After many years in education and sales, Diana D. Jaffee has sidestepped into the e-learning and multimedia design arena. Always fascinated with computers and their use in education, Diana implemented teaching music theory and history in her private voice and piano studio through the use of MIDI technology and music education software.
Since starting her own e-learning development company with partner Darla Wigginton as eVision-Design, Diana has been taking PowerPoint to educational levels she never thought possible. With the release of Storyline, her goal is to find out how far she can take this technology in the world of e-learning, to provide the most effective learning possible.
Jade Kelsall has worked in higher education in the UK since she graduated in 2007. She started working in administration at the University of Leeds Library. She developed an interest in e-learning development, and soon got a position as Learning Technologist in the Skills@Library team, with a remit to develop interactive online resources to help students to develop their academic skills. While at the University of Leeds, she also worked on the EU-funded ORCIT (Online Resources for Conference Interpreting) project, producing interactive pedagogic tools for trainers and students of conference interpreting.
She moved to the University of Manchester Library in October 2012. Her main areas of responsibility are the design and development of a new program of innovative online resources, covering a broad range of academic skills, and to support library colleagues with the use of technology in their teaching.
Jade has also worked on a number of freelance projects in a variety of areas, including e-learning, web, and multimedia development.
Barry Sampson is a director and co-founder of Onlignment, a small consultancy with big ideas about transforming learning and development into something results focused and practical. He works with large corporates, small training companies, NGOs, charities, government agencies, and anyone else who wants to make the best use of technology to support learning and communication. In between projects, he writes and speaks on a range of topics related to learning and technology.
Occasionally, he remembers to blog at http://barrysampson.com/.
Helen Tyson is an experienced L&D professional and has been involved in IT training for approximately 15 years, with specific emphasis on e-learning since 2006. She has experience of training in a variety of industries, including print technology, financial services, and mail order retail.
After having used several other e-learning content development software packages, she found Articulate while working for a clinical decision support software house. This led to Helen taking part in the first ever Articulate Accredited Training for Studio 09 that took place in the UK, and she has stuck with Articulate ever since.
Currently, Helen is an e-learning consultant for Omniplex Ltd, a company that provides a comprehensive range of e-learning solutions to hundreds of organizations in the UK, Europe, and North America.
Omniplex is the only official Articulate training partner in the UK and a large part of Helen's role is to deliver Articulate Accredited Training across the UK and Europe. In addition to training, she also works on content development projects, course consultancy, and manages LMS implementations.