About Therefore Learning

Therefore Learning, LLC is a business dedicated to the design, development, and facilitation of effective learning experiences. With an emphasis on evidence-based principles and theories of learning, the resulting instructional services and solutions entail that participants are truly, therefore, learning.

About Kristin

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Kristin facilitates a discussion of philosophical perspectives in an interdisciplinary talkback following a theater production at Graceland University.

Kristin Seemuth Whaley, PhD, is an instructional designer and learning facilitator with more than ten years of experience. Her resume includes

  • >1000 hours of learning facilitation of

  • >600 custom learning experiences designed, developed, and implemented for

  • >1000 learner participants with

  • >90% participant satisfaction of learning outcomes, as well as

  • >500 pages of content created for general and expert audiences

  • and more!

Her work comprises instructional design projects involving the design, development, and implementation of custom learning solutions. In addition to partnering with clients outside of higher education, she also teaches courses in philosophy and religion for undergraduate and graduate students. In the interest of making philosophy available to everyone, she serves as an editor and contributor for 1000-Word Philosophy, an online publication aimed at introducing philosophical concepts to general audiences.

Throughout her career, Kristin has contributed to professional development initiatives aimed at effective learning facilitation. She has created and facilitated several workshops on best practices in teaching and learning, including effective use of instructional technologies and tools.

In 2018, Kristin was awarded a Grant for Innovations in Teaching by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers in support of a project researching alternative assessments of learning. She won an award for excellence in teaching in 2016 and was formally recognized for “outstanding teaching” on several other occasions.

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Timeline interaction within an eLearning activity created in Articulate Storyline

Her skillset includes

  • Theories and Concepts: ADDIE, adult learning theories, backward design, Bloom’s Taxonomy, the Kirkpatrick Model, Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Instruction, and others

  • Authoring and Media: Articulate Storyline and Rise, Camtasia, iMovie

  • Learning Management Systems: Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Thinkific

  • Video Conferencing Tools: Microsoft Teams, Zoom

  • Microsoft Office: Word and PowerPoint

  • and more!