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From Admin to Role in EdTech/ID
I have been in the admin/operational support roles for a very long time. I went back to school for education and human development with a focus on education and technology. Now that I have the degree, I find that it is really difficult for someone to take a chance on me without any experience in ed tech or instructional design. I realize that I don't have any individual work from school to even create an e-portfolio showcasing projects I've worked on. They have all been group related, except for papers.
I have provided some help to a friend who is teaching an online course. I've helped her set up her course and did some QA checking to make sure she didn't meet anything, but that's about it.
I just really want to get out of the admin role and into something more specialized in the ed tech field. What would you recommend I highlight/showcase on my resume to make it more tech/ID driven?
TaVonEA Assistant in Washington, DC
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02/22/22 at 9:09PM UTC
You absolutely can make a portfolio of the projects you worked on and what you contributed 2. I would also say to see of you can volunteer services to add more to your portfolio.
LISA FORSYTHEIntrovert trying to tackle the world of Ed Tech
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09/25/19 at 5:50PM UTC
Thank you, Bernadette. That is a great idea. I will work on that.
Bernadette SheridanDesign & UX leader
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10/02/19 at 3:05PM UTC (Edited)
Hi! Just reading what you wrote and I think it sounds like you have some good experience that you can showcase. Just because your projects were not individual work doesn't mean you can't present them and talk about them as group projects, and what you individually contributed. I'm not entirely familiar with ed tech, but it sounds like you need a visual way to show what you've worked on and what you'd like to do for other companies. Could you make a powerpoint, or even an infographic, that highlights the things you've done? Even if you chose 5 things/projects, you could talk about 1. the challenge, 2. the solution, and 3. your contribution. And use the example you mentioned about helping with your friend's online course. Take screengrabs of what you did and then include those with some brief explanations. Make it clean and graphic and more of a story than a resume. Your resume will open doors but your strengths lie in being able to talk about what you want to do, and what you've done already that aligns with that. I hope this is helpful!
