Tamara (Tammy) Turrittin Macek

Work:

1005 Abbe Rd. North, Elyria, OH 44035 LC234

(440) 366-4186, tmacek@lorainccc.edu

C AREER O BJECTIVES
To grow professionally in eLearning as an Instructional Designer in an institution of higher education.
S UMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Innovative Educator who creates collaborative, technology-integrated learning environments for
faculty professional development and college online and blended courses.
Resourceful Professional who manages resources, instruction and technology by leading others
collaboratively, including administrators, faculty, staff and students in the community college
environment.
Effective Communicator who harnesses verbal, written, interpersonal and technology tools to
effectively meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
E DUCATION
M.S., Learning Design and Technology, Purdue University Online
August, 2016
Educational technology and Instructional design theories, applications and practices.
M.A., College Student Personnel, Bowling Green State University
May, 2004
Minor: Adult-Learner Focus. Courses in Adult Program Development, Life Span Development, College Teaching,
College Student Development, Higher Education Administration, and Career Counseling
Graduate Courses in Adult Education, Cleveland State University
1996-2000
Instructional Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Leadership in Education, Adult Education
Graduate Courses in K-12 Education, Ashland University
1996-1997
Childrens Literature for Children and Adolescents, Authors Conference Seminar Credit
B.S., Home Economics, The Ohio State University
May, 1981
Honors Program in Consumer Services: designed interdisciplinary major to combine minor in Nutrition with
Communications, English, Journalism and Marketing.
C AREER H ISTORY
Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Elyria, OH
Instructional Designer

2002 - Present
March 28 Present

Provide one-on-one consulting with faculty on instructional design for online and blended courses.
Provide one-on-one consulting and training for faculty on instructional technologies that improve
interactivity in online and blended courses.

Technical Applications Specialist, Distance Learning

July 1, 2007 March, 2016

Faculty Training
In 2011-2016 designed and taught the colleges new mandatory training for online and blended course
instructors. Faculty Training and Certification in Online and Blended Course Development was an online course.
In Spring, 2015, designed implemented Canvas 101 and 201 online faculty training;
In Winter, Spring, Summer, 2015, designed and implemented on-campus faculty training, Canvas Basics 1, 2
and 3.
Designed, coordinated and delivered on-campus training in ANGEL and various instructional technologies
for full-time and adjunct faculty members.

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Learning Management System Administrator
System Administrator for the Canvas Learning Management System
On the LMS Team that managed the ANGEL to Canvas LMS Migration, Summer, 2015
Faculty Technical Support
Administrator and trainer for the Canvas Learning Management System
Provide ongoing technical support and troubleshooting for faculty and students in ANGEL and other
Distance Learning technologies.

Quality Matters Coordinator (QMC)

April, 2010 Present

Developed and continue to execute Quality Matters Implementation Plan with Faculty on Campus;
Participate as an active member of the Quality Matters OH Consortium meetings;
Participate in national Quality Matters Conferences;
Facilitate QM Professional Development opportunities;
Manage Quality Matters Peer Reviews for online and blended courses.

Project Director, College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI)

2004 Oct. 1, 2007
CCTIs Purpose: To ease students transitions from high school to college and to careers
Established LCCC as one of CCTIs 15 exemplar sites in teacher education.
Managed five-year grant funded by the U.S. Dept. of Educations Office of Vocational and Adult Education
(OVAE) and administered by the League for Innovation in the Community College.
Facilitated a collaborative CCTI Site Partnership Team of internal and external stakeholders.
Facilitated Partnership Team of secondary and postsecondary educators and administrators at local and
national meetings.
Achieved yearly improvements in remediation and college persistence data for 350 CCTI students.
Advised and established a learning community of more than 300 former Teacher Education Exploration
students and their high school teachers.
Implemented quantitative and qualitative data collection and reporting through LCCCs Joint Center for
Policy Research (JCPR) and CCTIs national research advisory board.

Adjunct Faculty, Enrollment Services and Social Sciences and Human Services Divisions
Instructor, EDCT 264: Educational Technology (3 credit hours)

2004 - Present

Developed and taught two blended sections per semester of this course for the past three years, one
Internet section and multiple on-campus sections in the previous years.
Taught blended sections in the Learning Studio Classroom using the SmartBoard and other collaborative
technologies. Taught online components using ANGEL, web 2.0 tools, and electronic portfolio blogs.
Instructor, SDEV 101: College 101 (1 credit hour)

2003 - 2008

Successfully taught 15 sections to date (with more than 300 students, many adult students).
Developed traditional and Internet formats using ANGEL Learning Management System
Worked with a team to help develop the SDEV Master Course used by adjuncts and high school
instructors.

BGSU Graduate Intern, Enrollment Services

2002 - 2004

Academic Advisor, Assistant to Academic Counselors and College 101 Coordinator

Research Assistant for Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning.

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Committee member Institutional Planning Council (IPC) and AQIP sub-committee member.
Barrett Kendall Publishing, Austin TX
Educational Sales Consultant for Internet-based Curriculum

2000 - 2002

National Computer Systems (NCS), Mesa, AZ

Educational Training Consultant for School-Management Software

1998 - 2000

LBC Educational Marketers, Cleveland, OH

V.P. Marketing and Operations

1994 - 1998

Greater Cleveland Growth Assn., Cleveland, OH

Special Projects Coordinator,

1992 - 1993

AT&T and Ohio Bell Telephone Co., Cleveland, OH

Public Relations
Group and Technical Manager

1981 - 1992

P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT AND A FFILIATIONS

Instructional Design Workshops
Blended Course online courses through Sloan Consortium
Faculty Development in Blended Learning Courses
Build Your Blended Course (BYBC) online course through Quality Matters
Technology Expertise
As of Spring, 2015, the Canvas Learning Management System
ANGEL Learning Management System in-depth knowledge as an ANGEL Administrator, Course
Editor and Course Designer.
Blackboard and Moodle LMS: Used as a student and peer reviewer.
Experienced in using PC, MacBook, iPad, iPhone and Android Mobile devices.
Expertise in Instructional Technologies:

Synchronous and Asynchronous tools: ANGEL discussion forums, blogs, wikis, live chat.

Web 2.0 tools: blogs, wikis, social networking,

Video Capture: Camtasia Studio and Camtasia Relay, Accordent Lecture Capture and
Cable Television lecture capture using Video On Demand.

Screen Capture: SnagIt

Learning Objects: Study Mate, Softchalk, Wisconsin Online

Adobe eLearning Suite (recently installed): Novice user of Captivate, Dreamweaver, Flash
and Presenter.

In Learning Studio Classroom: SmartBoard Interactive White Board, Podium and Smart
Room technologies for group work.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Higher Education Student Management Systems: PeopleSoft.

Presentations, Conferences, Grants, Workshops

Spring, 2015 and 2016
Quality Matters Ohio Consortium Meeting Attendee
Fall 2015

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Quality Matters National Conference San Antonio, TX
Summer, 2015
InstCon - Canvas National Conference Salt Lake City, Utah
Fall 2012 Spring 2013
Co-Presenter at OATYC at Lorain County Community College in October. Lets Collaborate with Jigsaw
Groupwork and Web 2.0 Tools and Mandatory Training for Online and Blended Course Faculty
Grant: Co-Developer and Director of Innovative Learning Project Grant through the Center for
Teaching Excellent: Developing an Internal Quality Assurance Process for Online and Blended Courses.
Fall 2011 Spring 2012
Co-Presenter at eMerge: New Directions in Blended Learning Conference 2012 at Tri-C Westshore
Campus in March. Lets Collaborate with Jigsaw Groupwork and Web 2.0 Tools
Co-Presenter at NCA/HLC Conference, Chicago, IL in April. Quality Improvement of Online and Blended
Courses: A Grassroots Approach
Grant: Co-Developer and Director of Innovative Learning Project through the Center for Teaching
Excellence: Quality Across the Curriculum (Faculty implementation of Quality Matters in Online Courses)
Fall 2010 Spring 2011
Co-Presenter at Quality Matters Regional Conference in Columbus, OH in June. Quality Matters Faculty
Implementation: A Grassroots Approach.
Pilot Project with twelve faculty to implement Quality Matters Plan.
2010
Attendee Online Workshop, February, 2010: Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Your Online Course
Co-Presenter at National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), May 2010: Build
It and They Will Come : Engaging and Supporting Adjunct Faculty Through Change.
2009
Co-Presenter at ANGEL Learning Conference, May 2009: LCCCs Student Sandbox: Pearl of the Orientation
2008
Co-Presenter at Ohio Digital Commons for Education (ODCE), March 2008: Faculty Development and
Support in a Redesigned Student Success Course
2007
Co-Presenter (contracted), National Tech Prep Conference, Louisville, KY, October, 2007: Day-long
Workshop: Sharpening the Tools in your Computer Technology Toolbox and Hour-long sessions: Electronic
Portfolios: 21st Century Resumes.
Co-Presenter, National Association Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP),
New Orleans, March, 2007: Integrating Technology into Teacher Education Programs. Presented Real World
Leaning Object (RWLO), Lets Go Podcasting.
Co-Presenter, College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI) Summit and the Innovations Conference
(sponsored by the League for Innovations in the Community College) in New Orleans, March, 2007:
Whats CCTI and the New Network All About?
Co-Organizer and Co-Presenter, Career Pathways Forum II, Columbus, OH, January, 2007: Sponsored
by OBR and CCTI. At this one-day meeting, national speakers discussed Adult Career Pathways.
2006
LCCC Faculty Team Participant, Savvy Cyber Professor Course, a part of the Pathways Grant for Integrating
Technology into college courses. Conference on Information Tech. (CIT), Charlotte, Oct. 2006 training.
Sponsored by the USDE and the Stevens Institute for Technology.

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Developed a Peer-Reviewed Real World Learning Object (RWLO) entitled Lets Go Podcasting that was
uploaded to the National RWLO Library at www.rwlo.org
Co-Presenter (contracted), National Tech Prep Conference, Dallas, Nov. 2006: Day-long and hour-long
Workshops: Electronic Portfolios: 21st Century Resumes.
Workshop Participant, Asheville, NC, August. 2006: On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in
Life. Skip Downing, Facilitator and Author.
Co-Author, CCTI Monograph, September, 2006: Strategies for Successful Student Engagement in Teacher
Education Exploration (TEE) Program Internships and Online Learning
Co-Author, CCTI Alert Report, March, 2006: Electronic Portfolios Improve Student Writing.
Co-Organizer and Co-Presenter, Career Pathways Forum and CCTI Overview, Columbus Ohio,
January, 2006: featured college presidents and panel discussions from the two CCTI exemplar colleges,
Lorain County Community College and Sinclair Community Colleges.
2005
Co-Presenter, National Tech Prep Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 2005; Session on Electronic Portfolios

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