AECT STANDARD 3

Instructional Strategy Plan

Context & conditions: My Instructional Strategy Plan for my PowerPoint unit for Dr. Moore's Instructional Design and Assessment Class was submitted in November 2020 as a part of the M.Ed program at the University of South Carolina.

Scope: This document demonstrates the ability to strategize and evaluate an entire instructional design from beginning to end.

Role: I served as the loan designer on this project.

Instructional Design:The Morrison, Ross, And Kemp Model was used throughout this process. Specifically in the assessment phase. In this case, a goal analysis was created. Again, following the Morrison, Ross, and Kemp model. Morrison et al. (2013) referenced that a goal analysis is used when a complete needs assessment isn't possible. In this case, the goal analysis seemed to make more sense.

Related performance indicator(s):A plan of this scale demonstrates evaluation and managing effective learning environments; this is an indicator of AECT 3 competency.

Reflection:Creating this document showed me the detail needed to create a solid instructional design. Creating something from nothing from the ground up is something a designer needs to do. As this document leads to a design that I am still using, I believe it serves as a successful example of creating a design from a needs assessment.

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Game Analysis

Context & conditions:The game analysis was created for Dr. Tang's Design and Evaluation of Games and Simulations in September of 2021 as a part of the M.Ed program at the University of South Carolina.

Scope: This artifact allowed me to find the educational content and learning elements within a game created with no educational value.

Role: I served as the loan designer on this project.

Instructional Design:I followed Morrison, Ross, and Kemp's (2013) Formative evaluation to discover the learning outcomes that an off-the-shelf video game might provide. Specifically, Morrison et al.'s ideas are that formative evaluation is the "quality control of the development process" (2013, p. 254).

Related performance indicator(s):This artifact meets AECT 3 competencies by demonstrating management show the ability to manage technology infrastructure to improve learning and performance by understanding different technology implementation.

Reflection: Going deep into a game and playing it for hours to find the various educational tools presented was a new type of analysis. Further, creating a video to highlight this allowed me to add a unique skill set. I created this through a combination of recording my game play on Twitch, creating graphics in Canva, recording myself in Zoom, and editing it all together in Adobe Premiere

Internship Final Report

Context & conditions:The final report of Dr. Grant's Internship in Educational Technology is a digital walkthrough of the learning design created for William Paterson University's Instruction Research Technology department. It was created as a part of the M.Ed program at the University of South Carolina.

Scope:The design is being deployed as a Faculty Development Course. I served as designer on this project with Dr. Gamin Bartle, Director of William Paterson University IRT department, as the SME.

Role: I served as the designer on this project. With Dr. Bartle serving as SME and editor of the content.

Instructional Design: As the need for the course was determined by Dr. Bartle, I felt as though the ADDIE model made more sense. This course would take a very systematic approach (Morrison et al. 2013) to its development because, as a client. Dr. Bartle had already determined the need for this design.

Related performance indicator(s):By the nature of this design creating engaging equitability and inclusive online courses, the artifact demonstrates competency in AECT Standard 3 diversity of learners. Specifically, the ability to foster a learning community that empowers learners (p. 10).

Reflection: Working on this project gave me a real feel for being an instructional designer working for a subject matter expert. Working with Dr. Bartle, I couldn't have asked for a better first experience in this role. For a fuller account of this artifact, please read my complete internship reflection here.