Simulation and Onboarding
Since the early 2010s, I’ve held both leadership and collaborative roles in designing new learning and onboarding systems for large organizations, while also expanding pre-existing pedagogical methods through modern game design technologies and trends. As the language of gaming becomes increasingly widespread, it makes sense to harness that familiar vocabulary in more serious and complex contexts. Through projects like Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JusTRAC+) and the Y-12 National Security Complex Virtual Training Demonstration Project, I have developed tools for augmented and virtual reality, mobile games for asynchronous learning, and even pen-and-paper social simulations. These efforts have enabled me to contribute meaningfully to ongoing initiatives in the international justice, security, and aerospace sectors.
Goal: Utilize game design principles and emerging technologies to create simulations and onboarding tools that help professionals learn new skills and retain them over time.
With: The McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation, The Rule of Law Collaborative, The University of Tennessee
- US National Nuclear Security Administration
- The US State Department
- The US Department of Justice
- US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- The University of South Carolina Libraries
Clients:
Team Size: 2-15
- Simulation development
- Learning design and onboarding
- Software and app-based training
- Analog, pen and paper training games
- Team leadership in creative production
- Iterating for accessibility
Skills:
Since the early 2010s, I’ve held both leadership and collaborative roles in designing new learning and onboarding systems for large organizations, while also expanding pre-existing pedagogical methods through modern game design technologies and trends. As the language of gaming becomes increasingly widespread, it makes sense to harness that familiar vocabulary in more serious and complex contexts. Through projects like Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JusTRAC+) and the Y-12 National Security Complex Virtual Training Demonstration Project, I have developed tools for augmented and virtual reality, mobile games for asynchronous learning, and even pen-and-paper social simulations. These efforts have enabled me to contribute meaningfully to ongoing initiatives in the international justice, security, and aerospace sectors.
McNAIR Center
Rule of Law Collaborative