Howard Davis

• Developed Online/hybrid Serving Leadership Training Program for religious leaders and lay members
• Collaborated with instructor in designing/creating learning framework
• Course structured around modules, including scenario and case studies built on moral leadership skills, values, practices. Course framed with practicum activity and pre-post assessments of key leadership concepts; Implemented student cohort/partnership model
• Developed rich content: added select graphics, external video links, articles, relevant media. Facilitated Zoom calls. Managed Canvas LMS
• Monitored live course. Met with instructor regularly to discuss assignments, student participation, course updates, etc.·
• Created monthly forecast templates and resource management allocations for approved projects

U.S. Navy Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (CLREC)

Project: Every Deployment a Global Engagement (EDGE) Culture Courses

• Conceptualized and developed series of immersive, country-specific culture training modules to give Navy personnel a basic understanding of foreign cultures
• Designed course based on Manga comics model offering sailors scenarios framed around everyday events in foreign cultures to develop their sensitivity to and awareness of people and culture—especially during their in-country visits

U.S. State Department/Foreign Service Institute

Project: Tomorrow Now: American Diplomacy in a World of Rapid Change Led the development and launch, with design team and SMEs, of a pilot course helping Foreign Services Officers (FSOs) understand global paradigm shifts.

• Immersive workshop course included engagement with foreign policy experts, hands-on experimentation with new technologies, in-depth case study analysis of Geo-Political shifts, emerging tech, etc.)
• Participants were challenged to develop (in one week) in-depth case analysis of a global trend and present findings and policy recommendations to ambassador review panel

U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE)

Project: Train the Trainer (T3)

• Developed innovative courses (face-to-face/online/hybrid) focused on range of facilitator instructional design strategies to model student-centered, e-learning for Army's training division
• Built experiential course, using Marathon Des Sables (six-day ultra-marathon in Sahara Desert) as framework for all training elements. Extensive use of animation, custom graphics, video interviews. Created comprehensive Facilitator's Guide
• Managed diverse teams working closely with Army leadership/SMEs/staff/managers to develop reusable and scalable programs and learning/teaching templates, including instructional design core concepts/strategies, values-based leadership strategies and practice

• Reviewed college's current implementation of online hybrid/live technology designed to create greater access for diverse groups of students: improve teaching/learning strategies, develop greater student engagement, and increase retention
• Through virtual/F2F discussions with faculty, developed road map promoting learning design framework which emphasized greater accessibility, active learning assignments, better technology integration with course design, and diverse assessment models