Resume
Instructional Design Experience
Instructional Designer
Blackbaud
2021 - present
Currently working on the K12 products team, designing quality, adult learning theory-based training for clients. This includes converting instructor-led courses to online learning, working with the subject matter expert, designing the curriculum and presentation, collaborating with editors on graphics and language, editing recordings in Camtasia, and ensuring the course meets quality assurance standards.
Instructional Designer
Arizona State University
2021
Responsibilities included working with faculty and subject matter experts to design, build, and deliver graduate-level online courses (both small and large enrollment), leading online training sessions for faculty, acting as a learning consultant for subject matter experts, managing ongoing design projects, and additionally handling all responsibilities listed for the associate position.
Instructional Designer Associate
Arizona State University
2021
Responsibilities included deploying graduate courses for online degree programs through Canvas, ensuring course usability through regular quality assurance checks, keeping course development shells up to date, assisting faculty with any technical issues during the live course session, ensuring course accessibility through universal design, including video transcripts, alternate text images, and appropriate html code, and participating in short-term departmental projects as needed, including Canvas mobile app testing, enterprise product development, and accessibility projects.
Teaching Experience
Instructional Track Faculty
The University of Iowa
2014 - 2020
Responsibilities included writing daily, original, curriculum-based lessons plans for three classes per semester, conducting engaging and communicative classes covering language fundamentals, developing new, research-based teaching materials, collaborating with colleagues on shared classes and departmental projects, evaluating and assessing student language development, collaborating with campus partners on international student needs, experiences, and student programming, serving as master teacher for linguistic practicum students, developing unique programming for international students on a needs-basis, leading professional development sessions on areas of expertise, serving on departmental committees, and planning and participating in cultural events, field trips, guest speakers, and new student orientations for international students.
2012 - 2014
Ohio University
Teaching Associate
Responsibilities included writing daily lesson plans, conducting engaging language classes, developing new teaching materials, evaluating and assessing student language development, participating in new student orientation, assisting with field trips, and serving as mentor to first year graduate teaching associates.
Adjunct Instructor
Kent State University
2010 - 2012
Responsibilities included writing daily lesson plans, developing new teaching materials, conducting engaging language classes, assisting in student recruitment, proctoring and grading the standardized TOEFL test, and serving as advisor for students matriculating to university courses.
Education
Master of Arts
Ohio University
Applied Linguistics
2014
2010
Kent State University
Cultural Anthropology
Bachelor of Arts
Skills
Technical
Adobe Premiere Pro
Canvas
HTML
Microsoft Office Suite
Google Suite
Ed Tech Tools (Prezi, Kahoot, VoiceThread, etc)
Web Accessibility
Camtasia
Articulate Rise 360
Audacity
Learning Design
Curriculum Design & Development
Working with Subject Matter Experts
Quality Matters Rubric
Microlearning
Program Design
Course Deployment
Universal Design for Learning
Adult Learning Theory
Video Script Writing
Storyboarding
Communication
Public Speaking
Intercultural Communication
Classroom Teaching
Online Teaching
Team Collaboration
Website Copy
Technical Writing
Editing & Proofreading
Meeting Organization