1. Modules and Incremental Innovation
Modules as opportunities to enhance instruction in manageable steps

2. Why?— You already do it
Use pre-existing content (PP slides; YouTube videos) and make them more interactive, available for asynchronous use
A part of competency-based education: stackable/portable units
Reinforce key concepts that recur throughout a program of study
Students can revisit, refresh skills
Attuned to cognitive load
Showcase your creativity! Students notice when you’ve blazed a new trail.
Breaking instruction into units makes sense; crafting learning objects that are portable and interchangeable takes them to the next level.

3. Advantages of Modules
Allow students to navigate freely within content, re-watch sections (self pacing), and share their impressions
Diversify text-heavy courses with multimedia content
Low stakes assessments allow for practice
Use student responses to start in-class discussions
Make students aware of current events in their field
Information retrieval and decision-making activities help students remember content better
What you gain through modularization.

4. Tools for Modularization
Articulate Storyline
Elearning authoring tool
Import PP slides
Create interactions
Simple quiz builder
PlayPosit
Interactive videos
Use YouTube videos or videos you author
Simple question builder
Collect information on student impressions and understanding
VoiceThread
Multimedia discussion board
Import media
Students can respond to prompts via audio, video or text
There are many tools available, but a few university-licensed tools are easy to get started with.

5. Examples
Let’s review some of the work at D’Amore-McKim in modularization.

6. Finance Modules
A macro project: modules for skills that build on one another.
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7. Basic Accounting Equation
A micro project: provides practice in a fundamental concept.
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8. Modules for Soft Skills
Applying theory to practice. Modules on cultural differences and building rapport in an international business setting.
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9. Using existing materials
Don’t reinvent the wheel! Use what you got.
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10. Interactive Videos
PlayPosit is a great way to quickly insert interactivity into videos you already use.
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11. In Closing Accessibility:
It is important to provide closed captioning or a transcript for videos
Fair Use:
Before utilizing videos that are available online, make sure applicable Fair Use criteria are met.
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Work incrementally, use existing materials, and remember that even a little interactivity goes a long way.