Current Activities
I am currently working with Verizon's CIS (Dallas, TX)
on a number of projects involving extensive use of the Simulation
Editor in ToolBook Instructor 2004. In addition to this role, I am an independent Trainer, Consultant,
and ToolBook Developer. 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. I also
conducted several other training classes on the use of ToolBook
outside of my role as a Contract Trainer for click2learn.
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Onsite training classes have 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. Most recently, I helped develop
the new Actions Editor Training Class (3 Days) for click2learn. As
owner of TCC Publishing , I have written and published books on
ToolBook Instructor and ToolBook Assistant for several years.
In my role as a Syllabus Scholar, a group of Syllabus Conference and
workshop faculty who have demonstrated excellence in the application
of education technology and outstanding scholarship in training their
peers in its use, I have conducted workshops directed at the
continued development of the curriculum for education technology
using various multimedia tools and ToolBook. I also served on the
Advisory Board for Syllabus 99.
My current interests include Internet and World Wide
Web applications, computer applications to the teaching curriculum,
and multimedia applications for CBT. I have written and published
Utilizing
ToolBook to Develop Multimedia Presentations,
a small training manual for Multimedia ToolBook 1.53, a multimedia
authoring package from Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. I contributed
an appendix entitled "Using Microsoft Windows" as part of
the text Living with Computers, Version 5.0
by Patrick G. McKeown. I did a Computerized
Study Guide using Multimedia ToolBook 1.53
that accompanies the Living with Computers
textbook. Earlier works included Utilizing
Multimedia ToolBook 3.0 and Applications
CD-ROM available from Boyd Fraser Publishing Company and
International Thomson Publishing and Chemistry
Study Pak, an interactive chemistry
software package from HarperCollins College Publishers. Other earlier
works were Utilizing Asymetrix ToolBook II
Instructor (for Instructor 5.0) and
Windows Tools for Multimedia and the Web.
These books were available through TCC Publishing. I was a
contributing author for the Shelly Cashman books,
Discovering
Computers: World Wide Web Edition. I have
written and published Utilizing Asymetrix
ToolBook II Assistant (for Assistant 6.0),
a custom publication available from TCC Publishing and the Second
Edition of Windows Tools for Multimedia and
the Web. An earlier book on ToolBook is
Utilizing
Asymetrix ToolBook II Instructor 6.1, a
custom publication available from TCC Publishing and Amazon Books. I
completed
Chemistry
Study Pack Version 2.0, an interactive
multimedia CD-ROM available from Addison Wesley in the Summer of 1999
and currently included with all copies of a Chemistry textbook by
Karen Timberlake. Current books include Utilizing
Asymetrix ToolBook II Assistant 7,
Windows Tools for Multimedia and the Web: Third Edition,
and An Introduction to ToolBook II
Instructor and Assistant 7. I also produced
Getting
Started with ToolBook II Instructor 7 CD-ROM
in late 1999. 2001 releases included An
Introduction to Macromedia Flash 5 and
An
Introduction to ToolBook II Instructor 8. Current
books inlcude An Introduction to ToolBook Instructor 8.5/The
Actions Editor and Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor 8.5 (a
2-volume set). I finished
The
Actions Editor, HTTP Post, and Simulations in ToolBook Instructor 2004
in January of 2004. In the Spring of 2006, I produced An Introduction
to ToolBook Instructor 2004.
In the early part of 1996, I did two one-day workshops
for Syllabus Press in Miami, Florida on April 13 and April 14, 1996
on using ToolBook and Multimedia Tools for Windows. These were part
of Syllabus Workshops '96. I did two pre-conference workshops for
Syllabus '96 at Sonoma State (just north of San Francisco,
California) on July 20 and 21. 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. Fall 1996 events included the
first of a series Syllabus Workshops '96-'97 beginning at Duquesne
University (Pittsburgh, PA) November 8-10, 1996. These workshops
included Introduction to Multimedia Tools/Windows
(MM2) and Multimedia Authoring/Windows
(MM3). I repeated these workshops in South Florida and Dallas, Texas
in March and April of 1997. I also repeated these workshops in
Puerto
Rico in June and repeated again at Syllabus '97 at Sonoma State, CA
in July of 1997. I currently am one of five Syllabus Scholars, a
group of Syllabus Conference and workshop faculty who have
demonstrated excellence in the application of education technology
and outstanding scholarship in training their peers in its use. This
group provides direction for continued development of the curriculum
for education technology offered at Syllabus workshops and
conferences. 1997 Fall workshop sites included Hofstra University on
Long Island, Drexel University in Philadelphia, and Wabounsee
Community College in Chicago. 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, Syllabus98 at Sonoma State University, and Washington, DC
at American University. 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). My most recent Syllabus Workshops
were in Boston (MA) at Bunker Hill Community College, Orlando,
Chicago, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Santa Clara, CA (Syllabus 2000), and
Cincinnati (March 2001). I also presented two Flash 5 workshops at
Syllabus 2001 in Santa Clara during the summer and two at Syllabus
Boston (Dec, 2001). In December of 2003, I conducted a 3 hour Seminar
on Flash MX 2004 for the Fall Syllabus Conference in Boston, MA.
In 2001 and 2002, I created 3 CD-ROM projects for KI
in Green Bay, WI. One of these won the First Place Award for ToolBook
CBT Project--Interactive 2000 Awards Sponsored by Click2learn.com. I
also worked with Jim Booth of Total Care Programming on a CD-ROM
project in 2000. In 2001 I worked with the Center for Support of
Families (NC) to develop 4 CD-ROM training CDs for the State of
Georgia. Likewise, I have consulted and developed for a large Web
Training Project through NASFAA (National Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators out of Washington, DC). Other
consulting/training 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). Late Fall of 2002, I worked for
several months fulltime for Arrow Communications (Long Island, NY)
developing software Simulations for Web Delivery. In 2003, I was
involved in 4 CD-ROM projects with Mangi Environmental (McLean, VA),
a large government contractor. I also worked in 2003 with Ralph
Spencer of Innovative Learning, LLC to develop two Web Courses using
ToolBook for training in the Commercial Real Estate Industry.
Likewise, I developed a CD-ROM training product Learning
Microsoft Office Visio 2003 for Instrux (Vince Yokom) and
Microsoft Corporation. This project made extensive use of the
Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor 8.6. Over the past year and
half, I have maintained a Services Contract with USDA/NEDC (Ft.
Worth, TX) to provide consulting and technical support for several of
their Web Training products. From Oct 1, 2003 to the present I have
worked with Verizon (Dallas, TX) to develop two large Web Training
Programs, both of which make full use of the Simulation Object in
ToolBook Instructor 8.6. I have also done several small jobs
including Humana (Louisville, KY), Martindale-Hubbell (New Jersey),
Martin Community College (North Carolina), and the Railway Educational
Bureau (Omaha, NE) that make 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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