Melissa A. Venable, Phd Email & Phone Number

Beaufort, Sc, Us

Broken Arrow, Ok, Us

Coordinate work of an associate editor, volunteer editorial board, and contract layout designer to develop timely issues for print and digital distribution. Work with Executive Director and Board Presidents to identify issue themes for this quarterly, members-only publication.

Broken Arrow, Ok, Us

Coordinate development of online, on-demand, CEU-bearing training opportunities offered on NCDA's learning platform, The Hub. Produce NCDA's Career Practitioner Conversations podcast. Serve as staff liaison to NCDA's leadership, career teaching, and counselor education academies. Coordinate and facilitate monthly webinar series. Coordinate calendar of events for Board of Directors to track webinars, constituency group, committee, and other NCDA professional development opportunities. Provide assistance with presentations, video production, and graphic design.

Beaufort, South Carolina, Us

Projects include: Graphic Design for Peak Careers | Canvas Course Development and Podcast Production for Training Visions | Freelance Writing and Editing for Acrobatiq and Red Ventures | Subject Matter Expert for design of new online graduate level program in Instructional Technology | Author and Instructor of self-paced, online continuing education course for career services professionals offered through CEUonestop.Member - Beaufort (SC) Digital Corridor

Saint Leo, Fl, Us

* Designer/Instructor: EDU 557 - Project Management for Instructional Design * Students work individually to interview project managers and review project management systems, and in small teams to respond to industry RFPs and multiple case studies. This course includes use of journaling and proposal writing.* Instructor: EDU 544 - Graphics and Design Concepts in eLearning * This course is asynchronous and includes practice activities, storyboarding, and tutorial development. * Instructor: EDU 552 - Diffusion and Adoption of Innovation * This primarily asynchronous course explores diffusion and change management in the context of teaching and learning. Students engage in case study research and participate in a two-week simulation exercise. * Instructor: EDU 524 - Program Evaluation * Students work on their own and in small teams to develop a program evaluation plan in the context of instruction design. Their work includes: framing evaluation questions, designing evaluation, developing data collection tools, and planning for data analysis.All courses are part of the Master of Science in Instructional Design program, delivered in an 8-week format via D2L Brightspace (previously via Learning Studio) and Zoom (previously Blackboard Collaborate).

Fort Mill, Sc, Us

Red Ventures Education: Led annual multi-survey research project tracking national trends in online education, student demographics, and career planning. Conducted survey development, data analysis, and reporting with YouGov and GLG. Wrote in a variety of formats for online publication of topics for college students, parents, and university administrators. Coordinated in-house talent development activities open to all education writers. Represented BestColleges.com at professional conferences and events, and with the media. Joined Red Ventures as part of the HigherEducation.com acquisition.

Fort Mill, Sc, Us

HigherEducation.com: Created web-based resources to assist students with college and career decisions. Led development of a survey research project tracking national trends in online education that would become an annual report. Represented the organization at professional conferences. Worked with a team of content and marketing specialists to develop relevant resources for student, parent, and school administrator audiences. Edited work of peer academic bloggers. Managed Facebook page. Moderated live Twitter chat (#IOLchat, #LetsTalkCollege) from 2012-2020.

Tampa, Florida, Us

* Designer/Instructor: EDF 6284 - Problems in Instructional Design for Computers *This project-based course was offered in 15-, 10-, and 8-week formats. Student design teams developed learning products through front end analysis, flowcharts and storyboards, prototyping, and evaluation and testing. Course content and communication provided: asynchronously via Canvas LMS (previously via Blackboard) and synchronously via Collaborate.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

Managed course development projects in undergraduate- and graduate-level nursing programs online. Developed project time lines. Coordinated the revision of 15 existing courses. Maintained course content for 37 active, online courses in eCollege LMS, with 14 term starts per calendar year. Project leader for the design and development of 5 new courses and the approval process for 3 new graduate certificate programs and one new master’s level emphasis area. Implemented ePortfolio pilot project in two courses. Coordinated efforts of a team of experts (Subject Matter Experts, multimedia specialists, instructional designers and course developers) on collaborative projects using a systems design process.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

* Project Management - managed a team of two multimedia specialists and four graduate student assistants (Distance Course Design & Consulting Group) on a grant-funded project to design and develop online academic courses in Pre-Service Teacher Education, Travel Industry Management, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Molecular Biology. * Instructional Design - used systems approach focused on learning objectives and standards, reusability of courses and course modules, use of open source tools, multimedia applications, and content development in Sakai and WordPress. * Marketing and Outreach - conducted business development efforts securing future course development contracts.

Tampa, Florida, Us

While completing my doctoral program: Taught face-to-face and hybrid format University Experience course for first-year students. Served as co-instructor for graduate level courses in Instructional Technology program. Advised undeclared/undecided, pre-nursing, and pre-architecture undergraduate students, as well as students in A.S. to B.S. degree completion program in 13 concentrations. Participated in multiple research projects related to the evaluation of online academic programs as part of a team of faculty and students funded by a FIPSE grant.

Participated in writing responses to industry issued Requests for Proposals. Met with government and military organizations to present KTI capabilities briefing and establish teaming arrangements for future projects. Worked as part of a development team with programmers and graphic designers to produce computer-based training products for primarily military and government clients.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

An Army Reservist from 1990 to 2004, mobilized to active duty 2001 to 2003 and assigned to HQ U.S. Central Command at MacDill AFB. Worked with senior officers to plan, coordinate, and execute over 100 event itineraries and conferences hosting more than 1400 visiting military and civilian dignitaries from the United States and other countries. Traveled to Kenya and Ethiopia to provide protocol support for disaster preparedness conferences - tracked itineraries of high-ranking attendees from 11 African countries. Deployed to Qatar to help establish what would become the Joint Visitors Bureau for USCENTCOM's Contingency Forward Headquarters at Camp As Sayliyah.

Syracuse, New York, Us

Part of the Career and Alumni Services team of The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Presented workshops and seminars on career-related topics and the job search process (i.e., networking, C.V. and resume writing, interviewing, employer research, and job fair preparation) to groups of 10-50 students. Provided one-on-one career counseling to a diverse population of master’s and doctoral students. Assisted students with automated and non-automated resources to research career options.

Provided career transition and job search counseling to military service members, retirees, and confinement facility inmates from a wide range of military occupational fields. One-on-One counseling appointments included career planning discussions, resume and and cover letter writing, and mock interviews. Developed instructional materials including slides, video, and group exercises. Presented career development workshops as part of the Transition Assistance Program. Conducted outreach with local employers. Published articles in local newspaper and corporate newsletter. Presented agency overview to local groups and organizations as a speaker at meetings. Coordinated with webmaster to update agency’s web pages.

Phd, Curriculum And Instruction - Instructional Technology

Graduate Certificate, Career Counseling

Med, Instructional Psychology & Technology

Msa, General Administration

Ba, Psychology