at Sonoma State
University, and Washington, DC at American
University.
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In
1999 I gave workshops in New York at New School
University, Orlando at University of Central
Florida, and Syllabus 99 at Santa Clara (CA).
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2000-2003 Syllabus workshops were in Boston (MA) at
Bunker Hill Community College, Orlando, Chicago, San
Juan, Puerto Rico, Santa Clara, CA and Cincinatti. I
also presentedy two Flash 5 workshops at Syllabus
2001 in Santa Clara during the summer and two at
Syllabus Boston. I conducted a 3 hour Seminar on
Flash MX 2004 for the Fall Syllabus Conference in
Boston, MA.
ToolBook User’s Conference Faculty
As an
annual ToolBook User’s Conference (TBCON) faculty
member, I have conducted several Pre-Conference
workshops on ToolBook. The ToolBook User’s Conference
is an annual gathering of some of the top experts and
users of ToolBook and draws a good international
audience each year.
http://www.tbcon.com/
CD-ROM Projects
Since
2001, I have developed a variety of CD-ROM projects
using ToolBook. These include:
K
KI (Green Bay, WI) - 3 CD-ROM projects. One of these won
the First Place Award for ToolBook CBT
Project--Interactive 2000 Awards Sponsored by
Click2learn.com.
Center
for Support of Families (NC) – Developed 4 CD-ROM
training CDs for the State of Georgia. Likewise,
Mangi
Environmental (McLean, VA) – Developed 4 CD-ROM projects
as part of several large government contracts.
Instrux, LTD - Developed a CD-ROM training product
titled Learning Microsoft Office Visio 2003 for Instrux
and Microsoft Corporation. This project made extensive
use of the Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor 8.6.
A-T
Solutions – A CD-ROM project that involved testing and
debugging of their Self-Paced Education on Electronic
Devices (SPEED) Computer-Based Training application.
A-T Solutions is the world’s leading anti- and
counter-terrorism company.
Web
Projects
I have
developed a variety of Web-based Training (WBT) projects
over the past few years. All of these projects have
been developed using the various versions of ToolBook.
These include:
NASFAA
– In 2001 have consulted and developed for a large Web
Training project through NASFAA (National Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators located Washington,
DC).
Arrow
Electronics - During the Winter of 2002, I worked as a
contractor for Geneva Consulting Group on an onsite job
for Arrow Electronics, Inc (Operations Training
Department) on Long Island, NY. For this project, we
successfully converted content from a series of
mainframe-based CBT courses into a web-based training
format using ToolBook.
Innovative
Learning, LLC - In 2003, I worked with Ralph Spencer of
Innovative Learning, LLC to develop two Web Courses
using ToolBook for training in the Commercial Real
Estate Industry.
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USDA -
During 2002 and 2003, I maintained a Services Contract
with USDA/NEDC (Ft. Worth, TX) to provide consulting and
technical support for several of their Web Training
products.
Fourth
Star Consulting LLC - This project involved developing 2
Web-Based Training courses for Bonneville Power in
Oregon. Each course consisted of roughly 2 hours of
training.
Dominion Power - The work for Dominion Power was done
over a period of three years and involved building a
series of assessments and advanced placement exams.
Templates were provided and minor modifications were
made, but for the most part the projects involved
inputting the questions for each exam. A total of 75
exams packages have been built to date with each exam
package consisting of 3 exams, one to be drawn randomly
each time a learner launches the assessment from the LMS
used by Dominion Power.
ComSys
- This project involved the conversion of a legacy CBT
(originally delivered on CD-ROM) to a Web-based
application. The application was provided by the Biscuit
and Cracker Manufactuers’ Association. A total of 4
modules (4 CD-ROMs) in both English and Spanish were
completely reprogrammed from the original OpenScript
coding environment to the Actions Editor coding
environment.
Verizon - From Oct 1, 2003 to the present, I have worked
as a contractor with Verizon (Dallas, TX) to develop a
series of Web-based Training projects which make full
use of the Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor. For
this project I am on a team that has created a Rapid
Development Suite, a set of tools developed entirely in
ToolBook that allows us to create our storyboards in
ToolBook and then automatically build the lessons using
a set of pre-programmed template pages. Additionally,
we have build a Comment Collector system for use during
the various QA Review cycles and a Project Data
Management System for project management. My
contracting company is Ajilon Corporation, also located
in Dallas, TX.
Other
consulting clients include the University of Miami
Medical School (Department of Anesthesiology), USDA (Ft.
Worth, TX), the DC Children's Hospital (Washington, DC),
and SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors,
Washington, DC). I have also done several small jobs
for Humana (Louisville, KY), Martindale-Hubbell (New
Jersey), Martin Community College (North Carolina), and
the Railway Educational Bureau (Omaha, NE). Several of
these projects made use of HTTP Post to store user data
in a database on a Web Server.
I also have considerable
experience with TBK Tracker and Tracker.Net as learning
management systems.
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