Over the past several months, I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunities to create learning materials for a wide range of organizations. From state governments to entrepreneurs to nonprofits to coding camps, I’ve designed curricula, facilitated classes, created educational graphics, worked with eLearning authoring software, and so much more.
While many of these tools from my personal portfolio can also be found in other areas of this site, I thought it might be good to have a few of them in one handy place. I’m excited to share a few of them with you in this blog post. Enjoy!
Pedagogy
Curriculum Development
Instructional Design
Classroom Facilitation
While helping Velocity launch its Velocity Kids coding camps, I designed curriculum and provided classroom facilitation for multiple coed and all-girls coding camps. We used the popular video game, Minecraft, to teach hundreds of children (6 to 14 years) how to write Java and JavaScript code.
Curriculum: View PDF
Github Resources: http://velocitykids.github.io/
Curriculum Development
Instructional Design
eLearning Authoring (Articulate Storyline)
An eLearning presentation created using Articulate Storyline for young girls ages 7 to 13 years. This was my first time experimenting with Storyline so I recreated an older curriculum I had developed for an all-girls coding class. My vision is that parents can teach their children to code from the comfort of their own homes and the children would be intrinsically motivated to learn to “mod” their favorite video game, Minecraft.
Curriculum Development
Instructional Design & Storyboarding
Effective storyboards help ensure all stakeholders, designers, and curriculum developers are on the same page. This saves valuable time and energy, helps ensure a happy client (if you’re developing curriculum for someone else), while also avoiding project scope creep. This storyboard covers the first lesson in a class introducing students to Unreal Engine 4, a video game engine.
Storyboard: Click to View
Blog Post: The Importance of Storyboarding
Powerpoint Presentation
This is a Powerpoint (Slideshare) presentation I developed and presented for a middle school STEM academy in Kentucky. This presentation encouraged middle school students to pursue future careers in STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Education, Art, and Mathematics) by showing them how they can use their existing interests in those areas to form career paths.
We also encouraged students to learn to code so that they could develop custom modifications (“mods”) to their favorite video games, such as Minecraft–and encouraged parents to support their children’s interests in STE(A)M subjects.
Andragogy (Adult Learning)
Downloadable Workbook (PDF)
As part of my business coaching and career workshop facilitation services, I created this downloadable PDF workbook for business owners to reflect upon what worked (and didn’t work) in their businesses last year, and to make plans for a successful new year.
Learning Aids & Infographics
A variety of different graphics and infographics created as learning aids to help learners retain information:
Andragogy (Adult Learning Theory): Click to View
Cognitivism vs Connectivism: Click to View
Constructivism Infographic: Click to View
Learning Theory Comparison Chart: Click to View
Curriculum Development
Instructional Design
Training Manual
A few pages of a training manual for how to use an Intranet site I developed for one of the world’s leading food ingredient corporations.
MicroLearning & eLearning Video
YouTube / Webinar
I manage a Facebook group of hundreds of business owners. I created this quick video to teach them how to create a WordPress website on their own without hiring a web designer or developer.
YouTube Video: Click to Watch
Blog Post: MicroLearning
Learning Aid
Downloadable Checklist (PDF)
I created this free downloadable (PDF) checklist for other curriculum developers and instructional designers. This resource can be used to determine whether to include a particular digital media tool or technology in your eLearning curriculum.
PDF Checklist: Click to Download
Blog Post: Free Checklist for Evaluating Digital Media
MicroLearning & eLearning
Podcast
As part of the Facebook group I manage for hundreds of new business owners, I created this business insurance podcast to help clear up some common questions about business insurance.
Podcast: Click to Listen
Blog Post: Business Insurance Q&A
Powerpoint Presentation
This is a Powerpoint (Slideshare) presentation I developed and presented for a college course on global social issues.
MicroLearning & eLearning Video
YouTube / Webinar
This video covers the knowledge I’ve gained about learning theories as well as my own personal predictions for the future of learning.
YouTube Video: Click to Watch
Blog Post: My Approach to Applying Learning Theories to Instructional Design
MicroLearning & eLearning Video
YouTube / Webinar
This video discusses how I use my background in marketing to use digital technology to create ground-breaking, custom learning campaigns that help overcome the Forgetting Curve.
YouTube Video: Click to Watch