Ruth Smith Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Rhombus Learning creates effective instructional experiences for a variety of global and regional organizations including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non-profits, and higher education clients. We consult with organizations during any stage of the instructional design process, including analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation.● Consult with stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify needs and learning outcomes. ● Write scoping documents for clients that identify effective instructional strategies to meet their desired outcomes. ● Design storyboards.● Develop online courses and e-learning modules using a variety of authoring tools, learning management systems, social media platforms, and mobile learning platforms. ● Serve as a project manager to ensure projects are completed on-time and within budget.● Lead teams of instructional designers in designing courses that are consistent and meet program-level objectives.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

● Assisted faculty members in the analysis, design, and development of effective online courses and instructional programs.● Managed online course development projects and the production of instructional materials. ● Collaborated with members of a production team to create high-quality websites, graphics, audio/video, and other media.● Provided one-on-one consultations, presentations and workshops for faculty and staff.● Explored and evaluated new and emerging technologies.● Implemented course quality review procedures to assess the effectiveness of online courses. Major Accomplishments● Helped design and develop over forty online courses through an internal grants program. ● Served as project lead for the design and development of the new NC State Online MBA Program. ● Appointed member of the Academic Technology Committee and named Co-Chair of the Online Learning Environment Working Group. ● Co-led a campus-wide Mobile Learning Initiative. ● Participated in a project management taskforce to evaluate and implement a new project management system for the organization. ● Established a digital repository for DELTA employees to share instructional resources with the campus and trained employees on how to use it.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Designed and sequenced instructional content based on a strong knowledge of instructional design and user interface design. ● Defined guidelines for information architecture, navigation, and interaction design. ● Analyzed product ideas, participated in product reviews and assessments, and assisted in product enhancement efforts. ● Designed and drove product marketing strategies and business plans. ● Developed differentiated messaging, product positioning and customer value propositions based on a deep understanding of the education market.

Wellington, New Zealand

● Prepared documents for weekly committee meetings.● Organized hearings of evidence with submitters.● Liaised with committee advisers and members of the public.● Edited meeting minutes.● Researched news items relevant to the committee.

Richmond, Virginia Area

● Worked on 40-50 cases at a time, serving as the direct mediator between the student, their families, their in-school teachers, guidance counselors, and online teachers. ● Trained students in Saba Centra classroom software, processed student schedules, and relayed all assignments to students from their in-school teachers. ● Managed textbook inventory and worked with publishing companies to create a database of online textbook resources for the classroom.

M.A. In Education, Educational Technology Leadership

B.A., English Literature

English Literature

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