In 2019 access to the every changing technology continues to pose opportunities for educators to incorporate technology in a positive manner into the classroom. Whether teaching a face-to-face course, a hybrid course, or a 100% online course, utilizing a video conferencing program is essential to the engagement of students. Here is a video for theContinueContinue reading “WebEx For Learning”
Author Archives: Deshawna McCray
Learning Management Systems
Learning Management Systems (LMS) is a software program that helps an organization, business or educational, create, manage, and deliver eLearning courses and information. Some uses for an LMS can include employee training, employee orientation, and education. https://youtu.be/IYrv-NCuE0E Blackboard allows the instructor or instructional designer to design the left navigation according to the needs of theContinueContinue reading “Learning Management Systems”
Meeting Students Where They Are
The ability to learn on the go allows instructors the advantage to meet students where they are; whether that is in a classroom, in the car, at home sick or on vacation. There are numerous tools that can be downloaded on a mobile device but the two that I have chosen to explore are ShowMeContinueContinue reading “Meeting Students Where They Are”
Redefining How Students Learn
Learning in the 21st Century is no longer about using the same methods that were known to work to accomplish the same goals. With the changes in generational perspectives including motivation, relevancy and purpose, it has become vital that the way education is approached changes as well. Digital badging, differentiated and personalized learning all engageContinueContinue reading “Redefining How Students Learn”
Exploring Mobile Learning
Mobile Learning, mLearning, pairs mobile devices with electronic learning to taking learning anywhere and everywhere (Montalto-Rook, Asino, & Thanomsing, 2010). Two areas of interest related to mLearning include research and best practices for instructional designers and the impact of mLearning with distance education learners. Three theories currently exist related to mLearning: Sharples developed a theoryContinueContinue reading “Exploring Mobile Learning”
Design Journal #5
In a post on SHIFT Disruptive ELearning (2015), “When we as commoners think about design, all we think of is superficial things. But design is more than just aesthetics. It involves emotional connect” (Gutierrez, 2015, para. 1). With the number of adults accessing information through a device, specifically a cell phone or smartphone, it isContinueContinue reading “Design Journal #5”
Design Journal #4
This week’s challenge revolved around time commitment to work on developing Adobe Captivate slides with multiple layers and interactive simulations that will engage the learner as they answer questions about what they learned within the first three slides. At first, I tried to use an asset that already had the gamification design created. I downloadedContinueContinue reading “Design Journal #4”
Design Journal #3
Personalization Principle by Mayer & Clark, 2016. In the video Personalization Principle, Richard Mayer, American educational psychologist, talks about using conversational style language. In the video, he explains how changing “the” to “your” makes the instruction more personalized to the learner. This is a great tip when creating instructional design models for learners, especially materialContinueContinue reading “Design Journal #3”
Design Journal #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3sCfgODpHM&t=14s Desk Crit #1 for TAMUCC IDET 5303 Course. This week turned out to be a very active and interactive week for me as I learned how to create a title page in Adobe Captivate, I edited images in Adobe Photoshop, and I used iMovie to piece together various video clips into one video thatContinueContinue reading “Design Journal #2”
Design Journal #1
User experience (UX) design, is a new concept to me and I’m excited to apply what I learn in Instructional Hypermedia (IDET 5303) at TAMUCC to my work and other areas I provide instruction, such as Sunday school for first through third graders. User experience design can be used in all design situations; “however, inContinueContinue reading “Design Journal #1”
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