Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Hi! I am Doug Archibald, an instructional designer for Air Defense in the US Army. I'm an expert in non-traditional adult learners, blended learning, and teacher training! Learn more about me at my website... archwayeducation.com
I am the Course Manager for Army University's Common Faculty Development Developer Course. I also teach this course along with the IC course, training 8 curriculum developers and/or instructors every month on how to write lesson plans and teach. I am also the supervisor of two instructional systems specialists who also serve as instructors. In this role, I am often called on by the Dean of Academics to serve as a senior lesson plan developer. In this role, I have had to run the Developer of the Year program, teach at Leadership Fort Sill seminars, train our commander in technology capabilities, and assist in AI research.
I specialized in developing rigorous, ArmyU-compliant curriculum and interactive multimedia instruction, including comprehensive distributed learning courses for air defense warrant officers. My unique background in economics and data analysis enabled me to effectively manage complex datasets, design validated course evaluations, and track critical staffing metrics in the 140L Basic and Advanced Courses. I am highly adept at cross-organizational coordination, having successfully served as a liaison between diverse stakeholders such as TRADOC, FORSCOM, IT departments, and defense contractors to execute complex training initiatives such as the Intermediate Warrant Officer Education and the integration of Articulate Storyline. Leveraging Agile methodologies and advanced project management tools, I consistently delivered high-quality educational products that met strict military standards while optimizing student achievement.
In my job I get to film and watch brilliant lectures by noted scholars on topics of ethics, secularism, family psychology, and religion. I then get to do video editing for those talks, making them accessible as possible to a large audience. I distill the lectures into one minute, 5 minute, and 10 minute video clips.
Majoring in Economics provides me with a highly mathematical/statistical foundation for understanding how business, trade, and government operates. My minor in Spanish strengthens my ability to communicate, while also helping me be a more well-rounded person. I've also taken courses in web design, accounting, and management. My GPA of 3.73 is an indicator of my dedication to hard work. While in school, I stayed involved by being a member of the Economics Student Association, participating in the service organization for the Hispanic community (Centro Hispano), playing intramural sports, and actively participating in the sketch comedy club. While still attending school, I have also worked as an intern for Historylines, a volunteer English teacher for the Provo school district, a volunteer Spanish teacher at Canyon Crest elementary school, a volunteer Spanish teaching resource at the Missionary Training Center, an exit pollster for the 2014 election, and as a video editor for the Center for Leadership Solutions.
I taught 3 classes to high school students every day on the LDS religious text, the Book of Mormon. The job involved creating 45 minute to 1 hour and 10 minute long lessons, and regularly attending training on pedagogy.
Using a combination of Excel and Access databases, I was responsible for generating payroll reports to ensure that our company's 135 railroad flagmen were paid correctly. I repeatedly coordinated between administration, HR, and accounting in order to provide our employees the correct paychecks in a timely manner. I also created dozens of invoices to bill our customers. I was also responsible for analyzing data in order to track waste and fraud. I created a mapping system that made it easier to dispatch around 135 employees to job sites near them. I also spearheaded a Sharepoint project that gathered data from nearly every department of the company in order to display this data in a handful of easy-to-understand charts.