Skills
Instructional Design
Graphic Design
Articulate 360:
Storyline & Rise
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe XD
PowerDirector
Vyond
Audacity
Canvas
EdApp
Teachable
SCORM & LMS skills
Basic HTML & CSS
Curriculum Design
Classroom Materials Design
Intercultural Communication
Basic Taiwanese Mandarin
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In progress: AWS She Builds CloudUp
Professional info​​
An innovative and creative instructional designer weaving content with interaction and rich visuals to produce memorable educational experiences. Strong background in digital learning design, visual design, and classroom instruction poses a triple threat to boring courses the world over. Solid curriculum and material design experience in Asia equals a unique worldview and skillset for your organization.
Work​
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Eduscape - Instructional Designer
Template & Visual Design Team Lead​
2021-present
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Designs engaging online professional development training full-circle - from ideation to publishing - in Rise and the myEduscape LMS.
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Innovates effective uses of visuals, animation, and layout to support learning.
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Fosters collaborative design, ensuring quality team projects.
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Improvement Sciences - Director of Learning Design - APAC
2020-2021
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Managed, designed, and served as point of contact to deliver amazing digital instruction in EdApp for clients in Asia.​
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Utah State University - Instructional Designer
LED Lab 2020-2021
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Collaborated directly with professors to determine learner needs, content adaptations, and new aesthetics for the TEACH: Centering Culture online training.
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Produced a style guide to assist professors with taking control of edits and adaptations.
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Aula Education - Associate Instructional Designer
2020-2021
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Assisted in the transition of on-campus university courses to an engaging and interactive online format.
Weber State University - Instructional Designer
July-August 2020 contract
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Worked directly with geology and biology professors to efficiently transition courses to online formats via Canvas and Pano2VR.
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Created a unique geology Pano2VR icon set.
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Shengli Elementary School - Curriculum Developer:
CLIL English Program 2017-2020
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Used design thinking principles iteratively to develop all native-speaker class session curriculum, activities, and materials in tandem with local, non-native-speaking teachers in our nationally-ranked program.
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Planned and taught CLIL English workshops for teachers in Tainan, Taipei, Yunlin, and Pingtung, and hosted professors and educators from across Taiwan and beyond in my classroom.
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Created multimedia support materials and international video exchange projects.
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Planned, coordinated, and taught tech-centered international culture exchange projects, winter and summer camps, and extracurricular colorguard field performance.
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Tainan City Government - Adult ESL Instructor 2015-2017
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Contracted by the Bureaus of Cultural Affairs, Transportation, Civil Service, and Department of Personnel.
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Planned, designed material, and taught classes and workshops focused on developing a wide variety of English skills, including volunteering, business conversation, public speaking, and emergency services.
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Improvement Sciences / Music People Studio / Freelance
- Professional Voice Artist 2008-present
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Provides professional voicing for digital learning, textbooks, storybooks, testing materials, and video narration.
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Freelance - Professional Tutor
2008-2017
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Taught all areas of ESL and EFL, specializing in conversation, public speaking, essay writing, GEPT, TOEIC, TOEFL, SAT, ACT, GRE, Taiwan University Entrance Exam, preparation of US university entrance materials, and entrance interview skills.
Shengli's academic chief, a local co-teacher, and I giving an interview on a local TV show, Tainan Go. We are discussing our unique approach to CLIL English, challenges, and successes. I also created the first video montage, What is CLIL?
CLIL?
What's
Content &
Language
Integration
Learning
Tainan City Mayor Huang Wei-che's promotional video supporting our bilingual education initiative. Emily appears at 1:05!
CLIL
Content and
Language
Integrated
Learning
WHAT'S
ENGLISH?
A European model for building fluency.
Education
M.A. Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences
Utah State University - Logan, UT / Online 2018-2022
4.0 GPA
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B.A. Graphic Design
Morningside University - Sioux City, IA 1998-2002
3.78 GPA
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Kansai Gaidai University - Osaka, Japan 1999-2000
International Exchange
Certificate of Japanese Studies