Jim Wentworth

Assistant Director Immersive Educational Technologies

Instructional Spaces and Technologies
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning

My current position at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) provides me opportunities to explore and promote educational innovations including new flexible classroom design, Makerlabs, and peer-instruction. These trends have all influenced the design of the upcoming Illinois Innovation Studio opening in the Armory in 2017.
My recent projects and responsibilities at CITL include:

• Design, development and management of the Illinois Innovation Studio
• iFLEX classroom design, support and training, communication of iFLEX brand (Wordpress)
• Active, online & blended learning consultations
• Faculty development workshops: Teaching with Digital Tools, Preparing to Teach Online (Prezi)
• Teaching metacognition presentation (Slideshare)
• Teaching with Technology Seminar Series (PDF file)

eLearning Professional

Independent Learning Program
Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies

I started at CU Boulder as an academic coordinator mainly focusing on the online courses offered through the Independent Learning Program. My role quickly grew to include the development of a new professional certificate in Sustainable Practices.
During my 5 years at CU, I juggled the following responsibilities:

• Coordinate and support online program of 160+ courses with 100+ faculty
• Build and manage the Sustainable Practices professional development program
• Develop online resources, community portals and social media campaigns
• Assist faculty in the development of new Summer Session online courses
• Oversee instructional design team in the revision of existing online courses
• Support the campus transition from Blackboard to Desire2Learn
• Develop and implement course capture and streaming delivery protocols

eLearning Specialist

Instructional Spaces and Technologies
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning

My current position at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) provides me opportunities to explore and promote educational innovations including new flexible classroom design, Makerlabs, and peer-instruction. These trends have all influenced the design of the upcoming Illinois Innovation Studio opening in the Armory in 2017.
My recent projects and responsibilities at CITL include:

• Design, development and management of the Illinois Innovation Studio
• iFLEX classroom design, support and training, communication of iFLEX brand (Wordpress)
• Active, online & blended learning consultations
• Faculty development workshops: Teaching with Digital Tools, Preparing to Teach Online (Prezi)
• Teaching metacognition presentation (Slideshare)
• Teaching with Technology Seminar Series (PDF file)

Assistant Director Academic Technology

Independent Learning Program
Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies

I started at CU Boulder as an academic coordinator mainly focusing on the online courses offered through the Independent Learning Program. My role quickly grew to include the development of a new professional certificate in Sustainable Practices.
During my 5 years at CU, I juggled the following responsibilities:

• Coordinate and support online program of 160+ courses with 100+ faculty
• Build and manage the Sustainable Practices professional development program
• Develop online resources, community portals and social media campaigns
• Assist faculty in the development of new Summer Session online courses
• Oversee instructional design team in the revision of existing online courses
• Support the campus transition from Blackboard to Desire2Learn
• Develop and implement course capture and streaming delivery protocols

Immersive Media Instructor

Media & Cinema Studies | College of Media

I was excited to offer a course introducing immersive media to a variety of U of I students. Collectively we explored

• Timeline creation with JS Timeline
• Creating 360 photos with Google Streetview app
• Shooting 360 video with the GoPro Fusion
• Using Google Titlbrush as a tool for creative exploration
• Editing 360 video with Adobe Pemiere

Visual Arts Instructor

Multimedia Studies Program | College of Arts & Media

It was exciting to return to my alma mater in Denver to teach within an emerging Multimedia Studies program in the College of Arts & Media. In this position I developed more than a dozen new courses and taught over 50 sections in my five year stint as adjunct faculty. Among the courses I developed and taught at CU Denver were:

• MUME 3400 Digital Image Manipulation
• MUME 3415 Advanced Multimedia Authoring
• FA 3430 Digital Design
• FA 3448 Investigations of Interaction & New Media
• FA 4350 Interactive Arts & the Digital Aesthetic
• FA 4350 Internet Culture (Online)
• FA 4350 History of Digital Media (Online)

Mutlimedia Instructor

Multimedia and Graphics Design program

In my early career as an instructor, I was fortunate to have the chance to extend my teaching experience to include Red Rocks Community College. The eagerness of adult learners, as well as the diversity of backgrounds and talents made it a challenging experience to deliver courses that met the needs and expectations of all students. This position also allowed me to expand my teaching to include topics that I might not have otherwise explored. The courses I developed and taught at Red Rocks include:

• MTC 120 Adobe Photoshop
• MTC 150 Introduction to Multimedia Authoring
• MTC 155 Introduction to Web Page Design
• MTC 115 Color Theory

Virtual Reality in the Classroom

This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.
University of California, San Diego on Coursera

Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.
University of California, San Diego on Coursera

An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching

This online course is designed to provide future STEM faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with an introduction to effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them. The goal of the eight-week course is to equip the next generation of STEM faculty to be effective teachers, thus improving the learning experience for the thousands of students they will teach.
STEM Teaching Course at Vanderbilt University

Blackboard Coursesites: Designing an Exemplary Course

Using the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) Rubric as a guide, this open course will provide both theoretical concepts and practical tools for instructors to recognize, organize, and build online courses for both blended learners and online learners.
Mozilla Backpack

Faculty Summer Institute 2018

Reimagining the Classroom: A Student-Centric Approach. This is the second time we've offered this symposium at the University of Illinois. Rex Miller gave a great keynote this year focused on the differences between the Gutenburg and Google cultures. Also very useful architect panel outlining a variety of learning space projects on our campus and beyond.

Reimagining the Classroom Symposium 2016

Reimagining the Classroom: A Student-Centric Approach. This is the second time we've offered this symposium at the University of Illinois. Rex Miller gave a great keynote this year focused on the differences between the Gutenburg and Google cultures. Also very useful architect panel outlining a variety of learning space projects on our campus and beyond.

Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting 2016

Crafting our Future: Toward New Digital Learning Environments. Great conference and wonderful three days in San Antonio. Memorable moments include Robbie Kendall-Melton's Internet of Things presentation and Randy Bass keynote as well as the release of the 2016 NMC Horizon Report.

Faculty Summer Institute 2015

@ the Center of Teaching and Technology. The Faculty Summer Institute is a regional conference offered annually at the University of Illinois campus for nearly twenty years. The conference features keynote presentations, networking, and hands-on training on the use of modern communication and information technologies in higher education.

Innovate Conference 2015

Innovate is The Ohio State University’s annual conference exploring teaching and learning with technology.

InfoComm 2015

InfoComm is the largest and most comprehensive show for professional audiovisual communications in the United States.