Storyboards

Title: Gmail Signature

Tool: Articulate Rise

Time:  2 days

Idol Courses assignment

Collaborators:  Idol Academy mentors

This course was designed for skills practice using the Articulate Rise site. This was my first experience creating a storyboard for a course. I chose a simple 'How to' instructional guide for setting up a Gmail signature but found that each step along the way required detailed information for each page and section of the course.

The only criteria were to create a quick lesson within a day and submit for feedback. I simply created a step-by-step process to aid new employees in creating a professional outgoing signature.

I followed a backwards design process with a simple outline of the objectives of the course overall and with each step in the process of learning to add a Gmail signature.  I then created the course itself on the tool.  I worked on this prior to a storyboard as I had not had any experience with it and would not be able to create a storyboard laying out each step, and with which blocks I chose to use for each section of the lesson. 

What I learned from the process of building this course were the details needed to fill in the course content for whomever may be building the course.  Using an outline is important so that no steps are left out, as well as receiving feedback along the way to stay focused on the alignment of the course objectives.  My former career required details of each lesson written and I wasn't in a good habit of producing written documents that had this as I preferred to use an outline, instruct the learners, iterate, and then write down the successful parts. However, I see how in a corporate setting that using a storyboard is imperative in the creation of a successful course.

Title:  Motivating our Adult Learners

Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint

Time: 2 days

Professional Development presentation

This course was designed for a Professional Development day for the staff at Pulaski County Adult Ed.

The only criteria were to introduce Adult Learning Theories and share or reinforce motivational activities for our learners.

I followed a backwards design process with a simple ADDIE based outline. There is not assessment with this, but there are opportunities for feedback all through out the lesson.

I felt this presentation was important to share with my colleagues as we are in the business of educating adults, yet, ironically, we are not given development opportunities in the way we need to share with our learners.  My hope was that our program would think more critically not only the next time they are to deliver instruction, but also the next time they encounter it for themselves.