Ellen Zion

Working with clients in the design and development of eLearning courses and modules. Collaborating with other designers and developers to review, edit and create new and existing content. Designing modules for mircolearning, apps and learning games. Helping clients restructure training programs to include learning within a virtual learning environment. Advising clients on best practices for technology and learning.

Designed, developed and delivered training for an organization wide (19,000) implementation of a Time and Attendance and Staffing and Scheduling system. Worked with the Change Management team to align training with the change vision for the organization. Developed scenario based instructor led training for Managers and Schedulers. Created a facilitator's guide and trained 6 trainers to deliver training. Served as the LMS administrator for the project to track and measure the roll out.

Led a team of 7 clinicians to design a training program for 5,000 staff and clinicians working in the new hospital. The training program included ITL, self-guided and eLearning components using methodology designed to be sustainable past the opening of the hospital. Developed the team to become trainers and support 60 in-house superusers. Established systems to improve efficiency of project development, expedite instructional design and graphic design approval cycles, and evaluate training impact.

Facilitated Professional Development courses for local students and over Adobe Connect for students in Asia and Dubai. Taught and designed English courses based on the CEF model. Designed an Intro Course to attract new students with scenario based learning to be practices and used immediately after the course. Specialized in custom curriculum design for all levels of learners.

Directed the development of elearning modules along with live courses to train existing and new staff for the new facility. Trained designed to promote a new corporate culture and standards, along with new business processes and new technologies. Worked closely with C-Level executives, addressing challenges and keeping the project on target. Taking a lead role in coordinating the training project and timeline working across departments.

Curated training by level along with an assessment tool for directors to learn and use Office 365 in the company wide roll-out. Worked with HR as the lead for using Cornerstone (LMS) to introduce eLearning content to North America. Providing resources and training HR Staff on the LMS & authoring tools to help them create content and analytical tools. Coordinated training activities for all CD Professional Skills, Prescriptive Training, and Unilever Future Leaders Program.

Worked with 220 active graduates and students on resume writing and interview preparation. Taught upskill and professional development workshops.

Taught two Professional Development Modules (PD 100A & PD 100B) to vocational students in HVAC, Electrician and Medical Assisting Programs.

Worked freelance and with prominent language schools (Berlitz, Educom, Sprach Center, Neue Horizant) training and consulting English learners in Germany. Worked with a range of students from levels A1 to C2 with groups as large as 25 people. Developed custom courses and workshops. Worked with top executives from Sony International, Deutsche Bahn, Hella, DENA, Deutsche Post and various companies within Germany.