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RESUME

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Experienced manager, instructional designer, and teacher with 16+ years as manager/instructional designer developing and/or revising processes to increase quality and reduce time/cost to market. 20+ years teaching in corporate, K-12, and higher education, through hybrid, face-to-face, and online modalities. Passionate about developing the best learner experience while increasing content retention and reducing time/cost to market.

Work​

experience​
 

Associate Director - Instructional Design 
2021 - Present                                           
Emeritus

  • Piloted the first full development cycle for University of California - Berkeley, as well as the first partnership between two schools at Berkely (school of business and school of engineering. The successful design motivated Berkeley to order several more courses.

  • Learner satisfaction ratings for the Berkeley course exceeded expectations by 55%, with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 62 from the first cohort.

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Senior Instructional Designer
2019-2021
National Education Partners

  • Piloted course development process for John F. Kennedy School of Law, one of the first fully online Juris Doctorate programs in the U.S.

  • Deemed a ‘unicorn’ by the JFK associate dean based on my professionalism, my knowledge of instructional design, and my creativity.

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Director of Online Curriculum              
2014-2019
Concordia University - Portland

  • Developed and implemented new course development and maintenance processes.

  • Developed new instructional design workflow and course standards for online and on-ground courses.

  • Developed and implemented a quality assurance matrix for online courses from multiple vendors.

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Court Education Professional                                 2012-2014                              
Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts

  • Created and implemented online instructional design methodology, project tracking documentation and design standards for online education.

  • Coordinated online learning initiatives for a state-wide software upgrade for superior courts utilizing an external vendor.

Software Experience

Adobe Captivate

Articulate Rise

Adobe Presenter

Jackdaw

 

Adobe Flash

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Audition

 

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Publisher

 

Moodle

Canvas

Desire2Learn (D2L)

Blackboard

Adobe Connect

 

 

Languages

HTML (4 & 5)

CSS

PHP

javascript

XML

Actionscript 2.0 & 3.0

Education

PhD In Education
Instructional Design for Online Learning
Capella University
​2009-2013

 

Dissertation research sought to identify the instructional design consideration of collective efficacy antecedents identified in social psychology research to date. 

 

 

Masters in Education
Teaching and Technology Cohort
Portland State University
​1996-1997

 

Accelerated completion program Graduated with Masters in Education and a teaching certificate in 5 quarters. Master project was a web-based catalog of online educational resources for teachers. 3.98 GPA

 

Bachelor of Science in Music
Vocal Music Major
Portland State University
1994-1996

 

Senior project was the composition, rehearsal and performance of three movements of an original mass (Mass in C). 3.35 GPA

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