Portfolio

Hi! I’m Bela Gaytan: learning experience designer, front-end web developer, and advocate for marginalized folks. Thank you for your interest in my work! Below, I have highlighted various projects of mine. You may view all at once, as it is loaded, or select specific areas of work, such as instructional design (ID) and learning experience design (LXD), by clicking on the category headers. If you’d like to work with me, I’d be delighted to discuss future opportunities with you! Contact me and we can set up a time for a virtual coffee (or whatever you fancy) and get to know each other.

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ID & LXD
Web Dev
Design
Video
Voiceover
Research

A laptop sits on a white countertop, displaying the home screen of the “Travel Vocabulary in Spanish & Esperanto” project. It features foliage with a double staircase outdoors, next to a large villa. Three interactive icons appear on the left.

Spanish & Esperanto Travel Vocabulary

An interactive, 360° photo with audio that teaches Spanish and Esperanto travel vocabulary.

BelaGaytan.com

WordPress design and site development for my personal website. Explore the site to see more.

HR Hiring Policies

Redesign challenge using boring, bland PowerPoint slides.

A white desk sits against a textured cement wall. On the left is a plant, headphones, a coffee cup, and a cup with writing utensils. An all-in-one computer is off-center and on the screen is an image of the title page of “Building a Medical Binder”. There are navigational tabs on the right and 3 masked individuals below.

Building a Medical Binder

A 5-tab interaction teaching patients and caregivers how to build a medical binder.

A brick wall is behind a black frame. In the frame is "Communicating Success: The Effect of Prompt Feedback on Adult Learner Success in an Asynchronous, Online Resume Optimization Course".

M.Ed. Research Study

Communicating Success: The Effect of Prompt Feedback on Adult Learner Success in an Asynchronous, Online Resume Optimization Course.

Accessibility BINGO

BINGO game focused on accessibility, created for an eLearning challenge.

An all-in-one computer sits on a white desk. In the background is bright light and windows. On the computer screen is "Resume Optimization, BrightBel Online Learning, Course RES100" and Scrabble tiles spelling out "Write Resume". This is the thumbnail image for the course welcome video.

Course Welcome Video

Welcome video created for an online resume optimization course as part of my M.Ed. capstone project.

M.Ed. Capstone Presentation

Presentation portion of my M.Ed. in Learning and Technology capstone presentation for WGU.

A woman with long red hairt sits at a computer on a yellow chair. On the wall are two frames containing the BrightBel Guide to Ethical Technology Use.

Ethics & Privacy

Award-winning infographic on the ethical uses of technology in education, as well as a written paper on protection of information.