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Elisa L. Shaffer

Instructional Designer

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Elisa L. Shaffer

PhD Student

Instructional Design & Technology

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About

MY BACKGROUND

As an instructional designer with over five years of experience in course design and curriculum management focused on adult learners and over ten years of experience within higher education professional development, as well as my current pursuit of my Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology at Old Dominion University, I am confident that I would be an asset to any team in developing a robust instructional programs and courses that are innovative and effective.

Scroll down to find out more about me or visit my projects page to see some of my recent projects and collaborations.

About

Education

WHAT I’VE LEARNED

2020 - 2024 (anticipated)

Old Dominion University – Norfolk, VA

PhD Student, Instructional Design & Technology

2009 - 2011

Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS

Master of Science, School Counseling

2000 - 2004

Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO

Bachelor of Science, Business of Administration - Concentration in Organizational Management

ID & Marketing Experience

WHERE I’VE WORKED

August 2009 – Present

NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising

Program Manager

January 2009 - December 2020

Lighthouse Design + Marketing

Bookkeeping & Graphic Designer Freelance Consultant

February 2009 - September 2009

Big Poppi Bicycle Co.

Graphic Designer & Administrative Assistant

Education & Experience

Publicationss & Presentations

MY CONTRIBUTIONS

Publications

Bal, I. A., Duha, M. S. U., Arslan, O., Collier, J., Marcelle, P., Albertorio, F. A., Bernhardt, J., Swanson, M., Michela, E., Shaffer, E., Dolowitz, A., Dash, M., Pangburn, S., Connell, M. (2022). Beyond chunking: A mixed-methods study on novice use of a checklist in the design of microlearning products [Manuscript in preparation]. 

Presentations

Glaser, N., AlZoubi, D., Earnshaw, Y., Shaffer, E. L., & Yang, M. (2022 July 14). Formative Design and Development of a Three Dimensional Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment through Learning Experience Design Methods. 2022 AECT Summer Research Symposium, Bloomington, IL, United States.


Alvarado-Albertorio, F., Arslan, O., Bal, I. A., Duha, M. S. U., Michela, E., Shaffer, E. L., Collier, J., Connell, M., Dolowitz, A., Marcelle, P., & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2021 Nov 4). GSA microlearning initiative team framework discussion and 2021 resource debut. [Innovate! Session]. AECT21 International Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.


Bal, I. A., Alvarado-Albertorio, F., Arslan, O., Collier, J., Connell, M., Duha, M. S. U., Marcelle, P., Michela, E., Shaffer, E. L., Dolowitz, A., & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2021 Nov 5). Do you want to build microlearning? Design with a microlearning team! [Innovate! Session]. AECT21 International Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.


Bal, I. A., Duha, M. S. U., Alvarado-Albertorio, F., Arslan, O., Collier, J., Connell, M., Marcelle, P., Michela, E., Shaffer, E. L., Dolowitz, A., & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2021 Nov 4). Testing 1, 2, 3: Creating a checklist for designing microlearning video resources through DBR. [Panel Session]. AECT21 International Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.


Shaffer, E. L., Alvarado-Albertorio, F., Arslan, O., Bal, I. A., Connell, M., Duha, M. S. U., Michela, E., Collier, J., Dolowitz, A., Marcelle, P., & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2021 Nov 5). A micro-team with a macro-idea: Designing videos in a virtual space. [Panel Session]. AECT21 International Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.


Troxel, W. G., Shaffer, E. L., Gregerson, K., Larson, K., Gertken, N., & Lockey, F. (2021 Oct 8). Composing our profession: Successes and lessons learned from a NACADA writing group. [Concurrent Conference Session]. 2021 NACADA Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.


Huber, J.A. & Shaffer, E. (2013). Constructing an academic advising handbook/website. [Concurrent Session]. 2013 NACADA Summer Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

Skills & Languages

Awards

WHERE I SHINE

Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT) 2021 Presidential Special Service Awards

Associations

WHERE I CONNECT

Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT)

  • Member since 2020

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

  • Member since 2021

Skills

IN AND OUT OF OFFICE

Instructional Design

I.D. Theories & Frameworks (i.e. ADDIE)

Project Management

Microsoft Office Suite

Canvas LMS

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Premier

Canva

Awards & Interests
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