Learning Environments design

Example 1: academic success modules storyboard

Description
I worked with a real-world client to develop an online learning component for my practicum in online learning environments (IT 577). A storyboard and course welcome video were part of the project deliverables. 

Rationale
The storyboard and video are significant pieces of an online course that I designed and developed for my client. The storyboard concretely shows how I created an online learning environment by identifying my client’s needs and preferences. As I developed the course modules in Blackboard Learn, I communicated with my client in person and through email on a regular basis to make sure his expectations aligned with my view of how the course modules should be presented online.

Alignment to Career Goals and Professional Standards
  • ISTE Standard 2: Teaching, Learning, & Assessments
  • ISTE Standard 3: Digital Age Learning Environments
The skills I developed because of my participation in the project directly align to goal of working with others to design learning environments based on the needs of my audience. The experience enhanced my ability to "collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources that enhance teaching and learning and are compatible with the school technology infrastructure" (ISTE, 2011, standard 3.f).

Supporting documents
Final project requirements
Project planning questionnaire
Roles & responsibilities checklist
Welcome video transcript
Presentation slides

example 2: blended geometry unit

Description
I created a design plan for a unit of instruction for a class in instructional systems design (IT 570). The iterative plan was completed over the course of the semester.

Rationale
The plan demonstrates my knowledge of how to create a blended learning environment design plan, which was for my real-life geometry class at the time. For each learning objective, I planned activities for students to complete asynchronously at home and synchronously face-to-face. I aimed for students to get the traditional lecture and skill-based practice of new material at home via PowerPoints, videos, and practice problem sets housed in the learning management system while I designed face-to-face class time to be spent applying those skills to real-world problems where the teacher served as more of a facilitator.

Alignment to Career Goals and Professional Standards
  • ISTE Standard 2: Teaching, Learning, & Assessments
  • ISTE Standard 3: Digital Age Learning Environments
I was able to practice skills at writing an instructional design plan that included a detailed document in which I used my own classroom experiences as a geometry teacher to draw upon.

Supporting documents
Project proposal
Interim design document #2
Interim design document #3
Presentation slides
Reference
International Society for Technology in Education (2011). ISTE Standards for Coaches. Retrieved from www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-coaches