Cynthia Padavano has been working at Arizona State University since 2014 and most recently joined the EdPlus Instructional Design and New Media team in May 2022. She is currently an Instructional Designer working with the Masters of Computer Science online program in Coursera.
Prior to working at EdPlus, she was an Instructional Design Associate in UTO's Learning Expereince Design team since August 2018. She provided course design consulations to ASU faculty and staff; developed workshops and instructor resources on teaching strategies with learning technologies; and managed course design projects using Instructure's Canvas LMS platform.
Prior to UTO, she was a Global Educator for Global Launch since May 2014. Her main role was English instruction, but she also held multiple positions and particpated in several projects during her employment such as the Technology Coordinator which involved not only managing several education technologies used in the English program, but also providing IT support and training to both instructors and users (learners) in the program. She was also a member of AZTESOL where she attended several professional development workshops and even presented on mutiple education-related topics for technology and group dynamics.