Creative and thoughtful Learning Experience Designer with a passion for developing multimedia-rich educational resources that bring complex ideas to life through compelling visual and instructional design. A detail-oriented problem solver who inspires knowledge acquisition and skill development through clear content and appealing designs. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design human-centered, outcome-driven learning journeys.
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Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Instructional Designer & eLearning Developer | QuizToo, Inc. | Houston, TX | 2024-Present
Serve as lead learning design strategist for educators, guiding them through course creation and platform integration, ensuring their pedagogical vision translates effectively into digital delivery, and synergizing efforts to craft immersive, captivating courses that inspire learners and promote retention.
Leverage a wide variety of authoring and multimedia tools to create over 20 dynamic educational videos and 100+ microlearning modules to enhance user experience of the QuizToo platform.
Provide live platform demos and educational briefings for prospective clients and partners, clearly articulating the mission, purpose, and instructional value of the QuizToo platform.
Manage multiple concurrent course development projects, ensuring on-time delivery, aligning team workflows, and maintaining quality through consistent communication and task tracking.
Troubleshoot course design intricacies and implement best practices, ensuring seamless content delivery across devices, and offering insightful guidance to optimize the effectiveness of learning materials delivered through QuizToo.
Use AI tools and prompt engineering to accelerate course creation workflows, generate content drafts, enhance interactivity, and streamline media production.
Senior Lecturer | King University | Bristol, TN | 2012-2024
Designed, developed, revised, and implemented high-impact eLearning courses, VILT and ILT sessions, and microlearning experiences, utilizing a variety of methods and multimedia elements to increase learner engagement and improve outcomes by 25% over the course of a decade.
Designed and delivered curriculum content for studio-recorded video lectures, integrating presentation slides and leveraging video editing software to produce engaging, high-quality instructional materials.
Facilitated 120+ differentiated online learning experiences annually, while complying with organizational goals, meeting strict deadlines, and implementing individualized learner feedback and assessment data.
Managed virtual classrooms, tracked participant progress, addressed technical issues, ensured a seamless learning environment via Canvas and Blackboard Learning Management Systems.
Provided over $150,000 in education services annually using best practices in digital pedagogy, andragogy, and accessibility, resulting in an average teaching effectiveness score of 4.6 / 5.0 (top 10% of instructors).
Performed needs analysis, designed learning objectives, and implemented qualitative and quantitative assessments to verify the achievement of learning objectives and organizational Key Performance Indicators.
Utilized advanced communication abilities, both verbal and written, to author and publish original research, create and proofread curriculum, and deliver presentations on innovative research.
Skills
Skills
Authoring, Animations, Design & Multimedia Tools: Articulate 360 (Rise and Storyline), TechSmith (Camtasia and Audiate), Clipchamp, Capcut, Powtoon, Vyond, Vimeo, ElevenLabs, YouTube, ScreenPal, Canva, Adobe Suite.
LMS, Project Management & Web Design: Canvas, Blackboard, Google Classroom, Schoology, QuizToo, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Squarespace, Google Sites, Wordpress, Wix.
Adult Learning & Accessibility: Knowles' Six Assumptions, Gagné's 9 Events, Kirkpatrick's Model of Evaluation, Bloom's Taxonomy, SMART Criteria, WCAG 2.2, Universal Design for Learning.
Instructional Design Models & Skills: ADDIE, SAM, Action Mapping, Backward Design, Mayers Principles of Multimedia Learning, Visual Design Principles for eLearning, storyboarding, assessment, quality control, revision.
Transferrable Skills: Communication, editing, collaboration, problem-solving, multi-tasking, organization, attention to detail, reliability, lifelong learning.
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Experience
Instructor, Leadership Team Member, Board Member | Cornerstone Classical Community | Salt Lake City, UT | 2018-Present
Design and facilitate engaging VILT and ILT sessions, adapting training materials for both virtual and in-person delivery, ensuring effective knowledge transfer.
Create and maintain all facets of presentation to the public, including web design, branding, marketing, and content creation.
Collaborate with a team to develop an overall business and educational strategy.
Contribute to strategic decision-making, provide oversight, support organizational goals to ensure the success and sustainability of the non-profit organization.
Parish Council Secretary | Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church | Bluff City, TN | 2023-Present
Collaborate with fellow council members to perform needs analysis and solve problems, make informed decisions, represent the interests of constituents, participate in meetings, and contribute to the development and execution of policies and initiatives.
Provide leadership in coordinating and executing impactful service projects, overseeing logistics, mobilizing teams, and ensuring successful implementation to contribute to local community and organizational betterment.
Education
Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion, 2011
University of St Andrews, Scotland
M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002
Regent College, Vancouver, Canada
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