WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.270 --> 00:00:01.320 My name's Richard Smith 2 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:02.910 and I'm an instructional designer here 3 00:00:02.910 --> 00:00:05.160 at Southern Wesleyan University. 4 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.350 I've been at Southern Wesleyan for three years 5 00:00:07.350 --> 00:00:10.500 and I'm transitioning into the instructional design role 6 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:13.920 and I'll be working with on campus faculty to help ensure 7 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:17.730 that the course materials and the course layout 8 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:21.150 is consistent, that it meets our goals and objectives 9 00:00:21.150 --> 00:00:23.310 here at Southern Wesleyan University 10 00:00:23.310 --> 00:00:26.910 and all of the online facets of their classes 11 00:00:26.910 --> 00:00:28.113 are set up correctly. 12 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.600 In our post-pandemic world, education has shifted in a way 13 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.400 where people that were once reluctant 14 00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:39.510 to use online platforms for learning are finding that 15 00:00:39.510 --> 00:00:42.630 that is a much more effective and efficient way to learn. 16 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:45.150 And so the instructional designer role 17 00:00:45.150 --> 00:00:48.060 is all about helping our content experts, 18 00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:52.110 who are professors, be able to better teach their students 19 00:00:52.110 --> 00:00:54.720 and better present their content 20 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:56.490 so that the students can learn from it. 21 00:00:56.490 --> 00:00:58.710 We work with things like assessment, 22 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:01.950 we work with activities, different things like that 23 00:01:01.950 --> 00:01:04.380 to make sure that everything in a course 24 00:01:04.380 --> 00:01:07.290 is contributing to the success of our students. 25 00:01:07.290 --> 00:01:09.630 Working with our professors is gonna be the, 26 00:01:09.630 --> 00:01:10.950 the primary part of it 27 00:01:10.950 --> 00:01:14.250 because our professors know the material 28 00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:17.220 and they're used to teaching in classrooms 29 00:01:17.220 --> 00:01:20.550 but sometimes we have to provide guidance to them 30 00:01:20.550 --> 00:01:23.190 for how to do it using the online tools 31 00:01:23.190 --> 00:01:25.020 and the learning management system. 32 00:01:25.020 --> 00:01:27.600 We want things to be consistent across courses. 33 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:30.450 We want it to be consistent across programs 34 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:31.350 and across professors. 35 00:01:31.350 --> 00:01:34.050 So providing that overview for them 36 00:01:34.050 --> 00:01:35.970 and being here as a resource for them. 37 00:01:35.970 --> 00:01:38.940 We're not here to tell them how to teach or what to teach, 38 00:01:38.940 --> 00:01:40.650 we're here to aid them in making sure 39 00:01:40.650 --> 00:01:44.430 that what they do and how they do it is effective, 40 00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:48.150 and again, is something that the students can all use. 41 00:01:48.150 --> 00:01:51.330 Some of the projects that I've been able to work on 42 00:01:51.330 --> 00:01:54.330 are working with people who are designing courses 43 00:01:54.330 --> 00:01:57.060 where they have content that they want to put forward 44 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:59.190 but they have to have somewhere to start. 45 00:01:59.190 --> 00:02:02.760 And so we begin by mapping out the objectives of the course. 46 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:05.460 What exactly are you trying to accomplish 47 00:02:05.460 --> 00:02:07.020 inside of this course? 48 00:02:07.020 --> 00:02:08.970 And from those core objectives, 49 00:02:08.970 --> 00:02:13.440 we then build out the content and the format of the course 50 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:16.653 so that everything flows back into those objectives.