Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi, I'm Stephanie from Southern California!

I'm a Senior Learning Experience Designer at Northwestern Mutual, where I create training for employees who process and support long-term care, life, and disability claims. I spend most of my time building process training, interactive scenarios, software simulations, and demo videos that help people learn complex work and apply it on the job.

I joined this cohort to expand my AI skills and learn how to better incorporate AI into my eLearning workflow, particularly in Articulate Storyline and Rise. I'm excited to explore new ways AI can help with design, development, and creating engaging learner experiences.

Bonus introduction: Meet my dog, who volunteered to be my co-pilot for this post and insisted on wearing a festive New Year's hat! 🐶🐾🎉

Hi! 👋 My name is Stacey Kramer. I live in the beautiful and adventurous state of Colorado. I work as an L&D Consultant in the health care industry. I joined this group to brush up on my skills with Articulate products and to learn more about AI capabilities. 

Here is my work buddy and shadow, Indie:

Hi Everyone. I'm Jodi and I currently live out in the California desert near Palm Springs. I'm an independent consultant and I just completed my 10 year anniversary working with Storyline. I was initially trained by one of my favorite community members, Ron Price, from the Yukon Group. Before I started my e-learning career I was a brand manager and marketing/advertising professional in New York.

I joined the cohort because I have been working remotely since 2004, and I miss having cube mates and learning from others informally. Technology is moving so quickly now that I felt I need take more initiative to keep up.

I don't currently have any pets, but you can find out a lot about my cats Trixie and Alice in some of the ELH challenges from 2018 and 2019. :) Almost every demo I did had something to do with cats and dogs back then.

I look forward to being a good cohort member!

Hi everyone!

I'm Sheila and I live in Toronto, Canada. I currently work the health sector as an Instructional Designer where I develop training to support competency development for a range of health professionals.

My organization just recently added the AI functionalities in Articulate and the demos I've seen on what it can do have been amazing! I'm hoping to build my skills in using these AI tools to create engaging content for my courses.

P.S. I'm allergic to dogs but have always wanted to own a pet. I've really enjoyed seeing everyone's pictures of their pets!

I'm excited to be learning with you all!

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m Rozina, an Enterprise Training Manager based in Toronto, Canada, where I have the privilege of leading a team of extremely talented Instructional Designers.

My main focus right now is leading our strategic shift toward fully embracing AI. I’m especially curious to dive deep into prompt engineering for course creation within Articulate 360. I’m a big believer in collaborative learning, and I know this cohort will be a fantastic space for us to discover best practices together rather than figuring it out solo!

No pets at home for me, but I am absolutely adoring all the adorable furry friends in this feed! 💓 Looking forward to learning alongside you all!

Hello everyone!  I am Holly Pyatt and I am a Learning and Organizational Development Consultant with Equifax in Clayton, Missouri.  I support our Business Units specifically in the Sales area through designing and delivering development programs to help our organization be more effective.  I'm interested in learning more about designing courses using the AI Assistant.  My preference has always been the facilitation side so I'm interested in how I can bolster my instructional design skills utilizing the tool.  I don't have any pets at home although my girls are begging for a cat 😺!

Hello everyone! My name is Paola, and I am based out of Ontario, Canada. I work for a software company that manages the online learning for various healthcare sectors. I was in L&D for many years and went back into operations, but am finally going back to my roots! I'm excited to see how AI is being used in the devlopement of learning. I have a Bichon Frise, and her name is Roxie - she is 9 years old. 

Hello! My name is Cassandra Hart and I live in Pueblo, Colorado.  I work for McLane as the Transportation Training and Development Manager where my team creates interactive eLearning for the company mostly related to Transportation.  I also manage in-person classes for training on our Transportation Systems and FMCSA regulations. 

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort because really I just like to learn to new things and not always by figuring it by myself. So I am just hoping to learn something from this.

I don't have any pets that are tamed in my house, but I do love to garden and have quite a bit of insects and other creatures who visit because of the wildflowers in the front of my house and the vegetables/herbs/fruits in the back. So here is a picture of a visitor who got a little too excited and needed to rest for a bit. 

Hi! I'm excited to join this cohort! I'm Nicole, eLearning Program Manager (really, instructional design) at the American Academy of Neurology in Minneapolis, MN. I work on leadership courses, curriculum for advance practice providers, and much more. 

I'm hoping to learn how to improve my AI skills in the Articulate suite. 

This is Gilbert, our 9-month-old pitbull mix who always has at least one ear flopped over.

Hi everyone! My name is Delaney and I am a Curriculum Development Manager for tax technical content located in WV. I work with my team of other CD folks to create and deliver trainings at all levels throughout our firm. We are looking to expand our e-learning opportunities so I am enrolled in this course to hopefully learn more about Rise and be able to better provide our folks with both engaging and effective learning options!