User:JaneBr



=My Profile=

Professional Background
I'm a freelance author and editor with a special interest in elearning.

Education
Studied European Studies at university (many moons ago); qualified as a dramatherapist, then became a journalist and freelance writer. I have continued to learn and train myself ever since. I have qualified as a European Net Trainer and I have followed a path of professional development to develop my online facilitating and course design skills.

My Interests
The thread that runs through my professional career is that I enjoy contributing to projects that are inclusive, that are about sharing and giving strength to the disenfranchised. This is what draws me to wikieducator. My work and interests are quite connected - I have never been a great hobbyist. But outside of work, my interests revolve around bringing up my children and having time with friends, cinema, reading and - when I need to get away from everything - meditation.

Professional
I have 20 years' experience as a writer. I have written modules of distance learning for undergraduate and postgraduate nurses. These are now delivered through the Open University (OU)  open university site. Currently I am investing time in upgrading my skills to be better prepared for assisting my clients for their online learning requirements. I am a European Net Trainer (online tutor) net trainer site.

Organisations I work with
'''I work with many different organisations. They include:'''
 * trade unions
 * professional bodies (especially health and social care)
 * social research organisations
 * commercial training or educational institutions
 * not-for-profit organisations.

What I can offer
I advise on: Hands-on work includes: Online tutoring
 * preparing learning materials
 * designing learning and development pathways for lifelong learning (ie adults)
 * how to write (or rewrite) research studies for a lay audience
 * transforming content for elearning.
 * preparing learning resources
 * transformative editing: preparing text for different audiences or for online use
 * writing proposals for course design, matched to competences and standards.
 * I co-facilitate an international course entitled 'Taking charge of your elearning'.

Sharing skills
Mentoring Voluntary work
 * I offer one-to-one online mentoring for professionals who want to improve their writing skills, or who need help preparing a research report.
 * Through this wikitraining I have contacted the Peoples Open Access Education Initiative - peoples-uni site and I hope to find the time to help out with this project.

Personal
I have three beautiful children who have taught me more than anyone else I know.

My Projects
Ideas for content

I would like to try out some authoring tools such as Plan to explore Xerte as well
 * Articulate
 * Captivate
 * eXe

I hope to join in with Nellie's Moodle course

Try facilitating some synchronous learning Wiziq, Dimdim or similar

Experiment with Openoffice - can it match Word?

Also want to get to grips with: voicethread

My Sandbox
/My sandbox/

Feedback & Notes from my WikiNeighbours
--jennip 03:40, 26 July 2010 (UTC)