Madeleine Lapointe Curriculum Vitae
lapointe@u.arizona.edu

EDUCATION University of Arizona
Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, 1991
Focus on cognitive learning theories, perception, and memory.
Thesis title: Modality Effects in Children's Story Inference.

University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, 1988
Major Radio-Television (Media Arts); Minor in Art.

Pima Community College
Photography, 1977

University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Biology, 1973

Eurocenter, Madrid, Spain.
Spanish, 1969

EXPERIENCE University of Arizona,Tucson, Arizona.
Department of Biochemistry,
Senior Instructional Specialist, 1996 - present

Transform academic content provided by content experts into courseware modules

Oversee the instructional design of:

The Biology Project
an interactive Web resource for learning biology.
(http//:www.biology.arizona.edu)

The Architecture Project,
an interactive online resource for learning architecture.
(http://architecture.arizona.edu/courses/arch101/tutorials/default.html)

Authored the following modules within The Biology Project:
Human Reproduction

Birth Control

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Co-authored the following modules within The Biology Project:

Blood Types Tutorial

3 case studies in Immunology

Coordinate the translation of The Biology Project into Spanish,
El Proyecto Biologico
(http://www.biologia.arizona.edu/)

Conduct local and international workshops on instructional design for the Web, on learning theories, and on the use of the Internet for faculty, staff, and students.

Committees & Professional Associations

  • Member of the WebTool Committee - an advisory committee for campus wide use of technology in education.

  • Member of evaluation committee for New Learning Environments & Instructional Technology Grants Program.

  • Member of American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)

Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Arizona.
Media Specialist, 1993 -1996

Instruct faculty and students on planning and developing computer enhanced multimedia seminar presentations and media productions: video and audio programs, slide presentations, multimedia programs, flyers, Internet documents.

Supervise state of the art multimedia lab

Responsible for purchases and distribution of AV equipment.

Consulting, Project Development. 1992 - 1996
Intructional Designer for Education Projects: Dermatology for Medical Students, Dermatology, Election Process.

Script Writer.

Video Producer.

Biomedical Communications, Health Sciences,
University of Arizona. 1991
Production Assistant

Toolbook multimedia production: Technology of Instruction and Media Production.

Biomedical Communications, Health Sciences, University of Arizona. 1988 - 1989
Script writer and Producer

Worked on a large number of productions. The main ones are: Your Baby at Two Months, Hemispherectomy, Breast Cancer, Rheumatology Videodisc, Substance Abuse, Volunteer Services PSA, Biomedical Teleconferences.

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.
1978 - 1983
Catalogued works of their permanent collection.
Organized photographers' information files for research.

Free lance photography. 1976 - 1983
Created and exhibited black and white photographs.
Did copy and restoration work and slide production.

C.E.R.N. (European research center for high energy physics) Geneva, Switzerland. 1969 - 1971
Travelling arrangements coordinator.

Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
1960 - 1967
Supervisor and instructor for customer service representatives.

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