Instructional Designer Chemistry

Donna Bassolino, Ph.D - **************@*****.***

Professional Profile: Creative and dynamic course instructional designer and developer with extensive experience in creating courses in Chemistry/Biochem and PD training using the ADDIE model and active learning. Adept at using a variety of platforms, including Canvas modules, Escape Rooms, Google Forms, and videos, to deliver engaging and interactive learning experiences both in-person and online. Committed to incorporating innovative teaching methods create high-quality courses suitable for in-person classes, online, and blended deliveries which foster student engagement and critical thinking skills. Passionate about STEM education and dedicated to helping all learners achieve their full potential.

Work Experience:

Instructor: College of New Jersey

●Designed, developed and delivered courses for both in person and elearning for groups of 30-50 learners.

●Served as a SME in chemistry and biochemistry

●Coordinated Gen Chem spring cohort - coordinating design, flow, assignments, and assessments for spring cohort of 3 classes which included over 150 students. Using ADDIE principles and Blooms taxonomy to develop videos for flipped synchronous and asynchronous/blended classes.

●Produced training materials and trained three new employees to use Canvas (including modules, quizzes etc), Google sheets, Zip grade, Zoom, Aktic Learning etc.

●Developed forms, spreadsheets, slides to be used for tutoring as Escape Rooms, Games etc.for use by 150 students in groups of 48-50.

●Presented PD class to train ~ 50 faculty

: Building Quizzes in Canvas - Using Quiz and Video Quiz (July 2020)

Content Curator : Aktiv Learning, Inc.

●Review and curate 100s of new Math, Chemistry and Biochemistry problems developed for the Aktiv Learning (Top Hat) platform.

●Review problems sets for correctness and appropriate feedback.

●UX - reviews problems for appropriate UX for students.

Instructional Designer - DBK Instructional Design

Design and develop interactive e-learning courses for adult learners in various industries, including higher ed, healthcare and technology.

●Designed and developed online courses in a variety of subject areas, including chemistry, biochemistry, math and technology.

●Worked closely with subject matter experts to identify learning needs and design customized e-learning solutions.

●Created interactive and multimedia-rich course content, including simulations, games, escape rooms, and interactive quizzes.

●Evaluated and analyzed learning data to measure the effectiveness of courses and make improvements to enhance learning outcomes. Resulted in fewer students dropping/failing the class.

DBK Consulting/Web Development

●Consulting/Contract work in software development for 50+ websites.

● Beta testing software, writing tutorials, documentation and on-line help.

●Website development (including on-line HELP) specializing in forms, scripts and databases.

●Fluent in HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL and Fortran.(20 years experience)

Bristol-/myers Squibb

●Research in drug permeation through membranes (15 years)

●Developed web based platforms for delivery of drug discovery project results to non-chemists

Education:

Rutgers University, Ph.D. Computational Chemistry

Developed software to study the molecular dynamics of Proteins structures. This software was subsequently sold by the University to Schrodinger Inc. I consulted with them to develop training manuals for the software.

Pedagogical Training:

Excellence in Teaching & Learning @ TCNJ Summit February 2023

A professional development day: Session on Adult Learners and Using Real World Data in the classroom.

Instructional Design Principles for Course Creation

-cohort-based course by Eduflow Academy - Certification July 2022

-A Short course to Learn how to create more engaging online courses.

-planning, creating Learning goals, use of feedback and discussion boards etc.

Inaugural Excellence in Teaching & Learning @ TCNJ Summit February 2022

A professional development day hosted by the Teaching & Learning Council and

the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at The College of New Jersey

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy: The Center for Teaching and Learning

NEACT-IMSA Workshop: Inquiry - The Catalyst for Engaging Students in

Chemistry ! Oct 2021

MoSI: HHMI Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching June2021

Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching provide training in evidence-based

pedagogy focused on backward design, with aligned learning goals, outcomes,

assessments, and student-centered active learning. When the goals include

inclusive excellence, it naturally includes culturally aware, equitable pedagogy.

NIST: Scientific Teaching Short Course- Full Scholarship

Sept 2020- Oct 2020 - six week training class on Building Community in Remote

and Online Courses

Skills:

●E-learning design and development

●Collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs)

●Instructional design theories and methodologies

●Multimedia technologies (e.g. Articulate, Storyline, Screen-Cast-o-matic)

●Learning management systems (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle)

●Analysis of learning data and evaluation of course effectiveness

●Microsoft Word, Excel, Google Suite, Screen-cast-matic, Canva, Polls, Kahoot etc

●Ability to handle fast paced work under tight deadlines

●Demonstrated my flexibility, adaptability, and problem-solving abilities; this was especially true during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 when pivoting from F2F to virtual.

Certifications:

●LinkedIn : Instructional Design Essentials

●LinkedIn: Instructional Design: Adult Learners” by Jeff Toister

●LinkedIn: Learning How to Increase Learner Engagement by Karl Kapp

●LinkedIn: Gamification by Karl Kapp

●LinkedIn : Articulate 360

●LinkedIn : PHP object oriented programming

●EduFlow Academy: Instructional Design

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