KMN DESIGN
Instructional Design & Elearning Experience (EdTech)
I have over a decade of instructional design experience within a variety of educational environments, from K-12, community colleges, to major universities. In 2008, I left my full-time teaching position to pursue an educational career integrating technology and learning. Since graduating from James Madison University with a Master’s degree in Educational Technology, I have trained faculty as well as students on general 21st century technology skills as well as specific 21st century courses, including online pedagogy, learning management systems, collaborative software, assessment tools, digital gradebooks, authentic assessments, and critical analysis. I have also developed numerous online courses for local colleges working directly with online faculty and students. As a Technology Integration Specialist, I continued to developed my technology integration skills. In this position, I worked with the Curriculum Director, administration, and teachers assisting in the implementation and management of numerous technologies while instructing several high school technology courses. Recently I eagerly returned to the classroom, but life has created an opportunity for change and I am most excited at the future challenges ahead.
Instructional Design Skills
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Communicator
A modern educator with professional communication skills, established by over ten years of teaching experience, along with several years of higher education instructional design practice.
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My passion is to create the best modern educational environments through exposure to engaging resources, best practices, advanced analytics, and brilliant scholars.
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Learning Theory Skills
Explorer
Academically, I have studied several adult learning and training theories (ADDIE, SAM, SAMR, Kemp ISD) and I use these theories when designing all lessons, classes, and courses.
However, I am most influenced by Vygotsky's educational theory. Vygotsky saw education as, developing the resources and skills needed to assist learners with achieving what cannot be achieved alone. It is with technology that I view Vygotsky’s theory as being realized, with technology the process of learning can become more efficient, personalized, and maximized.
Technical Writing Skills
Guide
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Regarding Technical Writing, I have contributed to the development of numerous courses. Although, I always prefer to have established subject matter to work from, I have successfully guided a diverse number of subject matter experts to condense and organize their knowledge into content for modern learning platforms.
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Successful Technical Writing stems from the right habits and guiding all the parties through the development, implementation, and analysis process.
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Management Skills
Builder
My experience as a designer and a teacher provide evidence of superior management skills. I have developed over 25 comprehensive courses, often with limited resources and timelines. In addition to these courses, I have assisted with the development of several projects, and the advising of several teams.
I have accomplished a great deal in my professional career and my efficient management skills have allowed for much of this success.
I have accomplished a great deal in my professional career and my efficient management skills have allowed for much of this success.
Information Technology Skills
Administrator
For the past decade, I have been exposed to, worked with, and troubleshot numerous educational and learning software.
As a designer and teacher, I was able to develop numerous technology skills that allowed for successful administration of 21st century classrooms and training environments.
Instructional Design Experience
Qualified
I am confident that my skills, experiences, and online knowledge will enable me to fulfill the demanding role of various instructional design and modern education positions.
PRESENTATION DESIGNER...‘Refurbisher’
PowerPoint
•Designed several PowerPoint presentations
As a graduate student at James Madison University, I designed several PowerPoint presentations for my peers and even some faculty members. I often used the term PowerPoint ‘Refurbisher’ as I was called upon to assist with either the aesthetics or functionality of a presentation.
•Designed several PowerPoint presentations
As a graduate student at James Madison University, I designed several PowerPoint presentations for my peers and even some faculty members. I often used the term PowerPoint ‘Refurbisher’ as I was called upon to assist with either the aesthetics or functionality of a presentation.
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I discovered that PowerPoint allowed for rapid development of several significant design resources including icons, simple graphics, page layouts, and even comprehensive packets. I developed great skill with PowerPoint and view these skills as tremendous assets to any design project.
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TMW Systems
- Designed the TMW Systems TransForum2009 PowerPoint Presentation
This was my first professional design experience. It was tossed to me by a Graphic Designer, unable to fulfill the request. Within a limited time frame, I successfully created a 111 slide presentation that ran continuously at the 2009 TransForum conference on several projection screens.
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As a project, I was provided with a 111 page PowerPoint presentation with text, but without a theme and very few images. The only requirements were to maintain text, incorporate the corporate logos (TRANSFORUM2009), animate transitions as much as possible without becoming too juvenile, and automated the presentation so that it would run continuously. With pragmatic instructional design choices I do believe addressed the product, the audience, and the medium's restrictions.
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GRADUATE ASSISTANT
College of Education, James Madison University - Harrisonburg, Virginia
- TK20 Assessment and Accreditation Software Administrator role - tk20.jmu.edu
- Assisted with the development of TK20 support and training resources for the College of Education Student Teaching Program - Tk20 (now watermark)
- Created TK20 software assessment rubrics for the Student Teaching evaluations
- Maintained TK20 technology support of University Supervisors, Cooperating Teachers, and Student Teachers
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As a Graduate assistant I began to develop my design style, of course influence initially by the professors I was working with and studying under. In these examples, I was tasked identifying consistent technology issues within Student Teaching Program. All formatting, colors, and content were suggested, reviewed, revised, and approved by the Implementation Committee. Although a decade later, log-in issues are not near an issue as they one were, these images represents my initial development, but also the lessons of collaboration, consistency in design, and communication needed to fully maximize technology.
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INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
Stark State College - North Canton, Ohio
Assisted with the administration of the ANGEL Learning Management System, while providing all technology support (24/7) and leading all system training, both online and classroom.
Assisted with the administration of the ANGEL Learning Management System, while providing all technology support (24/7) and leading all system training, both online and classroom.
- ANGEL Learning Management System Administrator
- Maintained technology support of all Stark State College online courses (24/7)
- Utilized customer service software and support ticketing system Zendesk
- Developed and administered training courses: ANGEL Learning Management System, ANGEL Training 1 & 2, Start-up Week ‘Boot Camp’, Online Assessments, Online Gradebook, Online Student Expectations, Online Student Engagement, Rich Media
- Created resources (synchronous/asynchronous) for instructors and student orientation
- Collaborated with subject matter experts with the development of numerous courses
- Conducted analysis of training and courses to ensure authentic assessment
- Wimba Collaborative Learning Software Administrator and Trainer
- Respondus Assessment Tools Administrator and Trainer
- Attended Quality Matters Professional Development Workshop, Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR)
- Attended the 2011 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference – Madison, Wisconsin
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It was in my role as an Instructional Designer at Stark State that began to develop not only a comfort with technology, but also my own aesthetics. I pride my instructional designer materials as clean and concise. Example Resource:
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Kind words towards efforts as an Instructional Designer at Stark State College:
Stark State College abbreviated presentation
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Stark State College Example Training Resource:
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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DESIGNER
College of Public Health, Kent State University - Kent, Ohio
Assisted with the administration of the Blackboard Learning Management System, while developing several courses while contributing to the identification and development of multimedia resources and online accommodations strategies (ADA).
Assisted with the administration of the Blackboard Learning Management System, while developing several courses while contributing to the identification and development of multimedia resources and online accommodations strategies (ADA).
- Blackboard Learning Management System Course Administrator - learn.kent.edu
- Online course developer and support for:
- Collaborated with subject matter experts with the development of online courses: Environmental Health Sciences (PH30006), Epidemiology (PH20001), Communicable Diseases (PH30012), Public Health Policy and Decision Making (PH30033)
- Utilized iSpring E-Learning Software to create engaging online content
- Assisted with the orientation and training of online instructors
- Developed orientation packet for online instructors
- Attended Quality Matters Professional Development Workshop, Designing Your Online Course (DYOC)
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With the College of Public Health being a new college the demand for training of new faculty was immense. I developed an orientation packet for online instructors to add to the training resources, ensure college consistency, provide JIT resource, and provide an initial contact for support. The College mandated certain consistency through the development and instruction of online courses. The Orientation packet includes an overview of online instruction expectations, the standard CoPH ‘Course Menu’, the CoPH course layout, and CoPH module set-ups. Since these resources are designed as hard copies (many still request!), they are designed to be comprehensive one-page resources.
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Kent State College of Public Health abbreviated presentation
Other Academic Presentations
Stow-Munroe Falls abbreviated presentation
HIGH SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY TEACHER
Sandy Valley High School - Sandy Valley Local Schools - Magnolia, Ohio
Incorporated technology into the classroom through training and collaboration, while also administering the district learning analytics system (Renaissance Learning). In addition, I developed three secondary technology courses (Google Apps/Multimedia/Programming) using the learning management system Schoology, as Technology Teacher.
Incorporated technology into the classroom through training and collaboration, while also administering the district learning analytics system (Renaissance Learning). In addition, I developed three secondary technology courses (Google Apps/Multimedia/Programming) using the learning management system Schoology, as Technology Teacher.
- Instructed Digital Technologies course: Google Educational Applications
- Instructed 21st Century Skills course: Multimedia Applications
- Utilized Schoology Learning Management System to create a blended/flipped learning environment
- Instructed Introduction to Computer Programming course: Code.org and Codecademy
- Monitored Digital Math Lab: Plato Learning Management System
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It was as a Technology Teacher that I developed many of the skills that will assist me in any technology position. Not only did I create three fully immersed Schoology supported technology classes, but it also allowed me to administered another learning management system. I developed and instructed three classes, Google Applications, multi-media, and programming. The greatest experience I gained at this position was the exposure to the entire k-12 perspective and the challenges at each of those levels.
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TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SPECIALIST
Sandy Valley Local Schools - Magnolia, Ohio
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As a district Technology Integration Specialist, my primary responsibility was administering the adaptive and analytics software Renaissance Learning. This experience exposed me to the additional reporting needs educational technologies are required to produce.
Renaissance Learning STAR Reports I often ran and assisted with processing.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERGaraway High School - Garaway Local Schools - Sugarcreek, Ohio
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My k-12 courses were designed to mimic design principles that learned at the university level.
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Just recently, I earned the opportunity to instruct a high school curriculum again using Schoology. I would like to believe, I have maximized the experience. I developed a keen knowledge of this system and a sincere appreciation for its availability and functionality.
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