GLSEN - Creating Safer Spaces Online Training
Project Attributes:
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Interactive eLearning
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Accessibility
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Multimedia Training
Tools:
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Camtasia
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Articulate Storyline
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Canvas LMS
The Challenge
GLSEN-GKC’s one-hour, face-to-face “Be Aware” training helped K–12 educators and future educators build awareness of gender terminology, disparities affecting LGBTQ youth, and strategies for creating more supportive school environments.
However, reliance on volunteer facilitators and participants’ varying schedules made the training difficult to deliver consistently. The presentation-based format also offered limited opportunities for interaction and application. GLSEN-GKC needed a more accessible, scalable, and cost-effective solution that transformed the existing training into an engaging, self-paced online learning experience.
Target Audience
The training was mainly provided to preservice and licensed educators and K-12 Education students at the Teacher's College at Emporia State University. It will also be provided to educators in other Universities in the State of Kansas after it is tested and ready to be used widely.
My Role
As the instructional designer and eLearning developer, I worked with the client to translate the existing instructor-led training into a self-paced online learning experience. My responsibilities included conducting needs and learner analysis, defining learning objectives and instructional strategies, organizing and sequencing content, developing the storyboard, and designing interactive learning activities and assessments.
I also developed the eLearning experience in Articulate Storyline, created and edited multimedia with Camtasia, and integrated the completed training into Canvas for online delivery. Throughout the project, I incorporated accessibility and usability considerations to support a diverse audience of practicing and future educators.
The Training Solution
The training was preferred to be delivered and deployed through a link that teachers can access. The client also required the learners' progress to be tracked and there are knowledge checks throughout. During the planning phase, the client came in with some of the raw materials prepared, such as images, videos, and links to websites, which were requested to be put in the training.
Considering all the information collected, the LMS, Canvas was selected to be the primary tool for the training where all the resources and materials can be easily accessed, knowledge checks can be implemented, and results of their learning can be tracked. Students will be on tracked by the trainer from the time they join to the point they finish the course. Articulate Storyline was also used to design and display interactive learning materials and create self-assessment activities.
The evaluation phase was implemented through Google Form, which can accessed via a link on Canvas.
After working collaboratively with the Subject Matter Expert, the finalized learning objectives are:
Upon finishing the training, learners will be able to:
1) Demonstrate the understanding of the given gender terminology.
2) Identify the disparities in school climate for LGBTQ+ Youth.
3) Demonstrate the ways in which they can support LGBTQ+ students in schools.
The course was divided into three modules, they are:
1. Gender Terminology
2. Research on disparities in school climate for LGBTQ+ Youth.
3. How to support LGBTQ+ Youth.
Project Timeline
Material Snapshots and Samples
Lecture Sample
Parts of the learning content was designed with Articulate Storyline, and was embedded into each module on Canvas.
Self-Assessment Activity Sample
Video Sample
Videos throughout the course were designed and edited with Camtasia. The closed-captions were created by YouTube.
The video below introduces the NSCS (National School Climate Survey) as part of the learning content in Module 2.
Marketing Material
Marketing Video
A marketing video was created for the training program "GLSEN-Creating Safer Spaces Online Training" to market and promote the training solution. The video highlights the training solution, instructional design model and theory, and the technology that was integrated into the course. The video was created and edited using the video editing software, Camtasia. Part of the resources was found from Pixabay - a website that provides copyright-free visual elements. Some of the images were created using Adobe Photoshop.
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