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.
• 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.

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

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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