A dedicated educational leader with expertise in instructional design, instructional technology, and project management. Extensive experience in faculty relations, instructional design and development, project management, budget implementation, team leadership, client support, and vendor relations. Consistently maintains a strong foundation by staying current and engaged in emerging instructional design and instructional technology trends and top issues. Provides a key leadership role in the operations of Teaching & Learning@Carey, with highly successful relationships throughout the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with faculty, staff, vendors, and all constituencies involved in meeting the School’s goals.
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Senior Director, Teaching & Learning@Carey
August 2023 to Present
Lead the Teaching & Learning@Carey team with a mission of promoting and supporting teaching excellence at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School by providing faculty development, instructional technology, instructional design, learning assessment, multimedia production, and syllabi maintenance. The Teaching & Learning@Carey team is comprised of over 30 Instructional Designers, Learning Technologists, Teaching Consultants, and Multimedia Specialists.
Director, Teaching & Learning@Carey
November 2017 to August 2023
Lead the Teaching & Learning@Carey team that's charged with promoting and supporting teaching excellence at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School by providing faculty development, instructional technology, instructional design, learning assessment, and syllabi maintenance.
Interim Director, Teaching & Learning@Carey
April 2017 - October 2017
Lead the Teaching & Learning@Carey team that's charged with promoting and supporting teaching excellence at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School by providing faculty development, instructional technology, instructional design, learning assessment, and syllabi maintenance.
Instructional Design Supervisor
January 2016 - Present
Instructional design manager for the Carey Business School Online Programs with responsibilities in course & program production and program management, including:
Leading the initiation and expansion of online courses growth
Overseeing the instructional design and technology process in cooperation with Carey’s faculty and stakeholders
Managing projects for various Carey online education initiatives such as project evaluation & reporting, software evaluation & implementation, vendor relations, video production, faculty development, and course synchronous online sessions implementation
Collaborating with stakeholders at the Carey Business School and Johns Hopkins University in the development of academic and student support programs
Staff supervision, mentoring and supporting staff development and program growth
Online Education Project Coordinator
March 2014 - January 2016
Project coordinator for the Carey Business School online programs with responsibilities in course & program production and program management with responsibilities in course production, program production, and project management leading to the expansion and growth of online education at the Carey Business School.
Offering leadership in the online courses expansion and growth of; the Flex MBA hybrid program with a projected 40 courses portfolio; the development and expansion of five Master of Science (MS) programs; development of the Business of Health Care certificate.
Coordinating the instructional design and technology process that promotes learning technologies through course deployment, faculty training, project communications, software implementation & support, and vendor management
Offering project management leadership to various Carey online education initiatives such as project evaluation & reporting, software evaluation & implementation, vendor relations, video production, faculty development, and course synchronous online sessions implementation.
Working with stakeholder at the Carey Business School and Johns Hopkins University in the development of academic and student support programs. These include; collaboration with the Teaching & Learning director and academic programs leadership in program development; the production and editing Maryland Higher Education Commission proposals and other states authorization documentation for the online programs; participation and leading discussions in the development and expansion of programs such as the EMBA and Executive Education.
Offer staff management, mentoring and support through; the implementation of an onboarding program for new staff; development of project communications procedures.
Instructional Technologist/Designer
Provide resources and solutions that support faculty in the design, development, and implementation of instruction in the classroom and online environments. Tasks include implementing instructional technology programs, Blackboard system administration, project management, and technology space management.
Blackboard System Administrator
Perform day-to-day processes that provide the users with an effective and user-friendly learning management system environment. These include product management, maintaining Blackboard procedures and user documentation, and coordinating learning opportunities.
Project Lead
Project manager of initiatives including Blackboard, Clickers, Learning Management System review, Blackboard self-hosting and upgrades team, department student worker program (co-manage), and faculty equipment loan pool.
Keystone National High School, Knowledge Learning Corporation
Curriculum Development Specialist
Performed tasks that supported the Curriculum Development department operations. These tasks included, project management, product design and development, instructional design, budget analysis, media management, and Blackboard system administration.
Project Manager
Project manager of Curriculum Development department projects responsible for executing project plans and budgets that ensure the timely delivery of online and print based educational courses.
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BS in Business Administration (Marketing) - Bloomsburg University
MS in Instructional Technology - Bloomsburg University
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Rossi, V., Darby, F., Wachira, C., Vilakati, N., Dickson-Deane, C. (2022). Inclusive by design: A roots to shoots approach. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action Conference. AdvanceHE. Virtual.
Dickson-Deane, C., Kim, A. S. N., Rossi, V., Stevenson, C. R., Vilakati, N., Wachira, C. (2021). I.N.C.L.U.S.I.V.E. learning design. University of Liverpool Learning and Teaching conference 2021. Virtual.
Chapman-Waterhouse, E., Davenport, E., Aksenova, G., & Wachira, C. (2021). Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 10 - the one with the cookbooks. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-innovation-in-education/blog/general/treasure-island-pedagogies-episode10/
Universal Design for Learning (UDL): An Introduction. Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCert) Program. Ravensbourne University, London, UK.
Ariev, P., Radhakrishnan, V., & Wachira, C. (2017). Moving Beyond Compliance: A Collaborative and Context-Specific Framework for Internal QM Reviews. Quality Matters Connect Conference, Fort Worth, TX
Ariev, P., Radhakrishnan, V., & Wachira, C. (2017). Moving Beyond Compliance: A Collaborative and Context-Specific Framework for Internal QM Reviews. Quality Matters Regional Conference, Berkeley College, New York, NY
https://www.qualitymatters.org/sites/default/files/presentations/Quality%2BPresentation_0.pdf
Marianna, C., Locke, T., & Wachira, C. (2010). Exploring Mobile Learning with Franklin & Marshall and Reed. 2010 annual conference of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges. Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) conference. Exploring Mobile Learning with Franklin & Marshall and Reed College
Wachira, C. (2008). Systems for Collecting Feedback from Students, Faculty, and Staff. Instructional Technologists at Liberal Arts Colleges - National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) conference. DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
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Armstrong, K., Retterer, O., Locke, T. & Wachira, C. (2011). mLearning and the Liberal Arts: Exploring Mobile Computing to Support Teaching, Learning and Research. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 303-308). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Franklin & Marshall Mobile Learning Pilot Program
The mLearning Pilot Program was a mobile learning initiative that piloted the use of mobile devices by faculty, specifically their use of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, between May 2009 and May 2010 with the goal of exploring the potential of mobile devices to support and advance teaching, learning, and research at Franklin & Marshall College.
Mobile Learning Pilot Final Report
Franklin & Marshall iPad Pilot Project
In April of 2011 and again in October, the Committee on Academic Technology (CAT) at Franklin & Marshall College solicited requests from full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty to apply to participate in a pilot project exploring the use of mobile devices at the College. The CAT was interested to learn more about the potential of multi-purpose tablet technology for curricular use and wanted to identify the specific impacts – both positive and negative – of this technology on teaching and learning from the perspective of both faculty and student participants.
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Management Development Certificate
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Executive Education
Business Communication Certificate
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Executive Education
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
Quality Matters
Last updated: 06/22/2024