Curriculum Vitae

California State University, San Bernardino, CA, 2010
M.A. in Education: Instructional Technology, GPA 4.0

California State University, San Bernardino, CA, 2004
B.A. in Administration: Information Management with High Honors and Department Honors

Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA, 2000 
A.S., Computer Information Systems - Networking

Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee, CA     (2007 – Present)
Educational Project Coordinator

Provide leadership and coordination of statewide training events with curriculum aligned to internationally recognized quality standards for online teaching effectiveness.  Coordinate, facilitate and moderate CCC Confer synchronous webinars and other faculty training resources and offerings.  Develop and maintain all project websites including informational website http://www.onefortraining.org, Blackboard and Moodle learning management systems, Facebook page, Twitter feed and event registration portal and database.  Survey and consult statewide faculty and staff to determine training and service needs.  Coordinate support resources for media streaming libraries to ensure ADA compliance.  In accordance with faculty and staff feedback, program review, and the MSJC DE plan, serve in district wide shared governance committees to advocate for the distance education program in the district planning and budget development process.  Assist in the planning of the statewide Online Teaching Conference.

Achievements:

• Coordinated nine multiday training institutes (between 3-7 workshops each) on online teaching pedagogy and effectiveness for nearly 900 faculty statewide
  
  
• Co-developed and coordinated the @One Online Teaching Certification, which is recognized by Chancellor’s Office Technology Unit and Advisory Committee and the ASCCC.  In 9 months since its program debut, we have 230 active program enrollees.
  
  
• Co-authored the MSJC Distance Education Plan 2011 Update
  
  
• Advocated for and assisted in the redesign of the @One webinar program (approximately 250 sessions) which increased the variety of learning technology topics including the production of the IT Best Practices, Building Community Online, Office 2007 and 2010 webinar series
  
  
• Recruited a variety of sponsors for annual conferences including Presidium Learning, Nuance, EMC Paradigm, McAfee, Techsmith, Echo360, Automatic Sync Technologies, and Microsoft Learning
  
  
• Migrated informational web presence to database driven content management system (2010), coordinated efforts for Blackboard system upgrade (from 7.3 to 9.1) and Thriva registration system (from 3.0 to 4.0)  

Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA    (2007– Present)
@One Project Manager, Learning Courseware Developer

Coordinate faculty technology training options and support services for the @One Self-Paced, Online Learning Program.  Manage the design and development of learning courseware projects.  Facilitate online courses focused on online pedagogy and course management to a statewide faculty audience.  Generate reports on registration analytics and assist in decision support for self-paced learning program.  

Achievements:

• Using systematic project management practice, successfully set and met development goals, solved design problems, and prioritized development tasks to launch Blackboard 7.3 and WebCT CE 6/8 self-paced learning courses.  Considering survey data from our constituencies, incorporated an asynchronous moderator in these offerings to address the request for just-in-time faculty support needs.
  
  
• Design and developed the Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard 9.0 course including negotiating for commercial level hosting support from Blackboard, Inc.
  
  
• Managed and maintained a self-paced library of 9 online learning courses and approximately 100 webinar archives, achieving 1,943 registrations by 850 faculty and staff statewide
  

Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA  (2000-2007)
Distance Education Network Coordinator,
Acting Instructional Technology Support Supervisor (4 months)


Managed and maintained distance education hardware/software systems including Enterprise Blackboard Academic Suite.  Coordinated technology training options in the design and implementation of distance education technologies.  Coordinated faculty and student support resources in the operation of distance education technologies.  Assisted in the planning of the annual @MSJC Technology training academy and served as a facilitator for online pedagogy and course management workshops.  Acted as a liaison for online teaching and learning issues between shared governance committees and the Office of Instruction.  Assisted in the development of policies and procedures to govern distance education program.  In accordance with faculty and staff feedback, program review, and the MSJC DE plan, advocated for the distance education program in the district planning and budget development process.  Trained, supervised and evaluated the performance of ITS and short-term employees, student workers and other assigned personnel. Managed technology support budget and coordinated instructional technology purchases based on campus feedback, master and unit plans and program review.

Achievements:

• Co-authored the 2001 MSJC Distance Education Plan
  
  
• Co-developed the MSJC Regular Effective Contact policy, Initial Course Check In procedure and the Peer Observation and Evaluation form
   
• Served as Co-Chair, Technology Task Force 7 and co-authored the Educational Master Plan 2004-2009
  
  
• Provided leadership and coordination of Blackboard upgrade from Basic Learning Management to Enterprise Learning Management and Community Portal license with dynamic student information system integration and single sign on services
  
  
• Provided vision, leadership and coordination on implementation of new web services helpdesk (E-gle Desk) to support faculty and student technical issues

 

MERLOT, (2009 - Present)
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching

Review manuscripts on learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve online learning, instructional design theory and application, and innovative online learning and teaching practices.

Butte College, Oroville, CA, (2008)
California Educational Technology Collaborative Ambassador

Act as a liaison for statewide educational technology projects and service between MSJC and Chancellor’s Office Technology Unit.  Conduct presentations and implement surveys designed to increase awareness of system wide technology resources including CCC Confer, @One, 3CMedia Solutions, Tech Center, TechEDGE newsletter, CCCApply, CCCTran, CENIC, CCC Clearinghouse, California Virtual Campus and the Foundation for California Community Colleges.

Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA (2007-Present)
@One Facilitator

Manage all aspects of course delivery including online design.  Develop curriculum and coordinate support resources for faculty and staff audience statewide.

Courses facilitated:
Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning - Hybrid
Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard - Online
Getting Started with Office 2007; Getting Started with Office 2010
Getting Started with Windows Vista
Introduction to Screencasting with Camtasia Studio

Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA (2005-Present)
Associate Instructor

Manage all aspects of course delivery including online design.  Guide developed curriculum and separate DE approval through curriculum process.  Conduct comprehensive textbook evaluations for program tracks. Develop course and department SLOs.  Make recommendations and serve as an advocate to department on best practices for supporting distance education.

Courses facilitated:
Introduction to Technology; Office 2003 -Level 1
Introduction to Computers and Data Processing - Online
Introduction to Networks and Data Communication - Online
Formatting Term Papers Using Microsoft Word - Hybrid & Online
Excel 2003 - Level 1; PowerPoint 2003 - Level 1
Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 - Online
Introduction to E-Commerce Technologies - Online
Using Excel 2007 - Level 1 - Online; Software App Certification Exam Review
Introduction to the Internet - Online 

James, P., & Orloff, M. (2011). Distance education and technology essentials for every CEO. Presented at the Chief Executive Officers Association Annual Conference in Temecula, CA.

Orloff, M. (2010). Working together to achieve increased persistence. Presented at the Career Technical Education Retreat at Mt. San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, CA.

Orloff, M. (2010). Keynote: Effective technology training in lean times. Presented at the Annual Classroom Technology Retreat at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, CA.

Heiden-Scott, B., & Orloff, M. (2009). Effectively collaborate and enhance learning in virtual environments. Presented at the Teaching and Learning Academy at Mt. San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, CA.

Orloff, M. (2009). Certifying online instructors with @One. Presented at the MERLOT Conference in San Jose, CA.

James, P., & Orloff, M. (2009). General Session: Debunking the myth of the ancient geek and the digital native. Presented at the Online Teaching Conference 2009 at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA.

James, P., & Orloff, M. (2009). @One: The answer to your technology training needs. Presented at the CCC Chief Information System Officers Association Conference 2009 in Lake Tahoe, CA.

Orloff, M., & Uckert, A. (2009). Virtualizing the desktop: Implementation observations. Presented at the CCC Chief Information System Officers Association Conference 2009 in Lake Tahoe, CA.

James, P., & Orloff, M. (2008). @One: Statewide technology faculty and staff training model. Presented at the League for Innovation Conference on Information Technology in Salt Lake City, UT.

Orloff, M. (2007). Catching the MySpace/web 2.0 wave. Presented at the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges Education Institute Teaching and Learning Colloquium at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, CA.

Advanced Teaching and Learning – Blackboard 9 from Blackboard, Inc
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist          
Microsoft Office Specialist - Master and Instructor
IC3 Digital Literacy Authorized Instructor

Strategic Grant Proposal Writing by Institute for Strategic Funding Development
Strategic Program Planning by Institute for Strategic Funding Development
Strategic Grant Research by Institute for Strategic Funding Development  
Synchronous Training Professional Certificate Level I  by Learning Times, LLC

Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C)
North American Council for Online Learning (California Chapter) – e-Learning SIG
Computer Using Educators