Audrey Tocco Kahn

The Instructional Design Project  Our instructional design team was asked to create instructional materials for a faculty development course focused on creating, editing, and embedding an introductory video into an online course. The goal of the project was to increase instructor presence in online courses at the University of Skaro. The instructional materials we created were developed using Google Sites, a free web development platform that allowed our team to collaborate in real-time. We included a module overview that explained the purpose of the training for faculty and a set-up page to help faculty get their materials in order before starting the training. The bulk of the online training included three pages of instructional text, videos, infographics, and knowledge checks on the topics of editing their video, exporting it, and embedding it into Canvas. The final page in our instructional module focused on assessment and included peer review instructions, guidelines, and a ru...

  Understanding human learning has always propelled me to reach my goals. Learning about learning has gotten me to where I am today. I currently work in higher education as a strategic planner and coordinator of high impact practices. I develop plans for integrating highly impactful educational experiences into curricula. In past roles, I created faculty development courses and resources to support use of research-based practices in teaching and learning. What brought me to the learning design and technologies graduate certificate program at ASU was a desire to learn more about the technology used to create engaging learning experiences in fields outside of higher education. I also wanted to gain hands-on experience with some of these eLearning technologies since my prior studies and work have not provided that opportunity.  In my first LDT course, I refreshed my knowledge of learning theory and confirmed that I focus on constructivism and learner-centered principles (Ertmer ...

Learning is something I’ve always been drawn to. Throughout school, I wondered why my teachers asked certain questions on exams and hypothesized why certain classmates knew answers but others didn’t. It was this passion for learning that led me to study neuroscience and behavior for my bachelor’s degree. I wanted a degree that challenged me academically and taught me how the human brain worked as it learned. Well, I got it. I enjoyed learning about learning so much that I chose to earn my master’s and PhD in educational psychology. Almost all the questions that I’d wondered during my early school days were answered through courses, educational research, and real-world experiences. I had finally found my calling and loved every minute of it.  One of my career-defining experiences in graduate school was working in my institution’s center for teaching and learning. I created educational materials to support research-based pedagogies, facilitated webinars on teaching strategies, and co...