Savita Taylor | Instructional Designer

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Biography

Savita Taylor has a sound comprehension of instructional design principles, adult learning theories, and rapid e-learning tools. She has created print and online training solutions including HTML help, user manuals, tutorials, job aids, e-learning videos, and webinars.

She currently works an instructional designer, developing online training courses for clients such as the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, and the American Red Cross. For a decade, she worked as a technical writer at a variety of companies, from a power corporation to an Internet service provider. With this experience, she has an exceptional ability to convey technical information in a clear and concise manner for learners.

Savita continues to keep a foot in the technical communication world by teaching a technical writing course through Fairfax County Public Schools Adult and Community Education program. She previously taught a similar course through Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies.

She served a two-year term on the Southern Polytechnic State University Technical Communication Advisory Board and has been published in Intercom, the magazine for the Society for Technical Communication (STC). She presented technical communication workshops at the 2006 and 2007 Blacks in Government National Training Conferences and at the 2009 STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter’s Conference. In June 2009, she will co-present a poster entitled Lessons Learned: Developing for the Air Operations Center at George Mason University’s Innovations in e-Learning Symposium.

Savita received a Master of Education in Instructional Design and Development from George Mason University in May 2009. She also holds a Master of Science in Technical and Professional Communication from Southern Polytechnic State University and a Bachelor of Textile Engineering from Georgia Tech.