Therese Ingram Nissen, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Colorado, United States

Bar Harbor, Maine

Lutherville, MD (remote)

• Provide instructional technology and design leadership for continuing health professional education products and programs. Design, develop and evaluate large-scale eLearning projects for government funding agencies.
• Designed and facilitated a collaborative process improvement retreat for NCHPEG staff.
• Led implementation of the Moodle LMS system, including capturing and tracking AMA CME requirements.
• Created, implemented and evaluated hybrid practice based curriculum for community hospital and resident training programs including facilitator guides, slidesets, point of care tools, factsheets, demonstration videos.
• Led effort to centralize case based learning library and correlate program content with core competencies to increase impact of learning products.
• Tracked and evaluated program usage habits via Google Analytics to inform our Website redesign that increased user satisfaction and engagement.

Lorton, VA (remote)

• Provided technical and instructional direction to teams of instructional designers, SMEs, graphic designers and Web development programmers for the VA health education Web portal afterdeployment.org. Key Results:
• Provided leadership and cohesion for the project.
• Ensured best practices in eLearning and adult learning theory were followed in the development of course content.
• Facilitated communication with project stakeholders.

Colorado Springs, CO

• Designed, coordinated and delivered large-scale training events for corporate and military contracts. Key Results:
• Coordinated and marketed technical training programs for the Sun Microsystems Authorized Training Center.
• Designed and delivered instructor led software training for BAE Systems and Fort Carson contracts.
• Redesigned company Website to include an open source content management system.

Fort Wayne, IN

• Designed and developed Flash based Future Combat Systems software training for military personnel. Key Results:
• Provided rich media instructional design and development expertise.
• Collaborated with SMEs using Task Analysis Report to streamline instruction.
• Created SCORM compliant learning objects.

Denver, CO

• Designed and developed rich media interactive training for students, faculty and staff. Collaborated with faculty, staff and SMEs to design and implement Web based learning environments including the Blackboard LMS..
• Instrumental in expanding interactivity of courses with the use of Flash and Actionscripting.
• Spearheaded investigation of XML to streamline design processes and expand “just in time” learning opportunities.
• Led an effort to research and implement the use of narrative and digital storytelling to increase effectiveness of course materials.

Colorado Springs, CO

• Directed and mentored creative and technical teams in the integration and execution of requirements and design documentation, test plans and quality assurance for large-scale multimedia computer based learning.
• Collaborated with genetics faculty from Johns Hopkins, University of Washington, UCLA and McMaster medical schools to design and develop case based learning environments.
• Provided instructional design and educational technology training workshops for advisory committee meetings and writing conferences.
• Developed formal requirements documentation including creative briefs, storyboards, prototypes, data flow diagrams, project plans, grant specifications, field test plans and comprehensive evaluation plans.
• Managed resource requirements and project assignments. Developed project budgets and operating procedures. Maintained client relations.
• Directed new media marketing efforts including copy and graphic design support.

Master Of Arts In Information And Learning Technologies, Instructional Design And Adult Learning

Ba In Communications, Film And Television