At UCF,
I am the Director of a unit called Course Development and Web Services
(CDWS) within the Division
of Information Technologies & Resources. My position involves leading
a dedicated team of professionals,
who provide Web support for online teaching, learning, research, and operational
excellence.
I think of myself as a
strategist, then a change agent, and finally an administrator with a background
in instructional design and publishing. My degrees were obtained as a single
parent on government assistance doing any meaningful job I could along the
way and perhaps because of that challenge, figuring out technologies seem
exciting to me. I salute all students trying to improve the quality of life
for themselves and their families.
eLearning can provide
better ways to engage students and their entire families in lifelong learning.
I also know that all faculty are nontraditional students in need of support
that technology can provide.
As a former Air Force
wife, I am also fascinated with high-performance aircraft, military history
and strategy. I lived two years at Andersen AFB on Guam from '82-84 where
we sometimes confused the B52s with earthquakes as planes flew low and slow
overhead. I also lived at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho from '84-90 where EF111s
flew overhead daily painting the skies. I really enjoyed living among mission-oriented
people who were committed to a belief in duty, honor, and service, always
poised ready to perform their best.
A lasting quote:
One must not always
think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our
works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Work and Being