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​Building a​ Micro-Certificate: ​ Team’s Collaboration and Reflections​

CDAG Conference Nov 15, 2024 Teaching and Learning Exchange

Meet the Panelists:​​ George Brown College ​ Micro-Certificate Team​

Noelle Paredes-Plaza (she/her)

Anna Bartosik (she/ona/elle)

Evelyn Chan(she/her)

Rocio Conde (she/her)

Professor and Instructional Designer(Project Lead)

Educational Technology and Digital Content Specialist

Instructional Technology Specialist

Educational Technology Specialist

Agenda​

1. The Ask

2. Value Added Proposition

3. The Design and Development Process​

4. Product Tour

5. Learner Feedback

6. Questions from Audience

The Ask​

Purpose:

Present policies in a dynamic format for faculty; to enhance comprehension and retention of new/updated information in academic policies released in September 2024.

Scope:

• Develop one module per policy.​
• Launch course with the start of the academic year.​

Gamification and AI:

Incorporate gamified elements (e.g.escape rooms) and other interactive elements featuring Brightspace capabilities; showcase AI tools and capabilities.

What was your ​ value-added proposition?​

• What did you bring to the team?​​

• What was your biggest takeaway from this project?​​

• What did you enjoy most about working with the team​

​​​Building in Brightspace; H5P, MS Forms, Adobe Firefly, HeyGen

(The iterative process involves a continuous cycle of planning, analysis, implementation, and evaluation.)​

Design and Development Process​

Iterative process

Tools used for maintenance

Incorporating changes from feedback form.

• Investigate and purchase appropriate Gen AI tool.​
• Troubleshoot Gen AI in the video (e.g. cost, time, appearance)

Collecting continuous feedback for course improvement​

Troubleshooting

From Concept to Creation: Building Meaningful Learning Solutions.

Personas​

Name: Sarah (she/her) ​ Age: 37 ​ From Canada ​ Speaks English; studied French Immersion in Ontario. ​ Single; lives in a studio apartment with cat and plant babies. ​ Rides bike to work. ​ Enjoys beading and reading. ​ Moved back to Toronto from Vancouver recently to take a full-time teaching position at a college. ​

Persona: From Vancouver to Toronto: Passionate Educator, Lifelong Learner

Enhancing Faculty Engagement: ​

Integrating Multimedia and AI-Generated Personas in Course Design​

• Designed personas, simulated real-world situations.​

• Rich multimedia elements.​

Resources

Product Tour:​ Academic Policy Micro-Certificate​ Course​

Link

Learner Feedback - Positive​

• Instructions and activities where easy to follow: 92% strongly agree or agree.​
• The module increased my understanding of the Assessment of Student Learning policy: 100% strongly agree or disagree.​

Bringing Policies to Life: Relevant, Memorable Learning

• “now I read the policy, finally”.​
• “I liked how relevant the content was and how well contextualized it was within the Chef's course. This was a much more effective way of learning for me that will help me remember the policy in the long run.”​

Learner Feedback – Constructive ​and Actionable​

Building on Feedback to Drive Meaningful Change in Learning

Check for bugs in practice quiz questions. I would answer correctly, and it would tell me I was wrong. Then I would answer the way I was shown was correct and it would again tell me I was wrong.

“The characters and their profiles were relatable and plausible. The AI-generated video was a distraction. When I see mouths moving and not aligning with the voice, I think "fake content".”

“A quick comment in the Module that you still have more to go. First time around, I thought I was finished; I was not.”

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