Chris K. Baker

Hi! I’m Chris - I optimize learning and content strategies through expert knowledge curation, learner-first instructional design, and personalized user journeys. I’m skilled at scaling training & enablement initiatives that help users solve problems, build expertise, adopt, and engage. Based in Asheville, NC, I’m an experienced remote-first team lead and individual contributor dedicated to fostering collaborative and agile working environments that drive inclusive and strategic success.

Experience

Case Studies

Writing

• What is a Modality?

• What is a Learning Management System (LMS)?

• The Power of Storytelling & Creativity with Ben Folds

Learning in Libraries

GCPL Staff MakerCamps - 3d Printing and design workshop for Library employees

To meet a rising interest in 3D-printing for STEAM programs at Gwinnett County Public Library, I trained and enabled library staff through cohort-based learning in 3D design and printing. The curated experience aggregated free and paid resources, readings, discussions, and practical design projects. The staff completed the course by printing their own 3D designs in a hands-on session

MAKERCAMP: Polylactic-acid, Partnerships, and payouts - carterette series webinar

I presented this webinar with Michael Casey for the Georgia Library Association's Carterette Series. We discuss a grant-funded project at Gwinnett County Public Library to team up with school librarians and organize a 3D Printing camp open to area high school students. Makercamps at GCPL utilized online guides and apps to help students create 3D objects from scratch.

presentations: 

• Crafting the Successful Maker Program: Computers in Libraries Conference (April 2015)
• Using the Cloud and Google Apps for Better Staff UX: Computers in Libraries Conference (April 2014)
• Bringing it Home: Using Online Tools and Social Media to Connect Staff to Professional Conferences. SELA/Georgia COMO Conference (October 2012)
• The Digital Lending Library - Maximizing the Value of the Virtual Branch: OverDrive Digapalooza Conference (July 2011)

• A Mobile Feast: Reaching Library Customers via Mobile Technology (webinar). PLA Virtual Spring Symposium (March 2011)

Publications:

• Baker, C. (2014, January 24). “eBook Collection Development in Public Libraries”. Rethinking Collection Development and Management. Libraries Unlimited.

• Baker, C. (2008, June 15). “Field Trip”. Library Journal, 133(11).