Chad Swaney

Current

• Instructional Designer at Leslie's Poolmart

Past

• Instructional Designer (Contract) at American Express
• E-Learning Designer at Apollo Group
• Instructional Designer (Contract) at Prudential Financial

• Director of Web Marketing at Mainland Industrial Supply

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Education

• Pepperdine University
• University of Phoenix
• Palm Beach Atlantic University

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Industry

E-Learning

Chad Swaney’s Summary

I am a professional e-learning designer with almost 10 years of experience in performance improvement, organizational development, and electronic media design.

My long-term professional goal is to be Chief Learning Officer of a Fortune 1000 Company.

Chad Swaney’s Specialties:

e-learning, needs analysis, usability, web standards, accessibility, cognitive load theory, learner-generated content.

Chad Swaney’s Experience

• Instructional Designer

  Leslie's Poolmart

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

• Instructional Designer (Contract)

  American Express

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)

  March 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• E-Learning Designer

  Apollo Group

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APOL; E-Learning industry)

  April 2004 — March 2007 (3 years )

• Instructional Designer (Contract)

  Prudential Financial

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PRU; Financial Services industry)

  November 2006 — December 2006 (2 months)

• Director of Web Marketing

  Mainland Industrial Supply

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wholesale industry)

  June 2003 — May 2004 (1 year )

  I directed the marketing and web presence for the company.

Chad Swaney’s Education

• Pepperdine University

  EdD , Educational Technology , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

• University of Phoenix

  MAEd , Education , 2004 — 2006

  Studies focused on Instructional Design and Curriculum Development. Master's project was action research on accountability systems in web-based tutorials.

• Palm Beach Atlantic University

  BA , Communication , 1994 — 1998

  Graduated cum laude from the Supper Honors Program. Areas of focus included behavioral communication, business communication, and gender communication. Graduation thesis researched cultural influences on marital communication.

Additional Information

Chad Swaney’s Interests:

e-learning, web-based learning, instructional design, technology, social networks, activity theory, web, twitter, facebook

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