Jennifer Parrish

Background

About Jennifer Parrish

A technical writer turned instructional designer that brings exceptional writing, editing, presentation, critical thinking, and problem solving skills to my projects. I have worked in education and training as a designer, developer, trainer, and manager for more than 25 years. I have designed and/or developed training for a variety of training environments and platforms: classroom, groups ranging from small workshops to large conferences, computer-based training, web-based training, webinar, train-the-trainer, Blackboard, video, and hybrid training approaches. Although my initial work was in documentation, I also have background in programming so that I am experienced with the development and implementation of more complex media and training products. I have worked with media development including graphics, video and animation production, audio recording, and webcasts. Two of my key interests have always been quality assurance and process improvement to make the design process and the collaboration that goes into instructional design as efficient and productive as possible. Over the last several years, I have also been involved with Section 508 compliance for a variety of products including documents, audio and video, web sites, and web-based training. So I focus not only on the training product but also on the best ways to create a useful, usable product.