CAT GIBSON
Educator. Instructional Designer. Content Writer.
Projects
This scenario-based training (created using Microsoft PowerPoint) throws coaches into the world of youth sports.
The academic conference poster was created using Adobe Photoshop and required an understanding and appreciation of visual and graphic design principles as well as educational technology and its applications.
This screencast was captured utilizing Screencast-O-Matic and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro. The screencast is aimed toward teachers who would like to create interactive learning experiences using Google Slides.
This eLearning course expands on the content created for the interactive learning object while utilizing Articulate Rise's many interactive capabilites to deliver and evaluate student learning.
Upon completing a Master's Certificate in eLearning from James Madison University, students must demonstrate the ability to create digital media that align with the standards set by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Standards include Content Knowledge, Content Pedagogy, Learning Environments, Professional Knowledge and Skills, and Research.
JMU Educational Technology Objectives
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Apply foundational knowledge and skills to the collaborative design and use of content, pedagogy and instructional technologies.
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Create conditions for learning by applying theories (e.g., learning theories, curriculum theory and communications theories) to authentic scenarios involving diverse populations.
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Use modern technologies and techniques (e.g., collaborative teamwork and rapid prototyping) to design and develop learning materials, media and environments that promote near and far transfer of content knowledge.
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Design and develop a strategic vision and plan for the implementation, management and evaluation of educational technologies, programs and systems.
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Use quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry to make data-driven decisions that inform practice in the discipline.
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Initiate, lead, facilitate and advocate for positive change and innovation in the educational technology workplace as new technologies, techniques and theories of learning, design and change emerge.
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Engage in and reflect upon one’s own professional development, dispositions and growth in the discipline.
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Analyze, develop and evaluate professional development programs and initiatives that advance the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge of learners.
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Engage in ethical reasoning and decision-making by applying frameworks, policies and standards of ethical practice such as the AECT and ISTE-C professional standards and the JMU Ethical Reasoning in Action Eight Key Questions framework for ethical decision-making.