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It Came From Outer Space

Adaptive Quiz

A gamified astronomy quiz for grades 8-10 that is built around a simple hook: the search for extraterrestrial life. The quiz changes its difficuilty based on the learner's performance. The learner's score is tied to different outcomes in the plotline.

TWINE, ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360, XAPI

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Employability Skills

Course Outline
Storyboard

A dive into course outline design and pre-production storyboard creation, based on US grade school state standards.

MICROSOFT WORD 2016, GOOGLE DOCS

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Schlosskirche Virtual Tour

360° Virtual Tour

A 360° virtual tour of the famous Schlosskirche in Germany that uses Articulate Storyline's new 360° Image [Beta] feature and hotspots.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360

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PASS System

Microlesson

A simple interactive vector-animation based microlesson that teaches learners the PASS system used as a mnemonic for operating a fire extinguisher.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360

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Lecture Video Samples

Website

A few clips showing my visualisation and video editing skills.

ADOBE PREMIER RUSH

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Saucy Splurge Recipes

Interactive Recipe Book

An interactive quick-n-easy recipe book that uses images, music, video, and a little AMSR to give a truly mouthwatering experience.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360, ARTICULATE RISE 360

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It Came From Outer Space

Adaptive Quiz

A gamified astronomy quiz for grades 8-10 that is built around a simple hook: the search for extraterrestrial life. The quiz changes its difficuilty based on the learner's performance. The learner's score is tied to different outcomes in the plotline.

TWINE, ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360, XAPI

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Employability Skills

Storyboard

A pre-production storyboard that details the treatment to be given to a module on Conflict Resolution. The storyboard contains audio cues, visual treatment, reference images, and (most importantly) notes to production.

MICROSOFT WORD 2016, GOOGLE DOCS

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Saucy Splurge Recipes

Interactive Recipe Book

An interactive quick-n-easy recipe book that uses images, music, video, and a little AMSR to give a truly mouthwatering experience.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360, ARTICULATE RISE 360

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Portfolio Website

Website

A bonus project. Detailed documentation of the design and development of my protfolio website.


FIGMA, WEBFLOW, JAVASCRIPT

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Schlosskirche Virtual Tour

360° Virtual Tour

A 360° virtual tour of the famous Schlosskirche in Germany that uses Articulate Storyline's new 360° Image [Beta] feature and hotspots.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360

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PASS System

Microlesson

A simple interactive vector-animation based microlesson that teaches learners the PASS system used as a mnemonic for operating a fire extinguisher.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 360

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About Me

Hey there, I’m Van!

I’m an instructional designer and I love creating engaging learning experiences. I believe that learning has to be a fun, story-driven, and an enjoyable experience to result in learning “that sticks” with the learner.

I am an engineering graduate, a tech geek, and a certified nerd. I love combining my enthusiasm for learning new technologies and ideas with creating diverse and inclusive learning experiences that are up-to-date and provide a holistic learning experience.

I live by the sea with my wife and daughter, in a beautiful town in Goa, India. When I’m not working I'm by my window, painting.

My Jobs

I started my career as a Technical Editor in eBook/print Publishing. This job was my gateway into eLearning. I then moved on to working with K-12 and corporate learning. I finally ender up at my current job working as an Instructional Designer in the Higher Education/Executive Education sector.
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Instructional Designer
2021 - Present

Emeritus partners with top-tier universities across the globe and has partnered with more than 30 universities including MIT, Cambridge, Harvard, Colombia, Kellogg, Wharton, etc. As an Instructional Designer, I work with faculty and SMEs to design courses and with various teams to develop the designed courses.

Instructional Writer
2012 - 2021
Technical Editor
2010 - 2012
Consultant Author (Freelance)
Mathematics
2021 - Present
Technical Editor
2010 - 2012

At Packt, I worked with authors on various technical publications. I was responsible for checking the language, pedagogy, flow, technical accuracy, use of visualization, etc. to ensure that the we retained the author's vision while producing content that was read and understand. I ensured adherence to publication and accessibility standards, APA and CMoS. At Packt, we published both eBooks as well as paperbacks.

Instructional Writer
2012 - 2021

I started off at Praxis (now IXIA Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) as an Instructional Writer and created storyboards in various subjects in STEM/STEAM and IT-certifications for grades 8-12 and higher. I also worked with corporate clients to create learning modules and courses. I even performed ID tasks such as reviews, course outline creation, and was a SME in Computer Engineering related topics.

Consultant Author (Freelance)
2016 & 2018

At XSEED, I authored activity-driven lessons and question banks in Mathematics for grades 6-8. I work with XSEED on a freelance basis on two projects.

Instructional Designer
2021 - Present

Emeritus partners with top-tier universities across the globe including MIT, Columbia, Kellogg, Harvard, Cambridge, Wharton, etc. to create online courses for executive exucation. As an Instructional Designer, I work with faculty and SMEs to design courses and with various teams to develop the designed courses.

Technical Editor
2010 - 2012

At Packt, I worked with authors on various technical publications. I was responsible for checking the language, pedagogy, flow, technical accuracy, use of visualization, etc. to ensure that the we retained the author's vision while producing content that was read and understand. I ensured adherence to publication and accessibility standards, APA and CMoS. At Packt, we published both eBooks as well as paperbacks.

Instructional Writer
2012 - 2021

I started off at Praxis (now IXIA Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) as an Instructional Writer and created storyboards in various subjects in STEM/STEAM and IT-certifications for grades 8-12 and higher. I also worked with corporate clients to create learning modules and courses. I even performed ID tasks such as reviews, course outline creation, and was a SME in Computer Engineering related topics.

Consultant Author (Freelance)
2016 & 2018

At XSEED, I authored activity-driven lessons and question banks in Mathematics for grades 6-8. I work with XSEED on a freelance basis on two projects.

Instructional Designer
2021 - Present

Emeritus partners with top-tier universities across the globe including MIT, Columbia, Kellogg, Harvard, Cambridge, Wharton, etc. to create online courses for executive exucation. As an Instructional Designer, I work with faculty and SMEs to design courses and with various teams to develop the designed courses.

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What Others Had to Say

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I had the pleasure to induct and mentor Vanjeet during his stint as a curriculum developer for Math at XSEED Education. Vanjeet is highly intelligent, technology savvy with high levels of commitment.
He has a very sharp understanding of curriculum development with special skills on writing assessment items. He could work remotely and independently with no compromise on his deliverables. He would add great value wherever he works.

Aparajita Endow

Senior Academic Training Manager at XSEED Education
He is approachable, good attitude towards work. His storyboards were detailed and had clear instructions on what graphics or content to be presented in final output. This helped design team develop good graphic assets and final output efficiently.

Mangesh Durkar

Project Manager at Cognigix Digital Learning Pvt. Ltd.
A top-class writer/instructional designer. I worked as an editor at the same company as Vanjeet, and he was among the best writers there. His work was very easy to edit. He knows how to present and develop a topic, and that made my job that much easier. Given his engineering background, his proficiency lies in STEM topics. However, he has wide interests, and can handle any topic you throw at him.

Geoffrey Nelliyattu

Instructional Designer & Project Manager at RxPrism
Vanjeet was a fantastic colleague to work with. While we worked on different projects most of time, I did have the pleasure of working alongside him a few times. Needless to say, it was a great experience. Vanjeet values quality and creates engaging content. I'm sure he will continue to do well.

Pratik Khopkar

Senior Learning Strategist at KnowledgeWorks Global Learning
I had the pleasure to induct and mentor Vanjeet during his stint as a curriculum developer for Math at XSEED Education. Vanjeet is highly intelligent, technology savvy with high levels of commitment.
He has a very sharp understanding of curriculum development with special skills on writing assessment items. He could work remotely and independently with no compromise on his deliverables. He would add great value wherever he works.

Aparajita Endow

Senior Academic Training Manager at XSEED Education
He is approachable, good attitude towards work. His storyboards were detailed and had clear instructions on what graphics or content to be presented in final output. This helped design team develop good graphic assets and final output efficiently.

Mangesh Durkar

Project Manager at Cognigix Digital Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Vanjeet was a fantastic colleague to work with. While we worked on different projects most of time, I did have the pleasure of working alongside him a few times. Needless to say, it was a great experience. Vanjeet values quality and creates engaging content. I'm sure he will continue to do well.

Pratik Khopkar

Senior Learning Strategist at KnowledgeWorks Global Learning
A top-class writer/instructional designer. I worked as an editor at the same company as Vanjeet, and he was among the best writers there. His work was very easy to edit. He knows how to present and develop a topic, and that made my job that much easier. Given his engineering background, his proficiency lies in STEM topics. However, he has wide interests, and can handle any topic you throw at him.

Geoffrey Nelliyattu

Instructional Designer & Project Manager at RxPrism

Project Resources

All information and images are sourced from Wikipedia and Wikicommons.

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg
Equirectangular image of All Saint's Church by Jürgen Matern, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Door of the Theses by A.Savin, used under Copyleft
Martin Luther's grave, Altar, and Organ by Stephencdickson, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.