Mastery Timeline

1. Timeline
Journal
A Journey Towards Mastery For Deitrya Anderson

2. Mastery: Personal Development and
Leadership
Goal: To learn to recognize and follow my personal road to my dream
career.
Strategies:
Continue reference to and review the book Mastery by Robert Greene (2012)
Complete the Instructional Design and Technology Masters program
Continue to focus and narrow my interest to find my dream career
References: Greene, R. (2012), Mastery
Full Sail University

3. Strategies for Learner Engagement
Goal: To learn to create more engaging lessons that will keep my
students engaged
Strategies:
Increase my knowledge of learning styles and theories to increase student
motivation
Develop a curriculum with strong rigor that can engage all learners
Infuse learning acquired throughout my Instructional Design masters courses
Reference:
Rogowsky, B. A., Calhoun, B. M., & Tallal, P. (2015). Matching Learning Style to Instructional
Method: Effects on Comprehension. Journal Of Educational Psychology, 107(1), 64-78.
doi:10.1037/a0037478

4. Visual and Verbal Communication in
Instructional Design
Goal: Gain literacy in using different presentation styles to increase
the engagement of my target audience.
Resources:
 http://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-Secrets/85324-2.html
Strategy:
Learn to use various writing styles and techniques in order to increase my
instructional communication potential.
Utilizing the professional development courses offered through Tulsa
Community college and The Eighth Floor

5. Corporate Training and Motivational
Development
Goal: Learn to create and assess, and evolve my curriculum and
personal teaching style
Strategies:
Develop a curriculum with increased rigor according to the state standards
Learn to create, evaluate and change my assessments and teaching style as
needed
Continue to build and develop my knowledge of teaching and learning

6. Instructional Design and Evaluation
Goal: Learn to create effective learning objectives and strategies
for my classroom
Strategies:
Build effective strategies in instructional design
Assess and evaluate the use of project based learning
Design and implement a year long lesson plan infusing project based
learning strategies
References:
Wurdinger, S., & Qureshi, M. (2015). Enhancing College Students' Life Skills
through Project Based Learning. Innovative Higher Education, 40(3), 279-286.
doi:10.1007/s10755-014-9314-3

7. Digital Media and Learning Applications
Goal: To learn to infuse digital media in my lesson plans and
curriculum
Strategies:
Increase my literacy of media design principles
Learn to use digital media software programs
Effectively infuse media learning into my classroom learning and lessons
References:
http://www.lynda.com/Final-Cut-Studio-3-tutorials/final-cut-studio-
overview/52345-
2.html?srchtrk=index:1%0Alinktypeid:2%0Aq:final%2Bcut%0Apage:1%0As:
relevance%0Asa:true%0Aproducttypeid:2

8. Music and Audio for Instructional Design
Goal: Learn to incorporate music and voice over presentations
into my lesson plans to engage more learners
Strategies:
To learn how music infusion can improve learning
Build and increase my knowledge of professional audio usage in
academics settings
Create a culture that caters to auditory and Kinesthetic learns

9. Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design
Goal: Increase my knowledge of how to infuse visual literacy as a
learning style into my classroom and curriculum
Strategies:
To build and develop a working knowledge of basic filmmaking
To use the above skills to build visually engaging lessons
Develop an online base of curriculum and assessments
References:
huts://www.lynda.com/Captivate-tutorials/Captivate-Advanced-Techniques/122923-
2.html?org=fullsail.edu

10. Game Strategies and Motivation
Goal: To gain strategies in gaming and game design techniques that
can be build into my lessons to engage learners. Also, to possibly
use as a formative assessment technique.
Strategies:
Gain a working knowledge of gaming technique and strategies
Learn gaming designs and structure
Build formative assessments using gaming technologies
References:
http://www.lynda.com/Developer-Games-tutorials/What-game-
designer/411570/429268-4.html
http://www.lynda.com/Developer-Games-tutorials/What-role-do-games-play-
education/411570/429270-4.html

11. Leaning Management Systems and
Organization
Goal: To gain a working knowledge of LMS systems in order to
increase my delivery method options
Strategies:
To offer alternative learning options and differentiate teaching and learning
Offer formative assessments alternatives, varying delivery methods


12. Media Asset Creation
Goal: To continue build on the skills I began developing in the
Digital Media and Filmmaking courses. To create be able to create
for and instruct for fellow teachers.
Strategies:
Continue building strategies using digital media, video/audio and filmmaking
concepts
Continue learning and building literacy of software packages
 Learn to infuse media strategies with online learning strategies

13. Instructional Design and Technology Final
Project
Goal: To create a final project that incorporates all aspects of the
skills I have gained throughout the course of the masters program.
To show improvement and proficiency in my learning and have
taken my teaching to the next level.
Strategies:
To create a project assessment that (hopefully) incorporates gaming strategies
To create a final project that reflects effective and engaging integration of all I have
learned throughout the program
Gain effective feedback from my instructors and peers to develop and assess my work
References:
http://www.lynda.com/Business-Elearning-tutorials/Teacher-Tips/141465-
2.html?org=fullsail.edu

14. Industry Leaders
Mike Feinberg,
Founder KIPP Schools
https://www.linkedin.c
om/pub/mike-
feinberg/0/25a/80
Geoffrey Canada,
Founder Harlem
Children’s Zone
35 East 125th St.
New York, NY 10035
P: 212-360-3255
F: 212-289-0661
Joy Hofmeister
Contact: 918-640-
0444
or
joyforoklahoma@
gmail.com

15. Industry Leaders
Dr. Qiuying Wang, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof, Oklahoma
State University, Literacy
Education,
256 Willard Hall,
Stillwater, OK
qiuying.wang@okstate.e
du
Michelle Rhee,
Education Advocate:
Http://www.studentsf
irst.org Twitter:
@MichelleRhee
Deborah Gist,
Superintendent, Tulsa
Public Schools, 3027 South
New Haven, Tulsa, Ok
74114 email:
gistde@tulsaschools.org

16. Campus Involvement
I would like to become involved (as much as possible being an
online student) in technology and education groups in order to
enhance my professional status and goals.
Personal Learning Network
I plan to expand my personal learning network by connecting
with fellow program participants via LinkedIn and Tumblr.
By interacting with others I will allow myself to learn from
my peers and open the door for networking opportunies and
peer assessment and evaluation to assist me with growth
toward my mastery goals.

17. Mentor Characteristics
The characteristics of a mentor to me are:
Willing and able to embrace industry changes
Able to train and prepare teachers as the industry evolves
Able to effectively model learning strategies and techniques
Able to dissect, assess and evaluate data and disseminate as needed
Able to identify areas of deficiency and determine effective strategies to
evaluate and correct as required

18. In Summation
I believe that the journey through this masters program will allow me to find a
laser like focus on my path to mastery and my dream career. Through the skills
and techniques I will gain in building my technical skills I will become a better
educator and classroom facilitator. Where Mastery will allow me to find my
true path the technical courses will help me develop a more rigorous and
engaging curriculum and build better formative assessments.