Artifact #1: Aligned Assessment Plan

After reading chapter 10, I was able to look through the chapter and identify the main learning objectives to understand and apply the segmenting and pretraining principles to e-Learning. I was able to develop 6 learning objectives which involved being able to evaluate lesson complexity, define the principles, identify psychological reasons and research to support them, and differentiate between their usage.

Next, formative assessment questions were developed to align to these objectives. This made it easier when developing the content for each lesson because it could easily be organized based on the lesson objectives, ensuring to cover all key concepts.

Later, a summative assessment was developed and aligned to all objectives. Creating this summary table of the assessment plan allowed me to ensure that all key understanding were covered throughout the course and final assessment.

Artifact #2: Interactive Sorting

Interactive sorting was one of the interactive elements of this e-Learning course. There are two interactive sorting activities in this course to help keep the learner engaged in the lesson. The sorting activity above requires the learner to recall their learning of a simple versus a complex lesson. The learner has to drag the cards into the appropriate category. If they get it incorrect, it will bounce back and they will be required to put it in the correct pile before moving on. Including interactive components in e-Learning is important to keep learners on task. This activity provides physical and psychological engagement along with providing the learner with critical components to learn the content such as different examples.

Artifact #3: Scenarios

Scenarios were used at the end of this e-Learning module to help learners build on their overall understanding of the principles covered. The scenarios in this module give real life examples of how the segmented and pretraining principles can be used with learning. This is another component of the lesson that keeps the learner interacting with the material and engaged. Like the sorting activity, it is not just physical, but psychologically engaging which has proven to be most effective.