Leslie Maxfield is the Director of Academic Media Technologies (AMT) and Communications at Caltech. The portfolio below highlights examples of her work.

AMT provides campus-wide media production, audio visual, and academic technology support, including:

- creating promotional, award-winning videos highlighting Caltech's cutting-edge research, special events, and campus life.

- launching and managing Caltech's iTunes U, Ustream, and YouTube channels for outreach and education with Caltech's Office of Strategic Communications.

- supporting Caltech's Coursera and edX online courses and on-campus classroom technology with Caltech's Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach.

Contact Leslie to exchange ideas on the above topics.

talks & panels

Mentoring Across Difference: Conference on Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers - speaker
Student-Faculty Programs Office | May 2017 | Caltech

Women Mentoring Women - mentor & discussion leader
Caltech Alumni Association and Center for Diversity | December 2015 | Caltech

Visual Ways of Telling Your Story - discussion leader
The Space Connection - Navigating the Bridge between JPL and the Caltech Campus | November 2015 | Caltech

New Narratives for the 21st Century - final student presentations evaluator
Performing Arts course | June 2015 | Caltech

Teaching with Technology - speaker
Caltech Teaching Conference | September 2014 | Caltech

Two Years of MOOCs at Caltech - speaker
Workgroup on Educational Science & Technology - public talk | May 2014 | Caltech

Tips on how to give a TED-like talk - speaker
Performing Arts class (co-taught with Mary Sikora and John Marston) | May 2014 | Caltech

Media Production: Styles and Tips for Creating Great Lecture Videos - speaker
Coursera Partners' Conference | April 2014 | University of London, UK

Supporting MOOCs: An IT Perspective from the Trenches - speaker
APRU CIO/ERT Forum | Sep 2013 | Auckland, New Zealand

TEDMED: 20 Great Challenges - Causes of Sleep Deprivation - speaker
TEDMED 2013 | April 2013 | Washington, D.C.

Innovating in the Studio: Techniques for Lecture Video Recordings - panelist & moderator
Coursera Partners' Conference | April 2013 | UPenn, Philadelphia, PA

Roadmap to Launching a MOOC: Collaborating Across Units, Rethinking
Faculty and Technology Services - speaker
Educause Learning Inititative (ELI) Annual Meeting | Feb 2013 | Denver, CO

MOOC Debate - panelist
ELI Anual Meeting | Feb 2013 | Denver, CO

portfolio

online multimedia

News Video: LIGO - Opening a New Window Onto the Universe - February 2016 | YouTube - Video for the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves for the Caltech Office of Strategic Communications. This video highlights directing, interviewing, and editing skills.

Event Video: Snapshots from Caltech - December 2015 | YouTube - Video for the Caltech Advancement and Campaign Communications, screened at a dinner, and featured on giving.caltech.edu. This video highlights directing, interviewing, and editing skills.

Nobel Feature: Professor Robert H. Grubbs - 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry - October 2015 | YouTube - Video for the Office of Strategic Communications screened at an award ceremony and highlighted on Caltech's interactive Nobel Laureate timeline. This video highlights directing, interviewing, and editing skills.

News Story: Next Generation of Neuroprosthetics: Science Explained - R. Andersen - May 2015 | YouTube - Video for the Office of Strategic Communications for a press release announcing groundbreaking research. This video is an example of animation directing, editing, and voice-over skills.
** CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Award Winner

Caltech Strategic Identity Project: Telling the Caltech Story - April 2014 | YouTube - Video for the Office of Marketing & Communications unveiling of Caltech's new identity. This video is an example of animation, editing, and voice-over skills.

Caltech Presidential Search Video - August 2013 | YouTube - The Caltech faculty, students, staff, and alumni share with Caltech's next president why they love being part of Caltech.
** CASE Circle of Excellence Bronze Award Winner

Caltech Staff's Farewell to Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau & Dr. Carol Carmichael - May 2013 | YouTube - The Caltech staff community bids farewell to Caltech's 8th president and his wife. This video was shown at the May 30, 2013, Staff Service Awards and was a surprise to the honorees. This production was directed and edited by Jodie Lee, Senior Multimedia Specialist at Caltech.

Caltech MOOC Report - April 2013 | YouTube - Overview video on Caltech's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) activites for Caltech's Board of Trustees.

Thank You from Caltech - 2012 | YouTube - Video to thank donors for their generous support to Caltech. Produced in partnership with Caltech's Office of Marketing & Communications.

Happy New Year from Caltech - 2013 | YouTube - Video for Caltech's Office of Marketing & Communications and Caltech's President's Office.

Caltech Commencement 2012 | YouTube - Video for Caltech's Board of Trustees event.
** CASE Circle of Excellence Bronze Award Winner

Caltech Town Hall video: "At Caltech, we ask BIG questions." - Caltech's President's Office

TEDxCaltech: The Brain Teaser | YouTube - Video to promote TEDxCaltech: The Brain coming to Caltech on 18 Jan 2013.
** CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Award Winner

Happy New Year from Caltech Video 2012 | YouTube - Montage of 2011 at Caltech, Caltech's Office of Marketing & Communications and Caltech's President's Office

Wind-turbine Placement Produces 10-fold Power Increase - Press Release video | YouTube

Measuring Dinosaur Body Temperature - Press Release video | YouTube

Caltech Ditch Day 2011 video | YouTube

TEDxCaltech Highlights video | YouTube

Happy New Year from Caltech - 2011 | YouTube - Montage of 2010 at Caltech, Caltech's Office of Marketing & Communications and Caltech's President's Office

TEDxCaltech Teasers | Teaser 1 | Teaser 2 - Videos to promote TEDxCaltech 14 Jan 2011

Caltech Thank You Video | Flash | iPad/iPhone - Video to thank donors for their support of Caltech - Caltech Alumni Fund

Caltech Streaming Theater [developed code and presently manage production of all streaming content since 2001] - Caltech Development and Institute Relations

2009 Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics Dedication Symposium - Astronomy Department, Caltech

Guggenheim Rededication Ceremony video, Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop videos, Keck Nanoscience Institute opening video wall - Division of Engineering and Applied Science Division, Caltech

Educational Technology support - multiple graduate and undergraduate courses, lectures, meetings, workshops, and conferences

 

documentary short videos
Files are prepared for broadband connections.

Robert A. Day Millikan Medal video - Advancement Services, Caltech

Simon Ramo's 100th Birthday Celebration video - The President's Office, Caltech

The Caltech Board of Trustees Retreat video - The President's Office, Caltech

The Caltech Associates Celebrates 85 | video - The Associates, Caltech

Andrew Lange Memorial | video - Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy Division, Caltech

The Athenaeum Celebrates 75 | video - The Athenaeum, Caltech

Jesse Greenstein Memorial Video | video - Astronomy Department, Caltech

Memories of Caltech Past | sample1| sample2 - Prof. J. Goodstein, Caltech Archivist

75th Anniversary of the Caltech Associates | sample1| sample2| sample3 - The Associates, Caltech

40th Anniversary of Beckman Auditorium | sample1| sample2- Caltech Campus and Community Relations

In Celebration of Arnold Beckman's 100th Birthday | sample1| sample2 - Caltech Development and Institute Relations

 

research videos

Finch studies -T. Nick, Caltech Biology

Eyemovie - W. Fink, Caltech Physics, USC, JPL

 

press releases

Cosmic History Timeline - S. Djorgovski, Caltech

Cluster Lens Locates Farthest Known Object in the Universe - Kneib & Ellis, Caltech

Keck Telescope and Cosmic Lens Resolve Nature and Fate of Early Star-Forming Galaxy - Stark & Ellis, Caltech

 

dvd authoring

Caltech Slice of Life - Caltech Student Affairs

Dwarf Lemur Growth Research | sample - J. Allman, Caltech Biology

Commemorative Commencement Interactive DVD - Caltech President's Office

Earnest C. Watson Lectures - Caltech Campus and Community Relations

Stephen W. Hawking Lectures - Caltech Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy

 

websites

Documenting Earthquakes: A Virtual Exhibit in Six Parts - Caltech Archives and Special Collections

Wende Bibo [freelance work]

Vladimir Jedlicka [freelance work]

image processing [freelance work]

The Big Picture Exhibit- Griffith Observatory ["the largest astronomical photograph in the world"- 20x152 feet & >31 billion total pixels]

 

video editing and dvd authoring [freelance work]

The Ayzenberg Group - DVD Author for TV Demo Reel

The Chandler School Holiday Program | sample - The Chandler School

 

harp music [hobby]

Water Spirit, composer Kim Robertson | sample [MP3 format] - performed on my Bubinga Dusty Strings 36-string Celtic Harp