Karl Carter Designs

Professional Profile

I am a creative learning technology professional, with higher education experience in both instruction and administration.

• College instructor for 18 years
• Skilled in several LMS tools
• Web Developer
• College administrator 10 years

• Industrial Designer emphasizing the user experience
• Fluent in New Digital Media Literacies

Professional Accomplishments

Media and Instructional Design

• Worked with a team to create a new award winning program for students
• Support the school instructional media requirement
• Participate in the schools governance as co-Chair of Instructional Resources
• Designed a new work area for new digital literacies
• Created a competitive swimming program for children with physical disabilities

Industrial Design

• Developed new products for the gas analysis industry, specializing in user interfaces
• Created finishing system that saved the client over a million dollar contract
• Glass artist for 30 years, in many collections around the world
• Bring a creative design process to all projects

Web Developer

• Managed the school’s first portal for staff
• Introduced web based database technologies to the school
• Worked to upgrade school web presence to a professional easy to use site
• Introduced streaming media technologies to the school web presence
• Familar HTML, PHP, MySQL, Flash, Photoshop and Microsoft Office

Work History

Director MiNDSpace

Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA

3 years

Director Intranet Systems

Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA

5 years

Wed Developer

Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA

5 years

Glassblowing Instructor

Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA

17 years

VP Design

Process Analyzers Inc., Fallsington PA

12 years

Floor Manager

Creative Industries, Philadelphia PA

2 years

Satellite Store Manager

Electrolux, Philadelphia PA

2 years

Head of Aquatics Program

The Woods Schools, Langhorne PA

2 years

Education

MS Learning Technologies

Drexel University, Philadelphia PA

Anticipate March, 2013

BS Industrial Design

University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA

June 1986

Pennsbury High School

Levittown, PA

June 1977

Awards Presentations and Additional Activities

2013 NERCOMP “Revitalize, Remix, and Reuse: Preparing Students for the Future Workplace.”

2013 EDTECH "A New Chapter" Spring 2013, p34

2012 Co-presenter “MInDSpace” and “More than a Library it is Learning Resources”

2011 Technology Excellence in Learning Award, Drexel University

2011 Bellweahter Finalist, for MInDSPace

2010 Innovation of the Year for MInDSpace, League for Innovation in the Community College

2005 - 2008, member Administrative Employee Committee,  President 2008

2007 Received Excellence in Service part-time faculty

2006 Co-presenter at CIT, “Formula for Success”

2006 - 07 Member Technology Planning and Policy Committee

2003- 2006 member Planning Advisory Group, Chair of Technology subcommittee

2002 Presentation at Faculty of the Future, Multi-Media for Learning

2000 Built glassblowing studio in the new 3-D arts building