Jona Titus

Current

• Sr. eLearning Consultant at Kaiser Permanente

Past

• Content Developer & Design Specialist at BCD Travel
• Sr. Instructional Designer- IT Group at Intel
• Instructional Designer/Training Specialist at Intel

• Teaching Assistant at Washington State University

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Education

• Washington State University
• Washington State University

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Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• My Website

Jona Titus’s Summary

Senior Instructional Designer/Training Specialist with more than 7 years experience in instructor-led and web-based course design and development for the High Tech markets. Received Master's Degree from Washington State University in instructional design and educational technology. Fluency with design tools, multimedia applications, and web-authoring applications. Proven ability to develop dynamic and effective online courses. Team player with a positive attitude and innovative approach to problem-solving. Extremely motivated, with a proven record of meeting desired expectations and goals. Committed to the highest levels of quality and service excellence. Excellent project management and documentation skills. Demonstrated success of teaching/presentation skills to a wide range of audiences. Proven record of outstanding leadership in both small and large group settings. Strong advocate of teamwork and continuous self-improvement. High level of personal energy and ability to simultaneously manage multiple priorities.

- Instructional/ Curriculum Design
- Project Management
- Web Development (HTML, XML)
- Multimedia (Flash, Captivate)
- E-learning / Distance Learning
- Adult Learning
- Graphics Design (Photoshop, Fireworks)
- Content Development

Jona Titus’s Specialties:

instructional design, e-learning development, instructor led training, content development, wiki use and implementation

Jona Titus’s Experience

• Sr. eLearning Consultant

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2008 — Present (7 months)

  I provide training to KP Training people regarding Web-based training by providing training classes for Articulate and supporting WBT Developers needs.

• Content Developer & Design Specialist

  BCD Travel

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  • Project-managed department wide design and development process.
  • Developed course evaluation standards and implemented department-wide evaluations.
  • Managed authoring tools evaluation program.
  • Managed discovery phase of corporate wiki acquisition.
  • Designed and developed global strategy for new hire training to include updates to new hire online courses.

• Sr. Instructional Designer- IT Group

  Intel

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  • Project-managed and led cross-site development teams, managing milestones and deliverables from the design document through implementation for multiple projects.
  • Analyzed, designed, developed, implemented and evaluated training interventions from small audiences of a single site (~250) to larger audiences across geographies (~3000).
  • Participated in extensive pilot of LCMS (Learning Content Management System) system including evaluation of software and determine how to use the system in the Intel environment.
  • Proactively developed an impact mapping process and tools for implementing impact mapping concepts into projects strengthening the link between training and business needs/goals.
  • Proposed and piloted a team health assessment in organization. Documented successes for use by teams. Methodology allowed organization to track areas to improve and documented successes for use by other organizations.

• Instructional Designer/Training Specialist

  Intel

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2001 — May 2005 (4 years 5 months)

  • Developed training strategy and materials supporting the corporate training tracking system implementation.
  • Developing skills in video production including; shooting, script writing, editing and final product.
  • Served as technical training representative monitoring and tracking the classes and certifications needed by maintenance technicians and engineers.
  • Designed curriculum, and developed web based training courses for engineers, technicians and new training developers across the virtual factory.
  • Project manager and web owner for the Oregon training web environment.
  • Created and facilitated Training Focus Groups for all of factory functional areas, organizing certification streamline and strategies to meet our desired certification targets.
  • Designed, developed and implemented factory wide wafer handling policy in 200mm factory.
  • Created online reference space for frequently used images in on line courses reducing search time by 50%.

• Teaching Assistant

  Washington State University

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2000 — December 2000 (1 year)

  • Instructed Technology Used in the Schools (T&L 445); a course dealing with web page design, PowerPoint, Hyperstudio and the use of computers in the classroom.
  • Instructed Instructional Design and Performance Improvement (T&L522) course through distance learning for master's students enrolled through Western Governors University.
  • Project manager to redesign and improve the course syllabus for Content Literacy in the Middle School.

Jona Titus’s Education

• Washington State University

  1999 — 2000

  Program in Instructional Design and Educational Technology. Coursework included learning theory, research methods, interface design, human computer interaction, media in education, and adult learning. Focus area in instructional designs and educational technology
  Final Research Project : Models of Staff Development which Support the Effective Integration of Technology into the Curriculum

• Washington State University

  Bachelor's, Education, 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Jona Titus’s Websites:

• My Website

Jona Titus’s Interests:

corporate training and instruction, eLearning, scrapbooking, reading, genealogy

Jona Titus’s Groups:

ASTD, ISTE

•    Intel Alumni Association
•    The eLearning Guild
•    Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group

Jona Titus’s Honors:

- Contributing author to The Essentials of Instructional Design: Connecting Fundamental principles with Process and Practice by Brown and Green 2006.
- Divisional Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to the development and consistency of subfab orientation WBT (Web based Training) for Oregon. (2004)
- Training Excellence Award for 40% reduction of training systems tools across the factory virtual factory and the development and implementation of an integrated more robust system. (2005)

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