Shawna Stushnoff

Life is a Journey – Where is it taking you?

Blog: Voyages of Exploration

Professional and Personal Reflections!

Projects Highlighted

Here are a few recent projects that I’ve wrapped up recently.

Projects Under Construction

As a visionary I often find myself seeing ways to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of a process or training.  Check out some of the things I am currently working on here.

Personal Favorites

Want to peek at a variety of things I’ve worked on?  On this page you will find a few of my favorite projects with details from start to finish.

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Critter Cache Kits!

Geocaching is a passtime that gets me out of the house and into the great outdoors.  I’ve started creating Critter Cache Kit’s, a small kit with the supplies to make little pipecleaner animals.  Check them out here!

Who Am I....

Where I’ve been, my working philosophy, and visions for the future!

Resume

Career experiences, learning opportunities, strengths & growth!

Personal Learning Network (PLN)

Tracing my learning path though a series of breadcrumbs reflecting learning and growth as I prepare myself to be a thought leader in the online learning and instructional design field.

Contact Me

With over a decade of both in person and online teaching I bring practical experience with me into everything I do.  What can I design for you?

TEACHING & DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Experience stems from a multitude of places, education, life, successes, and challenges to name just a few.  Deep personal growth and the ability to listen, hear, understand, and adapt come from navigating and learning throughout life. I began growing my ability to see deeper into environments, situations, and the needs of others as I experienced new places and cultures. Later, these skills would translate into quickly understanding needs, seeking solutions, learning software, teaching others, and pursuing a more effective and engaging path for those that came behind me.

Instruction and training have been an integral part of the positions I have held throughout my career.  Some of my favorite projects stemmed from training co-workers for a software rollout, creating courses on the Canvas LMS to support staff at the University of Colorado.  In addition personal interests morphed into side jobs like teaching piano and music theory to K-12 students and moving the music theory course online. I’ve seen and learned through experience in a world that is changing faster and faster every day.   Believe it or not, I’m even more excited to see where we can go next!

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Experience Designing Instruction
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THE DREADED COURSE MAP

Although many instructors have been teaching for years and thoroughly enjoy the in classroom experience, when tasked with bringing a course into an online format they are daunted by the process, unfamiliar with the flow of a course map, and frustrated by Course and Module Objectives.  The following is a short video created to provide SMEs with a quick look at what the course map is all about, before they begin their journey into creating their own as a first step to course design in our collaborative effort to move their course online and ensure it passes the Quality Matters review upon completion of the build.

WORK SAMPLES

Hover for a visual, click to view the final product.

For details look for the title in the sections below.

Articulate Storyline Course

MUSIC THEORY MAYHEM
Sample lesson from module three of a ten-week courses that offers learner choice during the introduction of music theory concepts.

Articulate Storyline Interaction

MEET THE TEAM
This interactive flip card module provides a creative way for customers to meet the staff that will be picking up and dispositioning their surplus property.

Articulate Storyline Knowledge Check Game

JEOPARDY!
A quick game interaction for new hires to check their basic understanding of warehouse safety.

Game Style Summative Assessment

Learners travel around campus as they answer questions to showcase knowledge either as an introduction to the software or to test out of the required course.

Camtasia Technical Training

A screen recording to introduce software users across campus to the updates they will see after the upgrade in February 2023. Job aids on the website and the Canvas course were updated as well.

Website Job Aid Videos

SOFTWARE TRAINING
The University of Colorado Distribution Center's training library for Surplus Property. Here users can find a selection of screen cast videos walking them through the steps for processing a request to dispose of university property.

Screencast Technology Software Training

SOFTWARE TRAINING
An online course built in Canvas using Camtasia, Articulate, Doodly, and more, to instruct users on university policy and use of our AssetWorks software when processing surplus property.

Transitioning to an LMS

CANVAS FOR STAFF TRAINING
A place to house the new hire onboarding, team training information, and supervisor training while navigating change management of the introduction of an LMS for training.

Design Solution

ROAD TO FINANCIAL WELLNESS
A design solution for a course to help college freshman learn about loans as a part of their financial aid and the benefits and the downstream ramifications of accepting student loans.

Storyboards & Flowcharts

Samples of storyboards for a financial wellness course and a self paced e-learning course point to the first building blocks that come before design work begins.

Microlearning

IN THREE STEPS
Video snips were recorded, then edited in Camtasia before being inserted into Metaverse to create this short instruction that outlines how to tune your guitar to itself after tuning the base note.

Learning Webinars

WINNING THE ENGAGEMENT & ACCESSIBILITY GAME
Passing the virtual baton across the state we engaged master's degree students in a look at the importance of accessibility & the effectiveness of games in learning.

Vengage

Infographics provide quick easy insight into a project or process, or they may serve as a reminder or job aid. The infographics in this section represent a number of projects produced over a period of time.

Job Aids

Job aids come in many types, infographics, short videos, ,etc. These are Word documents uploaded to Canvas to enable our staff to access them from anywhere on campus any time they like.

ARIS

HONEYCRISP'S HERITAGE
A video overview of this geo-based 'game' that follows the story of the scientist who took the first bite of a Honeycrisp apple.

Metaverse

PETER AND THE WOLF
An A/R game like interaction that brings the introduction of some of the instruments in an orchestra into the learner's home.

Plotogon

FUTURE WORLD
A walk with our character as she reflects on change and her experiences during a day in her life in the year 2050. The .mp4 file can be linked to content and viewed from any web browser, phone, or tablet.

Doodly

WHAT'S A JHA ANYWAY?
An animated drawing to introduce a new concept to staff. Doodly animations can be builts on a chalkboard, white board, or clear board with the abiity to add music narration, and color.

Game Salad

SNAKKER DU NORSK
Lesson one of an immersive language learning experience in a game interaction. This can be viewed on a phone or tablet using a QR code, or on a website using the link.

Podcasting for Learning

RANDOM RANT
Although not always thought of as an effective way to push education to learners or regular updates to staff this modality is easy to create and easy to access. This is a creative rant on a color.

Just as there are many paths in life, many ways to research and gather information, and many ways to learn and train, there are also many paths to information here on my website.  Navigate as best suits you, some sections will have links to the same information however I believe in meeting people where they are when possible and you may be seeking an in depth look at projects and work samples, just a peek at my most recent work, or a quick look at my resume, the choice is yours.  The following is your roadmap to a personalized experience here.
  • The first section, above, provides quick links to areas those visiting will need most often.
  • Directly below you will find At A Glance, a place to jump to a look at the finished product.  This is where you want to be if you just want to see the end result.
  • This is followed by a look at three projects I am currently working on then a deep dive into projects, both personal and professional, for a detailed look at the project path from start to finish.
    Close up of black and white compas facing north.

    Image by Mario Aranda from Pixabay

  • Like blogs?  The carousel will give you a preview a few of my most recent posts.  To view them all you can also use the Voyages of Exploration link, above.
  • Finally, I’ve included a section highlighting courses taken during my MA in Learning & Design Technology.  This is my repository of the class projects and other types of content.  It gets pretty involved and you can get lost in there but it serves a very valuable purpose for me and maybe it will also serve to provide a little insight to others who may be considering the program.

Enjoy!

AT A GLANCE

Little to say, lots to show.  this is the place to be if the background of a project isn’t as important and you just want to see the results!  Decide you want to see more, check out the Deep Dive section below.

Spoiler Alert – Some of these interactions require you install an App or a Game Viewer on your phone, computer or tablet to view them.

Taking It Online!

COVID restricted classroom training in the midst of a project to train all facilities management trainin with a new safety initiative.  This is an edited recording of the first class hosted on Zoom where we introduce the transition to an online environment, the tools we’ll use and some of the forms of engagment.

Everything’s A Weed?

Today’s technology leaves us with so many opportunities to provide options for personalizing learning.  How about making one assignment option for the student to design a cartoon to showcase comprehension of an assignment?  Young gardeners might design something like this.  Screenshot due Pixton changed format.

Hero’s Journey

Capture learner attention through a story that makes them think about what you are about to teach!  This gives them another shelf to stash information on for easier retention later.  It’s even better if they can relate to your story in some way.  Here’s a look at why storytelling works.

Online For Accessibiity

As my kids and I learned back in 2008 sometime’s online is the only way.  When location, location, location isn’t doable or the best choice online might be the best option. I know for one of my sons it sure was.  This assignment asked us to create an online learning commercial, little did I know in 2019 just how timely it would be.

Only Eight Keys!

A video project to create a short 30 second training on a single topic.  There’s lots of keys on a piano, 88 to be exact, this short video will showyou how to play a major scale.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A look at projects currently under construction.
Piture of the soundboard of a 1930's Baldwin where the strings attach to the tuning pegs.

LEARNING DESIGN

Your work fills a large part of each day and your life as a whole, The only way to be truly satisfied is to find something you are passionate about and dive in. When you truly love what you do time spent vested in your passion hardly seems like work at all!  My passion lies in training and employee development.  Whether I’m acting as trainer, developing training, or helping people learn and grow I’m in my element. It’s one small way I hope to make the world a better place.

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DEEP DIVE INTO A FEW OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS!

Whether personal, professional, or course projects here are some of my favorites.  It’s hard to choose favorites really, I’ve enjoyed most all of them.

Check out the brief summary on each tile, then click to take a detailed look, start to finish.

The ID Process

Facilitating Financial Wellness might not sound exciting but this project launched me into a deep understanding of course design and a deeper appreciation for the ID process as we tackled each step of the design process.

Team Webinar Project

Tasked with hosting a one-hour webinar our team landed on focusing on games and accessibility to foster engagement.  Check out how we put this one together!

Moving Online!

A look at working with a Subject Matter Expert to build a “return to work” video for critical staff returning to campus, then a project to move a six week supervisor safety training course to Zoom.

Royal Conservatory Exam Prep!

Returning to the world of online music theory I rebuilt the framework for this 10 week intermediate theory course in a self-paced online format within Articulate Storyline.

Branching Scenarios

Engagement is key to retention, but how do you engage students, especially online?  Check out this branching scenarios group discussion/collaboration project from the Digital Storytelling class.

My Story

This project found us looking at our learning history’s to more clearly see through the eyes of our students while striving to better understand of how to help them see their ability to impact the world.

Personalized Learning

This team project led us to the creation of a website that takes a look at the power of personalized learning and some practical applications in K-12, Higher Ed, and the Corporate World.

A Lesson In VR

Do you struggle with VR?  How about reading? Does someone you know?  If so there’s an easy fix.  Want to know more…  if so you’ll definitely want to check this interview out.

In Three Steps

A challenge in brevity!  This project included audio and video, narrated into a quick micro type training to show you how to tune your guitar in 3 steps.

Honeycrisp’s Heritage

Honoring my father’s legacy while creating what I think is a neat interactive GEO based educational game, that can be played from anywhere.  Now if that wasn’t a mouth full I don’t know what is…

Gunnar Teaches Norwegian

A sample of dabbling in programming with games.  I brought this introductory language learning game to life in an immersive style.  You’ll need the GameSalad player to check this one out.

Peter & The Wolf

An AR experience, viewed through the Metaverse App on your phone, where Peter comes to your living room to teach about musical instruments.  Interaction based on Edvard Grieg’s Peter and the Wolf.

JUST BECAUSE….

Life during the COVID-19 lockdown was stressful for most of us in one way or another.  It was also a year of great transition and the launch of a focus online learning!  As I look back I’m thankful for the two years I spent in the Learning Design & Technology program at the University of Colorado as it gave me the tools to help those in my department adopt technology and navigate technology change.  It also gave me the opportunity to play an integral role assisting with the transition a Supervisor Safety Training Program to an online environment.  It was not the instructor’s first choice for delivery of the course which afforded the opportunity to introduce new tools for engagment and “sell” some concepts.

Yes all that can be somewhat tiring, even for a girl used to change.  The year also made me recognize how much those other free, fun times really mean, and to appreciate them all the more.  Here’s a quick look at one of those times in a video shot and edited for a Producing Media class.  Skiing with my husband, who is fairly new to skiing, and me with a GoPro on my head for the first time.

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BLOG HIGHLIGHTS – VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION

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