Elizabeth A. Evans

About Elizabeth A. Evans

At Duke University, I was responsible for a collaborative project (the Duke Digital Initiative or DDI) that identified, explored, and piloted new and emerging technologies that might have applicability to teaching and learning in higher education. Selected achievements:At UNC, implemented fsaATLAS under strict federal deadline and elevated customer stress. Managed team of technical staff (systems administrators, database specialists, programmers), stakeholders, and end users. The project was completed on time with high customer satisfaction.At UNC, took over negotiations for a new computer-based training (CBT) contract after a major restructuring of our organization. Worked with technical staff and the vendor to use our authentication system to access the vendor-hosted service. Increased the number of CBT users from several hundred to over in two years.At UNC, managed implementation of Blackboard 5.5.1. The project team included over 30 people from academic and administrative computing, academic departments, campus libraries, and the registrar’s office. The project was completed on time and under budget.At UNC, created and facilitated working group to define needs for campus-wide events calendar and evaluate commercial software against those needs as recommended in the “1997 Chancellor’s Report on the Intellectual Climate.” The calendar was put into service in April 2001.At UNC, chaired subcommittee responsible for providing electronic mail access to medical students beginning in 1989. This was one of the first wide-scale student technology requirements on campus.Specialties: Instructional technologyTranslation between technical staff and end usersConsensus buildingMarketing IT services to campus communityFacilitation (discussions, meetings)Mentoring

Experience

1. Information Technology Consultant

   Self

   Jan 2019 — Present · Chapel Hill, NC, US

Education

• UNC School of Library Science

  MSLS

  1980 — 1982

• UNC School of Information and Library Science

  AB[C]D

  1989 — 1999

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA

  1974 — 1978

Skills

• Nonprofits
• System Administration
• Instructional Design
• Research
• Access
• Qualitative Research
• Curriculum Design
• Editing
• Strategy
• Educational Technology
• Curriculum Development
• Social Media
• E-Learning
• Distance Learning
• Program Development
• Management
• Community Outreach
• Program Management
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Data Analysis
• Consensus Building
• Higher Education
• Public Speaking
• Technical Writing
• Social Networking
• Instructional Technology
• Staff Development
• Teaching
• Training
• Public Relations