Education
MSEd Learning Design & Technology, Purdue University
MA English, Wayne State University
BA English, San Diego State University
AA Transfer Studies, San Diego Mesa College
Instructional Design Certifications
Camtasia Certified (TechSmith)
Additional Credentials
Registered Yoga Teacher
Certified Barre Teacher


This is my capstone project for the MSEd Program in Learning Design & Technology at Purdue University.
Target Audience: K12 teachers and university faculty from the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Project Owner: Dr. Bob Spires, University of Richmond
Purdue Faculty: Dr. James Lehman
Adobe Captivate E-Learning Module: Preparing Yourself for Breast Cancer Surgery (Module review link, with free Adobe account)
Camtasia screen capture provided as a YouTube link.
Adobe Captivate E-Learning Module: Learn Dirga Pranayama for Stress Relief. (Module review link, with free Adobe account)
Camtasia screen capture provided as a YouTube link.
I created this storyboard to guide the development of my Adobe Captivate e-Learning Module, Preparing Yourself for Breast Cancer Surgery. Click on the image to take you to my Google Drive which houses the storyboard. The module itself is listed above in this portfolio.
I created this storyboard to guide the development of a hypothetical learning module on Myths and Misconceptions About the Aging Process. Click on the image to take you to my Google Drive, which houses the storyboard. The module itself was never developed because this storyboard was the terminal artifact to be created as part of a master's level instructional design course at Purdue.
The Evaluation Proposal linked here is for a Breast Cancer Education & Survivor Support Program. It follows Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Program Evaluation and includes assessment instruments for Levels 1-2. This Evaluation Proposal was created with my partner, Ritika Bhargo Chari, as a major assignment for a master's level course in Purdue's MSEd program in Learning Design & Technology. Click on the image to visit the document on my Google Drive.
The Training Evaluation Plan linked here is for a Breast Cancer Education & Survivor Support Program. It follows Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Program Evaluation and includes assessment instruments for Levels 1-4. This Training Evaluation Plan was designed and developed with my partner, Ritika Bhargo Chari, as a major assignment for a master's level course in Purdue's MSEd program in Learning Design & Technology. Click on the image to visit the document on my Google Drive.


Cindy Spires Malerba, M.A., M.S. Ed. designed and developed this video series for the professional development of academic support center staff. Copyright 2020-2026 Cindy Spires Malerba. All rights reserved.
In this document, I have explored six adult learning theories and their various applications in real-world contexts, with a little humor as a bonus: Behaviorism, Social Cognitive Theory, Cognitive Learning Process Theory, Cognitive Information Processing Theory, Gagne's Theory of Instruction, and Constructivism. This was created as part of a master's level assignment in Purdue's MSEd program in Learning Design & Technology. For an additional example of using all six of these learning theories in the writing classroom, visit this infographic on my Google Drive.
Inspection, by New York Times Bestselling author Josh Malerman, hit stores on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Malerman hosted a live-performance book reading of Inspection at the Masonic Chapel in Detroit, Michigan.
Video copyright 2019 Cindy Spires Malerba & Josh Malerman. Direction, editing, & scoring by Cindy Spires Malerba. Starring John Quatro & Gary Malerba. Music copyright 2019 Cindy Spires Malerba.
This ad was created by Cindy Spires Malerba & photographer Gary Malerba to showcase the one-of-a-kind Fender Custom Shop Pinball Telecaster and Wizard Amplifier set.
This video features the original music of Paul Kramer © 2018.
Video copyright 2019 Cindy Spires Malerba
Purdue's MSEd program in Learning Design & Technology is unique because there is a focus on demonstrating competencies for technology, instructional design models, adult learning theories, and project-based tasks that are typical for instructional designers in the field. I graduated Purdue's MSEd program in Learning Design & Technology with a 4.0 GPA. This program-based portfolio includes artifacts I designed and developed, and their respective programmatic reflections. Select projects and artifacts from it are also listed above in this portfolio. https://sites.google.com/view/cindymalerba/home
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