Making Time for
What's Important

Module Creation

Since a young age, we're all told that we must manage our time better if we wish to succeed. When tasked with having this discussion with adult learners as part of a design challenge from Fanshawe College, my main goal was to subvert the nagging narratives of time management and take a different approach: one that doesn't ask learners to start fresh, but to reflect on what works and equip them to understand and address what doesn't. Over 4 days' time, I created a module to do just that. After all, if the past approaches had worked, why would they need this in the first place?

And so, my desire to flip the script on time management guided my teaching approach, my pacing of content, my use assessment, and the rest of the module that can be seen below.  

Learner Profile

Background: Young and experienced adult professionals
Motive: Want to better manage their time; Looking for brief and practical tips that work; Seeking validation of what strategies work for them, and small steps to address what doesn't  
To teach time management with any success, it must be succinct, valuable, motivating, and relevant to learners.

Scope of Work

Responsibilities: Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Educational Development, Media Development
Technology Toolbox: H5P Studio, MS PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere