Well-designed instructional media can be an effective way to enhance student learning outcomes1, as well as their perceived enjoyment and satisfaction2.
At the University of Minnesota, our instructional media production designer is dedicated to supporting impactful initiatives that promote and enhance teaching and learning goals. As a centrally funded unit, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) provides our services at no additional cost to you, regardless of the level of engagement you require.
Contact our instructional media producer, James Ondrey to start a collaboration.
Interactive Multimedia Learning Objects
We produce online interactive instructional modules in the form of short courses, programs, or training exercises, which often times impact institutional wide priorities and audiences.
Project samples:
- Better Together: Preparing for Collaborative Practice | Center for Interprofessional Health
- Preceptor Performance Improvement Program (skip past surveys when prompted) | Medical School
- Listening exercise for international students and TAs | Center for Educational Innovation
Video Production
We produce video that supports institutional priorities and promotes educational innovations.
Project samples:
- Learning Works by Getting it Out | Center for Educational Innovation
- Collaborative Online International Learning | Global Programs and Strategy Alliance
- President’s Initiative to Prevent Sexual Misconduct | Office of the President
NOTE: To produce videos for your courses, contact Academic Technology Support Services' Academic Video Production.
How our expertise can support your instructional media needs
By leveraging your expertise as the project owner and subject matter expert, you can work collaboratively with the instructional media designer to create media that aligns with and reinforces established principles of pedagogy and instructional design. This will help to ensure that your desired learning outcomes are effectively achieved and supported by the media being produced. Throughout the production process, the instructional media designer will work closely with you, ensuring that the project meets your specific requirements. The production process typically consists of the following stages and elements:
- Identifying purpose and learning goals
- Conducting needs assessment and analyzing target audience
- Developing instructional strategies and selecting appropriate tool and media
- Creating production design based on given choices
- Storyboarding and asset gathering
- Establishing review process and key stakeholders
- Developing necessary artifacts, such as scripts and storyboards
- Creating accessible media objects that meet project requirements and align with the design, such as graphics, audio, and video
- Integrating multimedia elements and interactive features
- Sharing production progress for revision based on feedback and review
- Conducting quality assurance and user testing if applicable
- Publishing and distributing the media in an appropriate location (e.g., learning management system, website)
- Managing the deployment of media objects and ensuring their accessibility.
- Establishing protocols for updates and maintenance.
- Evaluating media effectiveness based on learning outcomes.
Research
1Alshumaimeri, Y. A. (2018). The effects of multimedia instructional materials on student learning outcomes in a large-enrollment general education course. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 29(4), 493-508.
2Zhang, Dongsong; Zhou,Lina; Briggs, Robert O; & Nunamaker Jr., Jay F. 2006. Instructional Video in E Learning: Assessing the Impact of Interactive Video on Learning Effectiveness. Information and Management. 43, 15–27.