August 28, 2016

Mastery Journey Timeline

Dan Polshaw’s

“My mastery goal is to continue my education in Instructional Design and Technology. I am looking to become an expert at determining types of media interventions suitable for an adult audience, gain knowledge of more techniques to create engaging learning, and create a personal brand while expanding my network.”

- Dan Polshaw

Instructional Design &

Technology

Semester One

Semester Two

Semester Three

• Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership• Strategies for Learner Engagement• Visual & Verbal Communication in Instructional Design• Corporate Training & Motivational Development

• Instructional Design and Evaluation• Digital Media & Learning Applications• Music and Audio for Instructional Design• Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design

• Game Strategies & Motivation• Learning Management Systems & Organization• Media Asset Creation• Instructional Design & Technology Final Project

Courses

Courses

Courses

Overview

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Semester One

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Complete “Mastery” by Robert Greene.

• Continue updating and working on my Tumblr.

• Include more contacts and organizations outside of

AT&T on my LinkedIn Profile.

Mastery: Personal Development & Leadership

Reflect on my “Life’s Task” to mastery and use creative strategies to maintain a dimensional mind.

Develop my own brand and continue using applications that can connect me in my chosen career path.

Resources

• “Mastery” by Robert Greene• Becoming an Instructional Developer

and Designer (Lynda.com) • APA Style Writing (6th edition)

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Semester One

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Post different skills and speak to each on Tumblr.

• Research UDL principles.

• Research SAM methodology.

Strategies for Learner Engagement

Acquire knowledge and skill at choosing the correct design strategy for learner engagement. Gain valuable insight into design methodologies such as ADDIE and SAM models of design.

Resources

• Motivating and Engaging Employees (Lynda.com)

• How to Teach Complex Topics (Lynda.com)

• “Telling Ain’t Training” Harold Stolovitch (2002)

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Semester One

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Study composition, typography and sequence.

• Create an instructor’s guide template that is

different than Docutools formatting.

• Create a cinemograph and present on Tumblr.

Visual and Verbal Communication in Instructional Design

Look for new ways to present information rather than current knowledge of Docutools formatting. Discover new techniques for making visually enriched media.

Resources

• Universal Principles of Design (Lynda.com)

• Cinemograph courses on Lynda.com• Becoming a Graphic Designer track

(Lynda.com)

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Semester One

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Study ROI at AT&T, and relate it to my current job.

• Complete courses on Lynda.com related to ROI.

• Read a book on Emotional/Creative Intelligence to

help influence peers and leadership.

Create and evaluate presentation style to motivate peers, learners, clients, and leadership.

Resources• Review courses including Understanding

ROI from Lynda.com.• Find additional resources to create ROI

measurements as it relates to work.• Read Creative Intelligence in the 21st

Century (Ebsco E-book Collection)

Corporate Training & Motivational Development

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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with arbor and attended to with diligence.”

- Abigail Adams

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Semester Two

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Develop a survey for Level One Evaluation.

• Blog about types of Level Two evaluation questions.

• Research tools that assist with creating questions.

Intelligently discuss the Levels of Evaluation and evaluate design strategies. Write learning objectives that are targeted to my audience.

Resources• Survey Monkey to create Level One Eval.• Ebdocs on Levels of evaluation

(Kirkpatrick and Meijer)• Lectora , Canvas, testcraft (Lynda.com)

Instructional Design & Evaluation

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Semester Two

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Add the “microcosm” of instructional design

software to my diigo.com account.

• Practice using the tools mentioned and write 3 blog

reviews on the software.

• Write a blog entry comparing and contrasting

software.

Explore software that is used for digital media and support design approaches with learning theories for digital savvy learners.

Resources• Diigo.com• Blog Entries and other social Media

(Lynda.com)• The Rapid E-learning Blog (Articulate)

Digital Media and Learning Applications

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Semester Two

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Learn as much as I can about garage band.

• Research music theory in general.

• Research tools used for professional audio creation

in eLearning.

Develop skill in recording professional voiceovers, music selection, language and memory.

Resources• Garage band Essential Training

(Lynda.com)• Songwriting in Garage Band (Lynda.com)• Ebscohost - music and learning

Music and Audio for Instructional Design

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Semester Two

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Research additional techniques when presented

with them in class.

• Complete Premiere tutorials.

• Research using devices in videography.

• Use research to blog about best methodology when

determining course content.

Learn video techniques that can enhance instructional design and communicate with visual imagery to your target audience.

Resources

• Become a Motion Graphics Artist (Lydna.com)

• Filmographies and biographies (Internet Movie Data Base)

• Premiere Pro Guru courses (Lynda.com)

Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design

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“Do your own thing. Make sure you own it. The time you manage to own it, Everyone will want it.”

- De Philosopher DJ Kyos

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Semester Three

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Research gamification.

• Create a swipe file of games that I can create or use

for inspiration.

• Build my own game as it relates to work that

demonstrates knowledge learned.

This course explains how to use gaming in learning and evaluate/assess the learners competency upon completion of the game.

Resources

• Bunchball Gamification blog. (Paharia)• Gamification of Learning, elearning, and

structural gamification (Lynda.com)• Captivate Projects: building Elearning

Games (Lynda.com)

Game Strategies and Motivation

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Semester Three

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• I know the least about this topic.

• Study materials presented from the instructor and

research learning platforms on my own.

• Write a blog comparison of different types of

learning environments.

• Create a SharePoint example.

This course focuses on the tools for synchronous and a synchronous learning. It also helps the student identify which platform is most suitable for each delivery method.

Resources

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)• Lexus Nexus • Sharepoint online essential trainings

(Lynda.com

Learning Management Systems and Organization

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Semester Three

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Create swipe file of tools used to create these

techniques.

• Create a repository of information on how to create

the techniques.

• Look for opportunities to incorporate art with

Instructional Design for humor and emotion.

Examine different techniques to create media assets for in class and elearning modules.

Resources

• Fundamentals of Illustrator (Lynda.com)• PNG asset creation in Illustrator

(Lynda.com)• Understanding game asset creation

(Lynda.com)

Media Asset Creation

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Semester Three

Strategies and/or Tactics:

• Use the Levels of Evaluation to create solid learning

objectives, test questions, and activities.

• Continue to build gamification skills.

• Review swipe files created on Tumblr blog for

components I can use within the final assignment.

Creation of a final design project using knowledge previously gained, and where I would like to be in the future. The project is evaluated by peers and faculty.

Resources

• Lynda.com• EBSCOhost• Elearningbrothers.com

Instructional Design and Technology Final Project

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Mentors

Characteristics of a formal mentor:

1. Wants to mentor.2. Has job knowledge and experience.3. Honesty and high integrity.4. Effective communicator.5. Highly successful.

(Heathfield, 2016)

Bernie Almaraz – AT&T TU Associate Director of Instructional Design – Apprenticeship Contact: See submission

Cathy Moore – Let’s Save the World from Boring Training! Contact: Catmoore Twitter

Joel Armor – Ad Junct Professor at Cincinnati University – 3D animation Contact: facebook.com/joelarmor (unlisted)

Tony Watkins AT&T TU Associate Director of Media Design – Internship in Media Contact: See submission

John Ridgeway - TU Associate Director of Design – Internship in Entertainment Contact: See submission 2-8364

Amanda Bachtel-Baker – Epic Certified Training Manager at Spectrum Health Contact: See submission

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Involved

I will finish reading “Shut up and Tweet” (Pallen, 2014).

Choose my three Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) to focus on and

brand them for my image.

I currently am an online student. I will look for opportunities to join

online communities when available.

At least once a month, I will choose a “Fluid Friday” seminar to attend that

peaks my interests.I will renew my ATD license and look

for opportunities to join a Texas chapter. I also will look for clubs and

organizations to join on LinkedIn.com.

July 29, 2017

Mastery!