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• Create and deliver an aspirational HyFlex, e-portfolio program for the professional development of visiting undergraduate co-op students• Launched a term-ending poster presentation contest with winners representing TRIUMF at the conference of their choice• Collaborate with the Graduate and Post-Doctoral Society (GAPS) on professional development projects• Lead the curriculum development and delivery of an internal leadership program• Create learning resources and perform standard instructional design for compliance andbehavioural learning• Assist learners with issues in Workday

• Led Request for Proposal work and other grant writing initiatives, like our partnership with BC Campus for provincially delivered professional development for School-Age Childcare Workers.• Assisted with learning systems planning and research, WordPress, Articulate 360, and more.• Designed and helped execute social media strategy and production.• Did instructional and learning design for clients, like the BC Aboriginal Childcare Society.• Created marketing and training materials for potential and established customers, including live/online workshops, asynchronous courses and knowledge bases.• Developed and maintained relationships and sought connections throughout the industry.• Deepened experience in video production from the personal to professional level

• Partnered with individuals, departments and programs to deliver on project outcomes in a variety of contexts• Helped individuals and departments map and develop their curriculum to to meet modern needs within the Institutional Quality Assurance Process of Ontario.• Led the Centre's Curriculum Team meetings to organize and clarify communications to benefit project completion.• Innovated tools and systems, like revising and creating the mapping tool for all Graduate program curriculum development at Western and our EDIDIA mapping tools and processes.• Researched and wrote reports on e-learning, technology governance and educationaltheory.• Developed asynchronous learning materials for academic approaches, learning theoriesand technology adoption and adaptation, like our institutional generative AI resource and HyFlex Community of Practice.• Created and led training in Western’s Active Learning Spaces.• Led live workshops on e-learning, academics and technology, often collaborating with other units.• Consulted with individual faculty and/or staff to help innovate and inspire the creation anddelivery of effective teaching and learning.

• Assisted faculty in personal consultations, departmental workshops and institutional initiatives by providing research-based approaches to improve course and assessment design, especially how that manifests practically in our technology ecosystem.• Succeeded in establishing a new digital resource system for faculty and the creation of an institution-wide LMS for all external partnerships.•Assisted faculty with curriculum mapping and development as part of the provincially required Program Review process.• Researched and disseminated best practices on e-portfolios in work and learning, as well as the training for our proprietary platform - PebblePad.• Presented workshops at conferences, such as leading an interactive workshop for the AAC&U e-Portfolio Forum, BCNet and Open Education Network.• Developed resources for our Wordpress multi-site system, as well as lead the implementation of new plug-ins for improved design and faculty-adoption.

• Designed the curriculum for a 3-6 month Canadian University Pathway program focused on academic projects like research essays, poster presentations and seminars• Created and taught professional-level business communication courses in regards to writing, management and marketing; including student-led surveys and researched reports and presentations• Taught and developed a Fundamentals in Graphic Design course, which alternated monthly with a Website Design for Small Business course. Skills taught were core concepts in graphic design, media creation and copywriting with basic Photoshop, basic coding (W3, Code Academy) and Wix/Squarespace• Became a source of learning and development for other teachers

Some examples of many are:• Being a presenter on a children's radio program on Korea's Education Broadcast System.• Creating curriculum and teaching in a variety of business locations, like the offices of Executives and work areas of departments.• Successfully marketed a new toy gun built in South Korea but sold in America and Europe.• Extensively taught Academic and Communication skills in a private setting to children and adults, in their homes, at cafes and libraries, as well as community centres.• Assist with interview preparation and the development of business communication skills.

Developed and taught listening, grammar and conversation classes for all levels and purposes to students from all over the world.

• Designed and adapted curriculum for English language learning for all levels, but a focus on Upper-Intermediate/Advanced.• Designed and adapted curriculum for Business English with a focus on Upper-Intermediate/Advanced.• Assisted with social events and community connection.

•Taught children aged 4 to 12 years old the adapted curriculum from English programs in Californian public schools.

Taught a pre-set curriculum in a one-on-one program, along with self-developed conversation classes, to business people and university students.

Developed and taught curriculum for a wide range of ages (3 - 64) and levels (Beginner to Advanced).