Marlie Cardiff

Current

Certified Mentor at EQmentor
Instructional Designer at University of Nevada Las Vegas

Past

Instructional Designer at Accelerated Business Results
Instructional Systems Specialist at USDA Forest Service
Graduate Student at University of New Mexico

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Education

The University of New Mexico
Portland State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

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Marlie Cardiff’s Summary

Mission Statement:
To help organizations create a sustainable learning culture in order to enhance organizational performance and individual development. My passion in helping solve organizational learning issues is motivated by the belief that fostering lifelong learning in individuals will create a stronger, more powerful, and adaptable workforce that can handle any change it will inevitably meet in today's economy.

Marlie Cardiff’s Specialties:

adult learning theories ~ organizational learning ~ instructional design (ADDIE model) ~ instructional technologies ~ e-learning strategies ~ learning management systems ~ writing ~ presentations

Marlie Cardiff’s Experience

Certified Mentor

EQmentor

(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

- Provide anonymous online mentoring while creating objective learning experiences to mentees
- EQmentor certified 2009
Instructional Designer

University of Nevada Las Vegas

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

- Design and develop university online courses
- Provide real-time technical training and support to faculty on how to use WebCampus
Instructional Designer

Accelerated Business Results

(E-Learning industry)

November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)

- Developed instructor guides and learning activities for classroom training
Instructional Systems Specialist

USDA Forest Service

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

July 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 4 months)

- Utilized a re-educative approach to using the learning management system (LMS) resulting in increased usage and improved job performance
- Developed online tutorials
- Developed instructor and participant guides for classroom training
- Facilitated LMS training and new employee orientation
- Improved relationships between departments resulting in increased cooperation and collaborative work between project groups
Graduate Student

University of New Mexico

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 2 months)

- Developed online learning module for school project that was successfully incorporated into an actual distance learning course offered by the University of New Mexico
- Facilitated synchronous and asynchronous sessions for online courses
- Mentored academic and industry professionals in Sri Lanka while they developed the first-ever distance learning programs for their country
- Co-wrote research paper with university faculty and graduate students on the effects of cross-cultural online mentoring on learning
- Presented at Seventh International Transformative Learning Conference
- Presented at Brown Bag Lunches on emerging learning and teaching technologies

Marlie Cardiff’s Education

The University of New Mexico

Master of Arts , Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology , 2006 — 2008

Papers and Conferences:
1. Cross-cultural e-mentoring to develop problem-solving online learning communities. March 2008. American Education Research Association Conference. Co-author.
2. Learning transformations through cross-cultural e-mentoring: Perspectives from an online faculty development forum. October 2007. International Transformative Learning Conference. Co-author, co-presenter.
3. How to use a Wiki. August 2007. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library Informatics Center. Co presenter.
4. Technological distance: the 4th type of transactional distance? March 2007. Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology Student Expo. Presenter.
Portland State University

Bachelor of Science , Business Administration , 1993 — 1995

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Marlie Cardiff’s Interests:

Watching movies - Reading biographies - Chaos theory - Leadership - Change management - Organizational design

Marlie Cardiff’s Groups:

- American Society for Training and Development, National Chapter, 2007-Present
- American Society for Training and Development, Greater Las Vegas Chapter, 2009-Present