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Alexandera (Sasha) Thackaberry

1 Lafayette Rd., Londonderry, NH 03053 edusasha.com

216.224.9045 Sasha.Thackaberry

[email protected] @sashatberr

SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND POSITIONS

CORE SKILLS

Skilled at conceptualizing, planning and implementing innovative, technology-based solutions to

learning and teaching challenges. Experienced leader with a focus on consensus-building and collaboration.

Extensive experience with Next Generation Learning models including Competency-Based

Education, gamification and game-based learning, digital badges, ePortfolios and MOOCs.

Committed to continual learning personally, and to fostering growth for faculty and staff.

Philosophical focus on human design, creating ease-of-use for learners and faculty.

Exceptional instructional and curricular design skills.

Investigational focus on heutagogical and connectivist learning experiences.

ADMINISTRATION & LEADERSHIP

Assistant Vice President, Course Production and Academic Technology, Southern New

Hampshire University District Director, eLearning Technologies, Cuyahoga Community College

Manager of Next Generation Learning, Cuyahoga Community College

Senior Instructional Designer, Cuyahoga Community College

Online Learning Coordinator, WVIZ/PBS ideastream®

CONSULTING

Consultant, Systemic eLearning Design Improvement, Forsyth Technical Community College

Consultant, Systemic eLearning Conversion, Design & Development, Parker®

Consultant, Instructional Designer and Developer, Quality Matters®

Consultant, Instructional Designer for Professional Development, Bedford City Schools

TEACHING & RELATED EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, Kent State University

Quality Matters Facilitator, Face-to-Face and Online

Facilitator for Pilot Online Courses at WVIZ/PBS ideastream®

Teacher, Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Systemic thinker, skilled at devising and implementing innovative solutions to large challenges.

Passionate about education as the primary vehicle for opportunity for all learners to achieve their

potential and live purposeful lives.



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EDUCATION

PhD in Higher Educational Administration, anticipated August 2016

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Master in the Art of Teaching, May 2002

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Bachelor of Fine Arts, August 2000

The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

ADMINISTRATION & LEADERSHIP

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire

Assistant Vice President, Course Production and Academic Technology Feb 2016 – Present

Provides leadership for the development of a next-generation student learning ecosystem

including current and emerging technologies such as digital tools, the LMS, multimedia, student

online engagement tools, ePortfolios, digital badging and micro-credentials while supporting

course development and redevelopment. Enhances the effectiveness of the LMS and learning technologies to improve the student

interface with strategic considerations such as mobile readiness and engagement mechanisms.

Directs project work regarding implementation and ongoing support of academic technology

systems and course production, including front end LMS upgrades, course enhancements and

associated procurement and RFPs for academic technologies.

Manages team of 34 professionals, developing team members through continual professional

development, coaching and mentoring.

Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

District Director, eLearning Technologies 2013 – Jan 2016

Provides strategic direction for college-wide projects related to digital education includinginitiating and leading the evaluation of Learning Management Systems (LMS)

http://elearningandinnovation.com/lms-review/.

Promotes and leads innovative learning model initiatives including gamification and game-based

initiatives, Competency-Based Education, and digital badges.

Serves as Project Lead for the development of a Competency-Based Education certificate and

degree program in IT through Educause’s Breakthrough Models Incubator.

Manages direct reports; leads a team of educational technology professionals.

Directs eLearning technical operations and projects, including the administration and front-end

support for Blackboard Learn, Adobe Connect, Camtasia Relay, SoftChalk, Sharestream and

others, including supervising upgrades, associated communications, and Tier IV support.

Speaks regionally and nationally on the use of innovative learning models, including atEducause, WCET, Quality Matters, Innovations, and Learning with MOOCs.

Manages QM process for course submission and faculty professional development; QM

Coordinator for Tri-C; member of the Ohio QM Consortium Executive Committee.

Leads the creation of a gamified online version of the First Year Experience course.

Led the creation of a new eLearning Orientation to prepare students to learn effectively online.

Led the creation of a “Student Survival Site” with support structures for students.




Member of multiple college-wide committees including the Emerging Teaching and Learning

Innovations Committee, the Technology Governance Committee, the Distance Learning

Committee, the Technology Forum Steering Committee and others.

Manages an over $700,000 budget for the Office of eLearning and Innovation.

Systematically crafts operational processes that are purposefully transparent, accessible, and

efficient by simplifying methods for internal team collaboration.

Manager of Next Generation Learning 2012 – 2013

Advocated, proposed, implemented and managed innovative programs utilizing new learning

models for systemic positive impact on student success.

Led project teams relating to new and emerging innovative uses of technology for student

success, including Tri-C’s first MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) through a Gates

Foundation grant, as well as the Social Media Technology Grant activities.

Initiated new projects for college-wide adoption to improve student outcomes, including the

Gaming Incubation Group for Tri-C to support edugaming projects.

Planned and implemented college-wide celebration of National Distance Learning Week, with

professional development for faculty and staff in addition to student activities.

Devised and managed the eLearning and Innovation (eLi) social media outreach and preparation

for social learning, including the eLi blog, (elearningandinnovation.com).

Senior Instructional Designer, Office of eLearning and Innovation 2009 – 2012

Designed courses to train college faculty in quality instructional design for online environments

in a tiered training environment for fulfillment of a Title III grant. Designed face-to-face

workshops. Created Train-the-Trainer materials, Facilitator Guides, and Learner Guides.

Project managed and designed a Math Sample course for a hybrid course, using an Open

eTextbook; faculty involved received the Ohio Board of Regents 2011 Faculty Innovator Award.

Designed and developed Dean’s Training to illustrate quality online learning environments.

Collaboratively designed a new course template with streamlined course navigation, integrating

student resources; it won Innovation of the Year 2010 from the League for Innovation.Presented this template at the Quality Matters 2012 conference.

Created the Instructional Design Toolkit, a Sloane-C Best Practice, with Creative Commons

licensing to provide easily accessible tools for faculty on instructional design.

Participated in multiple Title III committees, including Teaching for Online Learning, Master

(Sample) Course (co-chair), eLearning Orientation, and Quality and Course Design.

Supported the college-wide transition of online courses from Blackboard 8 to 9.1.

Drove awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) through faculty training.

Served as a statewide trainer for the face-to-face Applying the Quality Matters (APPQMR) Rubric

Training; certified face-to-face and online APPQMR trainer.

WVIZ/PBS ideastream® 2007 – 2009Online Learning Coordinator

Led online professional development program for K-12 teachers with over 1,200 in-service

teachers engaged annually.

Managed a team of 16 online facilitators, including monitoring progress and consistency in all

online courses through WVIZ/PBS, implementing facilitator standards & performance.

Managed designer/developers for all new courses developed in Moodle for in-service teachers.




As revenue-generating division of a non-profit, managed annual department budget of

$400,000, including grant management and facilitator compensation models.

Created partnerships with organizations across Ohio for program expansion, including Logan

County Educational Service Center (ESC), Lucas County ESC, Stark-Portage Area Computer

Consortium, Tri-County ESC, and Trumbull County ESC.

Coordinated graduate credit for online courses with embedded university partners AshlandUniversity and Cleveland State University. Expanded university partnerships to include Notre

Dame College and The University of Akron.

Designed and developed new online courses in Moodle; facilitated pilot versions.

Wrote, received, and reported on grants for innovative project support through PBS TeacherLine

via the U.S. DOE more than doubling the grant award over three years.

CONSULTING

Forsyth Technical Community College

Consultant – Systemic eLearning Design Improvement 2015 – present

Creating a systemic instructional design and development quality process, including:

A framework for quality assurance in multiple domains associated with online and

blended/hybrid course design and delivery, as well as program support services, faculty

development, and integrated student engagement; provides recommendations for categorical

training needs for faculty professional development,

An assessment of instructional practice based on the framework grounded in research-based

best practices; recommends strategies for implementing reflective-based practices, and

A keynote speaking engagement and professional development workshops.

Parker® 2012 – 2012

Consultant – Systemic eLearning Conversion, Design & Development

Consultant for eLearning process conversion for a major Fortune 500 company whose business

is engineered products with industrial, hydraulic, and aerospace applications.

Created internal design and development processes to make Parker independently capable of

converting content and migrating it into Moodle 2.2, including design organization templates.

Crafted customized course template for consistency, ease-of-use for learners, and unified

learner messaging for participants; created a built-in process for continuing improvement.

Advised on development tools and build-out of eLearning with future expansion in mind for

modalities including mobile learning and world-wide implementation with Subject Matter

Experts from multiple countries.

Quality Matters® 2011 – 2012

Consultant - Instructional Designer and Developer

Designed and developed Moodle courses focusing on quality instructional design principles forprofessional development of higher education faculty, including: Creating a Foundation with

Learning Objectives (Standard 2), Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessments (Standards 2

& 3), Link Instructional Materials and Learner Engagement (Standards 4 & 5).

Implemented a wide range of technologies for the creation of learning objects.

Assisted in the redesign and redevelopment of the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric

(APPQMR) – QM’s flagship training course.




Bedford City School District 2011 – 2011

Consultant - Instructional Designer for Professional Development

Designed and developed an online faculty training workshop for K-12 in-service teachers in

Moodle focusing on crafting quality courses through instructional design for K-12 students.

Showcased a variety of eLearning authoring tools, including avatars, Prezis, embedded

Slideshare presentations, wikis, and other multimedia tools.

Coordinated granting of graduate credit for licensure renewal through Ashland University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Kent State University

Adjunct Faculty 2014 – present

Teaches “The Guide to Everything eLearning for the Higher Education Administrator,” a 3 credit

online course offered through the Higher Education Administration graduate program.

Modules included The History of Distance Learning, Instructional Design & Development, New

Learning Models (Next Generation Learning,) eLearning Infrastructure and Architecture, Online

Programs, eStudent Services and Leadership in eLearning Environments.

All learners created an ePortfolio and individual presentations in diverse technologies to

demonstrate their competencies: http://www.pinterest.com/sashatberr/eportfolios/.

Quality Matters®

Online Instructor/Facilitator 2011 – 2012

Facilitated online professional development workshops for faculty nationwide on instructional

design using the Quality Matters rubric and process.

Facilitated the face-to-face Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Online Workshop (through QM

National) to audiences at designated colleges and universities.

Online professional development workshops facilitated include: Creating a Foundation with

Learning Objectives (Standard 2), Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessments (Standards 2

& 3), Link Instructional Materials and Learner Engagement (Standards 4 & 5).

WVIZ/PBS ideastream®

Facilitator for Pilot Courses as Online Learning Coordinator 2007 – 2009

Designed, developed, and facilitated pilot online courses in Moodle, including online book

groups for Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen, Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax, Odd Girl Out

by Rachel Simmons, Powerful Times by Eamonn Kelly, and Why Gender Matters by Leonard Sax.

Audience was in-service K-12 teachers obtaining graduate credit for courses through Ashland

University, Cleveland State University, Notre Dame University and the University of Akron.

The International Preparatory School

Mentor Teacher, Teacher 2004 – 2005 Successfully mentored two fellow teachers through their Praxis III assessments to obtain their

five-year professional teaching licenses.

Created project-based arts integration activities for students school-wide.

Developed and taught daily lessons for over 400 students.




Charles Lake School, Cleveland Municipal School District

Teacher 2002 – 2004

Developed and taught daily lessons for over 500 students.

Applied for and received MBNA grant to start a resource library.

Created an after-school dance and drama program for youth-at-risk.

NONPROFIT

Actors’ Summit Theater

Director of Development and Education 2006 – 2007

Wrote grants, and received funding from foundations including: The Ohio Arts Council, The

Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, The Musson Foundation and The Ritchie Memorial

Foundation; expanded foundation funding base to include new grantors and those who had not

funded the theater in five years or more, including The GAR Foundation, The Akron Community

Foundation, The Murdough Foundation, and The OMNOVA Solutions Foundation.

Designed arts-integration, standards-based curriculum guides for teachers.

illuminata dance theater 1999 – 2004

Artistic Director

Directed the choreography, development, and performances of 7 dancers in full-length

theatrical concert productions; managed the production process, including auditioning, hiring,

and managing personnel (dancers, managing director, lighting teams, and volunteers).

Booked performances in a variety of venues including Cleveland Public Theater, Merrill Hall at

Kent State University, Daum Theater, Actors’ Summit in Hudson, and for First Night Akron.

PUBLICATIONS

Thackaberry, S. (2015, November 16). Rapid fire feedback from #WCET15 e-Literate [Web log post].

Retrieved from http://mfeldstein.com/rapid-fire-feedback-from-wcet15/

Thackaberry, A. S. (2015). Massively micro: Unbundling education 2.0. Learning Abstracts, 18(10).

Retrieved http://www.league.org/blog/post.cfm/massively-micro-unbundling-education-2-0

Adair, D., Alman, S. W., Budzick, D., Grisham, L. M., Mancini, M. E., & Thackaberry, A. S. (2014). Many

shades of MOOCs. Internet Learning, 3(1), 53-72. Retrieved from

http://www.ipsonet.org/images/Westphalia_Press/Internet_Learning_Journal_2-2/3-

1/5.%20Adair%20ILJ%203-1.pdf

Thackaberry, A. S., & McKnight-Tutein, G. A. (2011). Having it all: The hybrid solution for the best of both

worlds in women's post-secondary education. Distance Learning, 8(3).

Thackaberry, A.S. (May, 2011). Staying Sane While Creating Online or Hybrid Courses by Committee.

eLearning Magazine. Retrieved from http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=1999659.

Sloan-C Best Practice: “Faculty Instructional Design Toolkit.”

http://sloanconsortium.org/effective_practices/faculty-instructional-design-toolkit




AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS

2014 Open MOOC Award of Excellence (ACE) for the Pre-Algebra MOOC from the Open

Courseware Consortium (member of awarded team)

Emerging Leadership Cohort of the Mandel Leadership Institute, 2012

Innovation of the Year Award 2010 through the League of Innovation QM Coordinator; Certified Quality Matters Face-to-Face and Online Applying the QM Rubric

Trainer; Certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer

Volunteer Talent for Pledge Drives for WVIZ/PBS ideastream®

Former Steering Committee Member Instructors’ Learning Network

PRESENTATIONS

Thackaberry, S., & Dowden, L. (2015, November). Strategic innovation: Working through the strategy

and the skeptics. WCET Annual Meeting. Symposium conducted at WCET, Denver, Colorado. Retrieved

from http://wcetconference.wiche.edu/sessions/strategic-innovation-working-through-strategy-and-

skeptics

Thackaberry, S. (2015, October). LMS transitions: Lessons from a culturally inclusive and transparent

change effort. Learning platforms and services showcase. Symposium conducted at California State

University System. Retrieved from http://csulps.com/2015/08/29/alexandra-thackaberry-district-

director-elearning-technologies-in-the-office-of-elearning-and-innovation/

Thackaberry, S., Butler, B., Drekmeier, K., Newcomb, A., Tilghman, C., & Wheeler, M. (n.d.). Technology

to optimize human interaction. WCET Annual Meeting. , Denver, Colorado. Retrieved from

http://wcetconference.wiche.edu/sessions/technology-optimize-human-interaction-how-adaptive-

multi-channel

Thackaberry, A. (2015, May). ePortfolios for assessment and measurement. Ohio QM Consortium AnnualMembers Meeting. Symposium conducted at Quality Matters, Columbus, Ohio.

Thackaberry, S. (2014, September). Blended and online program development. Educause 2014.

Symposium conducted at full-day pre-conference session at Educause's National Conference, Orlando,

Florida.

Thackaberry, S. (2014, September). Pre-Algebra MOOC for college readiness. Symposium conducted at

MOOC Workshop 2014, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Thackaberry, S., & Deil-Amen, R. (2014, July). Can social media use improve student success

outcomes. Learning summit 2014. Symposium conducted at League for Innovation in the CommunityCollege.

Thackaberry, S. (2013, October). How to gamify your estudent services. Educause 2013. Symposium

conducted at Educause's National Conference, Orlando, Florida., Anaheim, California.

Jonas, J., & Thackaberry, S. (2013, November). Emancipating learning: MOOC panel. OpenEd13.

Symposium conducted at Open Education Conference, Park City, Utah.




Thackaberry, A. S. (2014, January). Gamification for student success: What faculty and higher education

administrators need to know. Ohio Association of Student Affairs Professionals, Columbus, Ohio.

Thackaberry, A. S., & Nestor, M. (2013, November). Community colleges can MOO...C too. Symposium

conducted at Blackboard's Never Stop Learning Tour, Cleveland, Ohio.

Thackaberry, A. S., & Miles, B. (2013, October). Tri-C's MOOC. Achieving the Dream Leader College.

Symposium conducted at ATD Webinar Series, Virtual.

Jones, P., & Thackaberry, A. S. (2012, November). Quality out of the gate: Preparing for success with

innovative templates and tools. Quality Matters 2012 National Conference. Symposium conducted at

Quality Matters, Phoenix, Arizona.

Thackaberry, A. S. (2012, January). Designing Moodle mania: Making Moodle courses intuitive and

effective. Professional Development Webinar Series. Symposium conducted at Instructional Technology

Council.

Thackaberry, A. S. (2011, November). Staying sane while creating courses by committee. Ohio QMConsortium Annual Members Meeting. Symposium conducted at Quality Matters, Columbus, Ohio.

Thackaberry, A. S. (2010, January). Designing success online: How instructional design is key to student

achievement in online environments. WVIZ Moodle Conference. Symposium conducted at WVIZ/PBS

EdTech Agency, Cleveland, Ohio.

MEMBERSHIPS

Peer Reviewer, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Community College Open Education Consortium Advisory Committee Member

Ohio QM Consortium Executive Committee Member Co-Lead Games and Learning Constituent Group (Educause)

Micro-credentialing and Digital Badging Constituent Group member (Educause)

Instructional Design Constituent Group member and facilitator (Educause)

Member of Instructional Technology Council Member, WCET & Educause




REFERENCES

Dr. J. Michael Thomson

Cuyahoga Community College

Eastern Campus President

[email protected]

216-987-2004

Dr. Kelvin Bentley

Tarrant County College District

Vice President for Academic Affairs, TCC Connect

[email protected]

817-515-1024

Dr. Christina Royal

Inver Hills Community College

Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs

[email protected]

216-622-0701

Dr. Gillian McKnight-Tutein

Colorado Mesa University

Assistant VP of Academic Affairs/Dir. of Distance Learning

[email protected]

330-608-4410

Brenda Boyd

Quality Matters®

Director of Professional Development and

[email protected]

410-497-8027

Dr. Stephen Thomas

Kent State University

Professor, Higher Education Administration

[email protected]

Deb Adair

Quality Matters®

Managing Director and Chief Planning Officer

[email protected]

410-497-8067

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