Monica J. Orozco, Ph.D.

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1 Monica J. Orozco, Ph.D. 373 Driftwood Terrace Boca Raton, FL (561) EDUCATION University of Florida Gainesville, FL - College of Education, Instruction & Curriculum, Educational Technology & Instructional Design - Earned Ph.D. May Earned M.Ed. Spring 1996 College of Charleston Charleston, SC B.F.A. Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Spring 1993 Florida Atlantic University Assistant Provost/or elearning, April20JJ- current Boca Raton, FL Responsible for establishing and leading the Center for elearning Led the remodel ofthe center facility and successfully moved the staff in during October 2011 Launched a robust faculty development program in Fall 2011; this program has resulted in the production ofover 150 new online courses over two semesters with overwhelmingly positive evaluations by participating faculty Leading the strategic planning process for the Center for elearning which will include new online program priorities and revenuesharing models Transitioned the center's budget to a self-supporting model; generated over $10 million in new revenue to date Provided $250k in new funding to targeted student support units in order to launch pilot programs with the goal of increasing student learning outcomes Provided leadership for the production ofthe CeL website Collaborated with OTT and other units in the offering oftwo Teaching with Technology mini-conferences on campus Made Sloan-C virtual workshops available for FAU faculty at no cost to their departments Launching a course redesign initiative based on the work ofthe National Center for Academic Transformation and provided partial funding for lower level language course redesigns. Subscribed to Quality Matters and implemented the nationally recognized rubric as our quality standard for peer review Collaborating with OTT and IER in the development ofan elearning information dashboard Collaborating with OIT in the development ofa faculty review process that will lead us to a single LMS and save close to $500k annually Became a member ofthe Education Advisory Board's Forum for Continuing and Online Education so that we can have access to market research to guide our strategic and program planning efforts Guiding the CeL' s advisory committee as it works through strategic planning, policy review & revision, and student support improvement Serving as F AU's institutional representative for the newly legislated Florida Virtual Campus Performed a variety of roles during our SACS reaffirmation ofaccreditation process

2 Auburn University Director ofdistance Learning, November March 2011 Auburn, AL Responsible for oversight ofdistance Learning courses and programs, both credit and non-credit Led the revision of all DL policies & procedures for the Provost's office Served as coordinator ofthe Auburn-Africa Initiatives interest group Worked on the team establishing collaborative programs with the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) Served on the Governor's ACCESS Board (online high school initiatives) Implemented the first courses delivered by distance to community colleges in the state Launched three new graduate distance programs (Agronomy/Soils, Agriscience Education, Adult Education) Launched three new non-credit distance programs (Aquaculture, Medical Spanish, Public Personnel Administration) Redesigned distance learning web sites Served on National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) course redesign team Led a university-wide team in a pilot implementation oftegrity classroom video capture technology Implemented a new course/sis system (web registration, payment, marketing, financial, etc.) for non-credit offerings Participated in NASULGC online commission study Cape Fear Community College Assistant Vice President ofinstruction, October ctober 2007 Responsible for Distance Learning credit courses Authored Substantive Change request for permission from the Southern Association ofcolleges and Schools (SACS) to offer CFCC's first online degree - SACS approval granted 4/26/06 Responsible for high school dual enrollment program Directly responsible for securing grant funding, planning and implementing two new Early College High Schools Directly responsible for new curriculum program development including Surgical Technology and Lateral Entry Teacher Certification Organized a statewide Early College Network Workshop and created an online satisfaction survey for participants Responsible for oversight of scheduling and course/curriculum maintenance in Datatel Colleague Implemented a Teaching & Learning Community newsletter, website, and workshop schedule Surveyed faculty for professional development interests and preferences Wrote a Carl D. Perkins grant which was funded for $40,000 to provide instructional technology focused professional development for CFCC faculty Led the implementation ofour itunes University pilot and produced the first instructional video podcast for our campus University of North Carolina at Wilmington Adjunct Instructor, January 2007-May 2008 Taught a hybrid gj'aduate course in the Master's ofinstructional Technology Program. The class meets online in WebQ every other week and face-to-face on alternate weeks. The course is MIT 522: Organization and Management ofinstructional Technology and students are required to work with an educational organization and produce an instructional technology change plan Cape Fear Community College Adjunct Instructor, August May 2009 TaughtEDU216: Foundations in Education. This class was taught online using BlackBoard

3 Florida State College at Jacksonville Adjunct Instructor, August July 2006 Jacksonville, FL Taught EME 2040 and EDF 1005 online using WebCT Certified as an Online Mentor by the Florida State University's 2+2 Distance Learning Initiative SunGard Colle gis, Inc. Director ofacademic Technology August April 2005 Prairie View, TX The Director of Academic Technology reports to the ChiefInformation Officer and provides strategic leadership and direction to the client organization with regard to academic technologies. Provided leadership for the assessment ofstudent learning outcomes related to instructional technology Responsible for all instructional technology faculty development offerings Provided leadership for the development of distance learning curricula Facilitated the creation and implementation oftactical and strategic instructional technology plans Recommended moving from a decentralized academic technology model to a centralized model serving all nine colleges within the University Worked closely with the technical director to plan and implement a smooth transition to SCT Banner within two years Responsible for the administration ofweb-based learning management system and the integration with SIS and web services Florida State College at Jacksonville DireCtor, Educational Research Manager, Center for Instructional Design June 2001-August 2004 Multimedia Systems Analyst Responsible for institutional research and reporting Assisted the Executive Vice-President with the response to SACS regarding the QEP research plan Designed, implemented, and assessed professional development experiences (face-to-face and online) for faculty Provided faculty training in Classroom Assessment Techniques and helped to form a college-wide Assessment Council Served as project leader for a college-wide project called "Sirius Academics" which involved the development ofa course creation wizard, a learning objects repository, and a content management system. Presented this project at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) conference in May 2004 Co-authored Module 4: Developing Interactive Web-based Courses in a web based professional development program entitled Creating Optimum Learning Environments. This project was sponsored in part by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement ofpostsecondary Education (FIPSE) Co-produced a monthly newsletter for faculty and professional employees Produced flash web tutorials on the use ofthe Management Information System executive dashboard Served as a system administrator for WebCT and Blackboard, managed vendor relations, and managed the updates ofhardware and software Provided one-on-one instructional and technological assistance to faculty Worked closely with the Finance department to create online training courses Served on committee to improve the Online Professor Certificate Program Assisted librarians with the creation ofthe "Virtual Library" Provided instructional systems design for a F ederal Aviation Authority Computer Based Training Product created with a grant from the Florida Department ofeducation On leadership team for major upgrades to Blackboard 6.0 and WebCt 4.0 learning management systems with a simultaneous integration with the SIS Duval County School Board Media Specialist August June 2001 JacksonVille, FL Implemented Scholastic's "Reading Counts," a computer based reading program school wide

4 Managed a database ofall materials and patrons Provided integrated learning centers to complement classroom instruction Assisted faculty by researching and obtaining supporting media for Classroom use Taught Information Literacy to all grades Provided technology training for faculty and technical support for all hardware and software on campus Hendricks Day School Media Specialist August J June 2000 Jacksonville, FL Purchased 4 student computers for the media center and converted the paper card catalog to a computer based catalog Wrote successful grant applications and managed grant funds Designed and implemented a closed-circuit TV broadcast system and taught students the skills to broadcast the daily morning news show Built a puppet theatre and ordered puppets to supplement story time and encourage students' love of reading Provided integrated learning centers to complement classroom instruction Assisted faculty by researching and obtaining supporting media for classroom use Managed a database ofall materials and patrons University of Florida Graduate Student Teacher January June 1997 Gainesville, FL Taught four sections of "Intro to Educational Media" to undergraduate education majors which included a lab component Taught the lab component of"educational Television Production" for graduate students PUBLICATIONS Orozco, M., Fowlkes, J., Jerzak, P., and Musgrove, A. (2012). Zero to Sixty in 180 Days: Launching a Central eleaming Unit and its First Faculty Development Program. Journal ofasynchronous Learning Networks 16 (2) DeTure, M.L. (2004). Cognitive Style and Self-Efficacy: Predicting Student Success in Online Distance Education. The American Journal ofdistance Education 18 (1), Whitten, K., DeTure, M., and Watson, E. (2002). Developing Interactive Web-based Courses. Creating Optimum Learning Environments Module 4 (sponsored in part bithe Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Presented "Evaluating and Revising University Distance Learning Policies and Practices" at Ed-Media 2009 Presented "Implementing the 7 Principles of Good Practice in Distance Education" at the The Biggio Center for the Enhancement ofteaching and Learning's biennial forum Fall 2007 Presented "Sirius Academics" at the National Institute for Staffand Organizational Development (NTSOD) conference in May 2004 Presented Doctoral Study entitled "Identifying Leamer Characteristics that can Predict Success in Online Distance Education Courses" at the Fourteenth International Teaching and Learning Conference in April 2003 Presented "The Center for Instructional Design at FCCJ: A Model ofinstructional Technology Support for Faculty" at the Florida Association of Community Colleges Technology Conference in May 2003 Presented "Classroom Assessment at FCCJ" at the Fifteenth International Teaching & Learning Conference in March 2004

5 RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Graduated Penn State & the Sloan Consortium's Institute for Emerging Leaders in Online Learning in Fall 2011 Participated in a three-day "Department Chairs' Institute" at North Carolina State University in Fall 2006 Participated in a week-long "Global Leadership Institute" at the University ofnorth Carolina Chapel Hill in Summer 2006 Participated in a two-day workshop provided by The National Center ofteaching Thinking (NCTT) as part ofour Quality Enhancement Plan focused on improving Critical Thinking at CPCC