All these services in one place!
I design and develop e-learning courses and have the skills and experience to implement every phase including designing storyboards, creating illustrations and animations, designing interfaces, scaffolding content, developing instructional narratives, designing assessments, writing copy, and capturing and editing video to support online, live, flipped and self-paced learning experiences.
I find ways to use standard technologies in innovative ways which not only creates an engaging learning experience for students but also makes it easier for educators to manage the class. My design practice is informed by years of testing and evaluating new educational technologies including prototypes, experimental technologies, games, and immersive experiences.
Training Needs Analysis/Assessment
The successful acquisition and mastery of new skills, attitudes, and behaviors is made possible by an accurate understanding of the skills the learner has at the start and the size and complexity of skills that they need to develop. Assessing the needs and conducting an analysis of the training needs is the first step to developing a training program. My experience working in technology companies and universities has provided me with the expertise to translate business requirements into tangible learning goals and objectives, analyze workflows, identify missing steps or additional materials and to develop skill assessments, and learning progress metrics (KPI's).
Project Manager/Scrum Master
As a certified Scrum Master I have many years of experience managing agile teams working to create software and hardware products to meet fast evolving market conditions. I'm well versed in all the major digital tools used to manage these projects including Jira, Trello, Zepel, GitHub, Sprintly, etc. In my experience employing Agile protocols results in creating outstanding products in record time that meet the needs of customers and help to create highly functional and collaborative teams.
Professional Workshop Training and Development
Professional Workshops are not only an opportunity to develop new skills and insights but also to understand the foundational concepts that anchor the new skills and practices. I lead a wide variety of workshops including "Train the Trainer," live training and those targeted to a small group of specialized professionals. My instructional practices are guided by the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible to a wider variety of learning styles and paces.
Formative and Summative Design | Research
I have extensive experience designing and conducting formative and summative research for educational programming at all stages of development. Over the years of working with PBS, National Public Radio and numerous public television station developed a variety of methods to evaluate concepts, prototypes, navigational icons, programming interfaces (UI/UX), program pilots and finished programming.
Educational Technology Coaching
Online instructors exercise a wide variety of digital literacy skills. I have coached hundreds of educators on how to use a variety of instructional technologies for live, online, and flipped classrooms and am an expert on all the major Learning Management Systems as well as the numerous add-on tools that work with them. My clients describe me as a natural teacher with a calm, and patient approach. I enjoy meeting people where they are and helping them to grow their skills and confidence.
Facilator for Live & Virtual Learning Experiences
Live events like those for webinars, workshops, games or simulations require a flexible mindset for the person leading the event so that the needs of the learners are addressed and the course stays on track to meet the goals and objectives for the event. This delicate balance of responsiveness and staying on course is what I excel at.
Maker Space and Fab Lab Design & Development
At their best, Maker Spaces and FabLabs are collaborative spaces that support the creation and fabrication of innovative solutions to real-life problems. I built Boston Makers, a neighborhood maker space, from the ground up and worked for MIT's Fab Foundation. I can design and develop plans for FabLabs and Maker spaces, order the equipment and supplies as well as develop and lead custom workshops and training programs for STEM, project based and competency based learning in a variety of settings.
Educational Standards Curriculum Alignment
As a teacher in K-12 classrooms I created scope and sequences for project based learning projects and aligned my teaching materials with NGSS and State Common Core standards. This experience has provided me with an experienced eye towards what curriculum materials and pedagogical approaches can be implemented in schools with a variety of learners, especially those that embrace collaboration and competency based learning.
Strategic Planning for Instructional Technologies
Drawing from my experience working in Public Schools and Universities as a both an educator and Instructional Tech Leader, I work as a consultant in Strategic Planning, Data Integration Planning, Student Information Systems Integration, competency based learning implementation, 1:1 planning and implementation, workshop leadership development, visible thinking, maker centered learning, and other topics.