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Eli Collins-Brown, EdD

Dr. Eli Collins Brown
Director of Instructional Technology
Office 224
309-672-5533

ecollins-brown@mcon.edu

  
Role:

Director of Instructional Technology

Dr. Collins-Brown oversees and coordinates all information technology for the college.  She supervised the Database Management Administrator who serves as the system administrator for the student information system and manages and maintains all of the computers in the college.  Together they oversee three student computer lab assistants.

Dr. Collins-Brown is also responsible for instructional technology integration at the college, working with faculty to incorporate on-campus and web-based technology into their teaching using best practices and proven instructional design methods and models.  She also provides professional development for faculty in the college on course design, assessment, and effective teaching practices.

Additionally, Dr. Collins-Brown oversees the college website with the assistance of a team of faculty and staff who are responsible for all content.
Education: Ed.D Curriculum & Instruction, Illinois State University, 2006
M.Ed Educational Research, Texas Christian University, 2001
BS Business Administration and Management, Northwood University, 1997
Presentations:

Are the Natives Restless? Meeting the needs of the 21st Century Student, Keynote Address, Heartland Community College Best Practices Seminar, January 2008

Using CATs in Web-based Instruction , workshop, Heartland Community College Best Practices Seminar, January 2008

Using a Quality Evaluation Rubric in Online Course Development,  IFWE, Santa Fe , NM , Nov. 28 – 30, 2007

Using a Quality Evaluation Rubric in Online Course Development,  PODNetwork 32nd Annual Conference, Pittsburgh ,PA October 25-28, 2007

One-Minute Papers and Blackboard: An Unbeatable Team for Formative Assessment , 5th Annual SLATE conference, Chicago, IL Oct. 4, 5, 2007

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, Distance Learning Administration 2007, St. Simons Island, Georgia, June 24-27, 2007

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, The 12th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando , FL Nov. 8 - 10, 2006

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, !MPACT 2006 WebCT 8th Annual WebCT User Conference, Chicago , IL . July 10 - 14, 2006

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, Graduate Research Symposium, Illinois State University , April 2006.

Using Reflection as a Teaching Development Tool for Graduate Interns, POD 2005, 30th Annual Conference, Milwaukee , WI , October 2005. http://www.podnetwork.org/registration/2005/registration2005.htm

No Programming Necessary! The promise of multimedia presentation software for creating quality learning objects,   TCC 05 (Technology, Colleges & Community) Worldwide Online Conference, April 2005. http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/tcc05/

No Programming Necessary! The promise of multimedia presentation software for creating quality learning objects, Illinois Online Conference,  February 2005, http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/ioc05/

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions?19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, Madison, WI August 2003

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions? Best Practices in e-learning, Online Conference, University of Calgary, August 2003

Multimedia in Online Courses, Bells and Whistles or Solutions?Illinois Online Conference, 2002.  http://www.ilonlineconf.org/

Let’s Talk, Building Interactivity into Your Online Courses, based on http://www.connectedcreativity.com/Treatise/index.html, TxDLA 2002 Conference, Fort Worth, Texas.

Engineering Online, http://www.connectedcreativity.com/eli/Engineering/, Electronic Showcase, TxDLA 2002 conference, Fort Worth, Texas.

Flash, Anyone?, Instructional Technology and Distance Education 2001 conference, Workshop, Austin, Texas

Building Interactivity into Your Online Courses, Instructional Technology and Distance Education 2001 conference, Workshop, Austin, Texas

Flash, Anyone?, TxDLA 2001 Conference, Houston , Texas

Distance Education Policy, TxDLA 1999 Conference, Waco, Texas

 
Publications:

Aspects of Online Courses That Are More Effective and Successful Than Traditional, Face-to-face Courses, Doctoral Dissertation, May 2006.

Successful Strategies for Using Asynchronous Discussion Boards, SideBars, Learning Resources Unit of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Nov 2003 -http://online.bcit.ca/sidebars/03november/index.htm

Roger Hartley, Eli Collins-Brown: Effective Pedagogies for Managing Collaborative Learning in On-line Learning Environments. Educational Technology & Society 2(2): (1999) - http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_2_99/formal_discussion_0399.html
Research: Best practices in online and web-based education, effective uses of media in instruction, technology integration in classroom instruction, online course design using quality standards, improvement of teaching practices.
Honors & Awards Outstanding Doctoral Candidate , 2004-2005, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education , Illinois State University

ETIP Fellow (Educational Technology Immersion Plus), College of Education, fall 2005,   http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/etip/

CAT Internship, spring 2005, The Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University

All-star Faculty, 2004, College of Education, University of Phoenix

Outstanding Club President, 2000, Division C, District 25 Toastmasters, Toastmasters International
Professional Certifications: Certified Course Reviewer, Quality Matters.org
Professional Memberships: AACE, member since 2001

AECT, member since 2004, Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2005 - present

EISTA ’05 (Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications), Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2004 – 2006

The E-Learning Guild, member since 2006

International Forum for Women in E-Learning (IFWE), conference planning committee, 2006-8.

International Webmasters Association, http://www.iwanet.org/ 2000 – 2005

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), member since 2005, conference proposal reviewer – 2006, Electronic Resources and Communications Committee, 2008 .

Sloan-C Consortium, www.sloan-c.org, 2002 - present

Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) – www.txdla.org, 1997 – 2005
Chief Information Officer, 2002 – 2003
Chair, Web Development Committee, 2002
Chair, Information Resources Team, 2003
Webmaster, 2002 - 2003
Conference Webmaster, 2002
Marketing Chair and Conference Webmaster, 2001
Conference Track Chair, Higher Education, 1999
Presenter, 1999, 2001, 2002

Toastmasters International – www.toastmasters.org, 1997 – 2004

Achieved ATM-S/CL level (Advanced Toastmaster Silver, Competent Leader)
UTA MavMasters, organizer and sponsor, president 2002, chartered May 2002
District 25 Webmaster, 1999 – 2000
District 25 Secretary, 1998
HMA Club #5213, VP Public Relations, VP Education, President (2 terms), 1997 – 2000

USDLA, www.usdla.org, 2004 – present

Webmaster Advisory Committee, Texas State Technical College, (TSTC-Waco), 2000 - 2002

Webmaster Curriculum Development Committee, TSTC-Waco 2000- 2002
Website:

connectedcreativity.com

elicbrown.com
Printable Vita: Can be found on my website above

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