Instructional Designer
Resume:
MATTHEW SHELDON AMES
Salem, VA *4153
**********@*****.*** 540-***-****
http://matthewames.info/
SUMMARY
Designing, implementing, and maintaining instructional design and technology programs in higher education and the businesses world for 15 years. Designing and teaching a diverse array of course content including graduate level courses in information design, animal breeding, genetics; in addition to curriculum for the US government. Ability to multi-task and engage with people across institutions. Experience working on numerous grant funded projects focused on community engagement.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Instructional Designer
The Center for Instructional Technology Solutions in Industry and Education (CITSIE), Virginia Tech
June 2011-May 2015
Managing all aspects of the development of a course in Message Design for CITSIE
Scheduling the development of the course from beginning to end using storyboarding and the ADDIE model
Creating graphics and animations for Message Design course using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and photographs
Evaluating books for use in Message Design course
Overseeing editing changes to CITSIE courses
Meeting with students to assist with exercises
Instructional Designer
Animal Breeding and Genetics Program, Virginia Tech
June 2007-May 2011
Working as an instructional designer facilitating the development of a graduate program in animal breeding and genetics that incorporated eight universities from across the United States. Tasks included:
Developing training for students and faculty on use of simulation software
Investigating and evaluating new software for use in program
Administrating evaluations for courses using online surveys
Developing informational videos to report progress of simulation to students in a way designed to increase motivation
Keeping regular office hours to assist students with technical issues related to the course
Creating instructional graphics for Matrix Algebra courses
Creating procedural guides for new students and faculty
Administering Animal Breeding and Genetics courses on Blackboard and Sakai
Overseeing the transition of courses from Blackboard to Sakai
Assisting with faculty development by creating training documents for incoming instructors
Presenting at four different conferences on the following topics: quantitative data organization, summative evaluation, social presence and inter-institutional approaches to graduate distance learning
Conducting interviews with subject matter experts to design and improve content
Creating information displays to simplify presentation of materials
Instructional Designer
Philosophy INC
June 2007-Present
Working as an instructional designer to create constructivist educational community activities for people. Specific projects included:
Developing and managing the “Campbell Avenue Project”, a project that studied a city street for a month and presented information afterward at a local high school
Creating curriculum for the study of Urban Renewal in Roanoke, Virginia
Working with students to create ways to distribute information related to the urban renewal study including walking tours, printed guides and a website
Creating nine trash bin designs with historical and geographical information related to the neighborhoods in which they were placed (a grant funded project with the Arts Commission of Roanoke Virginia)
Creating posters and a lecture related to historical found film to describe how people can make sense of photography
Developing curriculum for a neighborhood project title “Your Block”, which had students create histories, logos, music and zines related to their neighborhoods (a grant funded project with the Arts Commission of Roanoke Virginia)
Designing instructional posters for apartment buildings that tell the story of the buildings in which the posters are placed
Instructional Designer
Office of Instruction, Jardon Howard Technologies
September 2005-May 2007
Designing, implementing and testing e-learning and blended courses for the United States government. Specific tasks included:
Examining Naval training documents and interviewing military personnel to define course objectives and create storyboards
Designing courseware in support of objectives
Designing and developing reusable learning content in support of numerous e-learning initiatives including: Naval Education and Training (NAVEDTRA) and Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A)
Developing training for DCGS-A, the United States Army's primary system to post data, process information, and disseminate Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance information about the threat, weather, and terrain to echelons. This assignment required a top-secret clearance.
Discussing and sketching out functions of DCGS-A with subject matter experts at Fort Hood, Fort Monmouth and Washington D.C.
Evaluating curriculum related to DCGS-A
Storyboarding DCGS-A training as DCGS-A was being developed
Instructional Designer
Office of Information Technology, Valencia Community College
March 2002- September 2005
Performing multiple duties across four campuses that make up one of the largest community colleges in the United States. Improving e-learning approaches during a time when course offerings grew from 100 to nearly 500 courses. Specific tasks included:
One of two instructional designers overseeing the growth of an e-learning program at a college with 42,000 students and four campuses
Overseeing the development of a hybrid nursing program
Assisting with the development of Scenarios, a faculty development program
Meeting with administrators and faculty to recommend changes to Valencia’s e-learning initiatives
Regularly meeting with department heads to discuss and implement changes in approaches to e-learning
Designing Quick Start, an e-learning and instructional design tool used to expedite the creation of online courses for instructors
Directing Valencia’s streaming media program which converted over 200 college resources, including telecourses, into streamable digital content
Managing Valencia's e-learning program for seven months
Assisting with Florida’s Distance Learning Consortium to create a higher education learning object repository called the Orange Grove
Supervising the development of Scenarios, a faculty development program
Instructional Designer & Web Manager
Office of Educational Technology, Norfolk State University
May 1999-March 2002
Performing multiple duties as an instructional designer, web master and multimedia specialist. Specific tasks included:
Facilitating the design and development of the first e-learning program at the university
Managing the development of the university’s website
Designing and supervising e-learning workshops for students and faculty
Maintaining the content management system, Blackboard
Standardizing university-wide procedures for updating website content
Assisting with the development of an interdisciplinary degree program which graduated 20 students a year when initially implemented
Coordinating the creation of the first assistive technology lab
TEACHING and CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Online Instructor
The Center for Instructional Technology Solutions in Industry and Education (CITSIE), Virginia Tech
June 2013-May 2015
In this role, teaching remotely, I was responsible for answering student questions on a daily basis, updating courses regularly, grading assignments and developing new courses for CITSIE. Meeting regularly with other instructional designers to discuss course design in addition to meeting with course administrators. Courses taught are listed below.
Message Design
Digital Audio
Digital Video
Graphic design
Introduction to computers
Multimedia Authoring
Program and Product Evaluation
Software Evaluation
Presentation Graphics
Curriculum Designer and Instructor
Philosophy INC
June 2007-Present
Developing and managing the “Campbell Avenue Project”, a project that studied a city street for a month and presented information afterward at a local high school
Creating curriculum for the study of Urban Renewal in Roanoke, Virginia
Developing curriculum for a neighborhood project title “Your Block”, which had students create histories, logos, music and zines related to their neighborhoods (a grant funded project with the Arts Commission of Roanoke Virginia.)
Training Leader
Valencia Community College
March 2002- September 2005
Developing and leading weekly courses in instructional design, e-learning, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Webct and Blackboard and distance learning practices
In this role I would discuss training needs with department heads, other instructional designers, professors and managers
Courses would be developed based on needs and would be taught at each of the four campuses
Technology Tools Instructor
Norfolk State University
May 1999-March 2002
Designing training for new online teachers. These courses included courses in WebCT, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and instructional design principles
Needs assessments would be performed and training would be developed based on these needs
Training would could consist of monthly training in the multimedia lab, training documents developed for each of the courses, one on one consultation and web-based examples
Leading training sessions in web development and design
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Manager of Course Development
The Center for Instructional Technology Solutions in Industry and Education (CITSIE)Virginia Tech
June 2011-May 2015
Managing the design and implementation of graduate level courses in Message Design
Managing a team of three people, using the ADDIE model to schedule the design and development of course
Meeting regularly with instructional designers to discuss phases of development
Designer & Project Manager
Philosophy INC
June 2007-Present
Curating a group show, with 25 artists, at the Taubman Museum of Art titled “Philosophy INC Probes Roanoke”.
Assisting with the management of Project Project, a grant funded evening of light art held downtown Roanoke in 2011 and 2012.
Designing and managing “Your Block”, three studies of specific neighborhoods in Roanoke that taught students about their neighborhoods using history, research, graphic design and music.
Interim-Manager & Project Manager
Valencia Community College
Orlando, FL
March 2002- September 2005
Managing numerous aspects of Valencia Community College's online course development; including overseeing the development of courses on two of four campuses, meeting regularly with department heads to discuss strategic plans and implementation
Overseeing the development of a hybrid nursing program
Directing Valencia’s streaming media program which converted over 200 college resources, including telecourses, into streamable digital content
Managing Valencia's e-learning program for seven months
Instructional Designer & Web Manager
Office of Educational Technology, Norfolk State University
May 1999-March 2002
Facilitating the design and development of the first e-learning program at the university
Managing the development of the university’s website by meeting with department heads on a regular basis
Standardizing University wide procedures for updating website content
Coordinating the creation of the University’s first assistive technology lab.
ART and COMMUNITY SERVICE
2015
Educational Posters: Design of educational posters for apartment buildings.
2014
Gilmer School Project: Project involving Community High School to study the effects of urban renewal in Roanoke from 1950-1970. A website was created and tours were given.
Your Block: Developing curriculum for a neighborhood project title Your Block, which had students create histories, logos, music and zines related to their neighborhoods (a grant funded project with the Arts Commission of Roanoke Virginia).
Found Film: Designed posters that explained how to examine photographs in order to investigate their origin.
2013
Solar Powered Trash Bins: Designed exteriors for nine different trash bins using specific history and geography related to the locations in which they were installed.
Philosophy INC Grand Opening: Curated a group show of 15 artists in an office building.
2012
Old Lick Cemetery Display: Designed a display of information about a historic cemetery for an art's festival.
Campbell Avenue Project: Designed curriculum intended to create knowledge about a street downtown Roanoke.
2011
PROject ProJECT: Created and managed a night of light art downtown that took place over a multiple block space.
Philosophy INC Probes Roanoke: Organized group show of 25 artists at the Taubman Museum of Art.
2010
Roanoke on the Road: Videographer for a traveling art display in Manhattan.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE and PRESENTATIONS
Analysis of Educational Technology Plans 1923-2015
May 2015-Preset
Aim of the research: Examine and analyze state and nationwide educational technology plans to look for patterns in their evolution, possible successes failures and interesting developments.
Outputs and accomplishments: Design of charts to assist in the visualization of changes in plans over time
Archiving Technology: Making Sense of and Organizing Past Technologies
AECT Jacksonville, FL October 2014
Aim of the research: Examine historical educational technology artifacts from several perspectives and organize them based upon a new theoretical framework
Outputs and accomplishments: Designed interface for organizing educational technology artifacts
Collaborative Learning Practices: Constructivism and Communities
VSTE, Roanoke, VA March 2013
Aim of the research: To explore numerous ways that constructivist learning principles can be used to teach students about their communities
Outputs and accomplishments: Created three different programs that allowed students to study and create new content related to their neighborhoods
Story Painting: Creative Approaches to Standards of Learning
AECT, Anaheim, CA Oct 2010
Aim of the research: Explore ways to create instruction that incorporates standards of learning (SOLs) from numerous knowledge areas.
Outputs and accomplishments: Designed instruction and presented it to junior high school teachers.
Visual Elements of Online Courses: Quantitative Data Organization and
YouTube
IVLA, Chicago, IL, Oct 2009
Aim of the research: Explore ways to present information to students taking part in online group work in such a way that it would be both fun, motivational and informative
Outputs and accomplishments: Designed the Ram Report, a news report about course news and competitive group projects.
CyberSheep: A Report on Summative Evaluation Data
AECT, Orlando, FL, Nov 08
Aim of the research: Study evaluation data related to CyberSheep, an online course, organize and report data.
Outputs and accomplishments: Organized and reported data and information.
Social Presence in Online Learning
EERA, Hilton Head, SC, Feb 08
Aim of the research: Survey students about their experiences in online courses.
Outputs and accomplishments: Describe their experiences in relation to social presence theories.
The Rhizome and Content Management Systems
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA, Feb 08
Aim of the research: Examine ways that the theories of Deleuze and Guttari can account for the design of learning management systems
Outputs and accomplishments: Created examples of striated and smooth learning management systems
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The history of educational technologies
Design of frameworks to help organize artifacts
Using constructivist learning principles to generate knowledge and meaning as it relates to neighborhoods and cities
Message design
The intersection of art and instructional technology and design
SKILL SET
Instructional Design
ADDIE model, storyboarding, editing skills, brainstorming, communication, organization, problem solving, project management
Authoring Tools
Digital video, digital audio, Captivate, Wordpress, HTML, Java Script, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Scholar, high definition video, YouTube, Vimeo, WebCT, Blackboard, Scholar, Dreamweaver CS5, Sony Vegas, Sony Acid Pro, Sakai, Camtasia, SQL
Research
Questionnaire Design and Survey Research, Interview Protocol Development, Conducting Interviews, Conducting Observations, Designing Experiments, Ethnography / Field Studies, Focus groups, Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis, Report Writing,
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Instructional Design and Technology, 2015
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Dissertation Topic: “Development of a Framework to Determine the Status of Instructional Design and Technology Artifacts ”
Masters of Arts, Instructional Technology, 1999
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Bachelors of Arts, Philosophy, 1995
Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), 2005- present.
International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), 2007-Present
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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