I have had the pleasure of working at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College (CMCC) since the spring of 2013, and just last month I had the
honour of signing on to a new job description and title. Formerly the
Coordinator, Curriculum & Faculty Development, I am now the
Coordinator, Technology-Enabled Learning. This change reflects a great
deal of growth in the position I’ve held for the past year and a half,
as well as the true focus of my skill development and work activity at
CMCC.
After starting at CMCC in May 2013, I became very quickly proficient
at utilizing our institution’s Learning Management System (LMS). This
was necessitated by my just-in-time support duties, but since developing
that proficiency I have taken this expertise further by applying my
learnings to identify gaps (ex. lack of engagement and interest of a
certain academic year with the LMS compared to other years) or
management issues (ex. unique needs for feedback tracking and
communication that were previously met by management outside of the LMS)
that have been or will soon be addressed. Additionally, I developed
skills in utilizing Articulate Storyline eLearning authoring software,
which allowed me to create eLearning Modules that are currently
published within CMCC’s LMS on relevant course sites.
In addition to technical skills development, I have taken on a
leadership role in implementing some new initiatives at the institution
that were previously on Curriculum & Faculty Development’s (CFD’s)
wishlist. First, I developed proficiency in an Evaluation System tool
available in our Learning Management System (Sakai) and implemented this
system for all course evaluations during the 2013-2014 academic year.
This included a great deal of self-directed learning, troubleshooting,
and optimizing of the technology to meet the needs of the institution
and its courses as it relates to course and faculty evaluation. After
successfully implementing this new technology for a full academic year, I
am now collaborating with the CMCC clinic team to implement surveys
unique to the senior year of the undergraduate program (beyond typical
end-of-year course evaluation) with this Sakai Evaluation System tool.
Second, I led the planning of the first ever CMCC Teaching & Learning Conference,
which occurred on June 24, 2014. These initiatives reflect my drive to
foster growth personally and professionally, for my colleagues, for my
department, and for my workplace.
Now that official changes have been made to my job description and
title, my duties align better with the initiatives I have undertaken
during my employment thus far (ex. as described above). One of the most
significant changes to my job description is the removal of all
administrative duties; now, my focus is primarily eLearning technology
implementation. Looking forward, I am very much excited by this next
chapter of my career at CMCC. Having more time for higher-level
eLearning technology-based work is a privilege, and I look forward to
exploring new avenues and opportunities for growth and effective
implementation of educational technologies at CMCC.
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