• ADDIE Methodology
• Adobe eConnect
• Adult Education
• Articulate Storyline
• Blended Learning
• Camtasia
• Captivate
• Curriculum Development/Course Design
• E-Learning
• Employee Training
• Front-End Analysis
• Grant Writing
• HTML
• Instructional Design
• Instructional Technology
• Instructor-led Training
• Kirkpatrick Four Level Evaluation
• Learning Management Systems

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Quality Assurance
• Project Management
• Proposal Writing
• RoboHelp
• Section 508 Compliance
• SCORM Compliance
• SharePoint Designer
• SharePoint Training
• SnagIt
• Software Development Testing
• Technical Editing and Writing
• Technical Training
• Training Design and Development
• Training Needs Assessment
• Training/Logistics Coordinator
• Usability Testing
• Web-based Training

Confidential

Instructional Designer/ Instructional Systems Specialist

Confidential

Confidential

Consultant

DoD Defense Manpower

Confidential supported the Veteran Affairs VA Course Refresh Effort in formatting and editing essential training files e.g., participant guides to included graphics and other essential content using VA approved style and standard templates according to the design specifications set forth for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Hence, Confidential responsibilities included inserting the original documents into the approved templates, conducting a walk-through of each file to ensure formatting was applied successfully, and cross walking the new file against the original for spacing, page breaks, etc. prior to submitting to the Task Lead for final approval and official upload to the SharePoint site. Because the effort was time critical, Ms. Wheeler successfully completed all deliverables prior to the official deadline within a 4-week timeframe.

Confidential supported the team as a Quality Assurer/Technical Editor, Training Coordinator, and Instructional Designer. She added unique value by ensuring all training deliverables and documentations e.g., facilitator guides and competency models followed VA's Style and Standards, Associated Press' AP Style and Standards, and Booz Allen's Style and Standards for grammar and syntax. Confidential improved upon the current VA Style and Standards Guide by incorporating identified gaps in the training deliverable reviews and Section 508 Compliance requirements for consistency across various projects. Furthermore, Confidential used her knowledge of Section 508 Compliance to edit web-based training WBT materials in the Firm's internal course content creator. Confidentialalso scheduled trainings/secured training sites and assembled all training materials including presentations, handouts, exercises, and other resources for participants and facilitators. Additionally, Confidential designed and developed Train-the-Trainer supporting materials to assist field trainers. All training deliverables supported Veterans Benefits Administration VBA , Veterans Health Administration VHA , National Cemetery Administration NCA , and the Office of Information and Technology OIT .

Independent Consultant

Confidential combined her ISD discipline with servicing small technology-based businesses, micro-enterprises, and inventors in identifying core training needs and evaluating results related to their innovative technologies through proposal writing for small business innovative research SBIR and small technology transfer research STTR grants. Confidential provided technical guidance and assisted clients in aligning their proposed technologies to meeting the needs of state and federal agency funding requirements. Ms. Wheeler worked collaboratively with clients in gathering preliminary data on technologies proposed including target population, SWOT analysis, environments, resources, and other essential background information.

Instructional Designer Intern

Confidential provided key support to Senior Management Consultants in technical writing for request for proposals RFPs , information RFIs , and quotes RFQs , and blanket purchase agreements BPAs for federal clients. Confidential managed the quality assurance of computer-based training CBT course instructions of federal clients, which included disseminating materials through different information and communication technologies. Ms. Wheeler combined her technical competence in ISD to conduct a full scope training needs assessment to assess performance issues in client engagements for Management Consultants and recommended cost-effective/mitigation solutions. The results contributed to a company-wide CBT module for new Consultants.

Instructional Designer Intern

Confidential ollaborated and teamed with the Senior Instructional Design Specialist and subject matter experts in planning, coordinating, developing, reviewing, and evaluating online training programs distributed via WebEx and an internal LMS for the federal client. Confidential also analyzed performance and learning gaps in training programs, revised and updated training courses, and conducted quality assurance of all presentation and course materials, and ensured Section 508 Compliance processes, procedures, and standards were followed accordingly. Additionally, Confidential assessed performance and learning gaps of the training team's adherence to Section 508 Compliance, resulting in becoming the developer lead of an internal CBT module using Adobe Creative Suite 4 Captivate, Flash, Photoshop and other instructional technology tools.Confidential also supported the training team in usability testing of the internal LMS scheduling and recruiting participants supervising registration lists and writing and sending confirmation letters to participants.