Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Microsoft 365
Google Apps
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | 2019-Present
Instructional Designer & Technologist
Design, develop and deploy blended learning and performance support, including; VILT, ILT, eLearning, microlearning, and mobile for patients and families.
Make recommendations on trends and advances within the learning and development field; incorporate into program design; train team members.
Consult with healthcare SMEs and organization stakeholders to define the outcomes of the education need and implement instructional design methods to meet these needs.
In collaboration with the Manager for Patient-Family Education & Patient-Family Nurse Educators, create, manage, and maintain learning metrics aimed at measuring business impact.
Freelance Design | Remote | 2020-Present
Instructional Designer & Developer
Designed and developed two iterations of a blended op-ed writing course for medical professionals for the University of Philadelphia.
Designed synchronous and asynchronous undergraduate and graduate level courses in criminal justice for Northeastern University, national security policy for Institute of Word Politics, and computer science and marketing for City University of New York Online.
Redesigned six chapters of the Foundations of Critical Care Nursing into microlearning experiences for Elsevier’s Sherpath learning solution.
Designed a short scenario-based branched learning solution to train CFOs on the importance of cybersecurity for PwC’s ProEdge courseware.
Yeungnam University | Gyeongsan, South Korea | 2019-Present
Head Coordinator
Advocate for the international professors’ financial and professional well-being with university administration.
Manage and support the international professors’ use of the university learning management system.
Maintain learner, educator, and administrator quality assurance of required language courses through analysis of assessment data and qualitative feedback.
Oversee the individual and departmental professional development program.
Advocate for the increased and meaningful integration of educational technology within the existing curriculum.
Yeungnam University | Gyeongsan, South Korea | 2016-Present
Credit Coordinator
Designed and developed a mandatory Professional English blended learning curriculum for over 3000 first-year university students that achieved over 75% learner satisfaction in its first iteration.
Trained 25 international faculty members in 21st-century teaching methods and educational technology to engage learners and implement new curriculum through presentations, workshops, and individual consultation.
Led face-to-face training sessions prior to the adoption of a department-wide learning management system and responded to staff queries and problems throughout the year.
Worked with audio and video teams to create professor lecture casts as part of a flipped learning approach to academic English classes.
Developed and maintained a professional development program for international faculty.
Yeungnam University | Gyeongsan, South Korea | 2009-2016
Assistant Professor
Developed and facilitated engaging face to face and blended learning solutions based on adult learning principles to improve university students’ communicative competencies in a variety of English language courses.
Applied iterative models to design, evaluate, and revise course content to maintain course consistency and increase learner motivation.
Consistently achieved learner satisfaction rate and management evaluations of over 90%.
Instituted and curated a content management system for faculty to share and develop teaching resources.
Designers for Learning | Illinois Non-Profit | 2016
Instructional Designer
Designed and developed educational resources to meet the needs of adult basic education educators.
Utilized the Empathy Framework, learner personas, Merrill's First Principles and the WIPPEA framework to ensure the lesson was targeted on real-world problems.
Developed the lesson using Designers for Learning Design Guide and OER Commons Authoring tools.
Evaluated my own lesson and my peers to ensure that the lessons matched with the College and Career Readiness Standards.
Fort Hays State University | Fort Hays, KS | 2017-2019
Master of Science Instructional Technology
Intensive online program supported by online learning platforms; Blackboard and Google Educational Apps.
Applied different instructional design theories to describe learner needs, define learning objectives, and devise appropriate assessments.
Investigated current online learning tools and trends in educational technology that support the development of 21st century educational skills in both blended and online courses.
University of West Florida | Teacher Ready | Pensacola, FL | 2016-2017
Professional Teaching License
ESL Specialization
Competency 2 Reading Endorsement
University of Central Florida & EDUCAUSE | Orlando, FL | 2016
Blended Learning Certificate
Demonstrated blended learning design competencies through a rigorous, peer-reviewed portfolio submission following the completion of the five-week MOOC BlendKit2016
Submitted a successfully peer-reviewed portfolio including course design artifacts and reflection statements representing six core blended design criteria: course expectations, learning objectives, activities, assessments, technology tools, and ethical practices.
University of Birmingham | Birmingham, UK | with merit | 2009-2011
Master of Arts TESOL
Intensive online program (asynchronous and synchronous) with a strong emphasis on research methods, educational theory, and educational practice.
Graduate thesis: Integration of synchronous computer mediated communication in a learner training program
Willamette University | Salem, Oregon | 1999-2003
Bachelor of Arts History
Minor in Asian Studies