{"id":291,"date":"2020-12-04T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0165\/?p=291"},"modified":"2020-12-15T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T02:24:24","slug":"design-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0165\/design-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">As an instructor and instructional design, what are my superpowers?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-292 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0165\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/12\/Emmet-Lego-Movie-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0165\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/12\/Emmet-Lego-Movie-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0165\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2020\/12\/Emmet-Lego-Movie.png 369w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 195px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 195\/300;\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;Everything is Awesome!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">I&#8217;d like to think my number one superpower is my &#8220;Everything is Awesome!&#8221; attitude. I try to keep a positive attitude despite the what&#8217;s happening around me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">I am committed to my students, there for them when they need help, and a good listener. I am often asked to &#8220;do you know technology X or software Y?&#8221; and I even though I often don&#8217;t know what they are talking about (it&#8217;s impossible to know <em>all <\/em>the new technologies), I never hesitate to try to solve their problems, and I have a surprisingly good success rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">I use the flipped classroom approach to teaching, in part because it is a mandate from our program, but also, it encourages me to interact more with students, letting them ask the questions and work on problems in class, rather than the typical 3 hours of non-stop lectures every week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">I use my industry experience to teach students the &#8220;power&#8221; skills of project management like: teamwork, time management, customer relations, and troubleshooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">From the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/technology-and-learning\/61-ways-you-know-you-are-talking-instructional-designer\">61 Ways You Know You Are Talking to an Instructional Designer<\/a> the ones that best fit me are:<br \/>\n14. Backwards course design. (starting with Learning Outcomes)<br \/>\n39. Formative assessment.<br \/>\n43. Travel with pipe cleaners.<br \/>\n58. Busy, but makes time.<br \/>\n&#8230;and most importantly&#8230;<br \/>\n61. I love my work!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Featured Image: Emmet from THE LEGO\u00ae MOVIE 2\u2122<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an instructor and instructional design, what are my superpowers? &#8220;Everything is Awesome!&#8221; I&#8217;d like to think my number one superpower is my &#8220;Everything is Awesome!&#8221; attitude. I try to keep a positive attitude despite the what&#8217;s happening around me. 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