{"id":2,"date":"2014-09-14T22:36:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T22:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-01-19T01:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:34:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cain-sm-2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2356\" src=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cain-sm-2014.png\" alt=\"A picture of Geoff Cain\" width=\"189\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>I am Geoff Cain, a Curriculum and Instructional Design Specialist at Clover Park Technical College. I am also an education consultant and the founder of GBC Education Consulting.<\/p>\n<p>I am available for consulting on elearning, instructional design, online course and program development, eportfolios and alternative assessment, open education resources, online quality assurance, change management, and faculty professional development. I have worn many hats over the years: elearning manager in both community colleges and universities, instructional designer, and I have taught English at all levels as well as Adult Basic Education. My clients have included Washington State Board for Technical &amp; Community Colleges focusing on badges and alternative credentials, education technology, and accessibility, Saddleback College, Pierce College and numerous other clients.<\/p>\n<p>I have developed face-to-face, hybrid, and full online courses. I have worked in writing labs, classrooms, and cyberspace. I am particularly interested in collaborative learning, open education resources, open textbooks, and personal learning networks. I have participated in a number of projects or presented on topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff4b33;\" href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/elearning\/\">eLearning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/analytics\/\">Education Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/concept-maps\/\">Concept Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/connectivism\/\">Connectivism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/moocs\/\">MOOCs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/open-textbooks\/\">Open Textbooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/teaching-in-wordpress\/\">Teaching in WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am also a faculty mentor for UNESCO&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/unesco.ijs.si\/project\/open-education-for-a-better-world\/\">Open Education for a Better World<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p>I can be contacted via email at: consult@geoffcain.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cainseal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1561 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cainseal.jpg\" alt=\"The logo for GBC Education Consulting\" width=\"44\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Geoff Cain, a Curriculum and Instructional Design Specialist at Clover Park Technical College. I am also an education consultant and the founder of GBC Education Consulting. I am available for consulting on elearning, instructional design, online course and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}