Sade Ekulona
Learning Experience Designer
AECT Standards & Alignment to Projects
My master’s program in Instructional Technology is an applied, professional program focused on real-world learning design and development. Below are examples of projects I created during the program, each aligned with the AECT standards.
​
You can view the full list of AECT standards at https://www.aect.org/home.
Financial Literacy for Young Adults: Back to the Basic
An asynchronous learning module delivered via Articulate Rise 360 that helps young adults learn about financial literacy.
​
AECT Standards:
1a. Creating, 2b. Using, 3a. Creating, and 4a. Collaborative Practice
​
Creating Professional Development Modules: Enhancing Writing Skills for those in Technical Roles
A project management plan for a 40-hour project focused on delivering learning modules for the purpose of professional development for those in technical roles.
​
AECT Standards:
4d. Assessing/Evaluating
1d. Managing
The Role of Social Media in Learning
A peer learning presentation that explores the role of social media in learning environments. This project examines the ways that social media platforms can be leveraged to enhance engagement, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing in both formal and informal educational settings.
​
AECT Standard:
3c. Assessing/Evaluating
Change Plan: Integrating a Learning Management System to help identify and Track gaps in Knowledge and skills
A comprehensive professional development plan to improve technology integration for quality assurance engineers (QAEs), manual software testers, and quality specialists with varying levels of experience with technology.
​
AECT Standards:
2c. Assessing/Evaluating and 4b. Leadership
Exploring History and Anthropology via the Culinary Arts: The Time Traveling Kitchen
A design document describing an idea for a game using learning and game design theories and principles. The game is meant to help foster a deeper understanding of the historical regions, periods, and cultures students are learning about via culinary and cultural traditions.
AECT Standard:
3b. Using
Slido Learning Modules
A professional development tool for educators at Towson University created to guide educators understand and navigate Slido to use in their instruction.
​
AECT Standard:
2a. Creating
Research Proposal: Impact of Company-Sponsored Apprenticeships on Career Progression of Entry-level Employees within Tech
A formal research proposal exploring the impact of company-sponsored apprenticeships on the career progression of entry-level employees in the tech industry. The proposal investigated whether structured apprenticeship programs provided by companies as part of internal training and development initiatives contribute to measurable career advancement outcomes such as promotions, skill development, and role retention.
​
AECT Standard:
5b. Method
Comparative Analysis of Technology Integration Models
An analysis and comparison of the SAMR (substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition) and TIMS (technology integration model) technology integration models, including theoretical foundation, integration, and challenges and implications to understand different approaches to incorporating technology into instruction.
​
AECT Standard:
5a. Theoretical Foundations
Observation and Review Project
A review of a free one-hour interactive course available free through corsera.org to identify effective teaching strategies, identify issues of design, and analyze issues of assessment in adult education.
​
AECT Standard: 5c. Assessing/Evaluating
Web 2.0 Exploratorium
A multimedia product that familiarizes viewers with Grammarly, including features available for the free version and paid version, usage, and the impact of using Grammarly in relation to critical thinking and meta cognition in both formal and informal educational settings.
​
AECT Standard:
1c. Assessing/Evaluating