My 2018 Iceberg: Year in Review

Before I share all of the great things that happened to me in 2018, I want to share the idea of the success iceberg . It's important to know that while I had an amazing 2018, I certainly had a lot of weight under my iceberg this year that I will also share in a seperate article.

2018 Was About Experiences

• It was when I finally met Brent and Luis from TLDC
• It was laughing so hard I was on the verge of tears during a L&D D&D session led by the amazing Matt Pierce.

• Bouncing up and down like Tigger when I got my first paid speaking gig for a Columbus area conference.
• It was running down the hall at the University of Utah to give Myra Roldan a hug
• Meeting Dr Michael Allen in Utah to only see him again a few months later at The Ohio State University. He did a program for the Central Ohio ATD Chapter and gave me a hug.
• It was laughing so hard I cried when I saw the National Lotto signs in England and my delight to get a picture with a sign.

• It was meeting Jo Cook and blowing out birthday candles with her in London at TLDCUK (TLDCUK was probably one of my favorite events of the year, to see what you missed, check out this awesome video created by Jayne and Kevin Davids)

• It was going with Bethany Taylor to meet Donald Taylor in London for tea and scones
• It was sharing a pizza with Bethany Taylor in Amsterdam
• It was packing up my office to work for a new department at The Ohio State University
• Hosting the amazing Jac Hutchinson and talented Kim Lindsey in my home :)
• Introducing the almighty Mike Taylor as the keynote speaker at the Central Ohio ATD conference (in case you didn't know I'm a huge Mike Taylor fan :D)
• It was eating BBQ with Clark Quinn in Kansas City

No pun intended, but that is just the TIP of the iceberg.

This year has been nothing short of amazing and I'm so thankful for all the amazing people I've been able to meet, laugh with, and cultivate friendships. I've learned this year that our profession is SO small. It may not feel like it but the deeper you get in, the smaller it becomes. Here are some of the other highlights from 2018:

Academic Achievements:

I'm fortunate to be able to pursue my PhD in Learning Technologies while also working full-time at The Ohio State University. This time last year if you asked me what I wanted to do with my degree, I would have told you that I wanted to be a consultant. While that may still be a possibility, this year (as in a few months ago), I've decided to focus on the "academic" game. In other words, 2019 will be the year of publishing. I did set some nice groundwork for it this year by doing some service projects and by getting two publications:

Correia, A.-P., North, C. A., Korkmaz, C., Simmerman, V. E. & Bruce Wallace, K. A. (in press). Authentic Online Discussions: A Narrative Inquiry into Sharing Leadership and Facilitation Among Teachers and Students. International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL)

Leach, A., North, C.A., Gintert, N., Correia, A-P., Archambault, L. A Portrait of a Modern Online Graduate Student. In M. Simonson (ed) 41th Annual Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT).

Also, I had the opportunity to assist with two graduate level instructional design classes at The Ohio State University and I was asked to be a guest speaker for Dr Lynn Lease's instructional design course at Franklin University. For 2019, I hope to assist with the Multimedia Principles course and maybe a Workforce Development course.

Fall 2018. Introduction to Instructional Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Served as Practitioner mentor under Dr Tracy McKell-Stuckey.

October 2018. Guest speaker for Instructional Design and Learning course. Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio. Invited by Dr Lynn Lease.

Spring 2018. Applied Instructional Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Served as a Practitioner mentor under Dr Ana-Paula Correia.

Presentations

Last year, I did a measly 9 presentations. This year I did 21 presentations in 3 different countries. Here is the full list:

1) North, C.A. The Case of the Disengaged Learner. Presentation for Association of Education Communications and Technology conference. Kansas City, MO. October 26, 2018.

2) Leach, A., North, C.A., Gintert, N., Correia, A-P., Archambault, L. A Portrait of a Modern Online Graduate Student. Presentation for Association of Education Communications and Technology conference. Kansas City, MO. October 26, 2018.

3) North, C.A. Twitter- Building Knowledge 280 Characters at a Time. Table Topics Session for Greater Cincinnati Association for Talent and Development Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 5, 2018.

4) Hickey, S.& North, C.A. None of the Above: Common Pitfalls for Multiple-Choice Assessments. Presentation at Central Ohio Association for Talent and Development Learning Technologies and Design Day conference. Columbus, Ohio. Sept 18, 2018.

5) Taylor, M., Zoller, J., Suarez, J, & North, C.A. Keeping Up with Technology. A panel discussion at Central Ohio Association for Talent and Development Learning Technologies and Design Day conference. North was the moderator. Columbus, Ohio. Sept 18, 2018.

6) North, C.A & Suarez, J. Podcasting for Learning. Presentation at Central Ohio Association for Talent and Development Learning Technologies and Design Day conference. Columbus, Ohio. Sept 18, 2018.

7) Correia, A-P, North, C.A, Korkmaz, C., Simmerman, V.E., Bruce Wallace, K. No prior experience necessary: Reflecting on the learning experiences offered by student-created online discussions. Presentation at Ed-Media, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. June 25, 2018.

8) North, C.A. Let's Get Social: Unleashing the Collective Brainpower of Others. Discussion led at the Training Learning Development Community UK Conference. London, England. June 21, 2018. **Invited Presentation**

9) Hickey, S., North.C.A, Nagy, G. Gamification, eLearning, and Virtual Reality. Presentation delivered at Learning DevCamp, Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 14, 2018. **Invited presentation**

10) North, C.A. & Cropp, M. Women in Learning and Development: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. Presentation delivered at Learning DevCamp, Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 13, 2018.

11) North, C.A. & Leach, A. Evaluating Learning Technologies with CPR. Presentation delivered at Learning DevCamp, Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 12, 2018. 

12) North, C.A. 10 Lessons I Learning with First Year Using Social Media to Cultivate my Personal Learning Network (PLN) Presentation delivered at Learning DevCamp, Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 12, 2018.

13) North, C.A. Breathe Life Into Your Technology Evaluation with CPR. Presentation delivered via Training Magazine Network Technology Series. May 23, 2018 **Invited presentation**

14) Correia, A-P, Bruce-Wallace, K., Korkmaz, C., North, C.A & Simmerman, V. E. Shifting the Balance: Engaging Students as Collaborators in Online Course Redesign. Presentation delivered at Innovate Forward, 2018, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. May 11, 2018.

15) North, C.A, Gintert, N. & Vogel, A. The Art of Subtle Animation: Creating a Cinemagraph. Presented at Ohio University Educational Technology Conference. Athens, Ohio. April 21, 2018.

16) North, C.A. (2018). Social Media: Using Technology to Build Your Brand. Training Magazine Network Master Series, presented online. April 20, 2018. **Invited Presentation**

17) North, C.A, Hickey, S., Nagy, G. Getting the Best Audio for your eLearning. Presentation for Exploring Learning Technologies (ELT) group at The Ohio State University. February 15, 2018.

18) North, C.A. (2018). Putting the WE in Webinar: Creating Digital Communities of Practice. Presentation at the 2018 Ohio Educational Technology Conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, February 13-15, 2018.

19) Hickey, S., North, C.A., Nagy, G. The Great Game of Gamification. Presentation at the 2018 Ohio Educational Technology Conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, February 13-15, 2018.

20) Korkmaz, C., Bruce Wallace, K. A., Correia, A.-P., North, C. A., Simmerman, V. E. (2018). When learning design meets e-learning: what teachers can learn from concepts and cases in learning design. Presentation delivered 2018 Ohio Educational Technology Conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, February 13-15, 2018

21) North, C. A. (2018). Social MEdia: Livetweeting at a Conference. Training Learning and Development Conference (TLDC), Phoenix, Arizona. January 30, 2018.

For 2019, I'll be at University of Miami Recharge, TLDC19, Learning Solutions, and Learning DevCamp. Again, I will probably limit my presentations in 2019 to focus more on publishing.

Service

To me, I'm most proud of being able to serve and help others and I'm glad in 2018 to have the opportunity to mentor and assist emerging professionals. If you are reading this and haven't met me, I encourage you to send me a DM (as long as you don't try to sell me anything). I'll help you anyway that I can including resume help, connections, or general advice. In addition to personal service, here are some of the ways I gave back in 2018:

December 2018. Evaluator for Designers for Learning. Evaluation Sprint project. Supervised by Jennifer Maddrell.

October 2018. Judge for the eLearning Learning MVP Awards. https://www.elearninglearning.com/pages/mvp-awards-2018/

January 2018. Data collector for research study: Impact of Art Museum Programs on K-12 Students. Supervisor Erin Wilcox from Randi Korn and Associates. Full report found here: https://www.arteducators.org/research/articles/377-naea-aamd-research-study-impact-of-art-museum-programs-on-k-12-students

Leadership

In 2019, I will be President of Central Ohio ATD. It is exciting and scary. Some of the changes I want to implement include having more service opportunities such as clothing/food drives and to have an emerging professional showcase. I have a lot of ideas but I realize it's not pragmatic to try to achieve everything in a year. Due to this large committment, I likely won't be as involved in other organizations as I have in the past.

Media

2018 was a busy year for me in podcasting and TLDC. While I have my own podcast with Joe Suarez (I mean actually it's his podcast and he lets me sort of claim it haha), it was great to be a part of other podcasts including The Lounge, Training Journal & TelTales. One of my favorite TLDCasts I hosted would have to be the one where Mel Milloway shared one of her xAPI projects.

A close second would have to be the instructional design playlist.

A huge thank you again to all of the wonderful folks who were a part of it including Clark Quinn, Debbie Richards, Myra Roldan, Sean Hickey, Trish Uhl, Dawn Snyder, Matt Sustaita, and Roberta Dombrowski

Also this Periscope from Jo still makes me smile. I can still feel the wind off of that fast moving train :)

L&D Hall of Fame

I added to my elite L&D photo collection in 2018 :)

Marco Faccini

Julian Stodd

Michael Sheyahshe

Delia Smola

Brent, Joe, Anna, and Bethany

Mike Simmons

Katie Stroud

Lisa Goldstein

Josh Cavalier

Craig Sybert

Joyce Nelson-Avila

Dr Michael Allen

Myra Roldan and Anna Leach

Mary Cropp

Debbie Richards (seriously, is there anyone in L&D nicer than this wonderful woman?!)

Jo Cook and James McLuckie

Jac Hutchinson, Mike Taylor, Joe Suarez, and Kim Lindsey

Just for fun, two other pics. This summer in Salt Lake, my husband and I found the Joseph Smith sphinx and had to get a selfie with him

Also, while Chicago has The Bean and Denver has The Bear, did you know Columbus has the selfie? This year, I added my face to the growing number in the "As We Are" sculpture

Compare this to my last year in review and it looks like some of the things I missed was visiting Scotland and writing a book about educational technology. Instead I went to England and I was apart of this book. In 2019, I hope to continue to pay it forward :)