Acute is run by Toni-Rachelle Carroll, and uses contract editors and instructional designers as workloads require.

Toni has fifteen years of experience and training in editing, teaching and instructional design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (English Literature, History and Performance Studies) (Sydney University)
• Diploma of Education (Secondary English) (Charles Sturt University)
• Statement of Attainment Desktop Publishing (TAFE NSW)
• Graduate Certificate in Open and Distance Learning (Instructional Design) (University of Southern Queensland)
• Bachelor of Multimedia (Interactive Learning) (Southern Cross University) (partial)
• Graduate Certificate in Editing (Macquarie University) (current)

Experience

• Teacher: Senior high school English (Coffs Harbour Education Campus).
• Project Mananager: Converting and developing print-based and new post-graduate courses to an online environment (Southern Cross University).
• In-house technical writer and editor of all reference manuals and user documentation for an educational software company (Janison).
• Instructional design of online and blended learning materials (Janison, ABC Learning, Deloitte).
• Writer of online and print-based educational materials (OTEN, ASIC).
• Published: Short stories and articles, and content for online educational websites.