Elizabeth McAlister

Tag: Education

  • Elective Course – Group Project elements

    For an elective course taken early 2021, I worked with three other classmates to create a module aimed at Professional Development for School of Education faculty. It could be done using Articulate 360, Rise 360, etc., but had to be housed in and feed analytics into Canvas. We opted to do ours using only tools we knew were available to UAB faculty (Articulate is not). Our goal was to not only provide professional development, but also to show the faculty what Canvas is capable of. 

    Our team did a module covering chapters 10-12 of our text: Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. Wiley. Part of my contribution to the initial analysis phase was the goal analysis. We worked together to decide on goals and instructional material. I was also responsible for creating the graphic introducing each section, used Canva to create them. and UAB’s branding site guidelines for colors.

    chart outlining process of analysing learning goals
    Goal Analysis

    Applying the Segmenting and Pretraining Principles: Managing Complexity by Breaking a Lesson into Parts:

    Explains Segmenting and Pre-Training Principles, Managing complexity. Segmenting: Essential Overload caused by too much interrelated information coming in at one time. Break a complex lesson into bite-size segments (1-2 major steps). This allows the learner to focus on relevant information, that is, essential processing. Pre-Training: Essential Overload caused by too much unfamiliar information. Identifying key concepts before getting into the lesson allows the learner to focus on the overall concept (essential processing).

    Engagement in eLearning:

    Image showing 5 principles of Engagement in e-Learning. Focus on relevant material. Mentally organize it into a clear concept. Integrate it with relevant prior knowledge. Doing does not necessarily lead to learning (Behavioral Engagement). Promote appropriate cognitive processing (Psychological Engagement).

    Leveraging Examples in eLearning:

    Image showing 6 principles to effectively use examples to promote learning.

  • Elective Course – Individual Projects (Article Review, Informative Comic, Infographic)

    In an elective course taken early 2021, we were assigned to do three individual challenges (the course itself was primarily group work). The three I chose were an article review, creation of a comic strip explaining a concept from our textbook, and creation of an infographic explaining a concept from our textbook.

    Course Text: Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. Wiley.

    Article Review

    Review an article from a professional, peer-reviewed, research oriented journal. Include a summary of the article, the value I felt it brought to the profession, the contribution I feel this made to my understanding of the subject matter, and ideas for new research generated from the article. I was actually disappointed with this article, but didn’t have time to find a new one. Besides, not everything can get two thumbs up.

    pdf available upon request

    Informative Comic Strip

    Create an informative comic strip expressing application of the content matter we have been covering.

    I decided to do a strip regarding the concept of the Segmenting Principle. available upon request

    Infographic

    Take the information you have learned and create an Infographic. I chose to do mine on a chapter from our text covering how people learn which, as it turns out, is essentially an overview of Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning. available upon request

  • Rise 360 – Articulate Course Design

    Image of opening screen to a course on music theory and appreciation.

    What is music?

    Everyone’s definition of music is different. There are technical definitions, of course, but many of them can be debated. Ultimately, it’s your personal definition of music that determines what music is.

    Are windchimes music?

    To me they are.

    What about traffic?

    Oddly enough, even that could be if you truly listen.

    I used this assignment as an opportunity to create a mini-course on Music Theory and Appreciation.

    Link to course (opens in new tab)

    Assignment Details

    • My choice of topic
    • Three lessons, using all block types
    • Quiz “lesson” using all question types

    Composer, Luciano Berio’s definition of music:

    Everything one listens to with the intention of listening to music.

  • Articulate360 – Storyline360 Mini-course on GME Compliance

    Link to course on GME Compliance0

    Course: Multimedia Design
    Assignment: Create a course on any topic to include the use of Storyline templates, a quiz, a video, and a slide created from blank. Because I was unable to find an appropriate video already made, I opted to make an intro video of my own.

    For the topic, I took the opportunity to create a mini-course that could be used with our GME Coordinator Onboarding program which, because of COVID, is being redesigned and moved from in-person presentations to virtual. This portion on annual compliance is part of a larger presentation on the role of the GME Office.

    Articulate Storyline Course

    Intro Video for course was created using Doodly.

  • Course Reflection: Trends & Issues in Instructional Design

    My final paper for this course (Trends and Issues in Instructional Design) was a reflection on the semester including how I got here, what my definitions were prior to starting the program and how they changed, where I see myself in the field, what trends / issues I believe have had the greatest impact to date, and what trends/issues I believe we’ll see moving forward. And, of course, research articles supporting my stance.

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