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Kerri Patton

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I'm a UW-Eau Claire alumna, having earned a Blugold B.A. in both German and English literature. During my tenure as an undergrad, I also worked as a Help Desk and Desktop employee for what was then known as CNS (now LTS). Post-college, I spent a year teaching English in Dortmund, Germany, via a Fulbright Scholarship. Upon moving back to the States, I entered into the business world, gaining experience as an executive assistant, project coordinator, and later an assessment report writer for a leadership development firm headquartered in Minneapolis. After five years in the firm, I switched industries altogether to work on the front lines of education: the American classroom. For the next 10 years, I taught all five levels of German (I was the only German instructor at the high school) and coordinated the bi-annual German American Partnership Program between my high school and its partner school in Rüsselsheim, Germany (home to Opel!). Eventually, however, I decided to expand my horizons into the world of online education and instructional design, which entailed pursuing a graduate degree in Educational Technology and a graduate certificate in Online Education from Boise State University. My particular interests in the field of EdTech center around effectively translating diverse curricula to the online environment, integrating high-impact multimedia into course design, and providing equitable e-learning experiences for all students. When not at work, you can find me traveling, adventuring with my family, puttering in my garden, tinkering with stained glass, reading, baking, and watching BBC mini-series!