Welcome to Virtual Training Solutions.
I am
Vicky
Walker.
Sr Education and Training Manager
Change Management Consultant
Instructional Designer
Technology Guru
Design Thinker
Researcher
Educator
Historian
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I am an innovative instructional designer, learning strategy consultant, educator for all ages, life-long learner, and social scientist transforming people's lives through creative digital experiences. I am a provincially recognized technology action researcher, possess my M.Ed in Instructional Design and Technology and my MBA in Data and Analytics (Social Impact), and am a Doctoral Education (Instructional Technology) candidate. Let us collaboratively grow, lead, and learn together.
01 PROFESSIONAL
02 PORTFOLIO
VIEW MY PORTFOLIO AND BLOG PAGES FOR ADDITIONAL VIDEO, GRAPHIC, WEB, & PRINT EXAMPLES
03 Experience
2022
LEARNING STRATEGY CONSULTANT
CORPORATE, HIGHER EDUCATION
Professional corporate, higher education, and K-12 consulting with D2L and the Brightspace Learning Management System.
2022-2025
SR. MANAGER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING/SR LEARNING ADVISOR
NON-PROFIT EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Sr Manager of Education and Training for the Canadian Red Cross, Canadian Operations Risk Reduction and Resilience national service lines.
1995-2019
LEARNING EXPERIENCES DEVELOPER
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER
(IN-CLASS, BLENDED, & ONLINE), DEPARTMENT CHAIR, CURRICULUM CONSULTANT
Provincially-recognized social sciences and English teacher leading other teachers into integrating rich technology-enabled learning experiences. Specialist in literacy, universal design for learning, history, Indigenous affairs.
2009-2025
ADULT EDUCATION TRAINER
TECHNICAL/SOFTWARE TRAINER
Beginning in 2009, I began formally teaching adults to use technology through occupational training programs with Lakehead Public Schools, TV Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Ontario Software Acquisition Program, Lakehead University, Canam Systems, D2L, and the Canadian Red Cross..
2017-2025
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
PROFESSIONAL ID
Worked, first part-time and now full-time, as a professional instructional designer creating online learning experiences for organizations, including TV Ontario, K-12 schools, corporate Instructional designer and learning consultant, and a university professor. I have experience as an Instructional Designer, Digital Marketer, LMS Administrator with Canam Systems, Instructional Designer for Adaptavist and UNITAR (United Nations) Peacekeeping Division, and as Sr. Manager of Education and Training with the Canadian Red Cross.
2012-2018
UNIVERSITY LECTURER
EDUCATION FACULTY
Instructed adult learners and pre-service educators in Indigenous curriculum development and cross-curricular literacy at Lakehead University.
2006-2021,2023-2024
PRINT AND GRAPHIC MEDIA PRODUCTION
EDITOR, ADVISOR, MARKETER
Beginning in 1993, I began writing, editing, and publishing magazine articles, print media advertising, curriculum resources, technical training materials, and photobooks (e.g. school yearbooks) using a variety of software applications: Adobe, HTML, Microsoft.
2000-2018
LEARNER-CENTRIC RESEARCHER
RESEARCH PROJECTS
I was a lead researcher in formal research projects: School Improvement Planning (Quantitative Research, 1999-2005) Urban Aboriginal Education Project (Qualitative Research, 2009-2010), TLLP Engaging Aboriginal Learners (Qualitative Research, 2011-2012), Imaginaction Twinning Project, Canadian Teacher's Federation (Qualitative Research, 2011-2012), TLLP iPads for Success (Qualitative Research, 2013-2015), Collaborative Inquiry Project, Lakehead Public Schools, (Qualitative Research, 2016-2018).
CONTACT
If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send me a message via email or text.
vicky@virtualtrainingsolutions.ca
Mobile: 1-807-620-0769
