YUN LIU

PERSONAL WEBSITE: http://www.liuyun.ca/ ac42gm@r.postjobfree.com 778-***-**** Vancouver, BC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

An educational designer with 3 years of experience in educational organizations. A dynamic, innovative and passionate educator who specializes in generating exceptional learning outcomes through personalized learning, creating e-learning materials based on instructional design strategies and adult learning theories, as well as integration of educational technologies through collaboration with all stakeholders.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Personalized Instruction and Assessments

• Administration and Office Management

• Managing Relationships with Customers

• Technology-based Learning Design

• Multimedia/E-learning Content Design

• Professional Development Training

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEMONSTRATED

NEW CHANNEL INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP

- LinkedIn October 2013 - April 2015

New Channel is an international language education institution with branches in over 40 cities across China, and more than 300 learning centers. It is invested by International Data Group and Kaplan Education Group.

Teaching Assistant

Leading learning sessions, developing learning content, coordinating training workshops, and establishing strong connections and working collaboratively with all stakeholders.

• Personalized Instruction and Assessments: Performing needs analyses and identifying learning struggles; designing learning strategies and facilitating one-on-one learning sessions. 3 to 6 learning sessions conducted daily from 40 mins to one hour long. Collaborating with instructors to adapt learning content based on learners’ individual needs.

• Professional Development Training: Facilitating and developing monthly training sessions for 30 participants on a variety of professional topics including onboarding, skills development, and teamwork.

• Technology-based Learning Design: Actively identifying learning challenges and researching, selecting, testing, implementing, and evaluating applicable technology resources leading to stronger outcomes and more meaningful, fun and effective learning. E.g. “gamification” in vocabulary memorization applications.

• Administration and Office Management: Maintaining ongoing communication with stakeholders to ensure they are well supported; weekly communication with clients through phone calls or meetings; coordinating logistics and daily administrative tasks such as collecting and organizing student data from assignments, tests, feedback from other stakeholders; assisting the sales team in getting potential students recommended by my students.

ZALL GROUP LTD. March 2012 – July 2013

The publicly-traded (02098.HK) investment holding company with ~1,200 employees and ~HKD 3.6 bn annually, a leading developer and operator of large-scale, consumer product-focused wholesale shopping malls in China.

Junior Manager/Property Developer

Create, control, and orchestrate the process of property development from the beginning to end, e.g. buying land, financing real estate deals, having builders build projects, collaborating with sales teams.

• Managing Relationships with Customers: Maintaining a professional network of key contacts in the real estate development industry, such as municipal staff, financial institutions, consultants, and contractors; coordinating information sharing between stakeholders and serving as a liaison for both internal and external communications to keep the stakeholders updated during the scope of the project.

• Administration and Office Management: Coordinating administrative activities to facilitate project development such as appointments and meetings; preparing and processing documents and information; communicating project team results to the manager; managing multiple projects and ensuring all the deadlines are met.

• Training for Professional Development: developing and performing training sessions for new employees in our department regarding real estate project management techniques, onboarding skills, and daily administrative tasks.

WEILAICHUANG FILM AND TELEVISION COMPANY March 2011 – September 2011

The video production company provides professional video production services to advertisement agencies, government agencies, non-profit organizations and businesses, corporations such as HONDA and ELESYS.

Intern/Director Assistant

Assist in video production from the filming phase to post-production.

• Multimedia/E-learning Content Design: Video post-production such as reviewing footage, rough cuts, audio adjustment, color correction, and final editing using Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and After Effect.

• Administration and Office Management: Organizing post-production calendars and updating schedules; coordinating dailies workflow during the shoot.

EDUCATION

Master of Education Information Technology. Memorial University of Newfoundland (St John’s, CA)

Learning and Teaching Theories and Design Framework:

Making lesson plans, web-based learning activities, e-learning content based on instructional strategies and pedagogy to best satisfy learner’s needs. E.g. wikis, e-portfolios (blog platform), podcasts, videos, and educational applications (www.liuyun.ca).

• ADDIE and SAM Model

• Adult Learning Principles

• Cognitive Load Theory

• Reinforcement Theory

• ARCS Model of Motivational Design

• Andragogy

• Community of Inquiry

• Constructivism and

Connectivism

Bachelor of Digital Media Technology. Central China Normal University (Wuhan, China)

VOLUNTEERISM

Central China Normal University – Math Teacher: Volunteer math teacher for about 50 primary school students for two months in Mulan, a rural and impoverished community where there is a lack of educational resources and where young parents tend to leave for big cities for higher wages. (2010)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Additional Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Bilingual Proficiency)

Computer/IT skills: Learning Management System (D2L Brightspace, Moodle), Media Creation (Adobe Premiere, Camtasia, Articulate, Audacity, Prezi, Photoshop, Illustrator), Web Development (HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap4, JQuery, Javascript, Wordpress), Microsoft Office, Web-conferencing tools (GotoMeeting, Zoom, Google Hangout), Windows, Mac OS, iOS and Android platforms.

Awards: Runner Up in Best Environmental Documentary Student documentary awarded second-place in regional competition sponsored by Tencent Charity Foundation. (2010)

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