Jane Middlehurst
I am a passionate Instructional Designer and Business Analyst with expertise in performance-based training structured to meet industry standards, achieve best practices, and foster professional growth and change within individuals and organizations. I possess a foundation knowledge and understanding of learning theory, instructional design techniques, and course development methodology. I rely on the rigor built into the ADDIE and Kirkpatrick models to ensure that new technologies are indeed effective. I am familiar with eLearning technical, design and media challenges. Instructional design allows me to employ my passion for teaching, keen eye for design, and systematic approach to problem solving to create powerful and effective learning experiences. I possess excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills that have played a key role in my success leading and enabling change through training. I carry a natural collaborative working style within cross-functional teams to refine curriculum and develop courses to efficiently meet project deadlines while exercising sound judgment in decision-making and flexibility in adapting to changing priorities.
Portfolio: Instructional Design Expertise
Instructional Design Expertise
I am proud of my foundation knowledge and expertise in Instructional Design methodologies and principles and consider myself a lifelong learner keeping abreast of emerging learning and development trends and methods. I am honoured to work with clients and I am confident that my learning solutions will help guide them effectively in the learning and development process to achieve success.
I invite you to view a collection of artifacts assembled to demonstrate and reflect upon my professional development and experience as a learning strategist and facilitator.
Instructional Design Expertise Portfolio 
My Learning and Development Philosophy
Learning is an active, dynamic process that leaves its best impression on the learner when it is centered around the learner’s thinking. Factual information has little to no value until it is processed, understood and applied by a thinking mind to connect the dots between learning and practical application. How someone thinks is more important than the accumulation of information. Effectively impacting a learner has little to do with teaching and more to do with facilitating a learning process that affects, changes, or enhances the thoughts of a learner. Thinking is a process practiced in various methods: hands-on demonstrations, simulations, trial and error, scenarios, role-play, as well as more traditional styles of learning.
3 Key Factors to Lead Successful Learning and Development Initiatives:
- Educational experiences driven by internal motivators from the learner and uses their individualized life experiences as learning resources to create meaningful connections that facilitate development in a practical application relevant to the learner
- Partnerships formed between the learner and the learning facilitator where both the learner and learning facilitator take an active participating role in the learning cycle by continuous contribution and feedback
- A learning environment that offers resourceful tools for learning, an openness to new ideas/concepts/diversity, and is adaptable, flexible to the learner and their desired method of learning
Portfolio: eLearning and Videos
Specialities / Services
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eLearning Solutions
SCORM/AICC compliant, LMS-ready eLearning course creation using various eLearning authoring suites and supplementary programs including: Lectora (Publisher, Flypaper, Camtasia, SnagIt); Articulate (Presenter, Engage, Quizmaker); Adobe Captivate; iMovie; Audacity
Achieve training and performance needs ad capture the attention of your learner's with dynamic, engaging, interactive and powerful eLearning modules.
View samples under the Portfolio tab
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Training Documentation
Training materials are integral to the learning and development process and can include documents such as: job aids, hand outs, how-to guides, multimedia rich documents, interactive eBrochures, eNewsletters, reference books.
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Instructional Design Expertise
Specialized in effective instructional design for training and performance improvement using the ADDIE and Kirkpatrick models to ensure training initiatives meet learning and client needs.
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