Welcome to my professional portfolio
Hello! My name is Aaron Isom. A little about me is that I grew up in a small town in Idaho on a farm. I really enjoyed farming and thought that I would continue the family tradition of farming after graduating high school in 2005, but my parents encouraged me to go to college. I researched the colleges that I wanted to attend and chose to move to Orem, Utah and attended Utah Valley University. In 2011 I graduated from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Science. After graduation I worked at Utah Valley University working as a team member to develop online aviation courses. During that time we developed 53 courses in 15 months. We were such a small team that I was able to experience working with Subject Matter Expert’s (SME), Content Producers, Instructional Technologist’s, 3D Animators, Videographers, and supporting technological aspects of our Learning Management System (LMS). During that time, I really enjoyed the entire process of developing online courses so much that I wanted to learn more about the development process, learning theories, and instructional design best practices. So, I chose to earn a Master’s in Educational Technology from Utah Valley University in 2017.
During the two years of graduate course work, I learned a variety Instructional Design models (ADDIE, Backward Design), Models of Instruction, Learning Theories (Behaviorist, Cognitivist, Blooms Taxonomy, Social Cognitive, Constructivist, Malcolm Knowles's Andragogy, etc.) and how to implement theories and instructional design models for increasing online engagement. I've developed numerous online educational professional development courses with creative and engaging learning experiences, researched copyright compliance, created a short UDL accessibility course, extensive experience with Canvas, Moodle, and Hyper-doc learning management systems. I have one year of experience at Utah Valley University of instructional design by working with faculty members to create an online international professional development course based on classroom differentiation.
During the two years of graduate course work, I learned a variety Instructional Design models (ADDIE, Backward Design), Models of Instruction, Learning Theories (Behaviorist, Cognitivist, Blooms Taxonomy, Social Cognitive, Constructivist, Malcolm Knowles's Andragogy, etc.) and how to implement theories and instructional design models for increasing online engagement. I've developed numerous online educational professional development courses with creative and engaging learning experiences, researched copyright compliance, created a short UDL accessibility course, extensive experience with Canvas, Moodle, and Hyper-doc learning management systems. I have one year of experience at Utah Valley University of instructional design by working with faculty members to create an online international professional development course based on classroom differentiation.