Dr. Paul Cheney Curriculum Vita

About

Dr. Paul Cheney is seeking a faculty position in Web Design and Development.

1057 Huckleberry Circle • Salem UT, 84653

Cell: 385-329-3499 • Email: spartandesign.biz@gmail.com

Education

Instructional Technology, GPA 4.0/4.0

Instructional Technology, GPA 3.5/4.0

Elementary Education GPA 3.55/4.0

General Education GPA 3.72/4.0

Work Experience

Faculty - Full-time, tenure-track faculty member in the Digital Media Department.

Online Adjunct Faculty - Teach one on-line course each semester for the Web Design & Development Department.

Director Media and Instructional Technology - Responsible for developing on-line course materials and provide training for faculty using the new course management system.

Also responsible for the design and development of the SVU website and training employees on maintaining their respective areas. Other media responsibilities include photography, 360 panoramic tours, video and audio production, custom web based database applications, and maintaining the teaching lab.

Instructor of Multimedia Design - Full-time instructor in “Information Science and Multimedia Design”. Courses taught include Technology Tools (MS Office), Introductory Computer Application, Photography, Desktop Publishing, Web Design.

Interactive Multimedia, and Video Production - Provide multimedia services to the university including: desktop publishing, video editing, photography, sound recording, web design, custom database applications, and faculty training.

Information Technology - Designed, setup, and maintained the Macintosh computer lab, OSX servers, the video editing and photo studio, and the photography and video equipment. Administered a budget to repair and upgrade equipment.

Manager – Managed 6-8 work-study student employees.

Multimedia Designer and Developer - Worked as a Multimedia Producer providing the following services to the BYU faculty. Multimedia Production, Instructional Design, Project Management, Desktop Publishing, CD-ROM Mastering and Quick Start Instructor.

Instructional Designer and Developer - Interactive Videodisk Development for Air Force. Worked with content experts, scriptwriters and videographers to produce firefighter familiarization training. Served as the project manager, graphic designer, and programmer.

Software Stack

Skills

Industry Experience

Courses Taught

Spring 2011, I taught the first asynchronous on-line course offered by the department of Digital Media. I have been learning about on-line teaching and learning ever since. I have also embraced competency based education for all my university courses.

Utah Valley University

DWDD 1600 - Web Essentials (HTML, CSS, FTP, Brackets, Design Principles)

DWDD 1720 - Scripting for Internet Technologies (JavaScript, GitHub, VS Code, JSON)

DWDD 2610 - Principles of Web Languages (HTML, CSS, GitHub, JavaScript, SASS, CSS Preprocessor, Design Principles)

BYU Pathways Worldwide

Assistant Course Lead for WDD230 - WWB January 2023

WDD 230 Web Front-end Development (HTML, CSS, GitHub, JavaScript)
Sample Videos created for WDD 230 Lazy Load 1, Lazy Load 2, Lazy Load 3, Lazy Load 4

Pluralsight

Hands-on JavaScript Project: JSON

Hands-on JavaScript Project: Solar Calculator

Hands-on Responsive Web Design 1: Media Queries & CSS Preprocessing

Hands-on Responsive Web Design 2: Responsive Images and Sliders

Hands-on Responsive Web Design 3: Columns, Flexbox and Grids

Hands-on Responsive Web Design 4: Navigation

Best Practices for Responsive Web-forms

Udemy

Code a Responsive Website Using HTML5 and CSS for Beginners

Front End Web Development - How and Why

360 Panoramic Photography for Virtual Tours and Google Maps

360 Panoramic Photography for VR, AR, XR

Custom Theme Creation for WordPress using HTML5 and CSS3

Service

Built a 44-page print guide titled "Beit Lehi: An Archeological Discovery in Israel Judean Lowlands." 2023

Lead the team that photographed and created the Engineering Accreditation Virtual Facilities tour 2021

Created instructional videos for the UVU curriculum website Spring 2021

Built the Virtual Reality tour for the “Engineering and Technology” week February 2021

Concurrent Enrollment lead for Web Essentials taught in the High Schools 2020 ongoing

Web Development Degree lead July 2020 ongoing

DGM Department curriculum Chair Fall 2017 ongoing

Created a YouTube channel for Beit Lehi and built several videos which are now hosted there 2016

Maintain the website for the non-profit organization "Beit Lehi" ongoing Jan 2015 ongoing

Lead consultant of the Usability and Testing Center for Learning Components Spring 2011

Lead instructional designer for the National Science Foundation grant for mechatronics Spring 2009

Project lead for a GEL grant to build the first free on-line text for UVUSpring 2009

Session Chair, Orlando SALT (Society for Applied Learning Technology) conference Feb 2009

Buena Vista Stake Conference first successful video over IP broadcast to a second location Sep 2005

SVU Website Redesign Team May 2005 – August 2005

Academic Exceptions Committee Member, SVU, Chair: Margaret Gingerich. Spring 2005

Produced the SVU recruiting DVD “Benefits of a Liberal Arts Education” Spring 2005

Academic Exceptions Committee Member, SVU, Chair: Beth Schramm.Fall 2004

Faculty Search Committee Chair, (ISMD), SVUSpring 2003

Produced the SVU recruiting video “A Light on a Hill” Spring 2001

Faculty Search Committee (Art) member, SVU. Chair: Barbara Crawford. Fall 2000

Published the brochure “A Light on a Hill: A campaign for Southern Virginia College” Spring 1999

Deployed SVU’s first on-line academic catalogJuly 1998

Publications

Cheney Paul, Hatch Dan, Oliver Eric (2023). Implementing a Competency-Based Education Curriculum in a Semester Format Across Individual and Group Courses (IETC). Orem UT, May 12-13.

Cheney Paul, Hatch Dan (2020). How Virtual Reality Can Be Used in Archaeology, Published at the 2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC). Orem UT, Oct 2-3.

Cheney, P.W., Hammond, R. (2010). Design and Deployment of a Free On-line Sociology Textbook, Paper presented at the ED-MEDIA World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Toronto Canada. June 28 – July 2.

Cheney, P.W. (2009). Lessons Learned from Teaching Technology Skills Using a Virtual Internship. Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 21(1).

Cheney, P.W. (2009). Lessons Learned from Teaching Technology Skills Using a Virtual Internship. Paper presented at the Interactive Technologies 2009 SALT Conference. Orlando, FL. Feb. 18-20.

Cheney, P.W. (2005). Problem-Based Learning in a Virtual Internship to Teach Word Processing Skills. Paper presented at the Interactive Technologies 2005 Washington SALT Conference. Washington DC. Aug 24-26.

Presentations

“Mobile Learning”, Keynote Speaker at “Faculty Technology Conference”, Orem UTFebruary 7th 2020

“Creating Impactful, Responsive Websites Using Business Catalyst”, Presenter at Adobe MAX 2013 in Los Angeles, CAMay 4-8 2013

Main presenter for an Adobe Faculty-to-faculty webinars on Responsive DesignApril 30, 2013

“Learning with Understanding Using Computer Generated Automated Performance Feedback”, The 16th Sloan-C International Conference on On-line Learning, Orlando FLNov 2010

“Creating and Using a Free On-line Textbook at UVU”, Center for Teaching Excellence, Utah Valley University, Orem UTSeptember 2010.

“Design and Deployment of a Free On-line Sociology Textbook”, ED-MEDIA World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Toronto Canada, June 2010

“Internet Technologies”, Digital Media Pathway Academy, Orem UTMarch 2010

“Using Constructivist Principles to Improve Teaching”, Adjunct Faculty ConferenceSeptember 2009

“When your LMS can't hack it: Using an open-source CMS to develop a virtual internship course”, eLearning DevCon , Salt Lake City UTJune 2009

“Using Constructivist Principles to Engage Students in the Learning Process”, The First Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement Conference, Orem UTApril 2009

“Virtual Internships for Teaching Information Technology Communication Skills”, New Learning Technologies 2009 Salt® Conference, Orlando FLFeb 2009

“How we are using an on-line virtual internship to insure information communication technology skills”, The 14th Sloan-C International Conference On On-line Learning, Orlando FLNov 2008

“Problem-Based Learning in a Virtual Internship to Teach Word Processing Skills”, New Learning Technologies 2009 Salt® Conference, Washington D.C.Sept 2005

Grants

Accepted: UVU Faculty Summer Institute - Durable Skills (Built a Virtual Internship for DWDD 1720)June 2026