Tonya Anderson, MAEd, APRM, LSSBB
Tonya Anderson, MAEd, APRM, LSSBB
Biography
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In 2023, Tonya Anderson (Thomas) joined the Office of Learning and Teaching as Curriculum Development Consultant. She studied at WSU earlier in life, and began working with the institution in 2017. Tonya specializes in interactive, media-rich, accessible online learning development and quality assurance. She will be working with the team here in the Office of Learning and Teaching to manage the curriculum inventory as well as to support faculty with the integration of innovative educational technologies in the instructional design of their courses. She is also an adjunct professor of Communications at WSU, as well as a mentor for the Wayne Women Lead Next Level Career Conversations Program.
Prior to joining the Office of Learning and Teaching, Anderson served as instructional design/performance improvement consultant and senior business systems analyst with Finance & Business Operations at WSU; as Director of Systems Innovation at TechTown (Detroit); as Director, Educational Technology & Innovation (ET+I), The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI; and as instructional design lead, project manager, and Quality Matters Coordinator with the Academic Technologies Group at Oakland Community College, where she was responsible for establishing quality course development standards, review and approval processes, and mandatory faculty training required for the institution to obtain its HLC online learning accreditation. Before that, she served as Director, Staff Learning & Development with Teach For America, where her chief charge was to oversee the effort to transform classroom training to web-based learning and performance support resources. She has also held education leadership roles with UnitedHealth Group, The University of Michigan, and Trinity Health.
Ms. Anderson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Instructional Design from Walden University and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Technology from the University of Michigan. She is certified in project management and Lean Six Sigma process improvement, and also has two decades of experience managing creative design work and corporate communications.
In her downtime, she manages a local band, enjoys music, singing, photography, painting, interior decorating, spending time with her family, and being anywhere near open water.
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Awards
- MA.Ed with Distinction from The University of Michigan
- Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, Walden University
- Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT) Foundation Graduate Scholarship (2016)
- Wayne State University 4-Year Merit Scholarship (1989)
Certifications
- Accredited Project Manager Certification (APRM)
- Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt (LSSBB)
- Quality Matters™ Higher Ed Program Coordinator
- Course Review Manager Certification (CRMC)
- APPQMR Online Facilitator Certification (AOFC)
- Microsoft Certified Innovative Educator (MIE)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Master Leadership Series, University of Michigan (2012)
Courses taught
- COM 2310—"Intro to Modern Web Design"
- COM 2260—Digital Writing and Research Methods
- Guest lecturer—COM 4170 PR Writing
- BA 1500 Business Tools and Applications
- Introduction to CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) for WSU Staff only
- Building Financial & Budgetary Awareness: The Basics of Revenue & Expense at WSU
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Instructional Design - Walden University
- Master of Arts, Educational Technology - University of Michigan
Also completed pre-med coursework in psychology and nursing at Wayne State University, is leadership-certified through The University of Michigan, and has completed additional education in Senn-Delaney, DiSC, David Allen's GTD, Covey, and StrengthsFinder productivity/org development frameworks.
Expertise
Tonya Anderson is an education technology, instructional design, and multimedia communications leader with nearly 25 years of experience in healthcare, information systems, training and human performance support, productivity consulting, public speaking, group facilitation, web development, PR and corporate communications, social media, project management, leadership development, data management, business management consulting, and non-profit operations management.
- Instructional design and educational technology
- Course/curriculum quality assurance
- Media-rich, interactive, accessible online learning design
- Classroom teaching and facilitation
- Technical writing and documentation
- Presentation and public speaking
- Process/performance improvement
- Team leadership and staff supervision
- Project management
- Communications
- Website design, digital content management, social media promotion
- Graphic design and corporate branding
- Productivity tech
Memberships
Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society; Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT), member/volunteer (2004-present); Board of Directors, 2008–2010; Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)Presentations
- Samples of work at www.edutechdiva.net/portfolio
- Subsets of presentations available at Slideshare.net
- More on LinkedIn (publications)
Research and teaching interests
- "Personal Systems Optimization and the PSO Framework" (c) 2017 Tonya V Anderson
- Sound's impact on focus and motivation
- How motivation impacts learning
- Accessibility and UDL in online learning
- Quality assurance for online learning
- AR and VR for online learning