AII: LMS assessment & Custom LMS Platform Design PROJECT
Five of my colleagues and I were selected to be a part of the Pinnacle Project. We were tasked with assessing and revising the Ai Online Division's complete product from curriculum to learning management system (LMS platform) to institutional effectiveness for not only the online program but also to solve for how content can be integrated into their more than 30 on-ground schools. We focused our efforts on assessing the connections between student success and faculty performance, student success and curriculum, and student success and content delivery methods, to create a complete understanding of the user experience from both a faculty and a student perspective. I am extremely fortunate to have been at the forefront of those assessments and to have played a significant role in the development of solutions to better meet the needs of students in an emerging and exceptionally competitive market. These solutions involve custom platform designs, a total revision to a project-based curriculum, and a complete overhaul of the institution’s operational approach.
I was selected to participate in this project based on the research and project proposals I wrote as the AFS Curriculum Committee Chair and, my sabbatical research involving connections between interactive e-textbooks and online learning environments. My high level of commitment to this project stemmed from working with faculty who were burdened with an inefficient workflow and ineffective communication tools and, were held accountable for poor student success.
My primary involvement was helping our team to visualize our online ecosystem through iterative wireframes and prototypes of the platform. This included several presentations, discussions, and revisions that culminated in a custom design of a platform to ultimately meet the needs of students and faculty at Ai.