Email: aolivesmith(at)yahoo(dot)com
Contact information for references will be made available upon request.
Please direct all requests to aolivesmith(at)yahoo(dot)com. The subject line should include the words: “Instructional Design” and “Resume Request”.
Education
Bloomsburg University……………………………………………………………………………………..Bloomsburg, PA
Master of Science in Instructional Technology…………………………………………………2013
Arcadia University………………………………………………………………………………………….Glenside, PA
Bachelor of Arts in English………………………………..…………………………………………….2011
University of York (England)……………………………………..……………………………………York, UK
Study Abroad (English Literature)…………………………………………………………………….2010
Howard Community College………………………………………………………………..…………..Columbia, MD
Associate of Arts Degree in English ……………………………………………………….…………2009
Field Related Skills
General Field Related Skills:
- Establishing reasonable but aggressive deadlines for Instructional Design projects.
- Analyzing complex internal source material to determine instructional content
- Analyzing the task to determine true need and appropriate content.
- Consulting with SMEs to affirm correctness of proposed content.
- Researching to gather necessary content and media elements.
- Determining common employee missteps to identify areas for particular focus in training.
- Identifying and eradicating shortfalls in existing learning.
- Identifying and employing the appropriate learning methodology to training.
- Designing course aesthetic for ease of learner use.
- Sequencing the progression of learning.
- Developing learning in a range of software.
- Conducting post training evaluations and adjusting training for optimum performance.
Positions and Summaries
| Client: Zerion Software |
ID Contractor 06-08/2013 65 hours/week |
Created a responsive online learning solution for employees on the use of the Zerion Software application: “iFormBuilder”; tasks included but were not limited to:
- Consulting with SMEs on the use of the application.
- Analyzing existing educational material.
- Organizing educational material into a comprehensive learning structure.
- Designing and creating graphics for the learning.
- Identifying learner shortfalls and addressing them in training.
- Creating additional Articulate Engage interactions.
- Building the training in Articulate Storyline and coding as necessary for higher learner interactivity.
- Conducting evaluations to identify and eliminate coding bugs or learning gaps in the created material.
- Eliminating software based issues with the training.
| Client: Cherokee Pharmaceuticals |
ID Intern 01-04/2013 40 hours/week |
Created learning solutions for different factory and pharmaceutical oriented tasks and edited previously created training as a member of the LCC (Learning, Culture and Communications) department; tasks included but were not limited to:
- Consulting with SMEs, taking tours and attending factory training to ensure a complete view of training information.
- Converting Flash based website content to HTML.
- Adjusting the aesthetic layout of HTML content.
- Identifying and presenting on a system to use for the creation and continual production of a factory wide newsletter.
- Creating factory based training (as required by need).
- Creating additional Articulate Engage interactions.
- Drafting a grant proposal.
| Client: Kellogg’s |
Graduate Assistant 08-12/ 2012 10 hours/week |
Created and edited portions of a longstanding project for Kellogg’s as a member of the IIT (Institute for Instructional Technology) team that developed training focused on the operation of different pieces of factory equipment; tasks included but were not limited to:
- Managing workload to return completed work to my supervisor on or before stated deadlines.
- Analyzing past work to ensure consistent formatting and correct English.
- Establishing and ensuring consistent formatting and wording throughout documents.
| Client: Quad/Graphics |
Project Manager/Chief Developer 08-12/ 2012 25 hours/week |
Created a learning solution to aide employees of Hazleton, PA’s Quad/Graphics in correctly operating manual reelstand controls on the factory floor; tasks included but were not limited to:
- Arranging for the creation of bilingual learning.
- Consulting weekly with the Continuous Improvement Officer and SMEs at Quad/Graphics.
- Securing sign-offs to establish and document client approval.
Technical Skills
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Honors | Achievements
Bloomsburg University:
- Awarded a Graduate Assistantship for 2 semesters.
- Earned a 4.0 GPA for the duration of my enrollment.
Arcadia University:
- Graduated cum laude.
- Received an academic merit scholarship of $16,000/year.
- Participated as a member of the Honors Program.
- Member of the Dean’s List (2009-2011).
- Member of the English Honor Society (lifetime membership).
University of York, England:
- Submitted writing and teacher recommendations to be accepted into a university ranked as one of the top 100 in the world in the field of English.
Howard Community College:
- Participated as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2007-2009).
- Member of the Dean’s List (2007-2009)
References
Dr. Timothy Phillips: Director of Bloomsburg University’s MSIT Program
Email: Available Upon Request
Brian J. Seely, MSIT: Bloomsburg University IIT Department; Chief Kellogg’s ID
Email: Available Upon Request
Robyn A. Defelice, MSIT: Instructional Designer; Bloomsburg University’s Instructor/Internship Coordinator
Email: Available Upon Request
Louis Biggie: Director of Johns Hopkins University’s Learning Solutions
Email: Available Upon Request
Tracy Copenhaver, Director; Cherokee Pharmaceutical’s Learning, Culture and Communications (LCC)
Email: Available Upon Request
Tony Ruth: Director of Enterprise Relations; iFormBuilder
Email: Available Upon Request
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