Expert Details
Digital Learning & Development Industry
ID: 736831
United Kingdom
Expert is well-versed in instructional design, eLearning best practices, EdTech, L&D market knowledge, and LMS & LXP analysis. Additional experience with Moodle, Thinkific, edX, Articulate, Blackboard, Panopto, LinkedIn Learning, Camtasia, and Audacity.
Interests:
- (undisclosed/prestigious position) of the Global Learning and Development Community (GLDC)
- Co-Produced the WITA Conference 202x
- Mentor to seven Instructional Designers worldwide
- Best-Practice Sharing through global socials and LinkedIn initiatives
- Volunteered on the Board of Directors for the eLearning Network
- Developing own skills and knowledge through industry podcasts/webinars
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2006 | Degree: BA | Subject: Business Studies | Institution: The University of Huddersfield |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2020 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Head of Talent | Department: |
Responsibilities:- Responsible for over 1000 freelancers and agencies globally, to ensure that the correct resource is provided to clients to complete their digital learning project requirement.- Educating and evolving supplier's skillsets, service offerings and providing knowledge sharing through a variety of internal initiatives to ensure that the service provided to end clients is constantly evolving to meet the market requirements. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2019 to 2020 | Employer: UAEU, AI Ain, UAE | Title: Instructional Design Expert | Department: |
Responsibilities:- Responsible for the whole life-cycle of all e-learning solutions from analysis of learners, designing of content, development with authoring tools, implementing using the Blackboard LMS and evaluating success through data analysis.- Educating faculty and PHD Students on Blended & Online Learning best practices to practically implement in courses. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to 2020 | Employer: Your Skills Hub | Title: Head of Digital Learning | Department: |
Responsibilities:- Provided consultation services to small and global organization looking to develop digital learning initiatives.- Created and evolved a whole L&D department for a client's two-year project to ensure that all solutions were created to time and quality. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2018 | Employer: Virtual College, Leeds | Title: Instructional Design Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:- Responsible for the successful leadership and development of the instructional design implementation across a large internal and external team base. Creating bespoke online learning products for B2B & B2C.- Anchored all aspects of the product’s lifecycle including initial face to face meetings with customers to carry out a training needs analysis, outlining the conceptualization of their learning, leading the storyboarding, and creating a process through the use of the Articulate software suite. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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| Years: 2019 to 2020 | Country / Region: United Arab Emirates | Summary: Helping the UAE University advance its adoption of Blended and Online Learning solutions by establishing best practice standards and sharing practical insights into advanced Online Learning solutions and methodologies of working to enhance the student learning experience. Utilizing multiple mediums and channels to meet our customer's needs. Responsible for directly assisting 100 members of faculty in transforming their face-to-face courses to blended learning and have created the first MOOCs ever to be offered by the University in the form of two six-week English Language courses. |
Career Accomplishments
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Covid Champion Award - Finalist LPI Learning Awards - 202X Learning Professional of the Year - Silver Award Winner LPI Learning Awards - 202X Learning Designer of the Year - Finalist Learning Technologies Awards (3 years) |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Recent speaking engagements covering a wide variety of Digital Learning topics at: The Learning Conference by HR Professionals 2022 Middle East Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 Learning and Development Accelerator Conference 2021 WITA Conference 2021 The Learning & Development Conference 2020 |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Assisted many clients with a selection of platforms and authoring tools to meet their digital learning initiatives. |