PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2016 - present
LEARNING DESIGNER, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS
Manage the development of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral e-learning courses, performing the following tasks:
​- using ADDIE, rapid prototype development, and other instructional design methodologies
- drawing from adult learning theory in design and development
- employing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and other principles of inclusive design
- managing projects with timelines, trackers, and other infrastructure
- collaborating with subject matter experts to map the course and its contents
- brainstorming, writing, and revising content
- prototyping and storyboarding media and interactive elements
- leading a team of editors, graphic artists, media producers, and others
- making sure course materials represent the diversity of our student population
- authoring in a content management system using a WYSIWYG editor
- ensuring digital rights and Section 508 compliance
- building the course in an LMS (Brightspace, Canvas)Keep up-to-date on instructional design research, technology, and best practices
Maintain Quality Matters certification to ensure quality course design
Present at conferences such as OLC Innovate 2019 (Scaling Program Design with a Program Roadmap, with co-presenter Trish Briere)
A Few Programs I've Designed​
DBA: Doctor of Business Administration (10 courses)
MSC: Master of Strategic Communications (6 courses)
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A Few Courses I've Designed
COMM 207: Understanding Visual Communication
CCPA 810A: Leadership and Change
CCPA 830A: Research Methods
October 2005 - April 2016
EDITOR, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS
Edited online course content
Helped manage all stages of course development, including reviewing, editing, and proofing drafts; writing content, activities, and assessments; conducting research; working on media assets; using an HTML editor; applying citation and reference styles; using and helping to develop in-house editorial style standards; tracking flow of materials; and ensuring adherence to deadlines
A Few Courses I've Edited
CCJS 425: Forensics Lab
MATH 140: Calculus I
ARTH 371: History of World Art II
ARTT 120: Design I: Arrangement and Color
GERM III: Elementary German I
FSCN 306: Fire Investigation and Analysis
BIOL 302: Bacteria, Viruses, and Health
January 2000 - September 2005
PROJECT EDITOR, MCGRAW-HILL
Edited textbook and encyclopedia content
Participated in all stages of production, including writing features, activities, and captions; developing outlines; gathering research from multiple sources; drafting guidelines for and liaising with writers; collaborating with team members on art, photos, maps, graphs, and charts; tracking production and graphics work; factchecking; answering copyediting queries; aligning content with state standards; writing front- and backmatter such as glossaries and tables of content; and maintaining tracking databases
A Few Projects on Which I've Worked
Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, grades 9–12
Kansas City textbook, grade 3
Teen Health textbook, grades 6–8
FREELANCE AND THEATER WORK
FREELANCE WRITING
Passages for Organize Your Writing, a series of writing exercise books for New Readers Press, grades 6–12
Lessons for Civics in Action program, Current Links in Education, grades 6–12
Book reviews for publications such as African-American Review, Parabola, and Pacific Reader.
Music reviews for blogs such as Red-Eyed Rooster and No Depression.
Posts for Tipsy Crumpet, a baking blog
THEATER WORK
Literary work, dramaturgy, and various intern tasks at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Williamstown Theatre Festival (1997–2000)
Play readings at Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, First Stage Theater (2000–2016)
SKILLS
SOFTWARE
Google Workspace • Microsoft Office • Articulate Storyline • Captivate • LMS such as Canvas and Brightspace • HTML editors • Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) • Adobe Creative Suite • video and audio editing
LANGUAGES
intermediate French • intermediate German • basic Hebrew • elementary Chinese
OTHER
Appalachian dance • dendrology and flower identification • writing • reading • traveling • vegetarian cooking • decadent baking
EDUCATION
MS, LEARNING DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
University of Maryland Global Campus
June 2020
BA, ENGLISH
May 1998
Vassar College
GPA: 3.6
Senior Thesis Distinction, Keats's Vale of Soul-Making