Professional Portfolio for Christopher D. Hansen M.Ed

Welcome to my Professional Portfolio: Pronouns: He / Him

I am a freelance Web Designer and Wiki Genealogist with a Master of Education in Learning & Technology from Western Governors University. This program was designed to equip educators and instructional designers with advanced skills in design thinking, learning analytics, and universal design and accessibility—essential tools for designing websites and researching family origins.

To strengthen my expertise as a Wiki Genealogist, I completed a comprehensive research capstone project that integrated an asynchronous learning component within a website, blending technology with personalized instruction.

Web Designer

Throughout my graduate coursework, I applied the Design-Based Research process, progressing through the stages of designing, developing, implementing, testing, refining, and reporting an e-learning solution. This experience solidified my ability to create engaging, accessible, and data-informed websites that connect technology, research, and human storytelling into digital projects.

Theory-oriented: Theoretical principles are used to guide the design and interpretation of results.

How Design-based research create successful websites

Context-sensitive: The design process is grounded in the specific context of the website and its users.

Iterative: The process involves cycles of design, implementation, analysis, and revision, rather than a single linear process.

Collaborative: Researchers and practitioners (like web developers and designers) work together to ensure the design is both theoretically sound and practically applicable.

Interventionist: DBR aims to make a real-world change by designing and implementing an intervention, like a website redesign.

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