Claude GagnonInstructional designer and trainer

About

Learning design, AI and the human factor

I am an instructional designer and trainer. For 20 years I have designed and facilitated learning: first as a psychosocial worker, then as a college teacher, and today as a designer of online and blended programs.

This background gives me an uncommon combination. I have a designer's rigour (needs analysis, measurable objectives, ADDIE, SAM, SCORM), the technical skills of a multimedia producer and a command of generative AI to produce faster. I also have a deep understanding of how adults experience change, built in the field with people going through transitions.

My goal in every contract is skills transfer: people applying what they learned in their real work.

I work mostly remotely, by contract and by objectives, with companies, educational institutions and non-profits. I deliver directly in English, French and Spanish.

Experience

RoleSetting
Founder, instructional designer and traineri+ Method, self-employed
Teacher, Special Education TechniquesCollege level
Teaching assistant, vocational training and special educationUniversity
Psychosocial worker and special educatorCommunity settings

Education

  • Graduate studies in education, UQAM (2011)
  • Bachelor of Education, vocational and technical training, UQAM (2010)
  • Certificate in psychosocial intervention, UQAM (2008)
  • DEC in Special Education Techniques, Cégep Marie-Victorin (2007)
  • AEC in Multimedia Production, Cégep de Jonquière (2000)

Tools

  • Generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT): writing and scripting
  • LearnWorlds, Thinkific, SCORM
  • Zoom, Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft 365, Canva, Keynote, Pages
  • ADDIE, SAM, adult learning

Other achievements

  • Speaker at the UNESCO Congress in Paris (2011)
  • Founder and editor of an online cultural magazine
  • Creator of a comedy show
  • President and board member of non-profit organizations

Do you have training to design or modernize?

Let's talk about your project for 20 minutes. You'll leave with a first idea, whether we work together or not.