“The course redesign process you showed me was very sound and I learned a lot from you. You have a gift for doing that kind of work. I hope you continue.”

Jorge Yinat, PhD (Subject Matter Expert – Business Administration, UNAD Florida)

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to Instructional Designer extraordinaire. She is a hard worker, committed to the task, self-motivated and I believe would be an asset to any organization.

Elizabeth "Ely" Rios, Ed.D. (Former Academic Dean, UNAD Florida)

Instructional Design Consultant (November 2023 to the present)

Riverside Community College District | Riverside, CA

• Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts and the Office of Distance Education of the Riverside Community College District to design short courses for badging.
  • Analyzed content to identify instructional objectives.
  • Designed assessments and learning videos and activities.
  • Developed eLearning modules using Articulate Storyline.
  • Implemented the module in the Canvas LMS.

Instructional Designer/Senior Instructional Technologist (January 2018 to the present)

Florida International University | Miami, FL

★ Nominated to the Service Excellence Award – Teams for my contributions to the implementation of FIU’s new online professional development platform – FIU Develop, now hosting 250+ courses.

• Provided leadership in establishing instructional design policies, procedures, practices, and using instructional technologies.
  • Created documentation, worksheets, and structures to guide instructional design work, quality assurance, and reporting.
• Helped design interview questions and participated in interviewing instructional designers.
• Coordinated the work of and collaborated with subject matter experts, instructional designers, graphic designers, and LMS admins in the design of 40+ online courses experts via online communication and collaboration technologies.
  • Provided consultation on targeting real-world goals, designing authentic assessments, aligning objectives and learning activities, using instructional technologies, and designing tests and surveys.
• Facilitated professional development on designing multimedia, and accessibility (for instructional designers) and on Canvas (for faculty).
• Converted the department website into a self-paced learning experience for faculty.

Instructional Designer (November 2014 to December 2015)

UNAD Florida | Sunrise, FL

★ Acted as Director of Instructional Design in a 1-woman department managing the instructional design process remotely.

• Responsibilities
  • Instructional Design Policy
    • Established policies, practices and procedures for the redesign of courses to meet student-centered learning and accreditation standards.
    • Redesigned the pedagogical aspects of undergraduate and graduate courses for online delivery.
    • Designed and developed manuals, documents and presentations to communicate the policies, practices and procedures.
  • Visual/Graphic Design
    • Designed the visual scheme for the learning management system according to institutional guidelines and the structure for weekly units.
    • Designed campus logos, document and presentation templates according to institutional guidelines.
  • Vendor Evaluation and Hiring
    • Lead the institutional efforts and made decisions to hire a vendor to develop the course theme and format for the learning management system.
    • Managed the subject matter expert recruitment process.
    • Authorized subject matter expert and vendor compensation.
  • Instructional Design Practice
    • Led the instructional design process of 23 courses with an average completion time of 3.92 months.
    • Guided subject matter experts through the instructional design process by means of one-to-one meetings, self-guided presentations and worksheets.
    • Created newly redesigned course shells.
    • Evaluated newly redesigned courses to ensure completeness and adherence to quality standards.
  • Faculty Professional Development and Student Training
    • Designed, developed and delivered synchronous and self-guided faculty development sessions on course design and development procedures and tools.
    • Designed, developed and delivered self-guided presentations to train students on the new learning management system.
  • Faculty Support
    • Supported faculty on instructional and platform issues
  • Supervision
    • Supervised one instructional designer.

Pedagogic Consultant (May 2012 to June 2014)

Organization of American States | Washington, DC

★ Designed 8 courses from text materials provided by Subject Matter Experts.

• Redesigned the storyboard to take advantage of the innate capabilities of the software to better guide developers to create courses.
• Converted text lessons into storyboards for online interactive courses on project-based approaches, thinking with data, trafficking in persons, social protection, education for democratic citizenship, and evaluation of policies and programs in education for democratic citizenship.
• Collaborated remotely with subject matter experts via online communication and collaboration technologies to receive and implement their feedback.

Instructional Designer (June 2011 to July 2012)

Global Health Education and Training | West Palm Beach, FL

★ Redesigned 13 courses collaborating with Subject Matter Experts remotely.

• Provided leadership in establishing instructional design procedures and practices.
  • Created worksheets and structures to guide subject matter experts in the course design process.
• Successfully redesigned online courses on leadership in healthcare organizations and other subjects collaborating with subject matter experts via online communication and collaboration technologies.
  • Provided consultation on targeting real-world goals, designing authentic assessments, aligning objectives and learning activities, and using instructional technologies.
• Redesigned the appearance and structure of the course shell.
• Designed/redesigned course materials, including online tests, and redesigned lecture notes.