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INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
Curriculum design, technical writing, and full-scope
project design for e-learning. Expertise with Captivate &
Articulate 360 for scenario-based learning and gamification
ARCHAEOLOGIST
Professional archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist with
10+ years research and CRM experience in the Old and
New Worlds
EDUCATOR
Multidisciplinary educator in science
and the liberal arts, with experience
in traditional, blended, and hybrid
instruction and curriculum design.
TECH GEEK
Early adopter with a knack for quickly
mastering technology and applying it
to research and education.
Instructional Designer • Archaeologist • Educator • Tech Geek
That might seem like a lot, but what it boils down to is information: seeking it, finding it, analyzing it, and, ultimately, finding ways to transmit that information to others.
In instructional design, particularly for e-learning, I prefer scenario-based learning that couples real-world applications and learner choices to create an individualizing learning pathway. Gamification and substantive game mechanics can be used to simulate the theme of learning and therefore support metacognition and simultaneous assessment across multiple axes.
As an archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist, while steeped in traditional techniques, I bring technological expertise at all levels of the project: from technologically-enhanced recordation strategies, chronological and spatial analyses, digital and print publication workflows, GIS, and digital reconstructions.
This section is really about reflections—on projects as I actively work on them, and on projects that I’m coming back to sometime after I completed them. So some of it is insight, some eagle hindsight, and some just reflective of how I have grown as an instructional designer/technologist/archaeologist.
In academia, you might call this a long-form version of my Teaching Statement & Portfolio (which you can download in the Resources section).
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