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Toni Picker

Instructional Designer

A highly skilled instructional design professional with more than a decade developing, enhancing and implementing course and faculty development opportunities. I thrive in a team-oriented, collaborative environment that applies learning theory and educational technologies while implementing Universal Design for Learning best practices for online learning. I am passionate about course developments, content management, data driven development and leveraging technologies to do more work for us, so we can spend more time on design.

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Expertise

Course Design and Development:

  • Design and develop more than 40 (and counting) graduate level courses for the Johns Hopkins University, Engineering for Professionals online program.

  • Analysis, design, development and implementation of fully online graduate level learning experiences.

  • Advise faculty in the planning, design, revision, and development of online, technology-supported, student-centered learning experiences.

  • Collaborate with media and course support to create instructional materials.

  • Manage project timelines for course development and other special projects.

  • Pilot new approach for content procurement from subject matter experts.

  • Develop, implement and support team accessibility standards.

     

Design Cohort Management:

  • Pilot and implement cohort based development model.

  • Advise faculty in course design and instructional strategies in the design phase of their course developments.

  • Design and develop reporting mechanism for completion of development cohort.

Featured Projects

1

Course Development Portal

The Course Development Portal is an ambitious project that connects several university information systems, several data sources and project management software, Asana. Developed in WordPress, the portal uses web form technology to display project details on dynamically created content pages. In addition, unique web form tools have been designed and developed to help manage all aspects of the course development process.

2

Data Visualization

This data dashboard reports on the project status and details of more than 700 course development projects. The dashboard helps to track and determine status of the 100+ projects that are "In Progress" at any one time. Historical data allows program leadership to see growth, identify trends, and plan for program resources. For easy access, the dashboard is embedded into the Course Development Portal.

3

Faculty Forward Website and Magazine

The Faculty Forward Website project is more than just a website, it is the hub for all faculty development opportunities. Developed in WordPress, the site includes custom tools for session management, user registration and archived recordings as well as an integrated data dashboard. The site features dynamic content tied session management to upcoming events. In addition, the site hosts the digital Faculty Forward Magazine and archived articles.

SKILLS

Accessibility

ADDIE Course Design

Data Analysis

Infographic Design

Instructional Design

Instructional Technologies

Learning Experience Design, Development, Implmenentation andEvaluation

Learning Management Systems

Multimedia Technologies

Presentation

Project Management

Web Development

  • Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop

  • Articulate: Rise, Storyline

  • Camtasia

  • Microsoft 360 Suite

    • Excel: Advanced

    • PowerPoint: Advanced

    • PowerBI

  • Web Technoolgies

    • CSS, HTML, J, Web forms

    • WordPress, Wix

  • WordPress

EXPERIENCE

2019-Present

Instructional Designer

Course Support Specialist

Johns Hopkins University

Whiting School of Engineering

2022-Present

Instructional Designer

part-time, as needed

Johns Hopkins University

IDEALS Institute

2015-2019

Web Documentation

Course Support Specialist

Johns Hopkins University

Bloomberg School of Public Health

2014-2015

Course Support

Community College of Baltimore Count

Baltimore, Maryland

Education

Graduate Certificate

Towson University

Instructional Design

Master of Arts

Hood College

Applied and Behavioral Research Studies

Bachelors Science

Frostburg University

Political Science
Sociology
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