Supports faculty desiring to engage in educational research and scholarship for teaching and learning for courses delivered at the institution. Assists faculty in scholarly research on technology enhanced teaching and learning strategies aimed to improve student learning. Research includes games, virtual environments, simulations, media, and various technologies used in the classroom, remote, and online. Assists in the research planning, design, IRB approval, implementation, management, data collection and analysis, and writing for journal publication. Project manages and provides instructional design skills for development projects (e.g., Virtual Reality) aimed for efficacy research in the classroom. Additional assistance with grant writing for funding. Facilitates workshops on iterative course design and scholarly research for teaching and learning.Highlights include:* Collaborate with faculty from various schools and departments to identify research opportunities * Consult on research questions and design* Conduct literature reviews to guide research * Design research plans* Complete IRB* Implement & manage research projects* Collect and analyze data* Report on results and plan ways to make continued changes and improvements* Write papers for Journal Publications* Provides grant writing for research* Facilitate workshops on iterative course design and research design for teaching and learningRecent publications Include:McAlpin, E., Levine, M., & Plass, J. L. (2023). Comparing two whole task patient simulations for two different dental education topics. Learning and Instruction, 83, 101690.McAlpin, E., Levine, M., Brenner, C., Opazo, C., Bathini, S., Choi, S., Louisville, M., Grandhi, U. (2022). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Simulation for Preclinical Local Anesthesia Dental Education. European Journal of Dental Education.

Graduate level instructor for Foundations of Cognitive Science & Design Processes for Learning

Guided new department of 12+ full time + 12+ contractors consisting of educational designers, media producers, and interactive developers who assisted faculty in enhancing their pedagogical practices, content, and assessments with technology and media. Charged with reimagining and customizing blended, hybrid, online, and face-to-face courses. Innovations included animations, games, simulations, dynamic video, and interactive experiences. Employed evidence-based educational and assessment design (approaches, methods, strategies, and principles) to deliver engaging and effective learning experiences. Supported team members professional development and annual goals. Identified and secured guest speakers for team inspiration. Worked closely with leadership to drive institutional goals aimed to encourage faculty develop a reflective teaching and learning practice, explore new pedagogical approaches grounded in evidence, and document the impact on student learning. Highlights:* Managed departmental 1M + budget * Managed all operational, tactical, and strategic aspects * Developed departmental rubric for evaluating technology enhanced projects * Designed LMS course templates shared across all schools & departments at NYU* Created opportunities for professional development and enrichment opportunities to staff including guest speakers, conference attendances, faculty workshop facilitations, publications, & leadership programs* Stewarded the team to an accepted, valued, & respected service at the university* Restructured team from a flat reporting structure to a 3-tier structure to provide employee growth * Created & defended business plans to support new services Other:* Stewarded new Learning Analytic Effort (2015-2017)* Co-facilitated Learning Analytic Working Group (2015-2017)* Co-hosted LASI-NYC 2016 "The Visualization of Data in Education" (2016)* Facilitated Evaluation & Assessment of Technology Subcommittee Group (2016-2017)

Assisted all test prep product teams with instructional design skills for content and assessments built for asynchronous and synchronous lessons and courses. Analyzed program components to identify how to take advantage of more efficient and effective learning through asynchronous and synchronous delivery designs. Worked closely with research manager, content managers, subject matter experts, visual designers (graphic, video, and animation) to design and develop effective instruction, practice, and assessments using new media formats and technologies. Innovated new products for market.* Designed and developed innovative prototypes of new ways to instruct test prep content using technology for prototype and pilot to determine efficacy and efficiency of instruction. Such innovations include an example-tracing tutor for LSAT Logic Games, a Personalized Practice Driven Engine for GRE, and video based demonstrations with embedded questions for MCAT.* Evaluated and provided expertise in producing effective lesson plans and production scripts to meet instructional design and multimedia requirements.* Trained content managers and authors to develop lesson plans and outlines, storyboards, apply multimedia principles, select appropriate templates, and utilize a customized online authoring tool. * Designed learning frameworks to support task-based instruction.* Designed templates for proprietary authoring system.* Contributed to the authorship of corporate instructional design best practices, principles, evaluation rubric, and lexicon.* Contributed to the authorship of product specific instructional design and multimedia requirements.* Designed and developed verbal course using spaced learning practice for international students.* Conducted various research studies on assessment and feedback designs.

Instructional designer hired to design and develop online and blended courses offered in the school of continuing education. Worked closely with videographer and subject matter experts, to design and develop effective instruction, practice, and assessments using new media formats & technologies.Highlights include:* Upheld college reputation for delivering rigorous pedagogy to distance learners with diverse learning styles for professional development enrichment. * Led college in expansion of national and international market share by introducing emerging technologies, new learning models, and provided competitive edge in distance learning. * Managed multiple projects with various vendors to have successful outcomes both in regard to content and budget. * Customized eLearning according to identified learning objectives and target audience needs by combining selective learning technologies, developing tools, and instructional design strategies.* Designed all course storyboards and lesson narratives* Designed and developed graphics and animations* Assembled all course elements into learning management system

Project managed the purchase decision and implementation of first learning management system (Sum Total Systems) for online registration, delivery, tracking, and record retention for required compliance courses including HIPAA. Successfully pioneered design, development, delivery, and management of first asynchronous online compliance course within deadline as well as all other compliance courses going forward. Expanded and improved training department programs with new engaging asynchronous online courses, converted instructor-led content to online courses, created educational games and system simulations for blended learning environments.

Founded web and media design business. Client List includes: Nickelodeon, New York University, Marymount Manhattan College, Effective Educational Practices, New Media Artist Josely Carvalho, Diane Ravitch, ADPAC, and others

Designed, developed, and managed medical, financial, and parent company websites.