We had the seemingly overwhelming task of transitioning in-person learning to an online format. Peyton was patient, worked through resistance, provided structure, and led the effort using his extensive knowledge of instructional design and facilitation.
Jennifer MacArthur, Virginia Dept. of Criminal Justice
Heroic Story set out to grow its community of writers by offering innovative craft and workshop courses. Peyton designed a strong course model and provided tremendous insight into ways we could appeal to a larger audience and scale our offerings.
Jay Rosenkrantz, Co-Founder and CEO, Heroic Story
We were faced with the near impossible task of teaching adults from all learning backgrounds one of the world's most difficult and financially risky endeavors. Peyton was able to give us the language and process to deliver a digital course that was clear, concise, and effective.
Benito Segovia, Chief Technology Officer, True Trader
Canvas Catalog and Program Creation
This series of short, asynchronous Canvas courses was a collaborative effort I coordinated as Instructional Design Lead at VCU Online. Instructional designers, learning technology specialists, and I worked together to create these 1 hour courses in response to the diverse needs of faculty whose busy schedules prevent them from being able to attend live workshops and professional development sessions.
Learning to Teach Online in Relias
The screenshots above provide sample content from a training course I created for parole officers who were tasked with moving their officer training online and needed technological and pedagogical instruction. Trainers completed this course to help them learn how to redesign and present their instructional content in Relias and choose appropriate learning activities.
I also consulted with each of the trainers to help them design their own online training courses.
Equity and Diversity Considerations
The image above is content from a short asynchronous course "Managing Large Courses," which I created as Instructional Design Lead at VCU Online. The course was designed for VCU faculty and exposed learners to best practices for managing large courses in Canvas and some of the design and teaching strategies that can help faculty engage students, especially in the context of large enrollment courses. This course took a unique approach to integrating both technological and pedagogical learning outcomes.