01Partnering with Construct

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Lené Whitley-Putz, Dean of Online Learning at Foothill College, first discovered Construct when she signed up to create a course video with Construct at InstructureCon. Lené “was impressed with [her] side conversations and how enjoyable it was to work with Construct staff.”

When Foothill College received a grant to support its faculty in reviewing and enhancing their courses, they connected with Construct to help. The support from Construct “provided faculty with customized support to import into their courses so that teachers could have more time to focus on teaching and developing their teaching practices to advance the quality of each course” (Lené Whitley-Putz).

With Construct’s visual uplift and support with laying out each course, Foothill College faculty were able to “better recognize their goals” and “understand the value of the relationship between learning activities and content” (Foothill College Staff).

At the end of the project, Foothill College was able to walk away with not only several uplifted courses but also a revised plan for professional development, continued encouragement of assessment analysis, and a new knowledge built around learning from material and course blueprinting.

Project goals

Collaborating successfully with diverse faculty with an array of different skill sets.
Aligning courses to the CVC course quality rubric.
Addressing the needs of individual professors and implementing into each unique course.
Increasing the accessibility of courses
Uplifting courses visually and creating navigational graphics

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I really do wish California community colleges would recognize
the value in crowdsourcing the material.

Lené Whitley-Putz

DEAN OF ONLINE LEARNING
FOOTHILL COLLEGE

Process

1

Design & Discovery

At the start of every course, a Construct Learning Strategist or Learning Designer would meet with a Foothill College instructor. Each course would then be peer-reviewed to align with OEI standards while the team decided on project goals and targets. Construct would then create a Learning Blueprint for the instructor, which would serve as a mini-project plan. As the instructor worked on revisions, Construct would work on other elements of the project!

2

Learning Delivery

The Construct Learning team would then create an inventory of the course, review the blueprints, and provide recommendations on adding to the content, particularly relating to visual uplifts. The outcomes were then reviewed and signed-off by instructors.

3

Visual Design & Discovery

ourse outcomes varied depending on the instructor and course needs, but this phase’s goal was to implement changes desired by instructors to help the course meet the OEI goals. The majority of instructors required more visually appealing and engaging graphics to be made to enhance the course.

4

Final Review

Once Construct implemented the desired changes and delivered any required research/recommendations, the instructors at Foothill College would review the work to ensure their goals and visions had been understood and then signed off!