AMELIA BUCHANAN
Educator - Instructional Designer - Sketchnote Illustrator
eLearning (Internship)
Graduate Program Objectives:
1. Apply foundational knowledge and skills to the collaborative design and use of content, pedagogy and instructional technologies.
2. Create conditions for learning by applying theories to authentic scenarios involving diverse populations.
3. Use modern technologies, and techniques to design and develop learning materials, media and environments that promote near and far transfer of content knowledge.
4. Design and develop a strategic vision and plan for the implementation, management and evaluation of educational technologies, programs and systems.
5. Use quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry to make data-driven decisions that inform practice in the discipline.
6. Initiate, lead, facilitate and advocate for positive change and innovation in the educational technology workplace as new technologies, techniques, and theories of learning, design and change emerge.
8. Analyze, develop and evaluate professional development programs and initiatives that advance the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge of learners.
9. Engage in ethical reasoning and decision-making by applying frameworks, policies and standards of ethical practice such as the AECT and ISTE-C professional standards and the JMU Ethical Reasoning in Action eight key questions framework for ethical decision-making.
AECT Standard 1 (Content Knowledge): Candidates demonstrate the knowledge necessary to create, use, assess, and manage theoretical and practical applications of educational technologies and processes.
AECT Standard 3 (Learning Environments): Candidates facilitate learning by creating, using, evaluating, and managing effective learning environments.
I chose to participate in an internship opportunity instead of the traditional course option for LTLE 650 eLearning. For eight weeks during the summer of 2016, I took on the role as an eLearning intern for the University of Bath Spa.
My role as eLearning intern was to partner with a professor and course to redesign the module. I was assigned an undergraduate dissertation module. I worked with 3 subject matter experts (my clients), to get an idea of what they would like to see changed in their module.
Using the ADDIE Model, we went through several steps (client interviews, storyboards, usability tests, presentations...) during the internship process. I thoroughly enjoyed working with clients to create an actual module. We took the module from a storage of files to a blended learning environment that could be used synchronously or asynchronously. Learners could now find materials with ease and be awarded achievements upon completion.