Jared Stein

Current

Director of Instructional Design Services at Utah Valley University
Adjunct Instructor at Utah Valley University

Past

Instructional Designer at Utah Valley State College
Assistant Professor at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
Telecommunicatons Assistant at Utah State University

Web Developer at Utah State University

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Education

Utah State University
Utah State University
Logan High School

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E-Learning

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Jared Stein’s Summary

Jared M. Stein currently oversees all aspects of the design and development of technology-enhanced course content and educational technology for Distance Education at Utah Valley University (http://www.uvu.edu). Mr. Stein has over 10 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering distance education. His strengths are centered on an extensive professional background in Web development and design, tempered by an academic background in education and teaching.

Mr. Stein teaches online courses on Web design and usability for the Digital Media department at UVU. Mr Stein instructs UVU faculty in the Skills in Teaching with Technology series. He has also taught students and lectured faculty overseas at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute.

In 2003 Mr. Stein created the Technology Enhanced Teaching Center at UVU (http://www.uvsc.edu/disted/tetc/) as a teaching-centered technology training and support service to faculty.

Mr. Stein also serves as one of the founding directors of the annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, an "open conference" (http://ttix.org).

Finally, Mr. Stein is an active partner for Modern Education and Technology Associates (Meta), an educational technology and Web development firm (http://metasolutions.us).

CURRENT PROJECTS

Mr. Stein, Mr. Marc Hugentobler, and Mr. John Krutsch are developing and testing a "cheatability" rubric for application to online teaching.

Mr. Stein and Mr. John Krutsch are working to establish and grow an open educational resource movement at UVU. They are currently developing a unique opencourseware modification for the Moodle LMS that bridges a gap between regular online education and opencourseware

Mr. Stein is exploring the concept of Personal Learning Environments (PLE) with Scott Leslie and Chris Lott in preparation for delivering a 2008 WCET workshop.

Jared Stein’s Specialties:

Instructional design, educational technology development, team management, Web design, Web development, learning management systems, desktop applications, teaching, training. XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, XML, Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT.

Jared Stein’s Experience

Director of Instructional Design Services

Utah Valley University

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; E-Learning industry)

January 2005 — Present (3 years 7 months)

• Oversee all aspects of operation of Distance Education Instructional Design Services.
• Manage a diverse staff of technology and educational professionals, including area coordinators, instructional designers, developers, programmers, trainers, graphic designers, multimedia specialists.
• Perform in a variety of educational technology roles, including: web development, instructional design, course management systems (WebCT), technology training, visual production, etc.
• Coordinate with Distance Education leadership to further the Distance Education mission.
• Write and implement policies and procedures for the IDS area
• Direct and manage the Technology Enhanced Teaching Center, including its resources and personnel.
• With the Senior Director, co-direct execution of the annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange conference
• Formulate and implement strategies to increase faculty literacy in the use of instructional technology and distance learning tools/practices.
Adjunct Instructor

Utah Valley University

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; E-Learning industry)

August 2004 — Present (4 years)

In addition to my normal duties in Distance Education, I teach part-time for the department of Digital Media. My courses center on Web design and development: I teach DGM 2120: Web Essentials, and DGM 2740: Web Design and Usability. Both of these are fully online courses, though I do step back into the walled classroom from time to time!
Instructional Designer

Utah Valley State College

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2002 — January 2005 (3 years 1 month)

• Perform in a variety of educational technology roles, including: web development, instructional design, course management systems (WebCT), technology training, visual production, etc.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts to develop new online and video-based Distance Education courses
• Work with web developers to assure programming quality
• Program courses and trouble shoot course related issues
• Coordinate with Distance Education leadership to further the Distance Education mission.
• Write and implement policies and procedures for the Development area
• Direct and manage the Technology Enhanced Teaching Center, including its resources and personnel.
• Formulate and implement strategies to increase faculty literacy in the use of instructional technology and distance learning tools/practices.
Assistant Professor

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute

(Higher Education industry)

2001 — January 2002 (1 year)

Taught university courses on literature, writing, film, and conversation in the English unit of the Foreign Language Department. Assisted the department as required. Guest lectured at the Jingdezhen Comprehensive College.
Telecommunicatons Assistant

Utah State University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 1998 — February 2001 (3 years 2 months)

Worked with faculty to produce Internet-based courses for Distance Education programs in the department of Special Education. Designed online courses and materials templates. Contributed to the development of a point-multipoint audio/video delivery system utilizing Sorenson EnVision and Netsupport. Created and maintained sophisticated Web sites for the SPED Mild/Moderate and Master's programs. Conducted workshops on the use of technology to faculty and students.
Web Developer

Utah State University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Jared Stein’s Education

Utah State University

MSLT, Language Teaching, 1999 — 2000
Utah State University

BA, English, Literary Studies, 1994 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Poetry with a Beverage, alternative cinema, online gaming
Logan High School