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As an Instructional Design Intern with Actian Corporation during the summer of 2024, I had the opportunity to design, develop, and publish 5 modules for Actian's DataConnect course in Actian Academy. Throughout this 12-week internship, I gained hands-on experience with technical content, learned to navigate innovative tools, and created impactful learning solutions for Actian’s customers, employees, and partners.
As an Instructional Design Intern with Actian Corporation during the summer of 2024, I had the opportunity to design, develop, and publish 5 modules for Actian's DataConnect course in Actian Academy. Throughout this 12-week internship, I gained hands-on experience with technical content, learned to navigate innovative tools, and created impactful learning solutions for Actian’s customers, employees, and partners.
Role: Education Team Intern, Instructional Design
Role: Education Team Intern, Instructional Design
Tools: LEAi authoring tool, Skilljar LMS, PowerPoint, Synthesia, Camtasia
Tools: LEAi authoring tool, Skilljar LMS, PowerPoint, Synthesia, Camtasia
Audience: Actian customers, employees, and partners
Audience: Actian customers, employees, and partners
Features: Interactive modules with multimedia (video, images, tabs, flipcards, labeled images, processes, etc.), AI integration
Features: Interactive modules with multimedia (video, images, tabs, flipcards, labeled images, processes, etc.), AI integration
In this branching interactive story, teachers take on the role of the protagonist, Grow Together Academy's newest teacher! Growth is important at Grow Together Academy. Throughout the story, teachers are given the opportunity to practice and test their growth mindset skills. The primary purpose of this training is to help teachers identify growth mindset strategies for themselves and for their students.
In this branching interactive story, teachers take on the role of the protagonist, Grow Together Academy's newest teacher! Growth is important at Grow Together Academy. Throughout the story, teachers are given the opportunity to practice and test their growth mindset skills. The primary purpose of this training is to help teachers identify growth mindset strategies for themselves and for their students.
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer
Tools: Articulate Storyline, PowerPoint, Canva
Tools: Articulate Storyline, PowerPoint, Canva
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers completing professional development training on growth mindset
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers completing professional development training on growth mindset
Features: Interactivity, graphics
Features: Interactivity, graphics
For this project, I incorporated multimedia to create a training website for teachers using Direct Instruction in their classrooms. This training consists of an introduction and three modules.
For this project, I incorporated multimedia to create a training website for teachers using Direct Instruction in their classrooms. This training consists of an introduction and three modules.
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer
Tools: Google Sites, Audacity, PowerPoint
Tools: Google Sites, Audacity, PowerPoint
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers with little or no familiarity with Direct Instruction
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers with little or no familiarity with Direct Instruction
Features: Embedded text/hypertext, graphics, video, audio, interactivity
Features: Embedded text/hypertext, graphics, video, audio, interactivity
In this project, I applied my visual design skills and knowledge of Dick and Carey's instructional design model to create an engaging, animated video with narration. This project explores the process of instructional design as a machine with many moving parts.
In this project, I applied my visual design skills and knowledge of Dick and Carey's instructional design model to create an engaging, animated video with narration. This project explores the process of instructional design as a machine with many moving parts.
Please watch the video to your right to experience the project. Feel free to read through my planning guide and text-based storyboard.
Please watch the video to your right to experience the project. Feel free to read through my planning guide and text-based storyboard.
Tools: Canva
Tools: Canva
Audience: Instructional Design students
Audience: Instructional Design students
Features: Animated graphics, narrations, transitions
Features: Animated graphics, narrations, transitions
I designed this Open Educational Resource to train teachers to use Microsoft PowerPoint to design a classroom newsletter. Newsletters written with word processors can be boring, but using graphic design software can be daunting to teachers. PowerPoint, while easy to learn and use, can be used to create some visually interesting and effective documents for teachers.
I designed this Open Educational Resource to train teachers to use Microsoft PowerPoint to design a classroom newsletter. Newsletters written with word processors can be boring, but using graphic design software can be daunting to teachers. PowerPoint, while easy to learn and use, can be used to create some visually interesting and effective documents for teachers.
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Tools: OER Commons
Tools: OER Commons
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
I used Camtasia to record this screencast tutorial to go along with the OER mentioned above.
I used Camtasia to record this screencast tutorial to go along with the OER mentioned above.
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Tools: Camtasia
Tools: Camtasia
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
I developed an instructional website focusing on Grade 2 math concepts. The website was developed using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I used these languages to code text, links, images, videos, audio clips, and other elements into my website.
I developed an instructional website focusing on Grade 2 math concepts. The website was developed using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I used these languages to code text, links, images, videos, audio clips, and other elements into my website.
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Role: Instructional Designer, eLearning developer
Tools: HTML, CSS, Javascript
Tools: HTML, CSS, Javascript
Audience: Second-graders and their families
Audience: Second-graders and their families
I used an LMS to upload a distance learning module for second-grade students studying states of matter in science. While this was a sample module and not actually used in a classroom, this allowed me to learn how to upload, structure, and maintain content in an LMS. I also created multimedia content for this course, including an animated video.
I used an LMS to upload a distance learning module for second-grade students studying states of matter in science. While this was a sample module and not actually used in a classroom, this allowed me to learn how to upload, structure, and maintain content in an LMS. I also created multimedia content for this course, including an animated video.
Role: Instructor, eLearning developer
Role: Instructor, eLearning developer
Tools: Google Classroom, Powtoon
Tools: Google Classroom, Powtoon
Audience: Second-grade students
Audience: Second-grade students
For this project, I created a video presentation to help college students learn how to utilize and navigate an online course on Canvas.
For this project, I created a video presentation to help college students learn how to utilize and navigate an online course on Canvas.
Tools: PowerPoint
Tools: PowerPoint
Audience: College students
Audience: College students
I developed this video presentation to help current pre-service and in-service teachers select effective technology and media to use in their instruction.
I developed this video presentation to help current pre-service and in-service teachers select effective technology and media to use in their instruction.
Tools: PowerPoint
Tools: PowerPoint
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
Audience: Pre-service and in-service teachers
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