With over 20 years of experience as an instructional designer, educator, and project manager, I specialize in helping organizations leverage new technologies to achieve success by driving efficiencies, fostering collaboration, and enhancing creativity and productivity across teams. My expertise lies in designing bespoke training courses and developing streamlined processes that maximize both learning outcomes and team performance. Passionate about integrating the latest technologies and innovative techniques, I am committed to increasing the effectiveness of my courses and empowering team members to do the same. Above all, I prioritize a collaborative, inclusive, and authentic approach, ensuring that the journey is not only impactful but also enjoyable for everyone involved.
As an instructional designer, I have created several courses on and and acted as administrator for various learning management systems including Canvas, Haiku, PowerSchool Learning, Docebo and Moodle. I have extensive experience using a multitude of tools including most Apple products, Adobe Creative Cloud and Captivate, Articulate 360, all Google Apps, Camtasia, Microsoft Office, Screencastify, iMovie, as well many others. Additionally, I am comfortably familiar with Agile, ADDIE, SAM, SCORM and can apply them comfortably to my instructional design work.
I have been an Apple Distinguished Educator since 2008 and have been invited to and attended ADE conferences in Singapore, Miami and Mexico City. Additionally, as an ADE, I was invited by Apple to several professional development events to train others how to maximize the use of Apple products in an educational environment. I have expert level knowledge of Apple’s ecosystem and presentation software applications and have trained countless educators and other professionals how to use them.
I am thoroughly familiar and comfortable with multimedia in various forms and can utilize these media to most efficiently deliver educational content. My solid communication skills allow me to transmit knowledge in a way that is easily understood by all kinds of learners. I possess high level knowledge of learning theory and use this information to guide my actions. I have received extremely positive feedback for the innovative ways in which I take input from subject matter experts and transmit it into powerful presentations that truly reach students.