siva@uh.edu

PROFESSIONAL 

EXPERIENCE

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Research Assistant Professor,
Instructional Technology Program Area

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
University of Houston (January, 1999 - Present)

Teaching
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum - Summer, Fall 1999
Courseware and Presentation Tools, Spring, 2000

Production
Developing the Essential Skills in Instructional Technology Online program.

Research
Online learning in Higher Education, Internet use in K-12 schools. Link to some recent
publications.

Project Manager
OWLink Distance Learning Project

Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Rice University (1994 - 1997)

Program and project manager for an ATM based distance learning network that connected five schools in the Texas Area via two-way interactive tele distance systems.

Implemented teacher training programs to enable teachers to maintain independent web resources and use the tele distance system.
Developed and actively maintained the website for the project.
Initiated, designed and implemented instructional projects in collaboration with K-12 teachers, faculty at the university and community organizations.
Presented the project at professional conferences locally, nationally and internationally.

  • A few of the web-based programs that I created for this project are located here.

Instructional Technology Consultant

Houston Independent School District (1994)

Maintained web-based resources for the Armadillo - Texas Resources Server.
Redesigned and maintained the K-12 resources list. Co-manager of the Armadillo listserv - for those interested in resources and discussions about Texas.
Continue to assist in the maintenance of the K-12 resources section and the Armadillo listserv.

Research Assistant

Health Information Technologies and Education Center (HITEC)
University of Texas Health Science Center (1992 - 1993)

Managed finances of a grant to educate higher education health science faculty in creating barcodes and using videodiscs as instructional materials.
Served as a team member in for the book "Creating barcodes for using videodisks."

Instructional Design Consultant

Office of Patient Education
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center November (1991 - 1992)

Instructional Design Internship

Office of Patient Education, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (1990)

Rehabilitation Counselor

Liaison, Inc. (1990)
Crawford and Company (1984 - 1985)

Siva Kumari
Last updated October, 1999