Mariya Khan
Instructional Designer & Educator
Instructional "How-to" Poster
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Objectives Met -
Objective #1: Apply foundational knowledge and skills to the collaborative designand use of content, pedagogy and instructional technologies.
Objective #2: Create conditions for learning by applying theories (eg. learning theories, curriculum theory and communications theories) to authentic scenarios involving diverse populations.
Objective #3: Use modern technologies, and techniques (eg. collaborative teamwork and rapid prototyping) to design and develop learning materials, media and environments that promote near and far transfer of content knowledge.
Objective #9: Engage in ethical reasoning and decision-making by applying frameworks, policies and standards of ethical practice such as the AECT and ISTE-C professional standards and the JMU Ethical Reasoning in Action eight key questions framework for ethical decision making.
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Description -
The instructional handout was created using Microsoft Word in order to visually assist learners and to ease them into the development of the instructional material. The instructional poster was saved as a PDF file to ensure ease of access to the materials for all viewers (Objective 9). Microsoft Word was used to create this document, which is a basic word processor tool with limited design features. Therefore, the designer of the document must be aware of design principles, the technological content, the audience that will be using the content, and the instructional technologies being used (Objective 1). The goal of the project was to provide the public with a visually innovative method of accessing the accessibility features on an iPhone, iPad, or similar tablet device operating on IOS8 (Objective 3). This also may mean that the viewer will assist individuals who are visually impaired in accessing these features. The handout demonstrates how to not only access this information on these Apple devices, but it also allows the learner to track each step in locating these features. Since the design of the handout effectively used white space, incorporated large fonts, and demonstrated the use of the highlighting feature, these specific program objectives were effectively met (Objective 1 and 2). The highlighting and magnification tools were utilized to ensure that the learner would pay close attention to specific directions that were provided throughout the document. These accessibility features allow learners of all ages to appreciate and model the process effectively.
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