Being a successful digital learning design and development professional requires what I call an end-to-end full-stack skill set across various content creation and implementation tools.
It also requires a knack for scripting and storyboarding engaging learning experiences while keeping an eye on organizational goals as well as mission, vision, values and branding.
As Craig Downing, a VP of Marketing, Campaigns, and Partnerships put it, “[Patricia] is one of the few people I’ve worked with who as the ability to simultaneously focus on the details while never losing site of the big picture.”
Tool Set:
Authoring:
Articulate Storyline 360, Rise
Adobe Captivate
Adapt Framework/Authoring
Elucidat
H5P
dominKnow
Multimedia:
Adobe Creative Suite
Canva
Vyond
Camtasia
Content Mapping/Storyboarding/Scripting:
Miro
PPT
Word
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Learning Management Systems:
OnPoint Digital LMS
Blackboard LMS
Brightspace LMS
Canvas
Moodle
WordPress/Learndash (custom)
Data Tracking:
SCORM
xAPI
Project Management:
Asana
Basecamp
Trello
Google Everything (Drive, Docs, etc)
Dropbox
Various communication/collaboration tools including, Zoom, Discord, Slack, Notion
Quality Matters Certified
(from the website): Unique to the QM Rubric is the concept of Alignment. This occurs when critical course components — Learning Objectives (Competencies) (2.1, 2.2), Assessment and Measurement (3.1), Instructional Materials (4.1), Learning Activities and Learner Interaction (5.1), and Course Technology (6.1) — work together to ensure students achieve desired learning outcomes.
Some of my favorite memories from childhood-teen years revolve around free-fitting stone (no mortar) with my father who was a mason in the sense of being a true craftsman.
I can still picture him sitting in his lazy boy reading these brown fabric-bound books about the geometry of arches and such.
There is something special about looking at a pile of inconsistently shaped puzzle pieces and having to imagine how it fit together. How will it look? Where might there be a need for filler stones? Will is hold up again a test of time and weather?
I’d like to think I bring that level of craftsmanship to my work with eLearning Design and Development.
