Instructional Design & Project Management
I am passionate about creating engaging learning experiences. I enjoy helping others define and pursue lifelong learning. I’ve worked as an instructional designer and senior instructional designer in contract and employee roles. I have extensive experience developing online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning experiences for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.
My background includes over 15 years of experience in education. I designed and delivered educational programs for older adults, pregnant and parenting teens, adults with disabilities, high school Upward Bound students, K-12 teachers, and college faculty. I am skilled in teaching across multiple learning modalities and I follow a learner-centered, equity-focused approach to teaching and instructional design.
As the Associate Director for Instructional Design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s (IUP) Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), I create professional development opportunities and support faculty members with course design, leveraging digital tools for learner engagement, sourcing high-quality, low-cost resources, developing goals and objectives, and aligning assessments to standards and learning outcomes.
I also serve as an Associate Professor and graduate coordinator for the Education, Training, and Instructional Technology graduate program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. As program coordinator, I’ve designed courses in instructional design, education technology, accessibility, and culturally inclusive instructional design.
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Project Examples and Scope
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I created the Summer Academy program to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This faculty professional development program offers yearly skill-building training and promotes teaching excellence. The program has trained over 200 faculty members and continues to be offered each summer.
Faculty participants are eligible to receive skills badging and certificates of completion to document their professional development.
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I coordinated the development of this program, which was supported through an ACT 101 grant to train faculty members about working with marginalized learners. I collaborated with faculty experts to design the program, including the training materials. I managed a team of instructional design students and faculty throughout the program design and delivery.
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I developed the K12 teacher training for the 2021 IUP-GenCyber summer program. I coordinated the training design and delivery for participants and facilitated program classes.
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I work as the lead instructional designer for the NeverTechLate program. NeverTechLate is an organization that offers training and resources on digital tools for older adults.
I designed and tested the NeverTechLate core curriculum that focuses on learning to use a tablet computer and the Zoom video conferencing platform.
I’ve worked with the NeverTechLate program as a consultant since 2018, and I continue to develop and pilot programming related to digital skills and literacy for adult learners.
NeverTechLate Project Planning
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I created a faculty professional development newsletter, IUP SPARKS. Scholarly, Practical, Advice, Research, Knowledge, and Support. The newsletter is published multiple times yearly and reviews higher education teaching and learning topics.
IUP SPARKS Volume 2 Issue 1 Assessment: Perspectives on Grades and Student Learning