XI LAN

1216 East Vista Del Cerro Drive

Apartment#1131

Tempe, AZ 85281

480-544-8896

Xi.Lan@asu.edu

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENT

Education Technology graduate with a focus on Instructional Design. Interested in a career as an Instructional designer, e-learning developer or user
experience designer. Highly motivated, results oriented with an in-depth knowledge of:
Learning Theories

Instructional/Course Design

Blackboard Design

Web Design

Graphic Design

Program Evaluation

Program Management

EDUCATION
Master of Education in Education Technology, Arizona State University, AZ, USA GPA: 3.96/4.0

May 2015

Master of Science in English Education, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, WI, USA GPA: 3.8/4.0

May 2010

Bachelor in Information Management, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China GPA: 3.3/4.0

July 2007

PROJECTS
Food groups

Applied multimedia design theories to plan, design and develop a self-instruction e-learning program with visuals, audios and interactive activities to
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help 2 grade students identify and describe five food groups using Adobe Presenter

Designed and embedded a survey in the program to assess the effectiveness of this program

Evaluation of AZSHRM HRCI Preparation Course

Collaborated with HR manager to design, develop, and implement evaluation procedures to assess the effectiveness of AZSHRM Certification (HRCI)
Prep Course for Arizona Society for Human Resource Management (AZSHRM) State Council

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructional Designer Intern-Website Development & iPad App Prototype
Connected Gardening Research Program, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU

Aug 2014-Dec 2014

Planned, designed and developed Connected Gardening Network website based on WordPress, which provided an innovative and resilient open
garden-based learning platform for AZ garden community

Applied learning theories and interface design principles to analyze, design, develop an education-based website

Designed a survey and collected data to evaluate the effectiveness of user experience of the website

Connected Gardening Network website (URL: http://connectedgardening.net/)

Prototyped a Connected Gardening Community App to support individual school gardens to engage local stakeholders, including parents,
neighboring citizens, nearby schools and others

Instructional Designer Intern-Blackboard Design

University-Community Partnership for Social Action Research, Department of Psychology, ASU

Feb 2014-May 2014

Redesigned Blackboard interface and reorganized instructional materials for Multicultural Perspective on Community Development course, which
improved the effectiveness of learning experience of this online course

Analyzed and evaluated original course materials and blackboard interface design

Applied learning theories to revise learning objectives and enrich visual materials

Applied interface design principles to redesign blackboard interface in order to enhance learning experience

Blackboard Design Video Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPb3I3ZhFCE

College English Teacher & Instructional Designer

Xiamen Nan Yang College, School of Foreign language, Xiamen, China

Aug 2010- June 2013

Applied adult learning theories to plan, design, develop and implement curriculum standards, course objectives and materials for English courses

Developed and implemented IT Career English textbook and related materials for English teachers and IT students at Xiamen NanYang College

SKILLS

Language skills: Mandarin (mother tongue), English (fluent)

Computer & Programming Skills: Windows/Mac system, MS office tools (Word, Excel, PPT), HTML&CSS, basic knowledge of JavaScript &PHP

Software Skills: Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe connect, Adobe Premiere, Camtasia, Dreamweaver,
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