Greetings!
My name is Susan Thomas and I am from Northeast Missouri. I am an Instructional Designer at a beautiful, public liberal arts college – Truman State University.
Before working in higher education, I was an Instructional Designer and Instructor in the corporate sector for over 15 years. Prior to that, I was a teacher in the public school system. I hold a Masters of Science in Education, with a specialization in Instructional Design for Online Learning from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN.
I have experience designing a wide variety of courses, including Instructor-Led, Hybrid, Blended, and both synchronous and asynchronous online courses. As part of that process, I recommend Open Learning Resources, and I am very interested in all the Open Learning Initiative has to offer!
Hi Susan,
Welcome to the journey of discovery that is #OpenLearning18. I look forward to learning with and from you.
PS, It was nice to meet you at the ELI conference.
Thanks, Steven! Looking forward to learning from and with you as well! What a great immersive learning initiative!
I am looking forward to hearing your perspective as an instructional designer. We don’t have any instructional designers here at Purchase College, SUNY.
Hi Susan! I am a research and user experience librarian at a small liberal arts university in Virginia and think your background and experience is very interesting! I also cannot wait to hear your ideas in this learning environment!
Hi Susan! I’m so glad you’ve decided to join us for OpenLearning ’18!
Thanks, Sue! Looking forward to learning a lot from this cMooc! I’m already engaged and eager to learn more!
Thanks, Sherry! I, too, am interested in your perspective as a research and user experience librarian! My office is in our library, and I work closely with our subject librarians, whom I’ve invited to join us. I always appreciate their experience, and am sure you will be able to contribute many ideas as well!
Hi Carrie,
I love the title of your blog! I am lucky enough to get to work in our library with our subject librarians. 🙂 Looking forward to learning with and from you! –Susan