Amanda Jensen

Biography

I am a technology enthusiast and educator at heart ~ passionate about helping everyone realize their potential fully and helping everyone see that we ALL can make a difference.

---Experience with technology-enhanced learning & multiple LMS.

I have learned and integrated over 30 different computer programs/apps/tools in my various roles. This includes presentations with interactive mapping, smart boards, classroom-response systems, video and audio design, marketing materials, and creating websites.

As a faculty trainer I have supported Brightspace/D2L platform since 2022. As a faculty member, I have used Blackboard extensively in over 10 courses to provide educational materials, assignments, group work, weighted grade books, and a variety of discussion boards and learning modules. Other LMS platforms used are Canvas as faculty, Moodle as a student, and Google Classrooms as a mother supporting a child during COVID-19 remote learning.

 

 Ten+ years of as an educator

 

Providing customized learning, training, and teaching within fortune 500 companies, various non-profit corporations, private businesses, and higher education courses. I had the benefit of being both a student and a faculty member during the pandemic, bringing a uniquely powerful perspective.

 

Critical thinker with cross-cultural humanitarian experiences & an interdisciplinary mindset

 

With my diversified portfolio and skills, I am versatile and experienced and have the benefit of being both a student and a faculty member during the pandemic, bringing a uniquely powerful perspective.

 

Personally, I believe in serving others, the value and transformational power of education, the importance of connections, and encouraging others.

 

I am excited to be following my career path in Higher Education that would provide a focus for my passions of higher education, transformational learning, technology-enabled learning, and strategic planning.

 

֍Educational Technologist ֍ Faculty Development Specialist ֍ Learning Experience Coordinator/Director ֍ Strategic Planning ֍ Training and Development Specialist ֍ Technology Coordinator ֍ Technology Specialist ֍ Technology Coach ֍ Instructional Technology Manager/Director ֍

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