Instructional Design Specialist 2021-2025
Emory Healthcare Atlanta, GA
- Designed, updated and revised elearning content for a healthcare people team of 26,000.
- Researched and implemented Universal Design principles for annual compliance courses.
- Researched and designed audio, video, and text learning assets to enhance content for memory retrieval.
- Worked with SMEs to offer suggestions on learning paths.
e-Learning Consultant 2018 - 2020
1. Modern Training and Development, Inc
• Updated existing training materials with new menu items in Storyline
• Created quiz questions for new menu items
2. Faith Chapel online
• Worked with ID teams to create self-directed online Growth & Development courses
• Reported course analytics and strategized ideas to increase engagement and completion rate
• Created FAQs for onboarding that answer potential questions during pre/post enrollment
• Observed project management timeline and revision schedule to move the project forward
3. Learning Mate
Served on a team tasked with transitioning 300 Community College courses to online learning.
• Worked with college professors to design authentic, scenario-based assets.
• Developed Course Map and Time-in-Class/Time-out-of-Class ratio to determine course load.
• Used Quality Matters general standards review
Instructional Designer 2017 - 2019
Birmingham, AL
1. Created Just-In-Time training for newly hired network technicians
2. Evaluated online course program for Hair Salon
3. Created Training Manual for Small Group Leaders
4. Created VBS series for local church
5. Created micro course for Leadership series
Applications and Models:
Articuate Storyline, Rise authoring tools
Camtasia Video editor
Vyond and Synthesia Animation Software
Canvas and HealthStream LMS
Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction
Adult Learning Theory, Dick & Carey ISD,
Cathy Moore Action Mapping
Other Work Experience
Operations Analyst - Health Systems Info Svcs
Univ of Alabama Hospital 2001 - 2021
Monitored daily batch jobs in an MVS environment to assure job completion, systems availability, and minimal system failures. Monitored Interface engine and perform procedural tasks when interruptions occur. First line of support for Technical and Management staff. Monitor virtual tape processing, Tivolie backups and other backup/recovery routines. Monitor/Reboot server activity and perform IPL routines as needed. Maintained support documents for Operator training purposes. Prepared individual support materials as needed for Operator database.
Selected Applications and Equipment: • Hardware: IBM MVS
& AS400 Platform, UNIX/AIX, Microsoft Windows Server, 3590 Tape Drive • Software. Cerner/ Impact (RadNet, PathNet, Surginet), Healthquest, Lawson, Quantim, PYXIS
SOFTWARE SKILLS MS Office • HTML • Articulate (Storyline, Rise, Review) Suite • WordPress • Canvas LMS Thinkific LMS • Adobe Photoshop • Camtasia
Education
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
UNIV OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, AL
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS)
MATHEMATICS
SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA