Winning Guidelines and Practices for Using Instructional Media in eLearning.

Workshop Description:

Learn practical guidelines and methods for integrating purposeful instructional video and other visuals into your elearning. This workshop combines both the theory and the practices you need to select and develop meaningful and cost effective instructional media.

Topics covered in this workshop include:

• Impact of instructional graphics on learning and performance
• Methods for matching instructional media with learning outcomes and objectives
• Development process for producing custom instructional digital video and graphics
• Quality standards for effective instructional media

This workshop an excellent companion to the afternoon workshop “Me and IT???” How instructors and subject matter experts can create well-designed e-learning content “ which will walk participants through how to create well-designed e-learning content when e-learning development team expertise is not available. In combination (or separately!), the two workshops will give the learner practical skills for selecting and creating good quality e-learning materials.

Presenters: D. Jo-Anne Spencer, Red River College and The Technologies for Learning Group (TLG) and Roberta Everson, The Technologies for Learning Group (TLG)

D. Jo-Anne Spencer, Instructor, Red River College and eLearning Project Coordinator, Technologies for Learning Group

Jo-Anne is currently employed as a project coordinator with Technologies for Learning Group (TLG), an elearning company specializing in custom online content and learning management systems for corporate and government clients. To TLG, Jo-Anne brings a valuable and comprehensive background in: education, multimedia production, web design and professional photography. As project coordinator, Jo-Anne is responsible for ensuring TLG's custom eLearning projects are done on time, on budget and to a high standard of quality. Prior to TLG, Jo-Anne was a supervisor and multimedia technician in the Biomedical Communications department at the Health Sciences Centre.

Although an integral part of the TLG team, Jo-Anne continues her work as an instructor in the Continuing Education Department at Red River College. Jo-Anne is currently teaching a new course she has designed, Digital Media for the Web. Jo-Anne is also a seasoned Photoshop instructor.

Roberta Everson, Director Learning Strategies, Technologies for Learning Group (TLG)

Roberta directs Technologies for Learning Groups (TLG) learning development and is responsible for ensuring instructional integrity in all TLG paper-based and online learning products. As Director of Learning Strategies, Roberta has been instrumental in building and implementing TLG's instructional design and content development process, including a multimedia decision matrix.

An experienced educator, Roberta has participated in the envisioning and building of many client-learning systems in industries such as retail, customer contact, manufacturing and aerospace. During her twelve years in the education field, she has worked in diverse environments ranging from workplace-based training programs to secondary schools, in addition to designing and developing paper based and online training with TLG. She received her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba and has considerable experience designing offline and online learning material and delivering classroom based training. Roberta has recently enrolled in a Master of Science, Instructional Design and Technology at UND.