Michael Shimer
Instructional Designer | Learning and Technology Specialist | Teacher | Historian | Operations and Training Manager | Army Veteran
I am devoted to lifelong learning and continuous personal development, including my soft, business- enabling, and digital/technical skills. I believe in solving problems by applying an analytical, problem-oriented, and client's-needs approach, using learning design thinking processes and project management principles. I strive to be as good a team member as I am a leader and applying my skills to benefit the team's goals and objectives.
Demonstrable skills designing and developing learning experiences for government employees as well as K-12 and higher education learners.
Certified social studies 6-12 teacher in the State of Florida.
Trained and experienced in developing learning on multiple learning management systems such as Google Classroom, Schoology, Moodle, Open edX, Sakai, and Canvas, using a variety of content development and production applications such as Camtasia 9, Adobe Captivate, Smart Sparrow, Cerego, Powtoon, etc.
Experienced developing learning content and interactivity using HTML coding.