THE CHALLENGE

This school district has increasingly suffered with the lack of family support and involvement.  Through focus groups, it was determined that this may be remedied by  providing educators with best practices on how to foster relationships with the caregivers of their students.   If educators were able to recruit more "involvement" via education and community outreach and education, then the number of involvement would grow exponentially and student academic success would also show growth.

The stakeholders wanted this professional development session to be 2 hours long, which also contributed to the challenge.   2 hours in 1 sitting is a long time for anyone to remain engaged.  Furthermore, educators are known to not be the most attentive during their own professional development. 

The client accepted the proposal and I proceeded with design and development.

THE SOLUTION

I proposed training in 2 parts: the first part is an immersive scenario-based learning experience created with Storyline that allows the learners to engage in best practices in regards to fostering positive relationships with caregivers.  The 2nd part was an instructor-led-training created with Powerpoint.  Facilitator and Participant guides were also created.

THE PROCESS

Responsibilities: research, instructional design, scripting, interaction and visual design, eLearning development

Target Audience: Educators ( K-12)

Tools: Articulate Storyline, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Camtasia 

Language: English

Year: 2021

I designed and developed an animated, scenario-based eLearning experience with Articulate Storyline. This learning experience helped learners activate their previous experiences, and then use this to assist with their new experiences.  This also allowed learners to be interactive and motivate them at the start of this long training session. 

After the eLearning experience, the training moved on to an Instructor-Led-Training in order to facilitate more conversation and learning through discussion.  A participant's guide was also provided to learners.

VISUAL PROTOTYPE

I used AdobeXD to iterate on the layout and visual design for the project. I combined the visual mockups with programming notes and the visual Storyboard.  The prototypes included the color schemes, images, text, special instructions for animation, programming, and other notations for final approval prior to proceeding with final training project.   

THE RESULTS

Creating a scenario based on performance solutions allows the learners to put themselves in that position and to focus on what they need to learn and do rather than simply presenting information for the user to read.