Online Learning Environment
Drupal CMS Academy Design Prototype

Overview: The Drupal CMS Academy is on online collaborative learning environment for those interested in learning how to use the Drupal content management system. The Academy supports learners as they maximize their performance in the installation, administration and customization of a Drupal web installation. In this individual project, I worked with the client to identify and prioritize the instructional topics to be offered, recommend a design framework for the online learning environment, and create an online prototype to demonstrate the design recommendations.

Wiki Based Learning Module
Wikiversity

Overview: Wikiversity is a wiki based project created to support the development of free learning materials and lessons. It is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation which also hosts Wikipedia, the popular wiki based encyclopedia. As part of a team of instructional design students, I adapted an existing web based module developed by Dr. Charles Reigeluth into a Wikiversity lesson. The lesson incorporates presentation, practice, and feedback elements within the wiki environment. It includes embedded video demonstrations which I produced.

Online Learning Course
Life Skills Course

Overview: This online module was designed and developed to be part of a mandatory life skills course for high school freshman. Within this lesson, a detailed overview of the concepts and processes involved in completing laundry is covered. The online module concludes with a short scored multiple choice assessment designed to assess the student’s comprehension of the required concepts and skills.

Web Based Training
Webcast Academy

Overview: This self-paced web based training module was designed and developed to provide instruction in core webcasting skills. The web based training is augmented with live webcasted training sessions in small groups with an experience webcaster acting as trainer. At the conclusion of this module, exercises assess each learner's ability to utilize all of the core skills and technologies covered in the module, including how to:

• Conference: Set up and facilitate a telephony conference call with two or more people.
• Record: Record the audio from the telephony conference of two or more people.
• Post: Post an MP3 audio recording of a telephony conference of two or more people on the Webcast Academy web site as a recorded webcast or podcast.