About

Location

Las Cruces, NM


Birthday:

July 13


School / Work Affiliation:

New Mexico State University


I am:

college or university faculty


About Me:

I live in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the "Land of Enchantment" and a place where you can see the most breathtaking sunsets in the world. Prior to my current workplace of New Mexico State University, I taught middle school (science, language arts, and social studies) for four years (1996-2000). I have worked at NMSU since summer 2000 and started there developing for the STAR-Online program. From 2002-2012, I was a part of the College of Extended Learning in a variety of roles including web-based curriculum developer and project coordinator in the areas of K12 teacher professional development and distance learning. Projects included Regional Educational Technology Assistance Program, the Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate program, NMSU Webinars, and the Online Course Improvement Program. I completed the Pepperdine University's Doctoral Program in Learning Technologies in 2010 and I am now an assistant professor at NMSU in the College of Education, specifically in the Curriculum & Instruction's Educational Learning Technologies program which now also houses the Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate program. Since 2009, I have been a facilitator for the SLOAN-C Online Teaching Certificate program.


Blog or Website:

https://juliaparra.com


Twitter URL:

https://twitter.com/desertjul