Summary

Professional skills and experience in the following areas:

• Instructional Design
• Multimedia Development
• Fiction & Nonfiction Writing

Education

Master of Education, Educational Media and Computers
Arizona State University
Relevant courses: Design and Development of Instruction, Instructional Media Design, Learning and Instruction, Distance Learning, Advanced Authoring, Hypermedia, Interactive Video

Bachelor of Arts, English
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Relevant Courses: Creative Writing, Writing for Interactive Media, Communication Studies.

Professional Experience
 

Instructional Designer/Multimedia Developer
Instruction Support, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1998-Present

• Design and develop web-based university accredited courseware.
• Conduct research and development in technology-delivered education.

College Instructor
Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
1998-1999

• Instruct adult learners in multimedia development.
• Teach Macromedia Director and other development tools.

Instructional Designer/Multimedia Developer
Training Associates, Mesa, AZ
1998

• Instructional design and multimedia development for Microsoft curriculum.
• Titles developed include Microsoft Windows 98 Training Kit & Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 6.
• Collaborate with team composed of instructional designers, subject matter experts, technical writers, and graphic artists.
• Contribute to design of integrated web-based training tools.

• Design and develop interactive multimedia components for Solutions, a series of 18 high school courses delivering instruction via hybrid CD-ROM.
• Write and design curriculum for "Art and Technology" module of Fine Arts course.
• Design and develop custom interactive multimedia lessons for K-12 classroom implementation.
• Advise content specialists in the effective use of multimedia for instruction.

• Develop multimedia elements for computer-based training.
• Clients include Intel, Motorola and Amdahl.
• Capture, compress and edit digital video and audio.

• Provide content for Invisible Universe, a consumer CD-ROM title covering astronomy and planetary science.
• Script narration for QuickTime movies and write on-screen text.
• Communicate technical information accurately in a clear, concise, and entertaining style.

Skills and Proficiencies
Instructional Design, Creative and Technical Writing, Macromedia Director & Flash, Lingo programming, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Drip-style Coffee Machine.