Résumé | elearning

Professional Info

"You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it."
Seymour Papert

Work Experience

eLearning Specialist | TCS Education System

My job as an eLearning specialist has me seeking out the best practices, tools, resources, and software within the eLearning community. I work to introduce my research within our institution, training the faculty and staff so as to ensure that everyone is up to date with our initiatives and resources. My work also takes me to conferences, both as a participant and as a presenter.

Adjunct Instructor | The Chicago School of

Professional Psychology .

As an adjunct professor, I teach graduate level courses in Training & Development and eLearning as part of the I/O Psychology program at the school. I am also involved as both an instructional designer and as a subject matter expert in the curriculum development for these and many other courses.

Instructional Designer | TCS Education System

Skills

Articulate Studio '09
Articulate Storyline

Adobe Creative Suite

Camtasia | Snagit

Audacity

Webex | GoToMeeting

MS Office

HTML5 | CSS3

Languages

English

Spanish

Portuguese (conversational)

As an instructional designer, I worked with subject matter experts in creating curriculum for online learning. Many of the courses I worked on existed in an on-ground format, and I was able to integrate the material into a blended or purely online environment. I also helped to build many programs from scratch as well. All of the coursework was graduate-level for psychology programs across many campuses within the education system.

Interactive Web Developer | TCS Education System

As an interactive web developer, I helped the institution with their social media initiatives and online presence. This position was within the marketing department, and as such I was involved with marketing-related media placement and general online content, both within the content management system as well as our public facing website.

Research and Development Intern | IPAT, Inc.

My intern position at IPAT, Inc. was originally intended to last for 3 months, but I ended up staying with them for over a year. I conducted validity studies and other forms of assessment research. Additionally I helped to develop, design, implement, and conduct qualifying training courses for IPAT products.

Instructional Designer | TCS Education System

As an instructional designer for my school's Academic Support Center, I implemented a training and development program to familiarize a team of instructional designers with the instruments needed to create and employ online classes, webinars, blended courses, etc. I also provided supervision for the process improvement projects throughout the design and implementation stages.

Education

Doctor of Psychology, Business Psychology

2012 - The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Master of Arts, I/O Psychology

2010 - The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

2005 - Brigham Young University - Hawaii

Professional Organizations

eLearning Guild

American Psychological Association

Association for Psychological Science

Educause

Presentations

Nufer, S. (2012). Locus of control and LMX as predictors of stress and burnout. Graduate Research Forum, Chicago

Nufer, S. (2012). Locus of control and LMX as predictors of stress and burnout. Poster presentation for the APS Convention, Chicago

Braden, M., Deis, T., Giddie, L., Labbett, M., Nufer, S., & Xiques, N. (2011). Instructional design showcase. Workshop for SoTL Institute Conference, Chicago

Nufer, S. (2011). Creating captivating and interactive web content for eCollege. Symposium for SoTL Institute Conference, Chicago

Nufer, S. (2011). Beyond the basics: Mastering intermediate and advanced PowerPoint skills. Workshop for SoTL Institute Conference, Chicago

Nufer, S., Deis, T. (2011). Creating Captivating and Interactive Web Content for the Online Classroom. Symposium for Pearson CiTE Conference, Denver