facilitated design thinking session in a corporate setting
 

Melissa Jones

Founder + Principal Consultant

Melissa Jones founded Open Classroom Consulting in 2008. Melissa is a results-driven leader with 20+ years of experience leveraging technology to make learning more accessible, personalized, engaging, and effective. She specializes in helping companies get to market with better solutions faster by building engaging learning products and scaling the effectiveness of teams.

Past Projects

Projects
Train the Trainer Content for WestEd
Train the Trainer Content for WestEd

In the summer of 2016, Open Classroom Consulting worked with a small team within WestEd to develop train-the-trainer content for two inter-related social-emotional learning workshops.

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User Experience Design Project for Voyager Sopris Learning
User Experience Design Project for Voyager Sopris Learning

Velocity is a new K-5 literacy product from Voyager Sopris Learning (VSL). In the summer and fall of 2016, our team consulted with the VSL team on the student experience. 

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Product Marketing Microsites for Adobe
Product Marketing Microsites for Adobe

In 2016, Open Classroom Consulting worked with Adobe to design and deploy two micro-sites for the Education audience.

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Community Strategy for Mind Yeti
Community Strategy for Mind Yeti

Open Classroom Consulting is excited to lead the design, development and management of Mind Yeti's growing user community.

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Online Teacher Training Workshops for Adobe
Online Teacher Training Workshops for Adobe

Open Classroom Consulting has worked with the Adobe Education team to develop and publish a number of online workshops for teachers.

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Online Learning Design Project for Voyager Sopris Learning
Online Learning Design Project for Voyager Sopris Learning

Open Classroom Consulting is currently working with the VSL Product Development team and the LETRS advisory group to develop an experience design for the new online training, including a community and engagement strategy. 

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TESTIMONIALS

“Melissa was incredibly adept at understanding the needs and context for our curriculum consulting project. She approached the project with incredible energy, delineated a thoughtful, strategic approach and a clear implementation plan. She has brought tremendous value in her experience and approach to our curricular redesign process that I am confident will improve the educator’s experience as well as the outcomes in the classroom. She is a master designer of learning experiences and resources.”
— Nicole Ramos, VP Programs and Evaluation @ BUILD.org