Cynthia SarverInstructional Designer and Teacher Educator

P.O. Box 423, Cortland, NY 13045T: 607-261-0248E: cynthia.sarver@gmail.com

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Objective Help students and faculty achieve curricular goals through the exploration, implementation, and evaluation of digital resources.

Profile Instructional designer with over eleven years’ experience in higher education and more than six years’ instructing pre- and inservice teachers in educational technology and related learning theory; exceptional writing, communication, and problem-solving skills; extensive experience designing, delivering, and managing blended, hybrid, and distance learning courses, along with a wide range of related resources, programs, and workshops for students, faculty, and community members.

Core Competencies E-Learning MOOC Design and Administration Web Design Badges Needs Assessment Project ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Management Web Accessibility Strategic Planning Instructional Design Best Practices Blogging Backwards ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Design Emerging Technologies Pedagogy and Learning Theory ADDIE model Graphic Design Project-⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Based Learning 21st-Century Skills E-Folios Programmatic Collaboration Program & Course Evaluation ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Event Planning Grant Writing Formative Assessment Curricular Development Teacher Training Program ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Administration One-On-One Coaching Professional Development Research, Writing, and Communication⧫ ⧫ ⧫

Technical Competencies

Blackboard Moodle Taskstream PC, Mac, and mobile platforms Adobe CS6 & Web Design Premium ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Camtasia Google collaborative and learning tools Wordpress Basic HTML and CSS Microsoft Office and ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Macintosh iLife Wide range of cloud-based learning platforms Social media Constant Contact Video and ⧫ ⧫ ⧫ ⧫Audio Editing Screencasts and Podcasts⧫

Work Experience Assistant ProfessorAdolescent Education -- English, SUNY CortlandCortland, NY -- 2005-Present

Responsible for developing and teaching courses in educational technology and pedagogical foundations and methods in adolescent literacy; modeling best pedagogical practices; coordinating local outreach and project-based learning with area teachers and community members around digital teaching and learning; coaching and supervising developing teachers; designing and assessing curriculum; participating in program assessment, data analysis, and curriculum mapping; developing and publishing program materials; and leading and collaborating on numerous program- and university-wide initiatives.

Technology Consultant and BloggerU.C. Berkeley History and Social Studies ProjectBerkeley, CA — 2012-2013

Collaborated with small instructional design team to help to strategize and design, implement, and evaluate social media and digital tools in organization’s Summer 2013 professional development institutes for K-16 teachers. Regularly blogged on organization’s featured “Tech Tips” column on Facebook.

Program Coordinator (BA, MAT, MSEd) 2009 - 2012Adolescent Education -- English, SUNY CortlandCortland, NY -- 2005-Present

Served as coordinator of and lead writer on successful NCATE accreditation reports for BA and MA programs; conducted program and course assessment; organized faculty to create program policy and achieve established goals; coordinated meetings and agendas; oversaw undergraduate and graduate admission and degree progress; co-coordinated field placement of student teachers; maintained program alignment with university-wide policies and procedures; administered program’s Taskstream assessments and data; reported year-end results.

Selected Digital Workshops and

Courses

● AugmentED MOOC -- Created and facilitated open online learning community and course that helped educators at various stages of their careers develop digital competencies.

● Teacher Outreach Project -- Developed and coordinated multi-year project in which preservice candidates serve colleagues in the field by integrating Web 2.0 tools into the latter’s lessons.

● Wickwire Pool Project -- Co-created and administered interdisciplinary, project-based community outreach project in which undergraduates from separate university courses collaborated to produce different types of multi- and social media content for an interactive webpage dedicated to conserving a local community pool.

● Free Cool Tools (and a Tech Assistant!) for Increasing Student Outcomes -- Collaborated with local K-12 administrator to conceptualize, secure funding for, and deliver workshop to interdisciplinary teams of K-12 teachers in which they developed a project-based learning module that could be supported through online social networking.

● Flat Classroom Project Collaboration -- Collaborated with local secondary teacher to secure funding for and coordinate her students’ semester-long participation in the Flat Classroom Project.

● Connecting Rural Schools for the 21st Century -- Co-coordinated with TST and OCM BOCES administrators a daylong workshop for rural area schools to explore ways to use social networking to collaborate and share resources.

● Reimaginging Girlhood Video Workshop -- Conceptualized, produced, and co-administered a 3-day video workshop in which teams of adolescent girls from the region, with support from their college student mentors, conceptualized, produced, and screened videos about their interpretation of girlhood to an international audience of Girls Studies scholars.

● 21st-Century Leadership Conference -- Conceptualized and collaborated with university colleague to

secure funding for, produce, and chair a daylong conference and teambuilding workshop that brought over 70 K-12 participants (administrators and “tech teams”) together with university administrators, technical support staff, and students to brainstorm and discuss issues of mutual concern regarding digital technologies and K-12 learning.

● ENG 307: New Media Literacies and the ELA Classroom and ENG 506: Computers and the Study of

English -- Designed curricula and assessments for twin undergraduate and graduate courses geared toward developing pre- and inservice teachers’ ability to evaluate ICT tools for learning, digital dispositions and advocacy, and use of digital tools for professional development.

Education and Credentials

Boise State UniversityMasters in Educational Technology (May, 2014)Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching for Teachers of Adult Learners (December, 2013)

Coursework:

● Introduction to Educational Technology

● The Internet for Educators

● Instructional Design for Educators

● Theoretical Foundations of Educational Technology

● Evaluation for Educational Technologists

● Graphic Design for

Learning● Interactive Courseware

Development● Online Course Design● Mutlimedia● Online Teaching Adult

Learners

University of Southern CaliforniaPh.D., English Literature (2004)California Single Subject Teaching Credential (Clear) - English (2001)California Crosscultural, Language & Academic Development Credential (CLAD) (2001)M.A., English Literature (1994)

Northwestern UniversityB.A., English (1988)

Selected Projects, Presentations, and Accomplishments

● SIGTE pick at ISTE 2013, “Digital Collaborations Serving K-12 and Teacher Education Faculty"

● Awarded 2-Year SUNY COIL Institute for Globally Networked Learning in the Humanities NEH fellowship

(2011) and Nodal Network grant for collaborative globally networked course (2010)

● Appointed to university-wide team to evaluate and report on university-wide technology use for Title II

grant (2010)

● Awarded SUNY COIL Nodal Network grant for collaborative globally networked course development

(2010)

● Co-Recipient of Cortland RPDS grant to sponsor teacher-participant in the Information and

Communication Technology Professional Development Project (2010)

● Presenter, “Digitally Literate Lives: Forging Connections in English Education with Digital Tools,” CEE

Technology and Teacher Education Commission Roundtable Session, National Council of Teachers of English. Orlando, FL (2010)

● Panel organizer and presenter, “Remote Reading Response: Collaborating across the Miles to Enhance

Classroom Literacy,” National Council of Teachers of English. Philadelphia, PA (2009)

● Presenter, “New Ways of Thinking in the Classroom through Web 2.0,” Teaching Strategies Institute,

SUNY Cortland (2009)

● Presenter, “Best Practices with Classroom New Media,” Teaching Strategies Institute, SUNY Cortland

(2008)

● Co-Recipient of $13,000 Cortland Community Foundation award for the Cortland Community Storytelling

Initiative and 1-to-1 computing in Cortland JSHS Writing Studio (2008)

● Co-Founder of the Seven Valleys Writing Project at SUNY Cortland and collaborator on the winning

$70,000 federal grant application (2007)

● Chaired university Long-Range Planning Committee and coordinated numerous campus-wide meetings

and events to involve faculty in campuswide strategic planning (2006-2008)

● Presenter, “To Wiki or Not to Wiki: Does Group Authorship Work in Today’s Classroom?” Conference on

Instructional Technology (2008)

● Co-Presenter, “Fostering Adaptive Expertise with Technology in Teacher Education. SUNY Cortland

Scholars’ Day (2008)

● Co-Founder of Teacher Educators for Social Justice (TESJ), a research and self-study group devoted to

building awareness of campus social justice among faculty and staff (2006-2008)

● Conducted survey of regional secondary educators and administrators about their satisfaction with English

Education, analyzed data, and helped apply results to program Gap Analysis (2005)

Professional Organizations

International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)Association for Educational Technology Communications and Technology (AECT)Educause

References Available upon request