Experience

1. Learning & Development Advisor. With an amazing team of other professionals who are also passionate about lifelong learning, I create engaging & inspiring learning experiences for 1200+ employees in a corporate setting. The online spaces are safe, inclusive, interactive, fun, and based on the latest educational research. Course titles include Inclusion & Diversity, Essential Communication Skills, Telephone Etiquette, Resolving Member Concerns, and Becoming a Federal Credit Union, so most of my recent projects have dealt primarily with soft skills that are needed in all fields of endeavour. Not only do I collaboratively design courses, but I also produce multimedia content – from voiceovers to talking head videos to instructive screencasts to comedic transition pieces. Other aspects of my work include co-facilitating virtual classrooms, conducting learning labs for the L&D team, and contributing a monthly series called Digital Dialogue in which I cover timely aspects of media & digital literacy.
   First West Credit Union | 08/2018 to present
2. Instructional Designer (ID) at the Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies (CTET). I managed a portfolio of course design projects by collaborating in a team environment with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), faculty, and staff to design, develop, and deliver all components of blended, online, and face-to-face courses. Our ID team also provided training to faculty and staff on the effective and pedagogical use of current and emerging technologies and, as the CTET liaison for the School of Communications and Culture, I consulted with and advised program associates, coordinators, and faculty to facilitate clear communication channels and program consistency.
   Royal Roads University | 03/2017 to 08/2018 (contract position)
3. Asst. Professor | Educational Technologist | Committee Chair As a professor, I instructed EFL learners in presentation skills and digital literacy. As an educational technologist, I developed websites for program initiatives and designed constructivism-based learning environments for students. I also prepared and delivered Professional Development (PD) and student workshops on topics ranging from social constructivism to useful technologies to digital and media literacy. Furthermore, I served as chair for HYU’s English Film Festival committee to promote and advance digital literacy, co-chaired the Basic Academic English (BAE) Blended Course committee, and advised the Teaching with Technology committee
   Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea | 03/2010 to 03/2017
4. Foreign Language Lecturer. I planned, prepared, and implemented a variety of communicative learning activities that maximized student talking time with pair/group work and task-based learning (TBL). I also initiated the use of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), to better address the various learning styles and needs of EFL learners.
   Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea | 03/2009 to 03/2010
   
5. Educational Consultant and Trainer. Working from my home office, I delivered interactive presentations, conducted workshops, and offered training on numerous Universal Design for Learning (UDL) resources at conferences, conventions, seminars, symposiums, in-services, schools and district offices across Canada. To provide ongoing training and support, I developed a website that hosted training videos and up-to-date information about UDL resources.
   Insight Media Centre, Surrey, BC | 07/2007 to 02/2009
6. Publisher’s Representative. In addition to my regular duties of consulting with educators at schools, book displays, and conferences across BC, I researched, developed, and implemented a major initiative that resulted in the addition of more than 150 Saunders book titles to the province’s Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) recommended resources list
   Saunders Book Company, Collingwood, ON | 08/2006 to 06/2007

Formal Education

1. Master of Educational Technology (MET). Interest areas: eLearning, mobile learning, constructivist pedagogy, Open Education; earned an A+ average with a GPA of 92.9%University of British Columbia | 2015
2. Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Coursework was completed at Cambridge University’s approved centre, Global Village in Vancouver, BC; 135 total hoursUniversity of Cambridge | 2008
3. Bachelor of Education (Honours). Major: Secondary Education; Specialization: English; courses were completed at Union College’s satellite campus, Canadian University College (now Burman University) in Lacombe, ABUnion College / Canadian University College | 1994

Awards

1. Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship. Awarded for ranking as top student, with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.000, in the first year Education class
   Union College / Canadian University College | 1992
2. English Department Award. Awarded for excellence in language & literature studies
   Union College / Canadian University College | 1993