Arlene Westphal, M.Ed.

M.Ed. in Educational Technology from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, B.S. degree in Educational Media from Florida Atlantic University.

She taught information literacy and content literacy to students, and conducted professional development for teachers, in the areas of instructional design, integrating technology, and content literacy. In her “teacher on assignment” role at Tempe Union High School District, Arlene supervised curriculum mapping and instructional design for English and social studies departments at each of the high schools.

where she led distance learning and online instructional design initiatives to support state-wide professional development. She continued her career focus on distance learning and online instructional design at a private law school in Downtown Phoenix, where she collaborated on writing strategic plans and project charters to roll-out distance learning initiatives, and she provided professional development to faculty on instructional design and emerging educational technologies.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Learning and cognition

Design and development of web-based instruction

Instructional problem-solving with digital technologies

Project-based and problem-based learning

Evaluation of education and training programs

Project management and process improvement

Human performance technology (HPT) – aka Human performance improvement (HPI)