Who am I?

Educational Technology M. Ed. Graduate Student|Instructional Designer| e-developer| UXD| ,

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try another"- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Teclar Masimba Chiyaka

Pronoun: She/her/ hers

I am a former early childhood educator who turned into an instructional designer and e-learning developer.

I am an open-minded person who looks forward to any opportunity to improve my learners' skills whenever I analyze problems or gaps and collaborate with others.

I create high-impact, engaging learning experiences to motivate, enhance, and elevate learners' performance, skills, and engagement. I believe in a learner-centered approach to learning that focuses on the learner's unique needs and interests.

I believe in learners-centered approaches that advocate for students to be involved or engaged and participate in the learning process by allowing them to solve problems, make decisions, and construct their own knowledge through discovering, experimenting, scenario-based learning, and exploring the environment exposed to them.

As a former early childhood development teacher and an upcoming instructional designer and eLearning developer who believes that if a child can not learn the way we teach, we should teach the way they learn- "Ignacio Estrada" I believe in creating an engaging and fun environment that meet the needs and interest of all learners.

I am a jack of all trades, when I am not working, you will find me braiding hair, baking, cooking listening to music, and dancing. When it is summertime, I will be gardening, and playing soccer, basketball, and tennis.

Skills and Area of Expertise

Software

Use of authoring tools like Adobe Articulate, Captivate, H5P, and Camtasia.
Use of Adobe creative cloud (Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop).
Use of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel.
Use of Google Suites such as google slides, google forms, google documents, and google drive.
Use and design Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Blackboard, Edmodo, and WordPress.
Use of HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
Creating Infographics, fact sheets, and flyers.
Instructional design and graphic design skills that include, needs analysis, lesson planning, concept mapping, and storyboarding.