Crystal James

 What's New? For this week, I will share what I did on my instructional design journey for this class. At the beginning of the week, I had some challenges downloading Adobe Captivate and spent a couple of days troubleshooting and fixing some computer issues to download the software. After a couple of days, I got my computer up-to-date so I could record videos and download new software. Troubleshooting was very interesting, and I learned a lot. It can be frustrating when technology malfunctions, but diagnosing and solving the issue is quite exciting. I’m glad that I was able to fix my computer and download the information that I need for this class and work. I have also been working on LinkedIn and connecting with Instructional Designers along with reading information about networking and learning about different instructional design principles. I’m also taking a course online for Adobe Captivate to make sure that I understand it better and can incorporate Adobe Captivate effectivel...

There are over 7,000 languages spoken by humans daily. Some of these are well-known languages such as English, French, Chinese, Spanish, and Korean. All languages are made up of pictures, text, symbols, or graphics. Using language to communicate is essential for learning and instruction. “Words allow us to communicate effectively, and printed words in electronic form and spoken words recorded in electronic form allow us to communicate effectively across miles and years using computer technology. Therefore, it makes sense to use words when we provide training or instruction (Clark and Mayer, 2016).  Using pictures and words to deliver instruction is an effective way to deliver learning instruction. The first part of teaching children to read is letting them know it’s okay to look at the pictures. Once they have learned their letters and the letter sounds and can practice decoding words, the pictures are often removed for better decoding skills. Pictures are reintroduced once the stu...

Technology is advancing and more learners are using eLearning tools. Trainers and instructional designers must utilize, "creativity, innovativeness, and authenticity, as well as an understanding of the contemporary research ideas of the field" (Hokanson, Miller, 2009). An instructional design approach that enables trainers to be intentional and user-friendly is Fitts's Law. This model is based on human movement and was established in 1954 by Paul Fitts. It accurately predicts the time it takes to move and select a target. The larger the target, the quicker and easier it is to select. This law was originally designed for movement in the physical world; however, it can be applied to human-computer interfaces using a cursor or other type of pointer (Instructor, 2019).  The law states that, "The bigger the target, the easier it is to hit." Fitts’s law says that the time to move to a target depends on how big it is and on how far away it is." (Budiu, 2022) Simpl...