Richardnz cv

eLearning Coordinator, The Southport School, Australia
February 2010 – present
 * Responsible for setting up and administering Moodle and Mahara
 * Responsible for staff PD in Educational Technology
 * Managing the ISQ funded ePortfolio Project

eLearning Consultant, Karapiro Village, New Zealand
August 2008 – January 2010
 * Designing, developing and running Online PD workshops for the IBO
 * Senior examiner for IBO, examination papers, principal moderator
 * Working on open educational resource for Java Programming with BlueJ (for schools)
 * Setting up Moodle training at [moodlenz http://moodlenz.net/]

Head of ICT, Dulwich College Beijing, Beijing, China
August 2006 – July 2008
 * Setting up and developing the Virtual Learning Centre (Moodle LMS).
 * Chair of the ICT strategic committee.
 * Teaching Key Stages 3 and 4 and staff training.
 * Adult Leader, Rotary Interact Club.
 * Led student/staff/parent trip to build houses for Tabitha Cambodia in November 2007.

e-Learning Manager, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Auckland, New Zealand
October 2004 – April 2006 Seconded to Te Tauihu o Nga Wananga as Project Manager, Resource Center, October 2004 to June 2005: Following secondment:
 * Designed structure, content of resource centre
 * Ran training workshops for Tertiary educators
 * Designing workflow for digital repository (DSpace)
 * Preparation of online e-learning material (Moodle)
 * Integrating the Resource Centre into the Wananga Development Plan.
 * Responsibility for management of e-Learning application (Moodle LMS).
 * Associated course development/transition to e-Learning.
 * Evaluation of e-Learning capability.
 * Developing Level 4 and Online Education certificate programs.

e-Learning Manager, Auckland International College, 85 Airedale Street Auckland, New Zealand
July 2003 – June 2005
 * Responsible for developing the new IB Computer Science course.
 * Teaching the ICT course to pre-IB students.
 * Designed and developed support websites for students
 * Specifying college e-learning platforms, admin package; development of reporting and assessment resources (Crystal Reports).
 * Auditing and developing staff ICT training needs.
 * Part-time after January 2005.

Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Computer Science, University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand
July 2002 – July 2003
 * Lecturing first and second year courses in computer programming (C++), systems architecture and digital electronics.
 * Designed and developed support websites for above courses.
 * Responsible for further developing the 7th form scholarship program.

Teacher i/c Lower School Computing, United World College of South East Asia, Singapore
August 1998 – June 2002
 * Teaching IT in Grades 5 and 8, Electronics in Grades 6 and 7, IGCSE Computing in Grades 9 and 10, IB Computer Science in Grades 11 and 12. Outstanding external examination results.
 * Responsible for curriculum development of IT in Lower School.
 * Led Staff Training sessions in the use of IT.
 * Led student expeditions to Southern Riau, Indonesia & Northern Thailand.

Director of Computing Services, St Julian’s School, Portugal
September 1989 –July 1998
 * Teaching keyboard skills in Years 3 – 6, IT in Years 7 - 9, GCSE Computing in Years 10 and 11, IB *Computer Science and ITGS in Grades 12 and 13. Invited to become IB Examiner on strength of examination results.
 * Responsible for all computer specification and purchasing in the school.
 * Responsible for integration of IT into the middle school curriculum subject areas in line with the English National Curriculum requirements. Judged a success by ECIS accreditation team.
 * Responsible for staff training in IT and set up the financially successful Cambridge IT adult training program.
 * Chair of the Staff Association for 3 years, conducted critical salary negotiations with the board during a difficult period.
 * Designed and developed the school’s networked Administration Database.

Researcher, Nat Lab Industrial Engineering and Technology, Portugal
August 1986 – August 1989
 * Research/computer programming of mathematical models of fluidized bed combustion. Several peer-reviewed publications on this topic.
 * Responsible to Director for EEC hydrocarbon project evaluations
 * Utility/systems programming tasks.

Unemployed/Self-employed
August 1985 – July 1986

Chief Geophysicist, Atlantic Resources Lda, Portugal
February 1982 – July 1985

Geophysical Consultant, Atlas Geophysical Consultants, UK
September 1980 – January 1982

Geophysical Consultant, Southern Geophysical Consultants, UK
July 1977- August 1980

QC Seismologist, Geophysical Service International, UK
July 1974 – June 1976