Linked below are examples of older work from professional development exercises to assignments from graduate school. They’re certainly old, but I like to review where I’ve been and what I’ve learned since. I’m proud of how much I’ve grown as a designer, but I’m also aware I’m still learning (and that I am certainly not a videographer).
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Let’s build a course!
One of the most important steps in course design is just figuring out what the course should actually be about. I developed a form to help start the process, so the SME or requestor can get a better idea of what the instructional designer needs to get this thing going. This isn’t a full needs Read more
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Meaningful Meetings
I developed this short (like, 15 minutes!) training as a showcase and as an outlet for years of meetings running over time, meetings that could have been emails, and meetings without agendas. The deck has some fun animation that can easily be taken out if it’s confusing or just not something you like to use. Read more
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In Review: “Women in MMA”
See the video Looking at this now, I cringe. My video editing experience was (and really still is) pretty limited when I created this “news segment” for a class. Despite lengthy experience with Camtasia, making a video from start to finish like this was a very new venture for me. I asked friends (who own Read more
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Forward Mentoring
For my Master of Science in Instructional Design Capstone project, I decided to focus on employee mentoring by developing a mentoring program called Forward. I designed this as a prototype site and structure, with Mentors and Mentees having separate sections to log in and go through training and access resources. Go to the Forward Mentoring Read more
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Segmenting
Segmenting is a short video explaining the educational theory of segmenting and how it’s used in creating lessons. The video compares different ways of teaching– using segmenting and also not segmenting information. Knowing these theories helps enforce good teaching techniques and being able to back these theories with research and examples helps an instructional designer Read more
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Women in MMA
A little unconventional, this short news clip on women in mixed martial arts, utilized subject matter experts (SMEs) to discuss a relevant topic as well as B-roll relevant to the topic. Instructional designers need to work closely with SMEs and be able to develop their information into theory driven lessons. Creating video with SME interviews allows Read more
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