Microlearning Project

I listed the learning theories in the chronological order that I used to address the following problem. You'll notice some are duplicates as I had to revisit them.

Problem:

I needed a professional resume for an online instructor and instructional designer. Complete shift! I needed to work on the visual presentation, language and content.

My life experiences and existing knowledge (schema) influences my approach. I always enjoyed exploring my creativity.

Problem: I needed a professional resume for as online instructor. and instructional designer. Complete shift! I needed to work on the visual presentation, language and content of it.

Cognitivism: Not A Blank Slate

My life experiences and existing knowledge (schema) influence my approach. I always enjoyed exploring my creativity.

I possessed a BA, and I was competing with those with professional certifications, Masters, PHD's
I always enjoyed being creative
Submitted to a resume free review: Now, I needed result-based statements

I still wanted more. What was this more and how do I achieve this?

Constructivism

My journey to using online creative platforms like Venngage was completely informal.

Problem: I needed a professional resume for an online instructor/instructional designer. Complete shift! I needed to work on the visual presentation, language and content.

Questions

What does an online instructor resume look like?
Where can I find job postings to cross-reference basic skills?
What is the job descriptions?
What should be included in a resume?
How long should it be?
Where can I find help to write a resume? ( generators, free help, templates etc…)
How creative do I want to be? ( still professional)

Various Perspectives

Researched what infographic meant to keep search on track

Free: A must because I was not in a place to invest a lot
Ease of Use: Some with a steep learning curve
- Similar interfaces helped with learning
- Allowed me to evaluate my options faster and effectively.

Flexibility: Not all sites offered the same quality and quantity of content. Manipulating and adding content was important through the following features.

Copy, paste
Upload, embed
Color wheel, palettes
Networking, share, publish ( individual links or company site)
Search for content within platform
Avatars, icons, lines, themes etc…
Fonts
Grouping, duplicate

What is/isn’t important?

Important: The tools needed to create infographics. ( Create infographics=keyword)

Not Important: No need for video editing/conversion, graphic creation, recording, I bookmarked related sites for later use.

Chaos Theory

"Working Through the Chaos"

It was information overload! All these sites, editing, video, graphics, subscriptions etc.. Everything was indeed connected to everything. At this point...