Resume
Objective
I am interested in working with educational institutions to support faculty and staff in the design, creation, and delivery of instructional products. I’m looking to do what I do best — help people use technology to achieve their program and instructional goals.
Competencies
- Needs assessment & learner analysis
- Task analysis
- Storyboarding/Wireframing
- Rapid prototyping
- Usability testing
- Website design, development, implementation, & maintenance
- Section 508 compliance
- Research & analysis
- Writing, editing, proofreading
- Publications design & layout
Technology Skills
- PC & Mac OS
- HTML/XHTML/CSS (Dreamweaver, Homesite, BBedit)
- Design (Photoshop, InDesign)
- Presentation (Camtasia, Articulate, PowerPoint)
- Learning management (Blackboard)
- Content management (Open Text, Wordpress)
- Social networking (Ning, Facebook, Elgg)
- Collaborative workspace (PBWiki)
- Web conferencing (Skype, Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting)
Work Experience
Instructional Designer, The Bowen Group, December 2010 – present
Design, development, and implementation of online courses, tutorials, and other web-based educational products to including curriculum development, storyboarding, content development, and testing and evaluation. Currently working with the Department of Defense's Exceptional Family Member Program to create online products to assist service members and their families.
Webmaster, College of Southern Maryland, August 2010 – December 2010
Implementation, administration, and maintenance of the college's website, www.csmd.edu, in the Open Text Content Management System (formerly RedDot). Developed, enhanced, and maintained the college's Internet and Intranet sites. Provided training and support to the college's website users and stakeholders.
Freelance Web Consultant, May 2007 – present
Designed and deployed numerous sites for cal.org. Website redesign and maintenance for lsadc.org. Website redesign and deployment for ucea.edu. Supported content delivery for chronicle.com. Maintained website for ncc.gmu.edu.
Webmaster, Center for Applied Linguistics, 2001 – 2006
Designed, developed, and maintained primary cal.org website and numerous subsidiary sites. Helped develop policies and procedures regarding website organization and management and trained 5 subsidiary site managers on company website best practices.
Webmaster, New Century College, George Mason University, 2001 – 2003
Working closely with faculty and staff, redesigned ncc.gmu.edu. Helped write and produce numerous departmental publications.
TEFL Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Lithuania, 1999 – 2000
Developed course materials and curricula and taught English as a foreign language and teacher training courses.
Coordinator, National Captioning Institute, 1990 – 1995
Coordinated production of closed captioning for live and taped television programs.
Education
Master of Education, Instructional Design & Development
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, May 2010
Master of Arts, English/Linguistics
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Communication
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 1990