HighlightEd

Presentations, Awards, Accolades, Groups & Recognition

Certifications & Lifelong Learning

• Foundations of User Experience Design UX from Google and Coursera (Feb 2024)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professional Education Certificate from Miami University of Ohio (May 2022)
• Agile Instructional Design, LinkedIn (July 2020)
• LX Design Methods Certification, Online Learning Consortium (Aug 2018)
• Certified OSCQR Quality Reviewer for online courses: SUNY COTE (July 2017)
• Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate from the Association for Talent Development -ATD (Feb 2016)
• Quality Matters Coordinator for University of Alaska’s Kenai College (March 2015)
• Quality Matters Peer Reviewer (Dec 2014)
• Certified “Google Education Trainer” (June 2013)
• Online Teaching Certificate with Online Management Focus, Online Learning Consortium (May 2014)
• Leadership Certificate, Corexel (March 2014)

Publication & Presentation Highlights:

• 25 Years of Ed Tech: The Serialized Audio Version, of the book 25 Years of Ed Tech by Martin Weller. Guest for Chapter: 2007 Second Life (June 2021)
• Supporting a Firehose of Innovation,  Online Learning Consortium Insights  (May 13,  2020)
• Corporations and Colleges Must Evolve to Allow Badges to Transform Professional Education, Evolllution Online Newspaper (Aug 11, 2015)
• Build a Better Badge: Digital Credentials for Professional Learning and Recognition, Online Learning Consortium Annual Conference, Orlando (Oct 29, 2014)
• The Digital Badge Playground at UA, HETL International (May, 2014)
• When Liking isn’t Enough, HETL International  (May 2014)
• Digital Badges for Learning, Serious Fun Educational Games Conference in Anchorage, Alaska (April 11, 2014)
• EduPass Digital Badge Program at UAA, ELI/Educause Online Spring Focus Session: (April 2, 2014)
• Lights, Camera, Caption, ASTE-Alaska Society for Technology in Education (February, 2014)
• Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks: An EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Pilot, from Educause. Principle Investigator and research partner for this publication for my Institution University of Alaska Anchorage (July 2013)
• Accessible Multimedia, ASTE (February, 2013)

Learning Community & Committee Memberships

• Mentor for Penn State ID2ID Instructional Designer Mentor Program 2017–2018
• Articulate E-Learning Heroes
• Alaska Chapter of ATD: Association for Talent Development
• UA iDesigners Statewide Instructional Design Community
• Learning Forward