About Me
I have been in the higher education sector over 20 years. My career started in 1990 as an instructor of the Turkish language at the Oriental Studies Department at the National University of Uzbekistan. I taught the Turkish language at the International Economic Relations section and was able to create authentic learning environments for my students by inviting guest speakers to our classroom and giving my students translation projects from the National TV Radio Company of Uzbekistan.
In the summer of 1996, I was invited to teach the Uzbek language to students of Indiana University. I was fortunate to have a colleague who worked with me and the students from around the world with different level of knowledge and exposure to the Uzbek language. I was given a chance to teach Uzbek for many summers at Indiana University. My students learned the Uzbek and Turkish languages as foreign and second languages both in the United States and overseas.
My experience in teaching and developing instructional materials for the less-commonly taught languages (Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, and Tajiki) led me to the field of instructional design. Collaboration with specialists in the area both face to face and virtually gave me the opportunity to explore the best methods of online teaching and learning.
I would like to organize training and workshops that can serve faculty who want to learn about emerging learning technologies, and graduate assistants who are preparing to teach. Particularly, I would like to inspire and motivate language instructors on using educational technology and innovative teaching methodologies.
This website introduces my skills in instructional design and development, multimedia production, instructional evaluation, and research.
In the summer of 1996, I was invited to teach the Uzbek language to students of Indiana University. I was fortunate to have a colleague who worked with me and the students from around the world with different level of knowledge and exposure to the Uzbek language. I was given a chance to teach Uzbek for many summers at Indiana University. My students learned the Uzbek and Turkish languages as foreign and second languages both in the United States and overseas.
My experience in teaching and developing instructional materials for the less-commonly taught languages (Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, and Tajiki) led me to the field of instructional design. Collaboration with specialists in the area both face to face and virtually gave me the opportunity to explore the best methods of online teaching and learning.
I would like to organize training and workshops that can serve faculty who want to learn about emerging learning technologies, and graduate assistants who are preparing to teach. Particularly, I would like to inspire and motivate language instructors on using educational technology and innovative teaching methodologies.
This website introduces my skills in instructional design and development, multimedia production, instructional evaluation, and research.
Research and Presentations
Blog posts
Featured Workshops
Skills Summary
- Experience in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
- Experience in Instructional Design and Development
- Trained in Backward Design, Differentiated Instruction, and Scaffolding
- Experienced in Teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages
- Prior experience in Overseas Program Coordination and Participation
- Flexible in Learning New Databases and Software
- Familiarity with Online Learning Environments, Teacher Training, and Emerging Technologies
- Great people skills-working with people of multi-national, diverse linguistic, and cultural backgrounds
- Highly Organized; fast work-pace
Theoretical Foundations
- Instructional Design and Adult Learning Theories, Models and Approaches
- Instructional and Learning Strategies (particularly teaching with technology)
- Evaluation Models and Standards
Technical Skills
- Highly Proficient with Learning Management Systems (Canvas, Oncourse, Course Networking, Blackboard, Google Classroom, LTIs)
- Experience in Interactive Design (Adobe Captivate, Articulate)
- Digital Video Production (Camtasia, Kaltura, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker)
- Web Design & Development (HTML, CSS Basics, Webtools, WCMS)
- Multimedia Audio Production (Sound Forge, Audition)
- Emerging Web 2.0 Educational Technologies (Blogs, Wikis, Animoto, Padlet, Voicethread, Vocaroo, Voki, Toondo, Powtoon, Prezi, Timblr, etc.)
- Skills in using Google Apps, Wordpress and Social Media tools
- Information design (MS Office, Power Point, and Office Mix)
- Experience with Mac and Windows operating systems
