This is my professional portfolio. Enjoy!

I’m a free-lance Instructional Designer, most recently of the e-Learning Design Innovation Group (eLDIG), part of the Smeal College of Business at Penn State.

As a consultant, I lead and participate in online course development, university-wide committees to identify and develop opportunities for teaching and learning, and assist faculty in discovering and implementing the best uses of education technology, including:

• instructional design;
• project coordination and management;
• faculty and staff development;
• curriculum development;
• accessibility optimization;
• educational technology training and assistance; and
• formative and summative evaluation of projects.

I actively investigate the use of games and virtual worlds for educational purposes.

Before my work in eLDIG, I was the Lead Instructional Designer for the IT Learning and Development unit at Penn State. I developed multiple online and face-to-face training sessions, as well as just-in-time educational materials.

At Educational Technology Services (now Teaching and Learning with Technology) was the Lead Instructional Designer. While in that position, I supervised nearly a dozen individuals, including several e-Learning Support Specialists (eLSS) in various PSU locations. The e-Learning Support Specialist’s job was to support PSU faculty in developing their ANGEL (an LMS) skills and integrating educational technology into their courses. The position was designed to assist faculty to become experts in managing and delivering learning in online environments.

I was instrumental in developing services and training for ANGEL, the Bachelor of Science in Business Degree for Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses, and the Information Sciences and Technology Associate Degree.

I actively pursued the use of games and gamification in higher education, and at one time managed the Penn State Educational Gaming Commons to assist faculty in integrating games and gamification into their courses.

Before my work at ETS, I was the Senior Instructional Designer with the Jack P. Royer Center for Learning and Academic Technologies at Penn State University. I supervised several designers and developers, led the needs assessment, design, development, and evaluation of the General Education Modules (GEMS) that later became the iStudy modules (see http://istudy.psu.edu), print and Web-based instructional modules designed to provide new college students with college-level academic skills.

Prior to the Royer Center, I was the Senior Instructional Designer for the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at Penn State. I was responsible for designing computer courseware for adult literacy. I supervised a design team, led the development of the Penn State Adult Literacy Courseware, the Penn State Adult Literacy Word Processor, Introduction to Computers for the Adult Literacy Educator, Job Trails, R.O.A.D. to Success, A Day in the Life… Assessment and Instruction, Sales and Customer Service Occupational Readiness Education (SCORE), and the Pennsylvania Blue Shield Job Linked Skills Program (JSEP).