Georgia State University

Atlanta

Learning Experience Designer

  • Lead high-quality & performance-based multimodal projects through the design cycle from scoping, research and analysis, design, development, launch and implementation

  • Consult with subject matter experts (SMEs) to analyze student data and advise on pedagogical research to identify learning objectives, performance outcomes and evaluative strategies

  • Coordinate cross-team collaboration to implement multimedia, learning alaytics, user experience design, marketing and learning technologies

  • Embed DEI principles to promote content development and systems change

Courses/Programs Designed:

  • Decentralized Commerce, The Blockchain and Web 3

  • Virtual Reality research-based course

  • GSU's New Student Orientation for 10,000+ annual students

  • The Robinson College of Business' Digital Career Toolbox for use by all undergraduate and graduate students

  • The Master of Taxation Program

  • Introduction to Psychology

  • Introduction to Human Communication

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (HGSE) CAMBRIDGE

Course Builder, Junior Learning Experience Designer & Research Assistant

  • Exercised aptitude of common design thinking models and reviewed student feedback to support the migration and iteration of HPL from Harvard’s EdX to Canvas for 700+ HGSE students

  • Utilize technical skills to build course components and Learning Technology Integrations into Canvas

  • Created instructional guides to support the design and delivery of high-quality and equitable online instruction and learning

Courses/Experiences Designed & Researched:

  • How People Learn (HPL), a required course for all 700+ incoming graduate students

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S OPEN PROGRAM

ONLINE

Course Developer, Administrator & Online Instructor

  • Designed and administer an 8-week online Canvas course annually to 800+ nominated professionals from Regional English Language Offices (RELO) in 30+ countries while complying with Creative Commons (CC) licensing and accessibility policies

  • Analyze course data sets and grade reports to communicate with and elicit proactive support for course participants employed by U.S. Embassies

Courses Designed/Administered:

  • TESOL Methodology provided by University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Teaching English to Young Learners provided by George Mason University

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

ONLINE

Course Co-Creation Team Member

  • Collaborate with national development team to co-design a course/ecosystem for change makers who are preparing to engage in systems change

  • Conduct quality assurance reviews of pilot course to ensure user engagement in deeper self-awareness work and the development of personal practices that address mindsets, biases, identity, etc.

Course Co-Designed & Evaluated:

  • Foundations of Change Making Certification course administered to ASU faculty and staff

TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (TESOL)

ONLINE

Learning Experience Designer & Project Manager

Utilize knowledge of second language acquisition, learning theories and culturally relevant pedagogy to spearheaded the design process of a professional learning certification course for 200+ globally and culturally diverse educators based on TESOL's 6 Principles textbook.

Course Designed & Managed:

The 6 Principles of TESOL

 

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association, Online

Professional Development Instructional Designer 

 

Harvard Graduate School of Education’s (HGSE) Teaching and Learning Lab (TLL), Cambridge, MA

Junior Learning Designer 

 

global EDUCATOR SUPPORT

 

Harvard Graduate School of Education’s (HGSE) Project Zero, Cambridge, MA

Educational Technology Research Assistant 

 

TESOL course development, instruction & administration

U.S. Department of State’s American English E-Teacher Program & University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Online

  • Awarded the Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Office of English Language Programs

  • TESOL Methodology Course Developer

  • Online Technology Assistant

 

George Mason University’s Center for Advanced Proficiency in English & the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Online

  • Online Instructional Assistant

  • Interim Technology Coordinator

 

University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s TESOL Professional Training Center, Online

Online TESOL Assessment Teaching Assistant

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT & USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGN PROJECTS

 

ELLevation Education, Boston, MA

HGSE Course Project Team Member

A synthesis of key takeaways and objectives to help support English language educators and learners during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

 

ACCT in CS for English, Cambridge, MA

HGSE Course Project Designer

An online course for English language professionals to acquire, create, connect and teach in computer science through the inclusion of diverse characters that shift the computer science clubhouse narrative to more inclusive experiences 

 
 

BeLing, Cambridge, MA

HGSE Course Project Founder and Team Member 

An online platform for English language learners to explore English and careers, created via the design thinking, rapid prototyping and evaluation processes

 
 

Sonic Confidence, Cambridge, MA

HGSE Course Project Team Member 

An HTML/CSS visual and audio experience using sound reactive lighting using an Arduino microcontroller that allowed users to match affirmations with hip-hop songs to discover the power of music in eliciting confidence and self-efficacy

 
 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Collaborative Learning Environments in Virtual Reality (CLEVR), Cambridge, MA

HGSE Course Project Team Member 

Evaluated the Cellverse virtual reality (VR) biology experience supported by Oculus for potential learning gaps for English language learners, then designed scaffolds to support learners’ future VR interactions and scientific learning experiences

 

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

 

INTERNATIONAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

 

Berkeley House Language Center, Tokyo, Japan

  • English Language Instructor

  • Curriculum Designer for face-to-face and online courses

 

Janggi Elementary School & Uirang Elementary School, South Korea

English as a Foreign Language Instructor           

UNIVERSITY-LEVEL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

 

University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s English Language Institute (ELI), Baltimore, MD

English Language Instructor

 

Montgomery College’s American English Language Program (AELP), Wheaton, MD

English Language Instructor

 

Montgomery College’s Adult ESOL and Literacy Grant Program, Wheaton, MD

English Language Instructor  

INTERNATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING

 

Pearson Education & The Ministry of Education of Peru, Lima, Peru

Teacher Trainer 

ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT

 

University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s English Language Institute

Interim Assistant Director of Student Services