Michaella A. Thornton
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Painting by Cranach the Elder
My usage of educational technology took earnest flight when I served as a writing center resource specialist for an exclusively online university from May 2009 to January 2012.

For two years after my Online Writing Lab (OWL) experience, I served as the Assistant Director for Instructional Design at the Paul C. Reinert, S.J. Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at Saint Louis University, where I had the good fortune of colla
borating with faculty and staff to think intentionally and creatively about course design in the contemporary college learning environment.

As an award-winning educator who has also taught full-time in higher education, I love using technology to help students tell compelling, researched stories about their lives, communities, and the world. 


Some examples of my instructional design work include: 
  • A faculty conversation series I created and hosted for the Olin Center for Digital Education's  YouTube channel. Conversation topics included: "Less Is More," "Animation for Education," "Why Create An Animation?" "Academic Integrity," "Teaching with Poll Everywhere," and "Cultivating Fun (Yes, Really) During A Pandemic"
  • "Rubrics, Oh, Rubrics, How I Love Thee" originally developed for Washington University's Center for Digital Education
  • Inclusive Teaching Resources originally developed for Saint Louis University's Reinert Center
  • "Food for Thought: Collaborative Course Design and Social Media in the Writing Classroom" conference presentation I designed in collaboration with Dr. Jenny Agnew, Saint Louis University, presented at the Focus on Teaching & Technology Conference (2012)
  • Adobe Captivate tutorial on Citation 101 for the Kaplan University Writing Center (now Purdue Global University)
  • Writing Center Resource Retrospective for the Kaplan University Writing Center, which is completely online
  • Prezi and Jing Pro presentation edited in Camtasia Studio for the Kaplan University General Education Conference
  • Lo-fi Classroom/MLA How-to Announcement for English 101 students at St. Louis Community College at Meramec

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