I have have been developing and teaching online courses since 2007, and I have managed Instructional Technology for higher education since 2017. I am the primary LMS administrator at my institution, and I help design online courses. I help instructors develop their own online courses, I explain course design standards, and I review online courses for quality and accessibility.
I also design online courses that I teach. I am knowledgeable of instructional design scholarship and standards, online pedagogy, universal design for learning, and internet accessibility. When designing online courses, I use a course development template that promotes the following instructional design standards and principles for online instruction:
- Consistent and clear organization of content through weekly or unit modules.
- Alignment of content and assessments to student learning objectives.
- Engaging and personalized instructional content through videos and interactive content pages.
- Formative, low-stakes practice activities that prepare students for larger course assessments.
- Opportunities for regular and substantive feedback on student work.
- Student engagement through multimedia, announcements, discussions, and office hours.
- Attention to accessibility, especially with videos and images.
- Links to academic resources and support services for students.
I am skilled with the following software:
- Canvas and D2L-Brightspace
- Integrated LMS products: Respondus, Turnitin, Portfolium, Bongo Virtual Classroom, Big Blue Button, Canvas Studio
- Course Evaluation Software: Campus Labs, Scantron
- Student Testing Software: Respondus, ExamSoft, Accuplacer, Turnitin
- Student Information Systems: Ellucian, Colleague, Banner
- Institutional Surveys: Noel-Levitz and NSSE
- Enterprise Software: Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.) and Google Applications
- Articulate Storyline
- Video Conferencing: Zoom, Teams, Google Meets, Skype,
- Screen Recording and Video Editing software
- Some Data Analytics platforms and software
- HTML, some CSS, WordPress
Instructional Technology & Design Services
- Design new online courses, or convert in-person courses to an online format.
- Review online courses for quality assurance and accessibility.
- Help institutions develop their own course design standards.
- Help institutions develop a plan for using course design standards (such as Quality Matters) as a framework for continuous quality improvement of online programs.
- Create an in-house “Orientation to Online Teaching” for new online instructors.
- Create an “Online Orientation to Online Learning” for students in online programs.
- Create written documentation and video tutorials for instructional technology.
- Integrate external links and learning tools into the LMS.
- Create assignments and grading rubrics in an online class.
- Create quizzes and exams in an online class, and analyze exam analytics.
- Setup the Gradebook in an online class.
- Provide faculty development workshops about any of these topis.
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Lirim Neziroski 