Are you looking for a part-time job?
The physics education research group at University of Maryland, College
Park is seeking 2-3
undergraduate science majors to help us with data management,
transcription, and videotaping. The
job requires a commitment of 8-10 hours per week. However, the position
has significant flexibility in
work schedule. These positions are available immediately. Based on quality
of work, this position can
continue at least throughout the rest of the academic year. Employees will
likely be paid about $10/hr.

Job Title: Undergraduate Data Management Assistant
Job Description: The applicant needs to be reliable, well-organized, and
detail-oriented. Strong typing
skills are necessary for the video transcription work involved.
The specific job responsibilities include:
- Scan documents of student course work and upload to a secure server
- Maintain a record of documents uploaded on the wiki database
- Transform handwritten student work and student feedback into a typed
format
- Transcribe talk from video recordings of interviews and classroom
discussions
- Upload video files from cameras to a secure server twice a week and
delete uploaded files from
camera memory
- Maintain a record of the video file names on our wiki database

Job Title: Undergraduate Videographer
Job Description: The applicant needs to be reliable, punctual and
well-organized.
The specific job responsibilities include:
- Set up video cameras and external microphones in classrooms to capture
student discussion
(during designated times for particular courses of interest).
- Upload video files from cameras to a secure server twice a week and
delete uploaded files from
camera memory
- Maintain a record of the video file names on our wiki database
- Must have availability during SOME of the following time periods in the
spring semester: Mon.,
Wed., Fri. between 9:50am-11:00am; OR Mon., Wed., Fri. between
10:50am-12:00pm; OR
Tuesday 8:50-10:00am; OR Tuesday 12:50pm-2:00pm

If you have any clarifying questions, please contact Chandra Turpen at:
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If you are interested in applying, please indicate the position of
interest (applicants should feel free to
indicate an interest in one or both of the positions) and submit a brief
resume with a short description
of your relevant work experience, declared major and college GPA. We would
also appreciate the name
and phone number of a reference. Please send these materials to Chandra
Turpen at [log in to unmask]