Owner, eLumenata
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- President at eLumenata, Inc.
- Past
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- CEOat Goverment Meetings, Inc. (Self-employed)
- President at HelixCentral, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Houston
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Virginia Dickenson’s Summary
eLumenata, Inc. is committed to being your Outsource Resource in 2008!
Your organization has a distinctive competence! Our changing economy makes it critical that you are able to focus on that competence! eLumenata, Inc. wants to support in those areas that are outside your distinctive competence, or where you need more support!
We provide services supporting knowledge management, documentation management, and learning management. We develop e-learning courses and blended technology learning solutions that engage learners with strategically designed learning modules utilizing the best of accelerated learning principles and instructional design methodology. Our Accelerated Learning Approaches are relevant, immersive, and fun - thus, maximizing productivity outcomes.
Ask about our Knowledge Transition model and how we can assist you in the complete integration of your processes, procedures, and training!
Virginia is an educational, training, and technology consultant. She has worked extensively in the corporate arena with major oil and chemical companies for over 20 years as a consultant, and with institutions of higher learning as a consultant and professor for 7 years. She is A.B.D. with a doctorate in Education, with areas of specialization in Adult Learning, Organizational Development, Educational Research, and Instructional Systems Design. She is currently completing a Master's in Project Management.
In April 2006, Virginia entered the virtual world of Second Life and created the avatar Xenon Darrow. She is now the owner of four sims, three of which make up the core of Silicon Campus, part of the eLumenata continent. Virginia invites her corporate clients to utilize her sims to explore the virtual universe, as well as opening up sim spaces for use by colleges, universities, and schools around the globe.
Virginia Dickenson’s Specialties:
e-learning, instructional design, project management, program management, business development in learning technology, template response management, documentation management, knowledge management, procedure writing, knowledge transition
Virginia Dickenson’s Experience
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President
eLumenata, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
February 1990 — Present (18 years 11 months)
We provide services supporting knowledge management, documentation management, and learning management. We develop e-learning courses and blended technology learning solutions that engage learners with strategically designed learning modules utilizing the best of accelerated learning principles and instructional design methodology. Our Accelerated Learning Approaches are relevant, immersive, and fun - thus, maximizing productivity outcomes.
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CEO
Goverment Meetings, Inc. (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — June 2007 (4 years 6 months)
Applications development company devoted to mining opportunities within FedBizOpps, state, and municipal agencies for the following:
* Online registration management for meetings
* Meeting planning and resource management
* e-Learning
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President
HelixCentral, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
December 1998 — August 2001 (2 years 9 months)
Role description –
• President
• Chief Architect
• Project management
• Sales and marketing management
• Business analyst
• Instructional design
• Course design
• Curriculum design and integration
• Technology overviews
• (Clients were Fortune 500s)
Programming –
• DHTML
• Javascript
• HTML
• HelixCentral
• Director
• Authorware
• Toolbook
Virginia Dickenson’s Education
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University of Houston
1993 — 1996
Additional Information
Virginia Dickenson’s Websites:
Virginia Dickenson’s Interests:
e-Learning, management training, technical training, industrial training, procedures training, procedures writing, documentation mangement, knowledge management
Virginia Dickenson’s Groups:
ISTE
TXDLA
USDLA
e-Learning Guild
HGO
AQHA
TWHBEA
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International Society for Technology in Education -
Association of Virtual Worlds -
Training Time - Over 500 Training and HR Professionals
Virginia Dickenson’s Honors:
Rising Star, University of Houston Continuing Education
Innovative Teaching, University of Houston Continuing Education
Virginia Dickenson’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
