Alex Yixuan
Senior Instructional Designer at Mount Sinai Health System
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Yixuan is a senior instructional designer with nine years of experience crafting engaging learning experiences across higher education, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors. With an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BS in Integrated Digital Media from NYU, they blend pedagogy with media production and creative web technologies to design asynchronous courses, simulations, gamified activities, and instructor-led training. They've led instructional projects at Yale and Mount Sinai and supported diverse organizations—translating complex subject matter into usable job aids, infographics, and LMS-ready courseware on Moodle, Canvas, and Brightspace. An active contributor to open-source learning tools, Alex improved p5.js tutorials and the Wick Editor UI, showing a hands-on commitment to learner-focused documentation and front-end usability. Colleagues value their ability to bridge project management and design, delivering scalable learning solutions that prioritize accessibility and real-world application.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Integrated Digital Media, Bachelor of Science - BS Integrated Digital Media at New York UniversityMaster of Arts - MA Communication Media & Learning Technologies Design, Master of Arts - MA Communication Media & Learning Technologies Design at Teachers College, Columbia University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (14)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
p5js10
react10
documentation10
technical-writing10
css9
web-development8
html8
accessibility7
graphical-user-interface5
user-interface5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Wicklets/wick-editor
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
A free and open-source tool for creating games, animations and everything in-between!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 2 issues in 5 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on improving the user interface and experience of the Wick Editor. Their commits included modifications to color contrasts, adjustments to the support us modal, and updates to various UI elements like buttons, icons, and input fields. The changes involved modifying existing components and adding new features to improve the overall aesthetics and usability of the application.
everythinggamegamesgamedevgame-development
processing/p5.js-website-legacy
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Archived p5.js website 2015-2024
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Alex's commits primarily involve updating and adding tutorials to the p5.js website. They edited existing tutorials on interactivity, program flow, and coordinate systems/shapes, improving their content. Furthermore, the user is responsible for incorporating new content, such as examples using iframes, to enhance the learning experience within the tutorials. The updates demonstrate a focus on user education and knowledge transfer within the p5.js ecosystem.
gruntnode-jsjavascriptp5-jsnodejs
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