Patty Lynn S. Viajar

Education

• Ph.D, Education, Training & Performance Improvement, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Degree expected 2006.
• MA, Instructional Technology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1998.
• BS, Mass Communications, Television and Radio Broadcasting, California State University, Hayward, 1992.

Employment History

• 1998-present - San Jose State University, Instructional Technology Department
  • Teachers graduate level courses in video production, advanced video production, field experience, IT professional aspects, desktop publishing,
  • Coordinator of Instructional Technology Field Experiences
  • Advisor to 50 graduate students each year
  • Coordinator of teacher cohorts at off-campus locations
  • Liason and instructor to special projects
  • Instructor of emerging technologies for teachers
• 1998 to 2000 - Crawford & Associates, Inc. -Palo Alto, CA
  Instructional Designer for SAP Implementation at Hewlett-Packard
  • Trainer and facilitator of SAP curriculum for Asia-Pacific and European Contract Administrators, for Hewlett-Packard audience.
  • Instructional Designer for the Installed Base and OSD Management classes for SAP implementation, for Hewlett-Packard organization.
  • Assist in the deployment of program materials for SAP training delivery worldwide, for Hewlett-Packard organization.
  • Develop and quality assure WBT courseware for SkillSoft organization.
  • Production Lead for launch of WBT: The Dream and The Reality, speech on CAI's intranet site using InterWise
  • Developed Thinking Fuchsia, a New Employee Orientation Packet for CAI contractors and full-time employees in California and Illinois.
  • Developed A Showcase to Instructional System Design Models, an internal presentation to assist in the upskilling of CAI employees.
• 1995-1998 Component Post & Associates, Inc. Moffett Field, CA
  Video Producer/Coordinator at NASA Ames Research Center
  • Produced, directed, and coordinated educational and press-related productions focusing on new technologies developed at NASA Ames Research Center.
  • Filmed, edited, and produced feature productions focusing on individual accomplishments of NASA Ames technology.
  • Production coordinator for Life Science video production.

Management Experience  

• Crawford & Associates, Inc., Mountain View, CA
  • Revised the New Employee Orientation Packet for contractors and full-time CAI team members working on the Hewlett-Packard SAP implementation project.
  • Courseware development of Installed Base and OSD Management classes for SAP implementation, at Hewlett-Packard.
  • Production Lead for launch of WBT: The Dream and The Reality, speech on the intranet.
  • Designer and presenter of A Showcase to ISD Models, a seminar presented to CAI employees, to review trends of ISD models used.
• NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
  • Created job-aides on the use of Job Central, a customer service database used at NASA Ames Research Center, for ISO 9000 certification.
  • Coordinated LIVE video broadcasts from NASA Ames Research Center with a local team of 15 and seven remote NASA affiliate site.
  • Performed initial needs assessment of customer requests.
• Digital Sun, Inc., La Jolla, CA
  • Produced and interactive CD-ROM to teach Asian business persons English in common business situations. The CD-ROM was launched in Vietnam.

Teaching Experience

• Instructional Technology Department, San Jose State University
  • Instructor for EDIT 274: Introduction to Video Recording; Graduate level class
  • Instructor for EDIT 284: Advanced Video Recording; Graduate level class
  • Executive Producer, Promotional video for the Instructional Technology Department, to be housed on the County of Santa Clara's web server.
  • Instructor for EDIT 188, EDIT 122, EDIT 274, EDIT 284, EDIT 272

Awards

• Light designer for a High Speed Civil Transport engine shot at NASA, which was published in the Aviation Week and Space Technology, May 15, 1995.
• Received the 1996 Joey Award for Galileo: Through Time & Space to Jupiter video, produced in conjunction with NASA's Galileo project.
• Received the Group Achievement Award for video support for the NASA Ames Open House of 1997.
• Received the 1997 Joey Award for a 30-second PSA (Public Service Announcement) developed to encourage young students to surf NASA's website.
• Developed an on-line course for Neurological Disorder class at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA., December 1997. This class can be seen at http://sweeneyhall.sjsu/depts/SE/edsp254/main.html.
• Received the Robert E. Lewis Outstanding Student Award, Instructional Technology Department, San Jose State University, May 1999.

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