Dwight Owens: Resume
Education
Employment
Workshops & Training Sessions
Websites
Multimedia and Web-based Publications
Papers & Presentations
Reports
Service
Awards
Professional Development
Education
M.A., Educational Technology/Instructional Design
University of Colorado at Denver, December, 1989.
B.A., Chinese Language & Literature
University of Colorado at Boulder, December 1984. Minor concentration
in Computer Science.
Chinese coursework included study abroad in Taipei, Taiwan at National
Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University, 1980-1981
Canadian Environmental Practitioner Certificate Program
Canadian Centre for Environmental Education, October, 2006 - Present
Currently working toward this certificate through online coursework.
Course completed: Sustainable Development: Theory
to Reality (Fall/06; paper), Ethics and the Environment (Spring/07).
Employment
Self-Employed
Alphapure Design Studio, Victoria, BC, 2/2005 – present
Started my own Web-based educational multimedia design & development
company.
Software Developer
Ajilon Consulting, Victoria, BC, 8/2003 – 1/2005
Design and development of Web-based educational multimedia, for one of
Ajilon’s client companies, UCAR.
Web Communications Designer
Oregon State University
Extension Service, Corvallis, OR, 8/2001-4/2003
Design and development of Web-based communications and educational multimedia.
Served leadership and coordination roles for the planning and implementation
of the OSU Extension Service Web sites and related information technology
solutions.
Contract Instructional Designer
www.e-vitro.com, Fall, 2000
Instructional design and storyboard development for 6 credit hour course,
Management in Professional Nursing, delivered online by the
Deaconess College of Nursing, St. Louis, MO.
Educational Designer
University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO, 1990–2003.
Worked for UCAR’s Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology,
Education and Training (COMET). Bore responsibility for all phases and
aspects of multimedia computer-based learning development. Job duties
also entailed high levels of involvement in many of UCAR’s organizational
activities, including collaborative international projects, faculty training
workshop planning and presentation, teleconference and videoconference-based
training development, etc.
Graduate Assistant
University of Colorado at Denver School of Education, 1988–1989.
Served as dean-appointed intern in the Colorado Governor’s office.
Assisted with development and early implementation of Governor Romer’s
Educational Creativity Schools Initiative, a program to restructure and
revitalize Colorado’s K-12 public school system.
Research Assistant
University of Colorado at Denver, Dept. of Educational Technology,
1987–1988.
Assisted with statistical analysis, illustration design, and publication
production for department faculty. Produced figures and flowcharts for
Jonassen, D., W. Hannum, and M. Tessmer, 1989: Handbook
of Task Analysis Procedures. New York: Praeger.
Workshops & Training Courses
Dwight presented or co-presented the following non-credit workshops and training courses.
Web Authoring with Macromedia Dreamweaver
This training workshop was given to Oregon State University Extension Service faculty and staff, Eugene, OR, 11/01.
Basic Web Design and Site Maintenance
Extension Annual Conference, Corvallis, OR, 9/01
Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Type and Severity.
Dwight served as technical/instructional director for two point-to-multipoint video-teletraining workshops presented by Dr. Marcia Politovich and Dr. Doug Wesley of UCAR for US Navy and Air Force weather forecasters, February and Marcy, 1998.
Integrating Computer-Mediated Learning into University Curricula
This faculty workshop was presented to science faculty of the Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 8/97.
Computer-Aided Learning and Distance Learning Techniques
Customizing a PC-Based Case Study Data Set for Instructional Use
These workshops were presented at the World Meteorological Organization Regional Training Seminar for Nat. Instructors of Regional Assns. III and IV, Bridgetown, Barbados, 7/96.
Introductory Course in the Application of the Distance Learning and Computer-aided Learning Technologies and Methods
This workshop co-presented with COMET staff members, to visiting representatives of the South African Weather Bureau, Boulder, Colorado, 4/96.
Problem Analysis and Project Planning
This workshop presented to representatives of Caribbean Meteorological Organization, the Barbados Meteorological Service, the University of Costa Rica Dept. of Atmospheric Physics, and the World Meteorological Organization, Husbands, Barbados, 1/96.
Development of Computer-Aided Learning (CAL)
This was a supplemental workshop co-presented with COMET staff members, at the World Meteorological Organization Ocean Waves and Forecasting Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 12/95.
Design and Development of Computer-Aided Learning
This workshop was presented to the Beijing Meteorological Institute and Nanjing Meteorological Institute, Beijing and Nanjing, China, 4/95.
Instructional Design and Development
The Elements of Computer-Aided Learning, and its Role in a Training Program
These two workshops were co-presented with Ian Bell of the Australian
Bureau of Meteorology, at the World Meteorological Organization Training
Seminar for National Instructors of Regional Associations II and IV, 12/93.
Websites
Designed and developed and/or coordinated development of the following Web sites and services:
ShipConstructor Software Online Training Centre redesign project (11/07)
Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Case Studies (8/07)
Tsunami Safe Website (4/07)
Broadcast Meteorologist Community Website (1/06)
Oregon State University Extension Service Home, (2/03)
OSU Extension Service Find People database, (2/03)
OSU Extension Service News & Garden Info database (3/03)
Oregon’s Agricultural Progress story database (4/03)
Multimedia and Web-based Publications
Multimedia Publications
Served a variety of roles, including project manager, instructional designer, instructional developer, programmer, and media director/producer for the following UCAR/COMET multimedia publications:
Fire Weather Climatology (4/08)
Fire Behavior (3/08)
Fire Model Matrix (2/08)
Overview section of Antarctica: Challenging Forecasts for a Challenging Environment (8/07)
Satellite Meteorology : Introduction to Using the GOES Sounder (Web adaptation of a CD-ROM publication first released in 1998; 12/06)
Supporting Military Emergency Response During Hazardous Materials Emergencies (10/06)
Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment (9/06)
Shallow-Water Waves (8/06)
NWS Support During Hazardous Materials Emergencies (7/05)
Physics of the Aurora: Earth Systems (12/04)
In-Depth Physics Lessons (12/04)
Hurricane Strike! Accessible Edition (12/04)
Hurricane Strike! Science & Safety for Students (4/02)
West Coast Fog (11/01)
Radiation Fog (12/99)
Aviation Icing Assessment Using Observations and Pilot Reports (4/99)
Aviation Icing Assessment Using Soundings and Wind Profiles (11/98)
Aviation Icing Type and Severity (3/98)
Hydrology for the Meteorologist: The Headwater Forecast Process (1998)
Case Study: Hurricane Erin, 1-4 August 1995 (1998)
Extratropical Cyclones (12/94)
Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding (11/92)
Workshop on Doppler Radar Interpretation (12/91)
Web-based Publications
Participated in design & development of the following Web-based publications:
3rd Mission Innovations: Report on Strategic Innovations (6/02)
Helping Teen Parents Feed Their Young Children (5/02)
Looking for Oregon's Future: What is Sustainability? (11/01)
Papers & Presentations
UCAR/COMET Online Science Materials for K-12 Teachers
Presented as part of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Teachers Day Workshop, Vancouver, BC, 6/05.
Using the Web to Deliver Training Programs to a Culturally Diverse Internal Extension Audience
Co-presented with Dr. Bob Rost, Ellen Schuster, and Steve Dodrill at the annual meeting of Agricultural Communicators in Education, Savannah, GA, 8/02.
Hurricane Strike! A Case Study in Instructional Multimedia Development
Co-presented with Patrick Parrish and Vickie Johnson at Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications.
Web-Based Staff Development Module: Lessons Learned
Co-presented with Ellen Schuster, Bob Rost, Holly Berry, Renee Carr, Sharon Cartwright, Steven Dodrill, and Janice Smiley at the National Extension Assoc. of Family and Consumer Sci. (NEAFCS) Nutrition and Technology Workshop, Portland, OR, 10/01
Heckman, B.E. and D.G. Owens, 1996: Pedagogical Contributions of Educational Environments: The Traditional Classroom, Computer-based Learning, and the World Wide Web
Reports
Summary of Findings from Focus Group Sessions and a Training Needs Survey
A report to the Working Group on Education and Training Needs in Reg. Assn. IV of the World Meteorological Organization. 1/97.
Project Plan for the Caribbean and Latin American Meteorological Education and Training (CALATMET) Initiative
A report to Costa Rica and Barbados Meteorological Training Institutes, 4/96.
Development of a Modernized Education and Training Program for the China Meteorological Administration: A Preliminary Assessment on the Use of Computer-Aided Learning
A report to the China Meteorological Administration, 3/96.
Service
Professional Memberships
Agricultural Communicators in Education, 2001-2002
Oregon State University Extension Association, 2001-2002
International Webmasters Association, 2001-2004
International Society for Performance and Instruction, 1989-1992
Computer-aided Language Instruction Society, 1986-1987
University Service
OSU Extension Service Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness Taskforce member, 2-11/02
OSU Information Technology Coordination Committee member, 2002-03
OSU Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility taskforce, 4-6/02
OSU 2007 Marketing, Publishing, & Communications, Web sub-committee, 8-10/02
Community Service
Founding member, Tibetan Village Project board, 2001-2003
Awards
American Meteorological Society’s Louis J. Batton Authors Award for “outstanding, newly published learning materials..that foster the understanding of atmospheric and related sciences in K-12 audiences.” This was awarded to UCAR/COMET for the Hurricane Strike! project, which I helped design and develop. 1/2004.
Gold award for interactive multimedia and Web graphics design given by Agricultural Communicators in Education, for my part in the design of Looking for Oregon’s Future: What is Sustainability?, 8/2002.
Professional Development
Conferences
Water in the City, Victoria, BC, 9/2006
FlashForward, Seattle, 2006
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, 2005
Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Denver, CO, 2002
National Extension Technology Conference, State College, PA, 2002
OSU Extension Annual Conference, 2001
Real Media, San Francisco, CA, 11/99
TelCom Telecommunications conference, Anaheim, CA, 1997
World Meteorological Organization Seminar for National Instructors of Regional Assns. III and IV, Bridgetown, Barbados, 7/96
World Meteorological Organization Seminar for National Instructors of Regional Assns. II and VI, Seoul, Korea, 12/93
International Society for Performance and Instruction Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, 1992
International Society for Performance and Instruction Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 1989
Computer-Aided Language Instruction Society meeting, Monterey, CA, 1986
Courses, Seminars, and Workshops
Advanced Flash, online class via International Webmasters’ Association, 3-4/04
PHP 2, online class via International Webmasters’ Association, 11-12/02
Beginning PHP, online class via International Webmasters’ Association, 9-10/02
Presenting Data and Information by Edward Tufte, Portland, OR, 6/02
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET seminar, Corvallis, OR, 3/02
CASE Web Workshop, Portland, OR, 3/02
Cascading Style Sheets, online class via International Webmasters’ Association, 1-2/02
Web Accessibility, online class via International Webmasters’ Association, 10-11/01
Conversational Skills, workshop for OSU Staff & Faculty, Corvallis, OR, 11/01
Delegation and Empowerment, workshop for OSU Staff & Faculty, Corvallis, OR, 11/01
F.I.S.H. Philosophy, workshop for OSU Staff & Faculty, Corvallis, OR, 10/01
Macromedia Flash II (Scripting), Portland State University School of Extended Studies, 5/01
Macromedia Flash I (Animation), Portland State University School of Extended Studies, 4/01
China’s Environmental Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Fall/00
Tibetan Language, Naropa University, 1997-1999.
General Meteorology Package (GEMPAK) software training, Unidata, Boulder, CO, 1993
Tibetan Thanka Painting, Naropa University, 1993.
Autodesk Animator software training, Denver, CO, 1992
Computer Applications Certificate Program (classes on UNIX, C, and computer graphics), University of Colorado School of Continuing Education, 1986-1987