eLearning

My Role: E-Learning multimedia developer

Summary: Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare non-profit, partners with Southern Utah University to offer online courses aimed at improving outcomes for dogs and cats in shelters. Since February 2024, I have updated and designed Storyline interactives for Best Friends’ training courses as an ongoing volunteer project.

Challenge: The interactives are part of a larger Rise course on shelter medicine. The first one explains how pathogens spread in a shelter environment, and the second is about canvassing, which means talking to community members about stray cats. The Chain of Infection project needed to be updated from the original non-branded and non-animated version. For the Canvassing project, I was given a text-only outline, so I developed the visual layout and animations that best fit the content and branding.

Solution: For the Chain of Infection interactive, I used tabs with pop-up windows and custom images I designed in Canva that illustrate each concept. This allows learners to reveal the information at their own pace. To make the Canvassing interactive feel like the process of walking from house to house, I animated a circle that rolls between each house. I also designed this interactive so that no accidental clicks or key presses can interrupt the circle’s movement.

Tools Used: Thought Industries (LMS)

My Role: Instructional designer and developer

Summary: Mines ProEd courses are designed for professionals, especially those in STEM, who are advancing in their careers, changing careers, or pursuing professional development.

Challenge: The organization had obtained a series of instructor-led trainings that required significant changes to content and activities to be relevant to the online Mines ProEd context and current best practices. The Virtual Team Building course is for professionals who are entering a management position.

Solution: I used the ADDIE model to design the learning objectives and outline that were relevant to the audience, based on the analysis information from the lead designer on this project. To adapt the content from the ILT, I researched best practices for virtual teams so I could write relevant activities, scenarios, and quizzes. To connect the content with real-life situations, I developed a checklist for virtual meetings and a worksheet (with sample answers) for learners to reflect on a virtual team challenge they experienced and identify an action plan for future situations.

Another course that I developed for Mines ProEd is Supply Chain Management Foundations.

Tools Used: Articulate Rise 360, Canva (images)

My Role: Instructional designer, e-Learning developer

Summary: The Pulmonis Learning Project supports respiratory therapy students preparing for their board examinations.

Challenge: To pass their board exams, students need efficient, effective study materials based on the exam matrix. The extubation e-learning module is part of a series of modules that cover the main exam topics.

Solution: The self-paced module helps students review the extubation procedure and three post-extubation treatments. Knowledge checks reinforce key information and provide immediate feedback. The explainer video summarizes the main points of the extubation module for quick review and recall during exams. 

Tools Used: Rumie-Build (authoring tool)

My Role: Instructional designer, researcher, writer

Summary: Rumie offers a library of microlearning lessons on career and life skills for a global audience. As a Learning Designer, I create lessons on learning objectives that are relevant to Rumie's audience.

Challenge: Learners who are pressed for time or use mobile devices need a short summary on a topic and actionable steps so they can apply what they learned.

Solution: I research each topic and summarize the main points in a clear, concise write-up that takes 9 minutes or fewer to read. The visual layout is designed for both computer and mobile users.