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Masters degree in Educational Technology and over 20 years working experience in website design/development, learning management systems, media design, User Interface and User Experience. An Instructional Designer certified by the Canadian Associate of Instructional Designers. A creative professional who thrives on delivering top quality user-centric learning environments in higher education.

Roles

I have worn many hats in my role as a Instructional Designer

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    Coach/Mentor
    I coach/mentor faculty on the effective and effient use of educational technology based on good pedagogy practices      
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    Project Management
    Working with SMEs, create and manage the process of building online courses/programs that are learner focused.
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    Media Designer
    My visual communication skills gives me a solid understanding of User Interface and User Experience (UX/UI).

Latest Work

The following work is built for higher ed and adult learners  

example 1

Articulate Storyline 360 example 1

For Physiotherapy 4th term @ WesternU

Problem: students have a hard time remembering the name of Braces, Splints and Assistive Devices.

Articulate Storyline 360 example 2

A class module

a presentation with learning activity

online learning activity for Nursing course

cookie game

gamification

Case Study - choose your own adventure

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Online module introduction video

Topic video

Used HTML/CSS skills to style a lesson in the LMS (sakai)

a set of HowTos for LMS

Awards

I was honoured to receive two prestigious awards for my work.

  1. The Vice-Provost (Academic Programs) Award for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning. Working collaboratively with a team of faulty from Western University and Fanshawe College, we created an online program called Preceptor Education Program (PEP - preceptor.ca) -  an open access modules for preceptors and students to prepare for placement. Currently we have 50,000 users world wide.
  2. Impact Award at the Educational Technology Committee conference of Ontario Colleges for “leadership in the use of educational technology with a significant impact on learners, other staff, program and college.”
  3. Nominated three times by faculty members for the Western Award of Excellence

WHO AM I

Senior Instructional Designer with 20 years of experience mentoring/coaching Higher Education Faculty, staff and Leadership in the effective & efficient use of technology for e-learning, alternative delivery, and Adult Education

GET IN TOUCH

Julie Whitehead, M.ED.
Senior Instructional Designer
Faculty of Health Sciences, WesternU
jwhiteh@uwo.ca
jwhiteh@yahoo.ca

CERTIFIED ID

Canadian Association of Instructional Designers (CAID)
The competencies outlined in the Instructional Design Competencies document were developed in large part from the list of competencies recognized by the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI).