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Instructional Design & eLearning / 2024

I'm a teacher. That's been my identity since high school, when my friends would come to me for help with Algebra or Calculus. There's just no better experience than seeing that light bulb go on for someone, when something clicks for the first time and understanding is attained. It's magical.

During my career in teaching, I was always interested in innovation, creativity, and finding new tools & techniques to help my students learn. That desire led to educational technology and instructional design.

Now, I combine my teacher identity with a learning lens to design, develop, and create effective educational experiences that engage.

Learners don’t need to know things, they need to do things.”

pg. 99 “The Elearning Designer’s Handbook”by Tim Slade, 2020, 2nd ed.

Please take a look around my portfolio to learn a bit more about me, to see examples of my work & feedback I've received, and to find ways to connect with me.

Just a note that images used in this site are my own (like the banner image of my home office setup, this purple flower, and the bridge over the river scene as the background in the badges section). My Mom trained as a professional photographer and it was always just part of my experiences growing up. I love how impactful an image can be and strive to think carefully about visual aspects of design when I create learning experiences.

Picture of a small purple flower growing in dry, rocky soil.

I snapped this little purple flower on a 2023 trip to Santa Rosa Lake (NM). Amazing to see such beauty in a harsh environment!

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Work

Led project teams from conception through development and deployment for online course creation and program management.
Created online learning objects (SCORM) for Moodle using iSpring and Articulate 360 (Rise & Storyline) for professional development and college courses including micro lessons on generative AI tools for education.
Provided on-demand, customized, just-in-time training for faculty and staff using SharePoint, Zoom, Teams, ScreenPal, Canva, and O365 apps.
Built digital learning objects in blended mathematics content for Common Core & Texas standards to supplement mathematics instruction for U.S. K12 teaching by utilizing Microsoft Teams, Jira, & Doolittle.
Collaborated with project team via Basecamp & Zoom to create online synchronous micro-credentials in Desire to Learn (D2L) to solve issues of access & scalability for Appalachian area teachers in VA and WV.
Produced K-12 curriculum for STEM schools in Egypt to provide opportunities for disadvantaged girls.
Led Learning Management System (LMS) educational technology training in Moodle for faculty, making educational materials available to almost 5000 students in Rwanda via distance learning.

Places

Some of the places I've worked, included are both long-term and contract partners:

Regis College, Center for Instructional Innovation
University of Virginia
Radford College, Impact Lab
University of Trinidad & Tobago
Rwanda Ministry of Education
Dana Center, University of Texas
Kigali Institute of Education (Rwanda)
Kigali Institute of Science & Technology (Rwanda)
West Texas A&M University
Jacksonville University

Edgenuity
Wisewire
Excelsior College
Longwood College
Lockheed Martin
EPA
World Learning
Catapult
IRC
USAID

Education

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics Education, graduated with distinction

Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Master of Arts (MAT), Teaching Mathematics, graduated with distinction

Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, graduated with honors

Technology

Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI): ChatGPT, Bing, CoPilot, Gemini (Bard), Stable Diffusion, DallE-3, Gamma, Monster API, Synthesia.io (partial list)
CMS/LMS: Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, WebCT, WebAssign, Hawkes, Edmodo
Presentations: KeyNote, PowerPoint, Prezi, VoiceThread, ScreenPal, Jing, Sway, Stream
Communication/Sharing: Zoom, Pronto, Teams, Slack, SharePoint Pages, Microsoft Word, Voki, Viddler, Skype, Collaborate, SlideTalk, Scribd, DropBox, GoogleDocs, Wikis
Spreadsheet/Calculation: Numbers, Microsoft Excel, Desmos, The Geometer’s Sketchpad, GeoGebra, TI SmartView, Minitab
Design Tools: Articulate 360, Canva, iSpring, Pages, Adobe Creative Suite, iPhoto, iWeb, Sandvox, QuickTime, iMovie
Interactive Content: SCORM, H5P, Kahoot!
Languages: HTML, CSS, Animations, JavaScript, BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, Python, Scratch

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