• • December 1989: Bachelor's degree, University of Houston Clear Lake - Chemistry/Biochemistry

    • Equivalent minors - Mathematics, Biology, Psychology

  • August 1992 - 1993: 24 doctoral hours, University of Texas at Austin

    • Program: Adult Education and Human Resource Development Leadership 

    • College: Educational Administration

    • GPA: 4.0

  • August 1993 - December 1996: 63 doctoral hours, University of Houston 

    • Program: Curriculum & Instruction

    • College: Education

    • GPA: 3.87

    • Areas of Specialization:

      • 21+ doctoral hours - Educational Research, Applied Statistics, Testing & Measurement, and Evaluation

      • 21+ doctoral hours - Adult Learning, and Organizational Learning & Behavior

      • 18 doctoral hours - Learning Theories, Teaching Models, and Instructional Design

      • 9 doctoral hours - Instructional Technology

  • 18 Master's level hours, University of Management & Technology

    • Program: Project Management

    • School: Business

    • GPA: 3.50

Notations of Worth:

• I completed my initial dissertation defense; I did not complete my final dissertation defense. I didn't fail to pass; it was never presented.

• All the listed universities are fully accredited in the United States

• January 1995 - complete organizational training front end analysis of 234 employee coal mine

• October 2000 - completed a 30+ module CBT conversion project for Fortune Chemical Company (Shell Chemicals)

• January 2005 – completed a Minimal Operating Standards documentation and training project for Fortune 500 Company encompassing 8 lubricant plants in six months (Shell O&ED for Lubricants)

• January 2006 – developed and delivered SOx Compliance Training – How to Pass an Audit to an international audience of over 100 using virtual classroom techniques (Shell OPUS)

• September 2006 – 2008 – Managed the learning portion of two learning portal projects for international teams (spanning 6 different country sites) from design to launch, including some materials development (Shell O&ED for Shell Recruitment Professionals)

• January 2007 – current – launching of eLumenata University and eLumenata Educational Research Center in Second Life, a multi-sim virtual project dedicated to the exploration and advancement of learning applications in virtual 3-D environments

• December 2008 – 2011 - Refinery Safety Overview (RSO) Training for OSCA utilizing Second Life industrial photographs and machinema videos for a graphic novel workbook and teaching materials

• July 2009 – 2011 – University of Texas Medical School - Reynolds Grant, creating a simulated geriatric care examination and testing environment, utilizing scripted bots and avatars in Second Life

• Jan 2012 – 2014 – Designing Web Based Learning for OSCA RSO using similar techniques as the RSO classroom instruction

• June 2013 – Jan 2016 – Designing and implementing centralized global learning department, LMS, and learning program for 1B+ earning company in meetings and hospitality industry

• March 2024 - Wolf Territories grid Ambassador for Virtual Worlds Education Consortium (OpenSim) https://www.vweconsortium.org/ 

• March 2024 - Founder and director of WolfTEC - Wolf Territories Educational Community

• June 14-15, 2024 - Organized, directed, and presented at a mini-learning Conference in Wolf Territories grid in OpenSim

• 7 published textbook chapters; 1 published journal article https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Virginia-Dickenson 

• Multiple peer review committees for publication

• Multiple certifications in Blackboard, Articulate 360, Association for Talent Development (ATD) - Distance Learning, Virtual Instruction, Instructional Design

• Mentoring program with TxDLA - Texas Digital Learning Association https://www.txdla.org/