Skills
What I Can Do
Skills of an Educator
Teaching & Instructional Design
As a former high school teacher and college professor of teaching and learning, I am well versed in:
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Culturally relevant and culturally sustaining pedagogies
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Digital and new literacies
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Informal STEM learning
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Adult and continuing education
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Online, hybrid, and in-person instructional design and implementation with Canvas and Blackboard
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Classroom management
Skills of a UX Researcher
Computer Interface & Mobile Device UX
As a researcher of mobile devices, and multimodal composing interfaces I am well versed in:
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Design, implementation, and analysis of video and screen recordings via interaction analysis of user activities to assess:
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User pain points and device interaction
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User learning processes and social interaction
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Facilitation and analysis of focus group, individual, and small group interviews to subjectively assess user perceptions
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Survey creation, implementation, and statistical analysis of survey results
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Iterative product improvement via synthesis of research findings into actionable recommendations
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Persona and user story creation
Skills of an Education Researcher
Learning in formal, semi-formal and informal settings
As a researcher of educational activities for learners of all ages from pre-k to gray, I am well versed in:
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Design, implementation, and analysis of video and screen recordings via interaction analysis of learning activities to assess:
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Learning and language processes (e.g., embodied learning, translanguaging)
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Digital composing practices​​​
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Collection and multimodal content analysis of learner generated artifacts to assess:
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Content area learning​
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Accuracy and depth of knowledge creation
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Facilitation and analysis of focus group, individual, and small group interviews to assess:
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Learner perceptions of activities​
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Learner identities and preferences
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Skills of an Organizational Program Assessor
Secondary, Post-Secondary, and Adult Education Programs
As an assessor and program evaluator for state accreditations and program expansion planning, I am well versed in:
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Writing reports that contain easy to digest project overviews, clear and actionable recommendation documents, methodology descriptions, detailed findings, synthesized findings summaries.
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Collecting and analyzing large data sets of qualitative and quantitative organizational information.
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Constructing crosswalks that synthesize and present large quantities of data in easy to read tables.
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Designing and implementing surveys to gauge organizational attitudes and experiences.
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Interfacing with leadership within the organization, with state assessors, and program stakeholders to share results and provide recommendations.