Storyboarding for eLearning Cathy Gillespie TCANZ – Christchurch 13 November 2013

Storyboarding … What is it? Examples of eLearning Process (briefly) and why you need to be involved Impact of not being involved Action mapping Tools Examples of storyboards

Best Practice in Online Teaching and Learning Presentation Engagement Facilitation Assessment Creating learning objects Evaluation … part of the Post Graduate Diploma in Education (endorsed in eLearning and digital technologies)

Variety in types of eLearning Stand alone course Facilitated course LMS (Moodle) It is not just taking an face-to-face or print-based course and putting it on screen …

What is storyboarding? A storyboard is a tool that maps a learners experience through activities in a learning event. A storyboard is a detailed course plan to help in the development of an eLearning course. It specifies the content that is to be covered, presented screen by screen, based on a logical and educationally sound pathway through the learning. It includes details of the resources the learner will be exposed to and explains how the learner will engage with the material. ?

Learner experience You are writing for an experience – not always a narrative, not always simple step by step.

Development process

Where do you start?

Action mapping Cathy Moore elearning-action-hero/ learning-podcast-1-action-mapping/

Interactivity Need to know what it is to be able to write for it. Need to write to a deeper level of instructional information. samples/

Interactivity

Need to know what it is to be able to write for it. Need to write to a deeper level of instructional information.

TRUEFALSE #1.The earth is flat. #2.The earth is billions of years old #3.We cannot fly into space. #4.Plastic can be re-used. #5. The earth was formed from a huge explosion. #8.There are 8 colours of a rainbow. Quizzes MarkingFeedbackAmbiguity Learning or testing? TRUEFALSE #1.The earth is flat. #2.The earth is billions of years old #3.We cannot fly into space. #4.Plastic can be re-used. #5. The earth was formed from a huge explosion. #8.There are 8 colours of a rainbow.

What is storyboarding? A storyboard is a tool that maps a learners experience through activities in a learning event. A storyboard is a detailed course plan to help in the development of an eLearning course. It specifies the content that is to be covered, presented screen by screen, based on a logical and educationally sound pathway through the learning. It includes details of the resources the learner will be exposed to and explains how the learner will engage with the material.

Rapid Build Tools

Tools and example storyboards

Make sense? What storyboarding is Example of eLearning Impact of not being involved Action mapping Examples of storyboarding Possible tools Rapid development Development process